Making Tropical Scatter Terrain

01/05/202425/06/2021 by crudboy

A long term goal of mine is to build a tropical island game board for my 28mm games of Star War Legion (Scarif) and Legends of the High Seas. The most obvious part of the landscape of any tropical paradise is palm trees and other lush ferns and bushes. So I set about creating some … Read more

Making Fantasy City Board Tiles

01/05/202418/06/2021 by crudboy

My main motivation for this project was to make a modular 3 foot by 3 foot board for Frostgrave. I’ve played plenty of Frostgrave in the past but I have never had the feeling of fighting in the streets of a fantasy city with the usual gaming mats I use. So this project was aimed … Read more

Soviet BA-64B

01/05/202415/12/2020 by jbarton11

Another random project in what is the year of random projects. This time it’s a Soviet WW2 armoured car, I’m sure anyone following along had that in their top couple of guesses. This model is actually a scale plastic kit by Tamiya, as part of their 1:48 range of armoured vehicle kits. It’s a great … Read more

4 Viking Bezerkers

01/05/202420/11/2020 by jbarton11

Bezerkers are meant to be crazy and nothing says crazy like a half (or fully naked) north European with that look in their eye. Give them something sharp and point them in the general direction of shorter people, and well … it’s not really a surprise that they hit England like a Semi-Trailer and were … Read more

Painting Factory Seconds Gaslands Gates

01/05/202416/11/2020 by General POTUS

Unfortunately there is still no opportunity to do any physical wargaming with Melbourne still in Coronavirus lockdown. I have played a couple of games of Battletech using Tabletop Simulator. While satisfying and a good chance to catch up with my gaming mates, I do miss rolling dice & moving miniatures. In between games & waiting … Read more

First World COVID Problem – No Paint Stripper

01/05/202406/11/2020 by General POTUS

Here is another one that falls under the “First World COVID Problems” banner. I have tinkering with the idea of updating my 1990’s 2nd Edition lead Skaven Bloodbowl team to the current Plastic & Fine Cast resin versions. To maintain some potential interchangeability, I thought that I would paint the new Skaven miniatures in the … Read more

Painting Random Terrain Stuff

01/05/202416/10/2020 by General POTUS

I had just finished writing up a couple MK blog posts about painting PSC StuGs and my last couple Vanguard Forces of the Abyss war-band figures when I had this email exchange with Flop. I had great visions of powering through another couple of painting projects to either add units to existing armies or just … Read more

Six Incursion APEs

01/05/202412/10/2020 by jbarton11

APE stands for Armoured Personal Exoskeleton; which is the name for the USA’s battle armour in Incursion. Incursion is a Wierd World War 2 game, set it an imaginary universe where WW2 didn’t end and instead things got wierd. There are a number of such settings, both in pop culture and miniature gaming. For example … Read more

Proxy Imp Swarm – Part 2

01/05/202421/09/2020 by General POTUS

It is tough putting together Imp swarms for Vanguard for the Forces of the Abyss warband. Unfortunately the Mantic games Forces of the Abyss sprues only have one Imp figure per sprue and each swarm base needs four or five figures per base. My first attempt at proxy miniatures was using resin grots from (now … Read more

Saga Order of St John – Knights

01/05/202414/09/2020 by floppy

I have pulled the trigger and finished off my Saga Order of St John – Knights, with two units of Hearthguard (Knights) and command. As I write this I realise I am basing this whole force all wrong. I know I built this as a saga force, which with out thinking I used round bases … Read more

Making Graves

01/05/202431/08/2020 by crudboy

Who doesn’t like a graveyard setting in their favourite fantasy skirmish game?! I certainly do, so I went about making a few for my current favourite games of Frostgrave and Kings of War: Vanguard. My first step was to find some plastic kit grave stones, since it takes more skill than I have to sculpt … Read more

Making a Mausoleum

01/05/202431/07/2020 by crudboy

Frostgrave‘s first scenario is called The Mausoleum, and it requires, you guessed it, a Mausoleum as the central terrain piece. As I am totally into Frostgrave and Kings of War: Vanguard at the moment, and the fact that cemeteries make great backgrounds with fantasy skirmish games, I needed no other motivation to get stuck into … Read more

Making Sacred Stones

01/05/202427/07/2020 by crudboy

A while back I had the need for some sacred stones for both Frostgrave and Kings of War: Vanguard. I decided to make two, a rune engraved stone block, and a more elegant obsidian monolith. As with most of my projects I started with one of my favourite materials, XPS foam. For the stone block, … Read more

Painting the Ogre Blood Bowl Team

01/05/202408/05/2020 by floppy

I finally stopped procrastinating and got Games Workshops Ogre Bloodbowl team painted. I painted the whole team with the Scale75 paint range. Out of all 6 Ogres 2 are sort of converted as you only get a couple of poses.

Random 28mm Fantasy Miniatures

01/05/202410/04/2020 by jbarton11

These are quite an eclectic bunch of 28mm fantasy miniatures I recently finished painting for a commission (so I’m not sure of the manufacturer for most). A mixiture of old GW metals and more recent resins by garage and small manufacturers. Nothing particularly special, but this has been the bulk of my painting for a … Read more

Making a 28mm Fantasy Cabin

01/05/202402/03/2020 by crudboy

Buildings are possibly the most useful and versatile pieces of terrain you can have in any 28mm game. If you only have one, it could be the farmhouse in the middle of a field. If you have a few they could be the edge of a town. If you have a lot they could be … Read more

Ogre Bloodbowl Team

01/05/202406/01/2020 by floppy

Games Workshop released a new team in December, the Ogre Bloodbowl team. I just happen to have on gifted to me for Christmas. So very happy. Another one of our members has also picked up the same team and painted it up already you can find that article here. Shadow did a brilliant job on these minis. I am here to review the mini’s and put my spin on the paint Job.

Vanguard Terrain

01/05/202431/10/2019 by jbarton11

One of the things that came from Mantic was a few of their terrain packs. These feature special terrain pieces that are used for most of the scenarios in the rulebook. I think this is really cleaver, aligning the random objectivy sort of things you get with the rule book is not hard to do, … Read more

Northern Alliance Dwarves and more

01/05/202428/10/2019 by jbarton11

I’ve done a few odds and ends for my Northern Alliance warband. First I finished my 5 dwarves. These are very basic, very weak grunts (decidedly un-dwarven characters). Still they’ve proved useful taking objects, sacrificing into things, finishing off downed figures, supplying an out number and adding to the size of the warband. This last … Read more

Making Frostgrave Arcane Circles

01/05/202415/10/2019 by crudboy

Once again, Frostgrave‘s Ulterior Motives gaves me another opportunity to make some interesting terrain. This time its Arcane Circles. In this post, I’ll show three different types I made. The first is the simplest. Its just two circular pieces of XPS foam glued together. A table hot wire cutter makes it super easy to produce … Read more

Making Pits and Craters

01/05/202401/10/2019 by crudboy

If you play Frostgrave with Ulterior Motives, you’ll need a pit. If you play Rangers of Shadow Deep you’ll need some fly holes. I play both, so I decided to make some of these important holes in the ground. For a fly hole or crater I started with a piece of 3mm PVC sheet and … Read more

Making 28mm Trees

01/05/202419/09/2019 by crudboy

I recently began playing Rangers of Shadow Deep, a game by Joseph A. McCullough of Frostgrave fame. As with Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep is full of scenarios that provide plenty of opportunities to make interesting terrain pieces. The second scenario in the core rulebook is set in a forest with some “nest trees”. So … Read more

Proxy Imp Swarm

01/05/202407/09/2019 by General POTUS

So these minis aren’t Mantic minis. I went scratching around my bits box looking for something to do a little colour testing before I started hard core painting my Abyssal demons. They are actually a bunch of resin grots that “Lucky” from the Monday Knights gave me as a birthday present a while ago (OK … Read more

Snow Trolls

01/05/202407/09/2019 by jbarton11

As part of our Kings of War: Vanguard experience I picked the Northern Alliance. The Alliance likes the big boys and like POTUS said in our previous post that’s almost invariably where painting a faction starts. Not one to disagree with our fearless leader lest I be the subject of a barrage of abusive tweets. … Read more

Abysall Despoiler

01/05/202405/09/2019 by General POTUS

Found myself with a little time and thought that I would just slap a base coat of Flesh Tearer red onto my Abysall Despoiler – after all who doesn’t go straight to the big guy when starting to paint a new project I probably should have taken some more WIP photos as works were under … Read more

Making Frostgrave Well of Dreams and Sorrows

01/05/202404/09/2019 by crudboy

I say Frostgrave, but this is a generic 28mm pool/well/fountain for whatever tabletop game you’re currently playing. KoW: Vanguard anyone?! I started by cutting out three discs of XPS (insulation) foam on my hot wire cutter. I have a homemade circle cutting jig, which is just a piece of 3mm MDF with a pin in … Read more

Assembling Kings of War Vanguard Basileans Warband Set

01/05/202422/08/2019 by crudboy

My club got onto Mantic’s recent club promo and I was lucky enough to score myself a Kings of War: Vanguard Basilean warband. When I got it home I greedily tore open the box and started gluing figures together. Stopping only occasionally to giggle with glee. The box contains 15 miniatures and multiple copies of their … Read more

Nightstalker: Mindscreech

01/05/202416/08/2019 by floppy

The Nightstalker Mindscreech was the first of the model I wanted to paint: It is big, and cool looking. I a;sp wanted to get back into 2 brush blending. It is not something I have done in a long time so I am very rusty. Using some Scale75 paints, GW, P3, Coat de Arms, Vallejo and … Read more

Making Gloomhaven Treasure Chests

01/05/202409/08/2019 by crudboy

Actually, the title is a lie. This isn’t a post about making treasure chests … more like buying treasure chests. Because, why fumble about with craft when you can buy great, affordable, minis from the Wizkids Deep Cuts range. In fact, between the Deep Cuts and Nolzur’s Marvellous Miniatures ranges, you can also replace most … Read more

Vanguard: our club, our story

01/05/202419/07/2019 by jbarton11

A few weeks back Mantic Games asked for some volunteers to put together some warbands for their Fantasy skirmish game Kings of War: Vanguard. With some free toys on offer the Monday Knights were only to happy to put our name forward, and lo and behold our little antipodean club was selected to participate. A … Read more

Making Stuff: Frostgrave Giant Worm

01/05/202415/07/2019 by crudboy

One of the things I like about Frostgrave is that it gives you so many opportunities to make stuff. When I started playing, one of the first things I made was a Giant Worm for The Worm Hunts scenario from the original rulebook. After some googling I came across The Sword and the Sprue website … Read more

Making Stuff: Gloomhaven Damage Traps

01/05/202410/07/2019 by crudboy

I recently started playing Gloomhaven, which has me hooked. As with any tabletop game I play, I thought it would be fun to build some terrain for it and help make each game a bit more visually interesting. A simple build to begin with are the damage traps. The Gloomhaven token for damage traps depicts … Read more

Saviours II

01/05/202409/03/2019 by jbarton11

This is the last batch of miniatures from here’s Neegan. They’ve been done for a while, but I haven’t taken many pictures for a little while. First up is Laura. I’ve gone with a theme of Army Surplus Raider for her: uniform green pants and shirt, green pack and desert tan boots. Skin: Base: Sandalwood … Read more

Saviours I

01/05/202407/02/2019 by jbarton11

Mantic Games‘ Here’s Neegan was one of my gaming Christmas presents. I haven’t played it yet, but the current plan is to play the scenarios at the club with a few clubmates. We’re aiming for 4-Feb, so that means I need to get painting them. The good thing is I don’t have a heap to … Read more

Anglo-Danish Hearthguard – Dane’s Axes

01/05/202415/11/2018 by jbarton11

Again, these have been sitting around waiting for me to base with static grass, but now they’re done and there weren’t any shields. Yeah! Most of the colours are the same as for the Anglo/Viking Warriors. However, I made the following tweaks to the common elements Chainmail, Helmet & Axe Blade: Base: Oily Steel (VMC … Read more

Anglo/Viking Warriors

01/05/202413/11/2018 by jbarton11

My Saga (Viking Age) army is Anglo-Dane and their warriors . However, there is not a lot of difference between some of the figures for the different factions so I can also use these as Anglo-Saxon or Viking (and probably others too). I haven’t given them a consistent colour scheme as it doesn’t really fit … Read more

Another Chaos Dwarves Team

20/07/201911/09/2018 by jbarton11

If you’ve been following this blog for a little while then you’ll have seen this team before. A little while ago I painted a Chaos Dwarf team in black and green. Well someone else liked them so much they also asked me to paint their team which was the same. The customer didn’t have a … Read more

Jabba the Orcs

20/07/201916/08/2018 by jbarton11

Another Bloodbowl team completed as part of a commission. This set is from Impact Miniatures. They’ve been a bit of a battle to be honest. They’re cast from “Trollcast”, which I’d never heard before checking out the website. I’m not a fan of the material, it sort of accepts primer (they came to me with … Read more

Beastmen

20/07/201906/06/2018 by jbarton11

The last few miniatures from this team. Again, I wasn’t very excited by these guys. I think they’re a bit too similar to each other. Plus they look a little chubby. It’s unfortunate too, as they’re dynamic looking sculpts. Just too much similarity between the models, and it’s not like they can be assembled in … Read more

Chaos Blockers

20/07/201906/06/2018 by jbarton11

This post contains another few miniatures from the commission I recently finished and delivered to the customer. The scheme is the same as for the Chaos Dwarves. However, these miniatures are Games Workshop’s plastics. I must admit I’m not terribly in love with them. They’re a bit same-ish; I used as much variety as possible, … Read more

Bloodweiser Babe

20/07/201904/06/2018 by jbarton11

Willy seem to throw this miniature in with almost every Kickstarter. I know I’ve got one lying around somewhere. I’m not 100% happy with the face, but as it is, I’ve already put a huge amount of time into her. As such, it’s going to stay as is. I’m very happy with everything else. Skin: … Read more

Minotaur (Chaos Dwarf)

20/07/201904/06/2018 by jbarton11

The colours on this guy are just a grab bag from the other miniatures in this team. The only two original components are the red face and the black beard. I’m pretty happy with how he’s ended up, another great mini by Willy. Face: Base: Cavalry Brown (VMC 70.982) Wash: Brown Shade (VGC 73.200) Drybrush: … Read more

Bull Centaurs (Chaos Dwarf)

20/07/201928/05/2018 by jbarton11

I’m pretty happy with my progress on this team. I’m also quite happy with how they’ve come out. I think these two are the best of all so far. In particular the skin formula has come out great. Skin (Human): Base: Medium Fleshtone (VMC 70.860) Wash: Red Shade (VGC 73.206) & Sepia Shade (VGC 73.200) … Read more

Hobgoblins (Chaos Dwarf)

20/07/201927/05/2018 by jbarton11

I’ve made some more progress on the Chaos Dwarf team. This time it is the other filler unit for Chaos Dwarves: 6 Hobgoblins. The owner asked me to try and replicate the studio art colours. I never quite got the green yellow enough (my first try actually landed way too yellow, and trying again gave … Read more

28mm Middle Eastern Archers

20/07/201924/05/2018 by jbarton11

These have been sitting around for a while; I’ve got 8 of them, and only 4 are finished. I’d planned on putting up all of them in a single post, but I had just finished these when I heard that Saga version 2 was coming out and only the Dark Ages book was going to … Read more

Chaos Dwarves

20/07/201915/05/2018 by jbarton11

Someone has asked me to do another commission. The request is for 27 Chaos & Chaos Dwarf players to a basic table top standard. So I’ll be going with some speed painting techniques to get these done nice and quick, but looking good. The first step is a basecoat in black and then an azimuth … Read more

Human Lineman I

20/07/201909/05/2018 by jbarton11

I’m mainly painting these miniatures to learn how to paint Non-metallic Metal (NMM). I figured I would start with the linemen and work my way forward to the positionals. The idea being that I would improve as I go, so the players I care about will look better than the players I don’t. I figure … Read more

Saga Heroes

20/07/201902/05/2018 by jbarton11

It’s been a long while since I last posted; Christmas, a surprise house move and a couple of other life events have meant I haven’t posted for quite a while. However, I have been fairly productive, so I’ll be putting up a few posts in fairly quick succession as I clear some of the backlog … Read more

Romans

20/07/201919/02/2018 by floppy

Romans, yep, Romans….

I have finally gotten paint on the Romans that I purchased back on 2007. I bought the army for Field of Glory, after looking at DBM back in the day and well.. hating the type player that played it, FoG was a real change of pace.

then I might have gone overboard….

Flesh Golems

20/07/201916/10/2017 by jbarton11

I’ve finished the last two miniatures for my Necromantic team. Very happy with how these turned out. I went back to the Werewolf flesh for these guys and I thing it works great. I also think it looks great next to the USC colours I’ve had for these guys.

Wights & Ghouls

20/07/201915/10/2017 by jbarton11

These two guys are almost entirely made of armour, so their colours are pretty much the uniform colours from the Zombies. However, there is one new part: the skeleton which I wanted to paint blue.

Zombie Linemen

20/07/201916/07/2017 by jbarton11

I painted the flesh for these gentlemen differently to the Werewolves. I went for a sickly green.

Werewolves

20/07/201926/10/2016 by jbarton11

It’s been a very unproductive few months here at Nanotanks with illness, and then a bit of a painting funk taking over for a while.

Orc Star Player

20/07/201923/10/2016 by jbarton11

I’ve finished the last miniature for my Orcs. I think the chainsaw star players are some of the most iconic Bloodbowl miniatures.

Goblins

20/07/201916/07/2016 by jbarton11

Very few original colours on these guys. The only thing I haven’t used on other figures is their flesh colours. Inspired by the success with my Troll I’ve put together another mix of colours that’s distinct from the other 3 combinations I’ve used (Orc, Black Orc and Troll). This combination is much more yellow with only a slight greenish tinge to the colours. Fortunately, my paint collection was initiated with a Vallejo Model Colour military set and so I have plenty of greens, browns, browny-greens and greeny-browns.

Alban Miniatures v Warlord Miniatures 95th Rifles

20/07/201905/06/2016 by floppy

Alban Miniatures recently went back to being a private collection again after being on the general market for some time, they made a whole range Napoleonic figures in 1/56th scale (28mm). So the only thing to do is look at the Alban Miniatures beside the Warlord Miniatures for the same unit. So I choose the 95th Rifles as the miniatures that I will look at.

Both Warlord Games and Alban Miniatures make figures for the 95th rifles, and I do enjoy the 95th rifles, it had to be done.

Troll

20/07/201906/05/2016 by jbarton11

Another miniature I really like from Meiko Miniatures. While not the Troll they sell with their Orc team, I prefer this troll. He does, however, look to have some issues regenerating (hopefully that doesn’t foreshadow his in-game performance). I didn’t want to paint the flesh blue as when combined with my blue uniforms it would make everything look pretty monochromatic. Instead I picked a greenish-yellow scheme that I’m pretty happy with. I might use the same colours for my goblins.

Orc Starting Team

20/07/201911/04/2016 by jbarton11

With the recently completed Blitzers I’ve now finished with my starting Orc team. I’ve got a few more things to paint (a couple of Goblins, a Troll and a Star Player (w/ Chainsaw), but I’m going to take a little break from BloodBowl and paint some other stuff. I’ll end this little series with a … Read more

4 Ground Damaged Detached Building 1

20/07/201910/04/2016 by floppy

I recently got hold of the 4 Ground Damaged Detached building 1, I really like the pre-painted pieces of terrain, I am not sure why, as I hate pre-painted miniatures, but the terrain works for me. That doesn’t mean I wont repaint it at all.

Damaged Detached House 1 — Damaged Building 1

Orc Blitzers

20/07/201909/04/2016 by jbarton11

Blitzers done. The colours are exactly the same as used on the linemen I painted earlier. These and the Black Orcs are my favourites, although that could soon change when I paint my Troll.

Orc Throwers

20/07/201913/02/2016 by jbarton11

Again most of the colours match with the linemen I painted earlier. One difference you might note is that the numbers are there. I finally found some numbers I was happy with, and after patiently waiting I’ve got them. I’ve gone back and added the numbers to the other finished guys, but I don’t think it’s worth pictures.

Black Orc Blockers

20/07/201902/02/2016 by jbarton11

Some more progress with my Orcs, the Black Orc Blockers are now done. Again, I’m happy with how these are turning out; I’ve got some momentum going on with these guys.

The colours are, in large, the same as the linemen. The main difference is I used a darker skin tone on the blockers. Firstly to add a little visual interest and also to help when playing (it makes it easy for me and my opponent to identify the different player types).

Orc Linemen

20/07/201928/12/2015 by jbarton11

Another new system? No, this system has been round for years…

My scheme is based on the Penn State University uniform: dark blue and white. Penn State was where I did my post graduate education and it seemed a good enough colour scheme to try on my orcs. The green of their skin offsets nicely and I felt like the challenge of white, but not too much white. For those who don’t follow US college football, this is what I’m going for:

Tree’s

01/05/202430/08/2015 by floppy

Tree’s, Tree’s everywhere. On the Terrain building exercise, this week it is all about trees. I have been working to get as much done as possible over the last week, ready for a big day here playing some Flames of War.

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Graveyard

01/05/202423/08/2015 by floppy

Graveyard’s add a very nice feature to any gaming table, put a village with it, and you have something that adds a little theater to the game. Over the last weeks I have been busy making terrain for some of the 28mm games I play. This week it has been all about the graveyard.

Graveyard 303

Warlord v’s Rubicon T-34/85

20/07/201919/04/2015 by floppy

Warlord v’s Rubicon T-34/85

I had the chance to get models from both company’s, so I am racing them in my first ever 1 v 1 test.

Having started the Russians I couldn’t say no to T-34/85’s so here we go as we test both kits to see which one win’s out on the first ever Floppy’s Model Kit Challenge.

Wargames Factory WW2 Russians

01/05/202412/04/2015 by floppy

Wargames Factory WW2 Russians, were part of the Kickstarter package for WW2 Assault I looked at last week. It has been a long time since I looked at the Wargames factory products as the last time they were very very bad.

Wargames Factory WW2 Russians 304

I am happy to say that I am very impressed with this product. It is a really nice surprise to see what has changed over the years.

WW2 Assault Tactical skirmish Combat

01/05/202405/04/2015 by floppy

WW2 Assault Tactical skirmish Combat, was a kickstarter that I backed late last year. I was hoping that it would have been on time but it was not, however it was only 2 weeks delayed that is a win in my book. It is a 28mm WWII Infantry combat game.

WW2 Assault Tactical skirmish Combat 305

28mm Camel Cavalry

20/07/201917/02/2015 by jbarton11

Another random project I’ve been working on. These were a Christmas present from my better half. These are 28mm Camel Cavalry for Gripping Beast’s Saga Crescent & Cross. Crescent & Cross takes Saga from the Dark Ages to the Crusades. Given my enjoyment of factions that have a certain self destructive capacity to them, who better than the Mutatawwi’a; the Mutatawwi’a have a mechanic where they can martyr their own figures to gain special abilities.

My progress with these has been pretty slow, but I did start with the biggest miniatures. Who doesn’t love camels?

DAK 8.8cm Flak 36

01/05/202406/11/2014 by floppy

The 8.8cm Flak 36, this models is by Blitzkrieg, the crew are Perry Brothers. There is great pleasure in working on great models.

DAK 8.8cm Flak 36 307 — 8.8cm Flak 36 with crew

Sohei – 3x Warrior Monks

01/05/202406/08/2014 by jbarton11

Finished these a couple of days ago. It’s 3 Naginata armed Sohei warriors for Ronin. I’m happy with the painting on these. Nothing too flash, but a decent table-top job. The figures are by North Star Military Figures, and are decent, but a little out of proportion in places. The hands and feet are huge, … Read more

Sohei – Warrior Monk

01/05/202419/06/2014 by jbarton11

I don’t do a lot of work in progress pictures. However, I felt in the mood while doing this guy a little while back so I took a couple of pictures of him as I gradually made progress. This is a 28mm figure from North Start Military Figures that they’ve released in companion with Osprey’s Ronin game. Ronin is described as a cinematic Samurai skirmish game. It’s a pretty cool, fast little game. The theme also invites bright, stylised miniatures.