Tagged: vehicles
Fully Painted- Konflikt ’47 US troops
I recently finished painting US Army troops for Konflikt ’47, by Warlord Games. I had 2 goals with this project; To get them quickly painted and on the table, and to work with decals for the first time. Because of my first goal, I did base coats and washes, but skipped some of the finer ... Read more
AAR- Konflikt ’47 at GreenfireGames
Imagine a world where the 2nd world war didn’t end in 1945. Nuclear experiments led to the creation of “rift technology”, and the powers are using these new weapons to further their agendas. Walkers and tesla tanks are fighting against German Zombies and Russian bear-men. Welcome to World War II, 1947. Konflikt ’47 is a ... Read more
Tutorial- The Great Naval Rebasing Project
About eight years ago I started collecting 1/3000 naval ships and painted them to what I thought was a satisfactory level. However, my hobby skills have improved over the years and I had several issues with the ships I completed. I also had a large number of ships that were never painted that I wanted ... Read more
Newly Released Wreck-Age Models from Adepticon- Part 2
Wreck-Age released their first vehicle model at Adepticon. Each swag bag included a motorcycle, and if you stopped by the Wreck-Age vendor booth, you were given a rider for it. On Saturday, They held a paint and play event with these bikes. Show up to the event, paint your new bike, and race it around ... Read more
Newly released Wreck-Age models from Adepticon 2017- Part 1
We posted previously about the (funded!) Wreck-Age vehicle kickstarter, but the guys at Hyacinth games also quietly released some new models at Adepticon 2017. We have a few posts planned to show off some of these in the days leading up to the kickstarter’s end. I was very excited to get my hands on these ... Read more
Adepticon Terrain: Start and Finish Lines
Our friends over at Hyacinth Games are running a big motocross event at Adepticon, featuring some motorcycles from their 28mm post-collapse vehicle Kickstarter. They asked me to help them prepare for the even by making some start and finish lines. I started with some fiberboard bases. I cut the poles out of hollow plasticard tubes, ... Read more
Wreck-Age 28mm Vehicles Kickstarter is LIVE!
Hello everyone, The Kickstarter for our 28mm vehicles and terrain is live. We at Hyacinth greatly appreciate the ongoing support of our community. If you know someone that may be interested in this campaign please forward this along. Indies like us live and die with these campaigns. We also have a retailer level because FLGS ... Read more
Sci-Fi Train Before Paint.
Here are a few pre-painted pictures today of a project that I’ve wanted to do for years. A 28mm Sci-Fi Train! The train is made up of an Engine from a Caterpillar brand construction toy train and the cars from a Pixar toy train. Both were found at different resale shops some months apart. The engine ... Read more
Six Dollar Sci-Fi Tanks from Russia
I’ve got a bargain on the desk today — it’s a 28mm “Bronekorpus” tank kit from Russia, made by Tehnnolog, the company best known for its Robogear line of mech kits. Tim and I bought a pack of 10 of these kits on eBay. Shipping ranges from $1-$2 for each tank. As you’ll see below, ... Read more
Armor Reinforcements for Warpath and 40k
I finally brush-dipped and varnished the Leman Russ tanks I painted up for our mega-apocalypse Warpath game from last month. You can read all about it right here. These vehicles are mostly stock with a couple of modifications, and they received a quick paint job of base colors, drybrush and brush-dip with Minwax Polyshades Tudor. ... Read more