Stuff what I been painting

Just posting an update on what I’ve got finished. All of this for our Bushido set

Firstly, some terrain. A batch of trees, something that I have never made from scratch before. And some terrain pieces that can be bought as part of your Bushido warband

I 3d printed a couple of temple lion statues

And the Cult of Yurei models Umeka (in blue) and Yama Uba (in red)

I also spotted that my spreadsheet was wrong. The number of models supposedly on my painting bench according to the spreadsheet seemed far too low compared to the groaning that the bench was giving out under the weight.

I have a project running here that I started some time ago to build an Italian hill village for Flames of War. It’s taken a bit of a back seat for a period of time. Early in the project, I designed some buildings firstly out of laser cut mdf which I wasn’t happy with and then using a cad package, I made some STL files that I got printed. I wasn’t really happy with any of these but they did create a set of test subjects for a colour scheme for that actual buildings.

I wanted to see if I could paint them quickly and after much searching of reference photos, I settled for a light sand colour. I found a cheap rattle can paint online which I’ve used to paint the walls. This was a mistake as the paint was poor and splattered out of the can. For the real buildings I’ll use my airbrush and some proper modelling paint.

The roofs went through a series of experiments before I settled on a white primer and then a Sienna ink applied over the top. I’m quite happy with the result and will be using this on the final buildings.

The doors and shutters were just an elf green that I had lying around.

This is all 15mm scale and I couldn’t help digging out a sherman tank to give myself some idea of what the games will be like when I finally get round to finishing the project.

First up, this is now a multi award winning project.

I’ve still been very much on the Bushido path this month and completed Mokoti, some Japanese lanterns, a drum, a sake display rack and completed some bamboo scatter terrain.

And some actual progress on the model count this month, with both the pile of potential and the number of models on the painting table going down, albeit by a small number.

More Bushido stuff got painted up over the last few months. We have Taiyo.

Next up the ghost wielding Hozumi Maha

The fox like Ryokeen

And some 3d printed plague rats

My spreadsheet tells me that I’ve completed 6 models in the two month period. I’ve also had the 3d printer working overtime and I’ve added 23 new models to the pile and started painting a further 17. This puts me behind where I was in June. But, the good news is that a number of the models that I’ve started are close to completion, so I hope that I can turn the numbers around over the coming months.

I should probably change the description of this project as I’ve said that this is stuff that I’m painting that isn’t linked to any other project. But everything this month is linked to my Bushido project….

This month, I’m going to start with the numbers. This is because I’m very proud that I went a whole month without buying anything new. The Models added to the pile column kept a zero, so well done me! This meant that the total pile actually reduced in size and, while not back to the size at the beginning of the year, it has shrunk. A step in the right direction.

This month I have managed to paint up,
2 Shisa models (effectively bronze temple statues)
1 Torii gate
1 Shinto shrine
7 bits of fencing
1 measuring stick
1 prisoner transport

I also got rid of an old V1 rocket for Flames of War that was never going to get finished

This month, I have mostly been painting terrain for Bushido.

So May was quite a productive month in tackling the pile of potential, with 26 separate models completed! Down side is I also picked up some FoW models with the new Berlin book and added 27 to the pile, so that’s an increase to the pile rather than a decrease, albeit by just 1. Maybe June will bring about a decrease…..

I rounded off April by finishing off some models that I’ve had on the painting table for some time for different reasons.

First up, we have a very old Grey Seer. I started painting this chap years ago before he got discarded and forgotten in a shoe box of other half painted figures. I fancied trying some blending from the grey into the green using glazes as part of the overall job. I think it’s turned out OK but could probably have done with some more glazes to really smooth the transition.

The base does need to be finished off by removing the excess basing material and painting the edge but otherwise all done.

I’ve also completed four 12cm Heavy Mortar teams for my FoW German forces. These will add a little bit of punch to the support teams and, as I’ve modeled them behind earth works, I surely get permanent cover and bullet proof cover don’t I????

These have also been on the painting desk for a while. I started and got a little bored with batch painting various shades of field grey, khaki and other drab colours.

So that’s another 5 models removed from the pile of potential. However, I and my son decided to give Bushido a try and have dived in head first. I’ve started a project on it here:

https://www.ontabletop.com/project-entry/1815678/

This has pushed the pile of potential in April completely in the wrong direction, particularly as I have 3D printed a lot of terrain for the game. Here’s the latest update but the pile has grown by a net 73 models in the month. Still, just means I will have to work harder at getting things painted – and I’ve already started a lot of the painting for the terrain with 45 models getting at least primed in April with some further along, so I hope to get the number down quickly.

I’ve now completed three Blood Bowl teams on this project (the Human and Ork teams from the box and a Wood Elf team). Time to add some star players to be rostered.

This first star player is a 3d print and I’m going to use as Lord Borak. The base idea is stolen straight from a Gerry Can, so thanks for showing how to actually use crackle paint as I had given up on my bottle!

Next up we have a really old metal miniature. I can’t actually remember whether this was just a generic ogre or was the old model for Morg’n’Thorg. Either way, I will treat him as The Mighty Zug as he’s not really ogre sized when compared to the current models – scale creep for you.

Not the most dynamic of poses and I’m also not sure who goes on to a BB pitch wearing a nappy but I like the model. He also clearly never skips leg day either.

Last up we have another 3d Print which I’ve scaled up a little to look even more imposing on the pitch. This will be my new Morg’n’Thorg.

I’ve painted the white vest using oil paints. It takes a long time to dry but I’m really starting to like using the oils for blending. The rest is all acrylic.

I tried to splatter mud over his lower half using a MIG enamel. I’m not entirely convinced with the result and something I need to continue to work on. I copied an approach by Nightshift, a scale modeler on YouTube but he works at a different scale so I maybe I should have taken this into account first.

To update on the Pile Of Potential tally. One model got added to the pile in March. This was not my doing and was a present from work colleagues. They don’t know that I paint models but at a previous team event, I mentioned that I would really like to own a tank, preferably a Churchill. Such lofty goals are out of my price range. As I’m changing roles soon, I was presented with a 1:35 scale model Leopard tank, which was gratefully received and has been added to the pile.

The three star players do however reduce the total slightly.