Wall of Martyrs Unboxing and assembly

Well, these have been sitting in my to-do pile for quite some time, but with the new Stronghold Assault book I thought I should get in gear.  Now that there are rules I can see these getting a lot more use.

Anyway, below are three videos, one for each of the core Wall of Martyrs pieces; Imperial Defense line, Imperial Bunker and Imperial Defense Emplacement.

Hobbit Scenery WIP

Here's some pics of the Hobbit Scenery from the box set.  I'm using some of the basic guide from the December White Dwarf.  Nothing too special with the colours, just lots of drybrushing.  Once the wood is done I'll probably give some glazes like I've done with the Skaven to make the planks slightly different colours (green, grey, red, etc).  The bone bits will be done with typical bone colours once the wood is finished.

Battlescape tutorial + pics

Here's the 40k battlescape piece of scenery.  I remember seeing this at gamesday 2009 in Toronto before it was released... it was sort of an easter egg in a display case since it hadn't been released.

Anyway, here it is... basically the same paint job as the rest of my scenery so that it all goes together.

Temple of Skulls WIP

Along with all the other projects, I'm also working on the Temple of Skulls scenery piece from GW.  I wanted this piece after playing a game at Black Knight Games for 'ard boyz and having it on the table we were using.  Its pretty versatile and looks great on the board.

Realm Of Battle

Another project... this just arrived today.  I ordered the Realm of Battle modular game board so that I could have a nice table that can be put away.  I like the idea of something more durable than a table made out of MDF and I haven't come up with a reliable way of making hills that will match up as nicely as this bad boy.

I've got to get it all painted before Christmas, and I've got a bunch of scenery I'd like to get done for then as well.  Hopefully I'm able to get that done along with all my other projects.  I'll be sure to post pics as I go and a video of the process once I'm done.

40k Scenery - Craters

In this video I show how I mounted the GW vacuum craters on hard board (MDF) and painted them up.  These are a great staple in the 40k scenery world and easy enough to make look presentable.

Skullvane Manse unboxing

Here's a quick video showing the new Skullvane Manse kit.  Looks pretty impressive, and will add nicely to the tabletop.

40k terrain wip

Here's a couple pics of stuff I'm working on for a game I'm planning on having this weekend with my brother.  We used to play 40k back in 1st and 2nd edition then took some time off before coming back to it.  Should be fun, and hopefully it doesn't lead to any fights.

I've got some 40k and fantasy stuff that I've been meaning to paint as well as my modular table, craters and jungle scenery.  Not pictured is the crashed aquilla that I have primed.

Witchfate Tor WIP

Here's a couple shots of me assembling the Witchfate Tor.  What's interesting about this is the base is the exact same as the dreadstone blight and it even comes with some ruined sections.  So what I did to extend the kit a little further was buy another base off of ebay and now I'm going to have two pieces of scenery instead of one.

The other thing to note about this is that it doesn't come on a sprue, and things don't fit together the greatest.

Dreadfleet Painting: Scenery

Here's the scenery all painted up. Now I have everything ready for the first mission... now I just have to find time to play. Also, I picked up the Battle Foam trays for Dreadfleet. They are my first battle foam products, and I'm pretty happy with them. The two comments I'd say about it are that it sticks up more than an inch (more than I think they advertise 3/4") and some of the parts are hard get out because the trays are quite deep. Perhaps I'll do a separate review of that later.

Anyway, the scenery (video and paints after the break)

Dreadfleet Scenery Assembly video

Here's all the scenery from the dreadfleet box. I figured I'd assemble it first since I'd need it for any games I was going to play. It should be pretty easy to paint, so I might even start with it as well.

Completed watch tower

Here's that watch tower I was working on. I'm pretty happy with how easy it was to get decent results. I basically followed the GW painting tutorial on their website using foundations for almost everything. I'll be doing a video tutorial shortly.

WIP Warhammer tower

After a little vacation and a ton of assembly for the ork horde list I'm taking a diversion and painting this warhammer tower that's been on my desk for a while. Nothing fancy, just using foundations to base coat it and will drybrush some highlights and use some washes to finish it off.

Jungle Bases Video

A how-to video of those jungle bases I did. Nothing too fancy, but I walk through all the steps I took.

Finished Jungle Bases

Here's some finished pics of those Jungle Bases I did a little while ago. The shrubs were from the dollar store, and I hardly used any of them to make the one base (so I can make lots more). The GW plastic trees are magnetized. Video in process.

DIY Modular Table complete videos

Here's the finished videos for the modular table that I made for about $25.

Jungle bases

To go along with the table I'm building I've made some jungle bases. I saw some plastic shrubs in the dollar store, and I had some of the GW Jungle Trees (two packs worth), so I figured I'd make two bases worth. I initially thought I'd split the trees and shrubs half and half, but once I was wrapping up the project I decided to put the shrubs on one stand and the trees on another.

The jungle trees have magnets on them so I can take them off.

40k Craters video

Here's the video of the craters I did a little while ago. The original post is here.

40k Craters

Here's my brief foray into some scenery... I like these craters but don't like how the edges have a tendency to lift because these are vacuum formed... so I glued them down to some MDF and painted everything up. I used gorilla glue, and put in staples while it was drying. After it was dry I pulled the staples out and glued some coffee grounds on to give texture for the dirt.

I started off painting by spraying everything black then airbrushed some grey on the edges of the craters and some brown over the dirt. To finish them off I dry brushed some reaper weathered stone on the edges and bestial brown on the dirt. A little static grass and we're all done.