Fairy

Found chucked away in a skip. A way lot bigger than the usual Bods (she´s 8cm´s tall) but it made a change to upsize and have a rest from historical wargame themed Bods.
Made from Resin, I think the big water lilly was meant for a tea light.
All colours from Art and craft shops, Makes -Kreul or Hobbyline.

To paint The wings were the biggest problem and TBH, I´m not happy with the result. 

Pre-Paint

I´ll give her away as a present.

Blast from the past 2

Due to a PM conversation over at the Airfix Tribute Forum it was decided to start a thread showcasing some of our old models from way back.

Unfortunately, well over 90% of my Collection hasn´t stood the test of time. It´s either been given away, lost in the flower beds, broken or binned. 😞
1000´s of 1/72nd bods, 100´s of 1/72nd tanks, planes. Hundreds and hundreds of 1/32nd bods and dozens of 1/32nd scale AFV´s and Buildings...all gone 😢

First up, some 1/32nd - 1/35th scale Multi part german soldiery. There´s a pile more but the glue hasn´t  Held and arms, heads etc have come unstuck.

"Never paint the eyes!"

Three surviving (just) 1/72nd scale tanks. I´ve got some better preserved examples but these are interesting due to one or two small "Upgrades"

An attempt to recreate Zimmerit by pressing a small screwdriver heated over a candle into the plastic.

I can´t even remember having heard of zimmerit back then and how to recreate it 

"Battlefield repair". Barrel replacement using a nail, head cut off, pointy end heated up and jammed into the mantel. Note the track is welded onto the hull. This was probably due to the tracks being difficult to attach properly..the joinging lugs virtually always broke.

This one was an attempt at creating an interior. The two blobs next to the ammo rack are the feet of the commander..or perhaps... he just left his boots behind

The red blobs on the photos cover Symbols that are forbidden to reproduce here. 

The Neapolitan Painting Challenge started!

My entry to the Neopolitan "Comp" ...Miss B.Hayve
Three painters, three sculpts, three idealized beauties in the form of a Redhead, a Blonde and a Brunette.
So, get over to Anne´s Blog and vote!!!!!

A blonde bombshell by Anne O´Leary

                                     A brunette Amazon by Marzio from Fog´s Soldiers Blog

With different Backgrounds, lighting and camera Settings.

The helmet. I added a Gold "glitter" effect to the "eyes" but it doesn´t Show up in pics!!!

At least the eyes are a bit easier to paint in 28mm.
Reaper Miniatures;60072: Chivane, Red Mantis Assassin

The Background (Top pics, kindly suggested by Anne) is from Corvus miniatures and can be found, along with four other colour schemes HERE

Blue Dragon

This is a wedding present for an old friend. The dragon is from Warhammer, the Dark elf range and is called Darkelf Dreadlord on Black Dragon.
The kit contains Dragon armour and a multi pose dark elf but all I was after was the dragon.
Not a bad kit as it goes..fitted together well, the joins are virtually undedectable without any work to cover them up.

I didn´t like the idea of the black dragon as on the boxart..so he/she ended up a blue one..with a slight gold sheen

The kit gives a choice of two heads...this one seemed the best.

The base was a bit of a problem. The one provided hasn´t got enough weight to keep the Dragon balanced..the slightest touch would tip it over, so a larger one had to be found. Choice! Round or square!?
Or combine both ideas and have hexagonal one!!  :-D

I took a chance with the water effect (I´m not very good at creating water for dios)
I mixed some plaster of Paris with woodglue and just smeared it on the base (an old picture frame) and then stuck the plastic rock base into the mixture. As it dried I used a toothpick to make the choppy water effect...
A couple of "pre-basing" pics in different light levels.

A recommendation, Alex´s models at Attention to detail blog
If no-one has seen his work I can only suggest having a look...he is IMHO a scratch build artist of the highest degree of skill and accuracy. I can´t even imagine how anyone can have the patience to construct a motorbike chain in 1-1 let alone in 1/6th scale, but Alex does :-D

Hello to Jehan from Lántre de Jehan blog...Lovely 28mm bods..especially (I´m Biased) his dark age and medievals.

Frodo

Ok, it´s not a 100% likeness and I have made him look a bit tired, but it could be used alongside 54mm bods.
The bod came from The Kindersuprise LOTR series.

Before..................................................................

...............................................................and After

The base on the second version was created, made and supplied by Stephane of Dr Willets Workshop.
He´s made some very nice little scenic bases which I can highly recommend. I haven´t done it the justice it deserves. Anyway, you can see his full range of Medieval town Bases, HERE

Dalek Command post

Well....it´s a bit different and why not  ? :-D

LOTR Elf Swordsman

My first attempt at 25mm. Not as bad as I thought it would be...Perry Medievals..here I come!!!! :-D

Hello Sergi Rico...thanks for following :-D

EXTERMINATE!!!!! (3)

Ok Ray...here are the conversions :-D
The two red Daleks were easy...saw the heads off at the "neck" and glue back on slightly turned to the left or right. Easy peasy!!
The Emporer Dalek was a bit more difficult. Saw off  the gun/arm area, saw off one layer of "blobs" and glue the whole thing back together...like making a nice chocolate cake. ;-D
The head is made from a wooden bead...pinheads for lights. I did do a much better version but scrapped it cos it looked out of style with the other Daleks which don´t have much detail .

YOU WILL OBEY !!!!!

Hello to GReg and  Paint Pig.
At GReg´s Blog,Greg´s Wargaming Blog he makes wargaming scenery, walls, houses etc. Some neat stuff with good little how to articles.
Paint Pig has two bod sites, Three Lil Pigs Painting showing his work on Sci-fi /heavy Metal bods and articles about painting. The other Paint Pig, shows his work on a  wide range of scales and periods.

EXTERMINATE!!!!! (2)

Pinch, Punch!! :-D
A couple more of the pepperpots painted up...Dalek conversions next time ;-D

WARNING!!! Do Not try to spray paint these with a solvent based spray paint!!!! They tend to ..dissolve!!

Hello Mekelnborg. It looks like he is about to get into the world of 1/72nd bods again so needs more encouragement. Go and tell him it´s a great idea at his bolg Tabakskollegium-Mekelnborg

Sherrif of Nottingham Archer (Barzo)

This 54mm bod was painted by my 5 year old daughter...I didn´t help her in anyway whatsoever!!...all I did was show her where to put which colours, clean brushes properly etc.  I think she shows a real talent eh?

Hello to PK from Pikapedra He has linked to me through Twitter and runs a mailorder web shop for figures, Models, paints and tools etc.
Also hello to mitch.kelly...thanks for following :-D

Also I would like to bring attention to the new banner on my Blog, recommended on Porkys Expanse!  It is for a new wargaming Blog network.
Click on it and register your blog.

EXTERMINATE!!!!!

A Dalek from the Dr Who Adventures Mag. As far as I know it´s only available in the UK. and my sister kindly got me 4 of them with the 17 free daleks per issue!!! :-D
Each Dalek is made of hard plastic and comes in a range of colours..each colour is a different Dalek rank. The Daleks are32mm tall from base bottom the top of dome.

Hello to Carlo Antonio. Carlo paints mainly 1/72nd bods....good man :-) His blacklining is amongst the best I have seen. Have a look on his Blog, Military miniatures.
Hello Steve from SPC wargames scenery.He makes some incredible 3mm and 6mm buildings and shows them on his Blog, Steves Wargame Stuff

Welsh Archers (Barzo)

From the Robinhood set by Barzo  I decided they might be more usefull dressed as Welsh Archers 

Very improbable pose but it´s an archer :-D

Hello to Jon and Tel, thanks for following :-)