Manda’s (Amachan) ‘Oiling Up’ Project

I started the weathering and shading on the late Imperial Roman legionary from Wargames Atlantic.

I started with a wash made from Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Sepia (ABT002) and methylated spirits.

I then painted the base with AK Interactive Fresh Mud (AK016) and removed the excess with a cotton bud. Then I stippled on some AK Interactive Fresh Mud (AK016) over the bottom of the shield, legs and such.

And followed it up by stippling on some Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Coagulated Blood (ABT505) through the mud on the shield and base. And a little bit on the spear as well.

I then applied some AK Interactive Moss Deposits (AK 676) on the rock. And then to finish off I applied a bit of the AK Interactive Wash for Wood (AK263) on the inside of the shield which is really hard to see on the picture.

And this is the finished result for today. Overall I am happy with how it looks so far, I am just going to wait until it dries to see where I’m at. There are a couple of things I wish I did in a different order, but I know that now for next time.

And his plume from his helmet fell off right at the start, so I am going to have to glue that back on as well.

Progress on the late Imperial Roman legionary from Wargames Atlantic. I attached the shield that I painted some time ago and then sealed it all in with a matte varnish. Once that cured, I went over the metallics again to make them more metallic again and that’s all my health allowed me to do today sadly.

Back to historicals again. This is another late Imperial Roman legionary from Wargames Atlantic that I am using as a practice model. I just got the acrylic base layers done and I am not entirely happy with the bars on the spear, but it is a practice model so it will do for now.

Here are the final pictures of my late Imperial Roman Hornblower from Wargames Atlantic for which I finished the rim of the base a couple of days ago.

And now that that is finished, this project is back to on hold.

Getting back into painting. First finishing the Late Imperial Roman horn blower from Wargames Atlantic. I just had to finish the rim no problem there. Full pictures will follow when it is all dry.

I am currently just seeing if I can get back into the hobby and this was still on my painting table so I thought I’d finish that first.

I have been struggling with massive disabilities causing me to not be able to paint or build miniatures. The major disabilities limiting my hobby are tremors in my right hand making it very unstable and lots of pain in my left which I was learning to paint with. I am getting physiotherapy to try and help me cope with the disabilities, but I am not sure it is going to solve anything. I do not know if I will be able to return to miniature painting and such and for now I am starting a new project involving LEGO, something I can do with my disabilities.

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on the Late Imperial Roman Hornblower while also dealing with health issues, so progress has been slow. But here is the next update.

First off I did a coat of A-Stand Lacquer Varnish Klear Kote Flat (A.MIG-2502), this would give the acrylic paint a good protected surface. Which would be more important on metal models than this plastic one, but these models are all just testing and playing around. The varnish did leave a dusty residue, this will later disappear when I apply oil washes.

The varnish dulls down the metallic paints so I reapplied those over the model. The thought behind doing them before the varnish as well is that if it chips to the varnish it would just show the dull metallic colour and it wouldn’t be a massive issue. So I went over the mail with Vallejo Metal Color Burnt Iron (77.721), the bronze details with Vallejo Model Color Bronze (70.998) and the smaller metal bits with Scale Metal n’ Alchemy Thrash Metal (SC-64).

I mixed an oil wash from Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Sepia (ABT002) and mineral spirits and applied that to most of the model and mixed another wash from Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Flesh Shadow (ABT215) and applied that over the skin.
And for the base I mixed a wash with Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Industrial Earth (ABT090) applied that over the whole base and then used a bit of thinned Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Green Grass (ABT094) and he is now playing a game of the ground is radioactive waste. Not what I was going for, so I applied a bit of the Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Sepia (ABT002) wash over it to blend that in and darken it down a bit. And then I dried off the mineral spirits with a hair dryer.

I was not happy with the wash over the face so I applied a bit of the Abteilung 502 Modelling Oil Color Sepia (ABT002) wash over it and rubbed the excess off with a cotton bud.

I dried off the mineral spirits with a hairdryer again and then rubbed off any of the excess oil washes with a cotton bud and then on to the metallic bits. Using a silicone sculpting brush I applied a thin layer of AK Interactive True Metal Brass (AK460) over the bronze bits and AK Interactive True Metal Gun Metal (AK461) over the mail.

Some AK Interactive True Metal Steel (AK457) over the edges of the sword and that is the results so far.

I got the acrylic basecoats done on this late Imperial Roman hornblower that I made from a sample sprue I got from Wargames Atlantic.