Been a While! Picture dump.

 Just going to post some pictures of random work I've done over the past little while.

Next Batch of SOTR Germans

I got a bunch of Germans done a few days ago for Secrets of the Third Reich.

A few more troopers with Panzerfausts.

 

 

These are the Wolfrunners, to go along with the Wolfrunner Sergeant in my last SOTR post.  They came with these silly puny heads, so I replaced them with some decently-sized ones.

 

A sniper.  I forgot to do the rain pattern on it afterwards, but I think it still looks good.

 



A werewolf!  One of the few werewolf sculpts on the market that I like!

 

 

Painted while listening to:  Ripper by David L. Golemon

 

 

 

The only part of the book I enjoyed was the two and a half hour "prologue", which started out in Victorian London and later in 1916 Mexico.  The rest of the book was meh.

 

 





More SOTR Germans!

I keep pumping out the Secrets of the Third Reich German miniatures at an alarming rate!

 

A LMG gunner and crew member.



 

A Panzerfaust team

The last guy is a Wolfrunner Sergeant - I like the pose.  I'm working on some Wolfrunners right now, but didn't like their puny heads.  ;-)

Painted while listening to:  I finished off The Kraken Project (from the last post).  Garbage.  Didn't like it.

I finished these guys while listening to Ice Station Wolfenstein.  It looked promising - secret German Antarctic base, cool!  Uhhhhh....not so much.  I didn't like this one either.  *sigh*

First of the Secrets of the Third Reich Germans!

I ordered a ton of Secrets of the Third Reich (SOTR) miniatures when Wayland Games had their summer sale on.  Up to 50 % off!  There was no better time to get in than now!

After trying out a colour scheme, I pumped out my first batch:

I'm happy with their look and basing.  They're easy to paint and I've been working furiously on lots more!  However, I have been distracted because of a recent 6mm Cold War game I played with a friend.  Now I have a bunch of Soviet tanks and vehicles on nails ready to be painted...

Painted while listening to:  The Kraken Project by Douglas Preston

I've read most of the Lincoln/Child books and their stand-alone novels.  I was looking forward to this one - I liked Blasphemy and Impact....I'm not liking this one so far.  I'm about half way through.  I can guess what's going to happen and it's not very riveting so far.  We'll see how it goes.

Nacht Jager

To continue the weird war two theme, I have some Nacht Jager from Artizan Designs. 

I must say that I am INCREDIBLY pleased with how they came out.  I spent a bit more time on each figure and I think it shows.  I painted the body armour the luftwaffe blue colour, associated with Fallschirmjager.  I guessed from the helmet shape that that is what they are supposed to be like.  I added the FJ eagle to the armour, since the helmet had the little rivet sticking out on the sides. 

Painted while listening to:  Island 731 by Jeremy Robinson

This is my first Jeremy Robinson book.  I've looked at his stuff before, but thought it might be like the mass-produced Clive Cussler stuff.  I was pleasantly surprised to find no crazy over-the-top characters.  Of course, you have to still suspend belief while listening to it, but I thought it was a great book!

Sturm Battalion Zorn and SOTR Trial Figure

I've been painting a ton of weird war two miniatures lately.  I finished some Sturm Battalion Zorn miniatures from Artizan Designs recently:

In searching for the link to the miniatures, I didn't realize that there were more of them!!!  Looks like I'll be having to place an order soon....   ;-)

These three were great fun to paint.  I kept the colours simple and dark, and added a few decals from Warlord Games to the helmet to add some detail.

I also had a go at the trial paint scheme for my West Wind Secrets of the Third Reich minis:

I have a lot of these miniatures to paint and I wanted something simple.  I opted out of doing camouflage on the coat as I thought it would make it look a bit too busy and take away from the look of the figure.  I really wanted the weird war two-ness of the body armour and mask to stand out.  I'm happy with how it came out and am working on his friends six at a time.

Painted while listening to:  The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn

Think of those mindless monster B-movies out there...that's what this is.  There's some monsters in the mountains and they kill people.  The characters were actually well fleshed out and probably the best part of the book.  Overall...meh.

Lots of Weird War 2 Goodness!!!

Today I have quite a few miniatures to show you.  First up are some DUST Warfare/Tactics models, which I had finished quite a while ago but was waiting for some decals to show up:

These are the Axis Laser Grenadiers, and were quite easy to paint.  I tried out doing camouflage on the pants for the first time, and I must say it spices up the models some.  The helmet and shoulder decals are the German Heer ones from Warlord Games.  The cross on the chest is from I-94 Enterprises (GR 106 on the page I've linked to).  It was my first time using decals from I-94, and I am very happy with them.

Up next are some German soldiers with Vampir sights.  They came out recently from Warlord Games, but I can't find them on the website now.

All have been given heads from West Wind's Secrets of the Third Reich line of miniatures.  I think they fit in to the Weird War theme better with the heads!

Coming in at the end are some miniatures from Warlord Games that I am very proud of how they came out.  I like the poses and the face on the SS officer.

The miniatures that I used are German Waffen-SS officer with MP38, Waffen-SS firing Stg-44 Assault Rifle, Waffen-SS running with Stg-44, and Waffen-SS with Stg-44 Assault Rifle.  Three have been given German Gasmask Figure Heads. 

I am very pleased with how they came out!  I had to do some filling with putty to make the heads look where I wanted them to, but otherwise were an easy conversion.  The ones with the helmets have decals from Warlord Games, same as on the other miniatures in this post.

As you can see, I have finally set up my photography area.  So no more sad pictures from the painting mat!

Painted while listening to:  The Last Town by Blake Crouch

I finished this one off and I really enjoyed it!  Action-packed from start to finish, and the ending could leave room for a sequel but who knows.

Sadly, I have come down with a nasty cold a few days before I head up for two weeks of work.  I didn't do any painting today, but did get to watch a fun show:

The Blood Beast Terror is a typical B-movie romp with Peter Cushing.  It doesn't get very good reviews, but I enjoyed it!

DUST Ubertoten Suicide Squad

I have another DUST miniatures installment for you - this time an Axis Ubertoten Suicide Squad. 

I enjoyed the painting the Ubertoten squads - the idea of undead Germans in Weird War II is appealing. 

Painted while listening to:  The Last Town by Blake Crouch

I'm half way through it and am really enjoying it!  It's the third book in the Wayward Pines series - it reminds me of something you'd see on the Twilight Zone or Outer Limits.  I hear they're making a mini-series or something of it as well, which I am looking forward to seeing!

I've been working on organizing the man cave, and have picked up a cabinet at IKEA and put it together the other day.

I spent part of the day unpacking most of my painted miniatures, and the cabinet is getting full already!  I actually picked up the cabinet a while ago, but picked out the wrong colour of doors.  When I went back to exchange them, they only had one of the white doors!!!!  So I had to wait until they were re-stocked. 

And of course I have to give you the obligatory puppy picture:

Dust Warfare Ubertoten Assault Squad

I've admired the Dust Tactics/Warfare models for some time now, and just finally got around to picking some up and having a go at painting them.  The Axis Ubertoten Assault Squad was one of the first squads I bought, and loved the zombie-ish look of them. 

I had heard good and bad things about the quality of the plastic they are made of.  It's not super hard like the material the walkers are made of, but still are a bit bendy.  I didn't overly enjoy cleaning the mold lines off them, as the plastic didn't like to come off too easily and sometimes left little "hairs" on them.  Once I got through that, and chopping them off their silly bases, painting them was easy.  The paint took to the models easily, and were a joy to paint.  One thing I forgot to do before taking pictures was add some gloss varnish to the blood to make it look wet.

 

The one with the helmet has some Warlord Games German Heer decals to add some detail.  I did the same with the Laser Grenadiers and the Ubertoten Suicide Squad that I'm working on (all of which will be on the blog soon!).

Painted while listening to:  Brodmaw Bay by F.G. Cottam

Typical F.G. Cottam, but not his best work.  Seemed a bit rushed and it could have been fleshed out a bit more.  Still, it was a good listen and had its moments.