Last month I built a number of model buildings (see here and here) and I have just finished painting them.
I used the same method as before (an overall coat of Tank Grey (Humbrol No.67) paint that is dry-brushed with a lighter colour before the detail is picked out in a variety of colours) but with a slightly different colour palette. The results are shown below:
I have continued to build more HO/15mm-scale Faller model buildings ... and they look like this:
The next step is to fix the buildings to MDF bases ... and then I can begin painting them.
During my recent 'breather', I decided to build some more HO/15mm-scale Faller model buildings. So far I have made the following ones:
I have constructing examples of these models before, so this time I modified each one so that they are not identical.
I have several more to put together, and once they are completed, I'll get around to basing and painting them.
Some time ago, I built a model border fortress based on a kit I bought from an English Heritage shop. When I finished it, it looked like this:
Initially, I painted it medium grey ...
... but I felt that the walls needed some sort of texture. I therefore put it to one side until I could think of a way to achieve that end result.
After my recent splurge of painting and basing model buildings, I decided to apply the techniques I have been using to this model border fortress. To give the walls some texture, I applied a coat of PVA glue to the walls and dipped them in fine cork granules. Once that had dried, I painted the walls with Tank Grey (Humbrol No.67).
I then dry brushed the walls with White (Revell No.05) and the planks with Earth Brown (Humbrol No.29). I then flocked the base with fine cork granules.
The end result looked like this:
I am rather pleased with the way this border fortress now looks, and it doesn't look out of place with the other buildings I have painted recently.
During a search of my box of spare bits and pieces, I found the unused components of the wooden castle model I used to build this border fortress … and there looks as if there enough left to build a small castle/fortress!
Some time ago I bought a Faller HO model of a ruined castle (B-291) via eBay.
Having opened the packaging the kit came in, I realised that with a bit of work, I could use the parts to create two models ... a partially ruined castle that is still in use by the military and a small residential building. The latter began life as the wooden shop attached to the ruin, and its place was taken by a stone building constructed from spare bits and pieces I had in one of my modelling spares boxes.
After constructing the two buildings, they were fixed to MDF bases and then painted using the technique I used on my previous buildings before adding fine cork granules to their bases. The end results looked like this:
Bouyed up by my recent success, I decided to paint and base some more model buildings. I started with a 15mm resin farm barn that I bought some time ago on eBay. (It was sold as being manufactured by Hovels ... but I am not absolutely sure that it is.)
I then painted two model buildings that I bought during out last visit to Tallinn in Estonia.
I used the same technique that I had used on my previous batch of buildings although I did use white rather than beige as the main colour used to dry brush the buildings.
Note: The left-hand model is based on a real building in Tallinn, the bar/restaurant Peppersack.
I am now looking around for even more buildings to paint.
Once I had the bit between my teeth, I decided to paint and base some more model buildings. I found two 15mm resin buildings that I bought some time ago on eBay. They were described as being made by Hovels, but I have no idea if they were.
I used the same technique that I had used on my previous batch of buildings, and they ended up looking like this:
I am now looking around for some more buildings to paint.
Last month, I mentioned that I had been doing a lot of thinking about my future wargaming and that I had been considering several ideas and possible strategies. That process is still ongoing, although my ideas are beginning to crystallize.
In the meantime, I have been trying to use my time constructively. Rather than paint figures, and spurred on by the success of my repaint of the resin model of Tallinn's famous Viru Gate, I decided to paint some model buildings that I constructed whilst I was bedridden last year.
I used the same basic technique (and colours) that I used on the model of the Viru Gate. In other words, all the models were given a dark grey undercoat (Humbrol No.67) and the majority were then dry brushed with beige (Revell No.314). The roof tiles were repainted using carmine red (Revell No.36) and dry brushed with a 3:1 mixture of carmine red and beige. The details were then picked out in a number of other colours. Once they were finished, each building was mounted on a 3mm-thick MDF base that was flocked with fine cork granules.
The resulting buildings looked like this:
I was so impressed by the end results that I have actually bought another example of Faller's 1965-vintage 'Old town block' model (Code number B-924) to build and paint.
Since my last blog post, I have been doing a lot of thinking about my future wargaming. I have several ideas and possible strategies that I want to explore, but I have not come up with anything definite as yet.
Rather than sitting in my armchair pondering, I have been working on a couple of things. Firstly, I have continued renovating the Fallschirmjäger figures that I inherited from Eric Knowles' collection ... and they are looking good!
Secondly, I have been repainting the resin model of Tallinn's famous Viru Gate. The original model was painted silver(!) and red ...
... and I have repainted the stonework using a dark grey undercoat (Humbrol No.67) which I dry brushed with beige (Revell No.314). The roof tiles were repainted using carmine red (Revell No.36) and dry brushed with a 3:1 mixture of carmine red and beige. The results looked like this ...
... and I think it looks miles better.
