Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Ruined Houses (Modular Set)

Hi all.... considering all the need for buildings and in regards to my former post I tried to at least safe some money and invest some time in more ruined buildings.

For that I took again my large sized beermatt bases and did some castings. As described in the tutorial about the ruined house objective marker I broke the casting into pieces and rubble.

The parts are then glued along with the rubble to the base and basecoated.

Assuming this ruin is a bit longer in existance I the used filler for some earth and gave that a brown  basecoat.

Next steps include a drybrush with white on the stone structures as well as a drybrush with Vallejo US Field Drab on the earthen structures. Afterwards I took some white PVA Glue and added lines for sanding as well as for flocking.

Happy building everyone

Flames of War- Resource - Linklist Manufacturers of 15mm Terrain -

Building Manufacturers

4Ground - Range of European 15mm and 28 mm buildings for WW2
Area 9 - Another Range of 15mm and 28 mm buildings for WW2
Baueda Wargames - 15 and 28 mm scenery, an Italian manufacturer with expensive prices outside Europe
Crescent Root Studio - WW2 building manufacturers of variety of scales (15, 20 and 25-28mm)...their site often says they're not accepting orders, but they're very popular
Gamecraft Miniatures - a number of different lines of buildings
Eslo Terrain - variety of scales, buildings and terrain
Essex Miniatures - assorted scenery and buildings
Faller - TT & HO scale model railroad supplier with kits for buildings
Battlefront - Their Battlefield in a Box series of WW2 buildings is quite nice.
Gale Force Nine - in conjunction with Battlefront (Flames of War) various pieces of pre-painted terrain and accessories
Fieldworks - manufacturers of ruined buildings of several scales
Frontline Wargaming Various scales of buildings for WW2 and other eras
Hovels - huge range of buildings and accessories for almost any scale/period
International Models - scenery and accessories
Ironclad Miniatures - Several scales, very nice looking stuff
Kerr & King - very nice stuff for various scales. I have several of their buildings, and quite recommend them
Kreative Scenery- range of 15mm scenery and buildings
Long Range Logistics - several scales and eras, buildings and scenery
Miniatures Building Authority - Buildings for various scales and eras
Miniature World Maker - Nice range of buildings and accessories
Monday Knight Productions - Roads, rivers, and minefields, all in flexible latex
Monolith Designs - Buildings for several scales and periods
Musket Miniatures - I have a few of their buildings and accessories. HIghly recommended range of buildings for various scales and periods
PitYak Studios- NZ manufacturer of range of buildings and scenery
Stonehouse Miniatures - Nice-looking stuff for several period and eras
Timecast- Very nice looking stuff based on historic buildings, comes in a few scales
Total Battle Miniatures - a wide range of buildings for various scales
Warbases- a small range of mdf buildings you put together...sounds durable!

Finished Terrain

Wargame Innovations - a big variety of pre-painted, finished boards that fit together in various ways.
Total System Scenic - More prepainted, modular boards that fit together...these come in 1' and 2' sections.

Paper Buildings
Strategery's Paper Terrain Heaven - after starting this list, I decided to make a whole guide just for paper and cork buildings...there were simply too many choices to add here.

Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Painting - German Panther Tank (Plastic Soldier Company) - Part 1

Hi all !
Finally a new topic and this time it is paintings tutorials. As described in an earlier post you will find the conversion paints for Citadel colours to my Vallejo used ones for your pleasure.

The tank itself is easy to assemble even if you do not have a sheet which explains it to you. That is not PSCs fault but mine as it was included and I simply put it away too carefully.

The same paints etc used on this plastic model also can be used for the resin ones by Battlefront if you still have them in use.

I am not using any Airbrush Pistol so this is done with a normal medium sized "0" Brush (not 00 oder 000).

Colours I am using will be :
Gunmetal Grey (Vallejo)
Flat Brown (Vallejo)
Black (Vallejo)
US Field Drab (Vallejo)
Nuln Oil (GW Citadel)
Kaki (Vallejo)
Transparent red (Vallejo)

Battlefront and every other book or tutorial normally uses an undercoat and then afterwards a dark yellow. After quite a few tests and comparissons I finally switched to US Field Drap.

Step 1: Simply Basecoat your Tank with US Field Drap.

Step 2: Use Nuln Oil (feel free to use plenty) for wash. This also helps giving a more weathered impresssion on the tank itself

Step 3: Use a mixture between Kaki and US Field Drap for drybrushing (i used approx 50/50

A look back on october 2012

Hi all,

this month was very very exciting.

Especially after the link on the Flames of War webpage by Battlefront this blog exploded with people taking a look and dropping notes to me. Thank you all for that and keep em coming !

Of course there are also the finished parts on the markers build:


Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Smoke markers / Knock out markers
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.com/2012/10/flames-of-war-tutorial-smoke-markers.html

Flames of war - (Tutorial) - Action Markers (Shell explosions)
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.com/2012/10/flames-of-war-tutorial-action-markers.html

Flames of war - (Tutorial) - Cheapest Objective Markers
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.com/2012/10/flames-of-war-tutorial-cheapest.html

Flames of war - (Tutorial) - Armour bogged down markers
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.com/2012/10/flames-of-war-tutorial-armour-bogged.html

Flames of War (Tutorial) - Selfmade Dug In Markers
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.com/2012/09/flames-of-war-tutorial-selfmade-dug-in.html

Flames of War (Tutorial) : Building Objectives Part I - Ruined House Corner -
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.ie/2012/09/flames-of-war-tutorial-building.html (Part I)
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.ie/2012/09/flames-of-war-tutorial-building_23.html (Part II)
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.com/2012/09/flames-of-war-tutorial-building_26.html (Part III)
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.com/2012/10/flames-of-war-tutorial-building.html (Part IV)

Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Dug in Markers rural area (entrenched)
http://citadelofwar.blogspot.ie/2012/10/flames-of-war-tutorial-dug-in-markers.html

As well as the shot down plane and the latest one with the Silo.

I am pleased and my gaming table seems to fill more and more and more

The shot down plane will also enter the competition on a building website called :

Terragenesis

So lets keep the fingers crossed to win this one.

Have a nice weekend ! And November will see the painting stuff (had to order a couple of units extra for this and the perfect excuse for it :))

Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Objective Marker - Silos (Part 3)

The last and final part for the silos. Slight drybrushing with Paynes Gray (Winsor & Newton) on both of the outer sides of the silos followed up with Vallejo Gunmetal grey for the pipes and the project is finished. Looks easyly across the board and looks sinister enough for gaming.

Happy building !

Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Objective Marker - Silos (Part 2)

Yesterday we started the silos and I promised some extras on them. Today we restart this project with a matt black basecoat that is sprayed over the whole stuff. Silos tend to be either greyish or as on the picture shown in the first post being more blackish. As the plastic on the Kinder surprise eggs is already more shiny I took a matt spray and hoped to get quite a shiny but not too shiny result.

I am pleased what it did.  Upfront I cut out some extras. In movies you always see flags of all nationalities flying around and so I got my hands on a pdf more suitable for 28mm figures and their flags, but cut down  it looks like a huge flag on the silo. A marker you can not miss on a battle field.

Tomorrow will be the third and last post of this silo with the rest getting painted.

Here we go with todays result:

Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Objective Marker - Silos (Part 1)

Hi all,

this months topic is nearing an end and so there is still some room left to fill in the objective gap....

After looking around I came across a website with some gaming action and found this picture:

Silos for grain or fuel... and defo the stuff I want to have on my gaming table instead of the all tooooooo know fuel dumps ....(like these):

So lets go to some action again and down to the supermarket. This Silo stuff needs something I have in mind and these are "Kinder surprise eggs"... why these ???

If you glue them together you will get quite an easy silo. The sticks will later on represent the pipes. Better to use straws, but these I do not have at home.

These two "gents" there will fit to a large base later on. Currently I have glued them to a 20mm*20mm "base". Reason is that normally fuel "dumps" also have some protective layer as not to contaminate the earth around.

Step two will see the priming and some extra decors I found on the net.

Happy building !

Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Objective Marker , Shot down Messerschmitt Fighter (Part 5)

After that I add some flames and smoke to it... a fresh shot down plane. Perhaps someone survived ???

Flames of War - (Tutorial) - Objective Marker , Shot down Messerschmitt Fighter (Part 4)

After everything dried over night it was time for the basecoat (matt black).

The colours for the plane at present are a olive green, dark green, black green, and a bit of metallic colours .

The surrounding field is a bit in burnt sienna as this also can represent the kerosine lost after the crash. Couple of highlights still needed.