Wood and weathering

I was asked several times what wood I use for my fences and how do I weather my wood. For fences I use "Carnival Woodcraft" matchsticks (2 inches long) from local Sydney craft shop. But you can use simple matchsticks as well. 

For weathering I use Agrax Earthshade mixed with water. Hope that helps. If you have some questions about materials and paint color I use please write to fjodin - at - hotmail.com (Bear in mind that "at" means @. I just dont want web-bots to spam me)

15mm woodland MARPAT tutorial

Due to a demand on TMP forum, I decided to show you how do I paint 15mm woodland MARPAT step-by-step. Final goal is to make 15mm Peter Pig soldier to look like marines from above photo.

Please bear in mind that this is my very first painting tutorial and also I am not professional macro photographer. So there could be some imperfections.

The main problem with 15mm camouflages is that if you paint authentic 1/100 camo, model will blend with wargame terrain. So I prefer to paint cartoony version of camouflages. 

STEP1: I paint uniform using Baneblade Brown (Khemri Brown), for skin I use Kislev Flesh (Elf Flesh), for boots and equipment I use Balor Brown (Snakebite Leather), Abaddon Black (Chaos Black) for M16 and Mechanicus Standard Grey(Adeptus Battlegrey) for goggles.

Wash model with Agrax Earthshade (Devlan Mud). For skin I use Seraphim Sepia (Gryphonne Sepia). For goggles I use Nuln Oil (Badab Black).

Now we have bigger photos :) Highlight clothing with  Baneblade Brown (Khemri Brown), highlight skin with Kislev Flesh (Elf Flesh), for boots and equipment use Balor Brown (Snakebite Leather)

Now we need to add one more layer of highlights. Highlight equipment with Tallarn Sand (Desert Yellow). Use 60/40 mix of  Balor Brown (Snakebite Leather) and Tallarn Sand (Desert Yellow) to highlight soldiers back. To highlight his uniform use 70/30 mix of Karak Stone (Kommando Khaki) and Baneblade Brown (Khemri Brown). Highlight skin with 50/50 mix of Kislev Flesh (Elf Flesh) and White Scar (Skull White). Highlight M16 with Mechanicus Standard Grey (Adeptus Battlegrey). 

Final touches! Highlight his M16 and goggles with Dawnstone (Codex Grey). Paint green stripes with 50/50 mix of Warboss Green (Goblin Green) and (Knarloc Green), but remember there are always options what green paint to use for these stripes. Last thing you need to do is to paint black dots :) 

New 1.1 Assault rules for Gruntz!

Huzzah!

http://www.gruntz.biz/2012/05/new-assault-rules-11.html

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Shooting in Gruntz!

Shooting in Gruntz 15mm Sci-fi.

Magnetic movement tray tutorial

In this tutorial I'll be doing movement tray for 10-man squad. I base my miniatures on 20mm washers, so the measurements will be 10cm-4cm. Firstly you'll need to cut your movement tray from cardboard or plastic.

Then add a layer of magnetic sheet.

Spray your movement tray with grey coat.

Paint your tray with TAMIYA XF-57 Buff.

Place your miniatures on movement tray.

Add some PVA glue.

Then add some sand.

After several minutes remove the excess sand.

Continue this operation until you get this result. You can add whatether flock you like.

And now you have your own magnetic movement tray!

Basing tutorial

Basing tutorial. I'll use Irregular Miniatures 15mm Ashanti figure

Glue your painted figure to base (I use 20mm washers)

Then you need sand with different sized grains.

Close shot of sand.

Cover base with PVA glue.

Place big sand grains first.

Then cover base with small sized sand grains.

Wait 1 or 2 hours and remove remove the base from sand pile.

Place small amount of PVA where you want to add grass.

Cover base with flock. For this tutorial I used Woodland Scenics Light Green Coarse Turf (T-62)

After 1 or 2 hours remove mini from flock pile. Now you have one more recruit in your army :)