Sergeants Mess 20mm Greenhouse

What a lovely little model this is. And a chance to show that I do paint terrain items too!

MDF buildings - Sarissa Warehouse

Front view. The window frames are all on one separate piece of MDF which is fixed to the inside of the front wall. I made the schoolboy error of gluing this in place before painting it. I won't do that again! Pavement given a wash of medium grey and then drybrushed in lighter shades. Railings black. Stairs painted in the colours and the paving.

Rear view of the loading bay. I have left the doors so they can be opened or closed. The 4 packing cases are included in the kit. Wooden boxes, staircases and doors are painted with a wash of burnt umber, walls are washed in burnt sienna. Concrete floors and stairs were washed several times with light sand colours. Smaller brickwork is left in it's natural "scorched MDF" colour.

I am thinking about hinging the doors.

View of the interior. The mezzanine level lifts off to give access to the rooms below.

View through the back doors. Girders and railings painted black.

MDF buildings - Warbases

Roof tiles are Slaters plasticard
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/slaters-7mm-roofing-tile-white-0-015-thick.html

Brick work is a wash of watered down burnt sienna. The etched lines show through quite heavy washes. I have then picked out a few bricks in lighter and darker shades. All pieces are painted before assembly. Much easier as I learned the hard way!

Shop signs done on MS Word. All have nerdy BBC TV references. I have also got a J JONES ~ FAMILY BUTCHER.

Home made Cargo Barge for tonight's 1938 BCW Game

Knocked this up yesterday for tonight's 1938 "A Very" British Civil War game at the Reading club.



I wanted a simple cargo barge, suitable for 25/28mm figures. This has a simple balsa hull construction with thin card glued and "riveted" in place. The wheel house is just simply made from 4 pieces of balsa with the windows marked in by being pressed with a pencil.



I have sacrificed detail for playability and have made sure that penny-based figures can walk around the deck or stand in the hold without falling off!

I'll post some pics of the barge in action after the game. Can't say too much - the players might be reading this!!