The Scale Models/War gaming discussion and pictures thread.

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

I'm going to be using the paper mache technique to form a landscape, then i'll buy/make trees fences and buildings.

 

Heres one way to landscape :

 

 

@ Russell (sorry if theres only one l mate I always forget!)

 

Maybe try a clearing/the edge of the jungle? Few trees on the very edge of the base, the rest can be grass/sand/soil with your tank and infantry posed there?

Thanks!

Mum says if I do good in test (an A or higher) I'll be able to have two of the sets as gifts woo HOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Predicted grade is an A so hopefully....

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Here are my airfix soldiers, most are 1:72 apart from the Second World War German infantry:

My misfits who have been found in charity shops going for 1p each:

The napoleonic era infantry:

French Great War infantry:

The dead person. Please dont hate me for saying this but I think this adds more realism and shows what it was like with the dead being everywhere:

The Great War German infantry, including the deadly flamethrower sand stretcher bearers:

 

Finnally, world war 1 British Infantry and Second World War British paratroopers. I had some German para's somewhere.....

Enjoy

Edit: forgot the pic of some infantry...

[BBrotherwood]

For 1p each that is a good find

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

I know! Got a god load if sheet music from there to! The old people in there are really nice also, talked to one for quite a while when I got the sheet music for Danny boy;)

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

The music makes things more than just airfix...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kqnri9URkY

[AirsoftTed]

Damn you. Because of this thread I have now ordered a couple of kits:

1:76 Matilda MkII from airfix

1:76 Australian Infantry by Revell

Now I will have to work out how to make a small patch of 1:76 jungle to put them in.

 

I imagine a bit of model making will be quite fun, I haven't done it in years.

 

http://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/the-army-painter-5x16cm-jungle-tufts-44129.html

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Anyone know any good world war 1 battlefield diorama shops, or shops with that in stock?

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

http://www.instructables.com/id/WWI-Trench-Model/

 

http://cianty-tabletop.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/tactica-2010.html

 

Please look at the above!!!!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Actually scrap the above:

http://s835.photobucket.com/user/cianty/media/Hamburger%20Tactica%202010/Tactica2010036.jpg.html

[BBrotherwood]

This:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTcVMMJZKx4

I have wanted this table in my house for 3 years

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

That's just jaw dropping lol...

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Just wondering if anyone's used this site???

http://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/airfix_dioramas.htm

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

BLOODY HELL!!!!!

My mum just showed me this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-Scale-Coastal-Defence-Modelkit/dp/B00IJZIC5I/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410383452&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=D-day+defense+airfix

She got it for £2.00 new, from an closing down model shop

But bloody hell, what a buy!!!!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Alright , I need some help.

Do I, for the ww1 diorama do it this way:

http://t.answers.com/answers/#!/entry/how-do-you-make-a-model-of-a-world-war,4fe297934b672622b84ad240

Or do I buy one from airfix:

http://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/airfix_dioramas.htm

Airfix - WWI Western Front Gift Set - 1:76 (A50060)

Please say as in a bit of a dilemma..... If I bought the airfix one, I'd try and do it like so:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kqnri9URkY

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Here's a bit about the airfix one:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5XQvtiSb7ds

[AirsoftTed]

James,

use that in conjunction with the paper mache technique I showed you!

 

Bargain on the bunker too, you'll enjoy building it, I used to!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Ok so get the airfix ww1 trench and use the paper mâché aswell or do it the other way along with the paper mâché?lol

[Russe11]

Make your own. It will be much more satisfying.

[Finius]

My camera is on the fritz again, but I've pulled a couple of crap shots of some of my minis from facebook.

 

First is a GW Skaven Doomwheel 'WIP' at this stage it just needed basing and then washes/minor highlighting etc but is basically where I wanted it:

 

Next up, a pair of GW Skaven Rat Ogres from their Island of Blood set once again - 'WIP' - these guys just needed basing and another wash:

 

Completed GW Skaven Warpfire Thrower from their Island of Blood set:

 

Completed GW Tyranid Tervigon - he doesn't look *quite* so rubbish in the flesh, the bulb in my display cabinet was a bit too bright when this was taken, as a result some of the more subtle work is washed out (not that I'm much good with a brush either way):

 

I've got a dozen or so X-Wing minis, way more Skaven, an honest-to-god f**kton of 40k models, a Dystopian Wars fleet and god knows what else kicking about that is yet to be photographed.

 

Soon gonna be starting a collection of WW2 battleships/carriers I think...

[Finius]

Make your own. It will be much more satisfying.

 

This, a thousand times.

[Russe11]

How I would make a WW1 trench:

-Draw the trench layout on a board

-Use an air drying modelling clay to layout the floor of the trench and use matchsticks for the side supports. Build up the sides with matchsticks and add any boards for walking on.

-Use polyfiller or plaster of paris to build up the trench walls by layering over the back of the match sticks

-use masking tape and scrunched up newspaper to build up the surrounding land.

-build the surface of the surrounding land up with plaster or clay.

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Bit of a bugger but for me to start my diorama making hobby, my Mum says she wants me to buy the:

https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/airfix-172-wwi-western-front-gift-set/

Just to make sure I enjoy it. But, my dad kinda likes Airfix so I'm hoping to get him a bit interested

So its a start!!

My money box named "Airsoft funds" has been changed to "Airsoft funds plus a quarter of Airfix funds" lol...

Anyone used that site??

[Finius]

Have used Wonderland Models several times for several things and always received good service!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Woo hoo lol, I'm so happy she got me that D-Day coastal defence aswell!!! Real bargain but sadly that shops gone now...

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MqLoLKlbVuJust watch this...his hand must hurt... Love the song "British grenadiers march".