One StuG Finished...?

To start, let me say that I'm reasonably content with this paintjob. It could work as is, but I'm thinking that more needs to be done. I'm going to start with a light/thin overspray of buff or some color like that, to dull it down a bit and make it a bit more dusty. The tracks need that as well. Nick, what would you do from this point to get it looking fantastic? Opinions and suggestions are more than welcome, and in fact encouraged folks. I AM going to figure out 15mm vehicles in this lifetime!

Last night I also put together all my Command Panzerfaust teams, and built a couple of Rifle/MG teams as well. Tonight I'll bulk up the bases on all of them with Apoxie Sculpt, and hopefully get to painting them this weekend.

In other news, I stumbled across this excellent scratch build at Ricalopia. It's an Imperial "Charon" Pattern ambulance. Check it out:


There are more pics at his blog. Once my FJs are done, I'm really looking forward to doing my own interpretation of a Flesh Tearers Stormraven. I've never done something I'd consider a genuine scratch build, and seeing stuff like the ambulance from Ricalopia or Blood Pact conversions done by Dave Taylor really gets my hobby juices pumping.

For those coming to Hobby Night, I'll see you this evening. If you can't make it this time around, have a great weekend...

FJ Progress Officially Started

I've been naughty, and haven't posted in a while. Let's get that trend nipped in the bud, shall we?

Most of my hobby time since my last post has been me learning how to get in trouble with Photoshop. I'm currently running a Battlefleet Gothic campaign, and part of what I'm doing for it is publishing a newsletter called "The Aquila". Thanks to learning some very basic stuff in Photoshop, and going over several online tutorials, I've been able to spice up The Aquila nicely. Rather than just post pics I've taken straight in the newsletter, I cut a vessel out of the pic and insert it into a suitably cool space backdrop. Thus far my favorite one is the image above. It's a strike cruiser painted by Soo Jinn that I cut out and added to the space field I made. I added "glowing" running lights to the ship as well, and I love how it came out. Over time I hope to get better and better at this.

Last night I FINALLY got started in earnest with my Fallschirmjager company. The first unit I'm painting is a battery of four StuG III D assault guns, and last night I got some nice progress done. I fired up the airbrush, and primed them in Tamiya Flat Black. I then airbrushed on a basecoat of Tamiya NATO Brown on all the armor areas and road wheels. Finally, I airbrushed Tamiya Dark Yellow on top of that to get a decent copy of the German dunkelgelb that all of the Hermann Goring training StuGs were painted during Market Garden.

Tonight, I'll paint the tracks, give them all a gloss varnish, apply decals, do final shading/weathering, and then wrap it up with a matte varnish. Of course, once they're all done I'll post some pics.

Anyone else here planning on painting up some FoW stuff for the upcoming Legio Market Garden campaign?

Night Out = Not Much Progress

Well, I didn't end up doing any painting last night. My wife and I decided to head out for the evening, and had a fantastic meal at one of my favorite restaraunts. If you have a chance and have never tried it, pop by Sunway Pyramid and have a meal at "Mantra". It's one of the restaraunts overlooking the ice skating rink. They have a wide variety of stuff to eat, but the Indian food is tops. I love it.

Despite not painting, I did actually assemble another part of my force. My Light Gun Platoon is now assembled, equipped with the LG 40 75mm recoilless gun (pictured above).

Tonight I need to work on BFG campaign stuff, including the sub sector map I'll be posting online, as well as a campaign results form. I doubt I do any painting, but if somehow I manage it I'll try and post some pics.

For those following my progress with the Flesh Tearers, don't despair. I have by no mean abandoned them. With our Market Garden campaign coming up, I just want to get at least a playable, fully painted 1000-1500 point FJ list done. I really hate playing with unpainted miniatures! As soon as that's done, 100% of my hobby effort will go into finishing my savage Blood Angel successors...

Flames of War Hobby Time!

Now that my Chaos Battlefleet Gothic fleet is finished and ready for the campaign, it's now on to Flames of War! :)

Last night I finished building a battery of four StuG III D assault guns. My plan is to immediately start painting them tonight, using the airbrush and everything I've learned from Soo Jinn and Nick. Up to this point, I haven't had much luck painting 15mm scale tanks to a standard I'm happy with. I hope that's about to change tonight!

After those it's on to the bulk of my fallschirmjager company with the command section, two full infantry platoons, and a light gun section. That will give me my first 1000 points, which will allow me to play games in the upcoming Market Garden campaign we're running at Legio. It'll also form the foundation of a full 1750 force that I'd like to get finished in time for SPORE. If progress goes well, and I can work out the logistics, the current plan is to play in the Flames of War tournament this year at SPORE. We'll see...