The Scale Models/War gaming discussion and pictures thread.

[BBrotherwood]

I've got my troll popped into my local model shop for the first time in a while and found out that he is still selling a lot off it at the much older (cheaper) GW prices

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Big news!!!!!

Well, yesterday I turned the shed into my diorama workshop then popped to the Range and Wickes to get my supplies and I've already planned all the trenches! I must admit lol, it is quite snug up there! Even bought a clock for £1 from the Charity shop XD!!!!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Anything to add? Apart from more shell holes, rubble and sand (too make the un even terrain mix with water+glue) .

Sorry if Up side down!

 

 

Any advice appreciated!

[AirsoftTed]

Looks a good start mate! Maybe a fallen tree or two? and a few dead/cows or horses if you can get any. Maybe some MG nests at the front of the trenches?

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Alrighty, I'll probably add them along with a few other finishing touches like correlated cardboard as sheets of steel etc....

[AirsoftTed]

You can wrap wire round a pencil to make barbed wire, there's tutorials on YouTube

[n1ckh]

Kitchen tissue makes good canvas when sprayed, wooden tea stirrers from McDonalds will make good duck boards (the planks they walked on) ladders can be made from cocktail sticks, sewing thread bobins can be used for barbed wire or cables wrapped around

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Thanks both!

Just stopped putting all the board tingys that are on the trench walls......hell thy are so damn fiddily!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lets just say I may have been a tad blasphemous durin the cutting process of the trench.....

[AirsoftTed]

Looking foward to seeing it done mate.

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

[TacMaster]

Got my own WW1 trench I made for a history project years ago. My grandfather is heavily into modelling (specifically in doing historically and location accurate 00 gauge train sets- he has written and published massive series of books about them too) and I got a lot of help from him. I used some old railway figurines of his and painted them khaki to look as realistic as possible.

Enough waffling, here's the pics:

 

 

 

 

Closeup of dugout

 

 

Wire section- not completely accurate and was damaged in storage- however I think this makes it look nicely battle scarred

 

 

Closeup of crater detail

 

 

Edit: got some Warhammer 40K space marines incl. standard troop units, scouts, veterans and 2 tanks (Rhino and a Vindicator- the one with the Earthshaker cannon and bulldozer blade?) as well as 1 bike unit up for sale if anyone's interested?

[BBrotherwood]

Try selling them on here, its one of the biggest forums out there:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/list.page

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Nice stuff there Tac!

[adam bussey]

now i feel like getting my warhammer 40000 collection out and adding some stuff to it then put it on here

[BBrotherwood]

Did anyone attend SELWG today?

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Update of the diorama, sorry for bad quality!

 

Thing on the far left is supposed to be a memorial/grave prototype. Any advice is welcome!!!

 

 

The duck boards take sooooo long!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Did anyone attend SELWG today?

Just had a look on the news about it, looked great!

[b1n0gHo5t]

Sigh i miss warhammer..well other than the over priced models & painting & GW staff cheating like a Mofo & people allergic to water

[jcheeseright]

I think it's more soap that a lot of them are allergic to.

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Advice on the diorama welcome!!

[M_P]

Having broken my arm and thus not being able to play airsoft, playstation or anything else for a few months I've decided to give 40k another go, haven't done any for 6-7 years so I'm assuming a lot has changed so will have to read up a bit on everything before getting started again.

Dug out soome of my old stuff to give me some motivation and thought I'd share, sold most of it off but have the odd thing or two left.

 

Apologies for the terribleness of the photos but the blurriness might hide some rough edges

[b1n0gHo5t]

Having broken my arm and thus not being able to play airsoft, playstation or anything else for a few months I've decided to give 40k another go, haven't done any for 6-7 years so I'm assuming a lot has changed so will have to read up a bit on everything before getting started again.

Dug out soome of my old stuff to give me some motivation and thought I'd share, sold most of it off but have the odd thing or two left.

 

Apologies for the terribleness of the photos but the blurriness might hide some rough edges

Best of luck..i so want to give it another go..well minus the painting

[M_P]

That's my favourite part lol

[b1n0gHo5t]

That's my favourite part lol

i have what they call moroncouldnotpaintabarndoorifhetried syndrome

bad wrist + poor eye sight = blob models..ok not that bad but i really cant paint haha i see my self as more a tactician more than a painter

[BBrotherwood]

Not including the 70+ horde of orcs im working through atm, my latest warband is attached.

 

I really dont like GW's Black Numenorians so I converted some instead.