Completed commission of west German Team Yankee force ready to fight in Germany
SS armour commission complete
Below are several galleries of the completed force broken down into their units. On reflection I am very happy with the result and a closer look at individual tanks reveals good levels of details, and little interest added through the painting (this was a tabletop level commission). There is definately scope to bring in a…
Flames of War Commission #2
Test pieces complete along with the first batch of half tracks
Flames of War commission
A new commission project comes in and the first step – assess what we’ve got and plan the work
Dystopian Wars
A while ago I would push ships, aircraft and tanks around all in one game system …. what…? Sea, land and air all in one system I hear you cry 😳 Yea Dystopian wars was the name of that game. It took bloody hours to play with funky dice mechanics, damage tracking and tokens everywhere….
Team Yankee game 6?
A bunch of quick photos of a game with my friend Garry who showed my how fast T-80’s can move into my deployment zone whilst under fire and destroying my force This will be the last outing of the Berlin Brigade camo. It simply takes too long to do and the force will be reincarnated…
Teeny tiny APC’s
The Team Yankee force had a major overhaul this week… Turns out Berlin Brigade 3 tones in quadrilateral shaped is a veeery time consuming with masking tape, even negative and positive stencils didn’t work as well as I liked. The solution…. …Zip forward 5 years to a gulf war theme! This would also make more…
Delta One Zero unboxing
Deadly modern skirmish wargame, with world-class miniatures – select your troops and your strategic resources and engage the enemy! 2 weeks ago I met with the team from Bonza games to collect my Kickstarter of Delta One Zero. We had abeer at Brendale Brewary and they walked me through a demo of the game. Here…
Rumbleslam!
Any 90’s kids in here? I think you would recognise some of these poses from classic 90’s WWF (world wrestling federation, nothing to do with conservation 😉) I’ll demonstrate my painting process for these resin minis. All the smaller ones are one piece. The troll, two. The resin cleaning up nicely with a sharp knife…
Team Yankee – shots fired
Chris Thompson, section machine gunner, had spent 3 nights in his foxhole. His feet were wet from the dampness permeating through his boots, everyday drizzle kept everything wet. Still, sgt Burton kept spirits up with stories from the Falkands, warm tea and a pretty ordinary renditions of Tom Jones songs. West Germany had changed since…
Oil washes
(And putting videos in here.) What to use – Washes or inks , oils or acrylic ? Big questions for shading miniatures. In this post I will quickly go through oil washes and hopefully have a few videos to help. Firstly. Paint your miniature in its base colours. Gloss varnish. Equipment Long fine paint brush…
Infinity: Haqqislam painting guide
A guide for how I paint this for Infinity: Haqqislam force
Orange Peel Painting 