Show us yer stuff!

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:24 am

Chrisswim,

The size and scope of your collection is breath taking.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:34 am

I gotta get on it, havenâ€™t painted much in weeks.

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:57 am

Chris, you are an amazing mad man. Keep it up.

Hoth, I cheat. I used pennies for the bases. They're sufficient to mount 2 special weapons or a 4 man group and they're cheap. lol. Sorry, couldn't resist. For the colors, I'm using Reaper Master Series Paints. It's my faithful Olive Green triad but with Ghoul Skin instead of the Olive Green Highlight. Someday I'll get Vallejo's again but I like highlighting and shading with the other paints.

Edit: forgot to add that I primered the pennies black, painted the minis while the strips were super glued to chopsticks and then glued them to the pennies and applied flock and tiny clumps of foliage.

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:20 am

Guroburov,

What glue do you use for securing the soldier and the flock. What brand stuff do you use for flock and shrubs. If you have a brand, could you share. I am thinking of using washers, but they have holes in them, so I need to find a puddy to use. I think cama, or someone else, posted something but I forget what it was.

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:32 pm

Heya Hoth,

I just use superglue to fix the soldiers to the base and elmers glue to put the flock and Shrubs. I'm still waiting for a warm still day to seal them up. Then I use gloss sealer followed by dull cote. That really fixes it all down and keeps the flock from rubbing off. As for the flock and shrubs it's just woodland scenics from the local hobby shop.

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:19 pm

Guroburov,

Thanks for the tip on how to do it. I am going to test it out soon. I am going to see if the white glue will fill the hole in the washer and stay after sealing. aaaahh... ADHD is starting to kick in... fighting the urge to drop my current M60 project and start working on infantry.. NOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!

Cav Dog · Post by **Cav Dog** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:55 am

Just slap a pice of masking tape over the top of the hole and then elmers over that.

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 2:02 am

Cav is right. I've done that before. Put tape over the hole and turn over so the tape is on the bottom, put elmer's in the hole and when dry flip over and use that way the tape doesn't collapse.

BurtWolf · Post by **BurtWolf** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:27 pm

I use Guburov method- pennies are easy and the super glue works well. My only complaint is that sometimes you get a patch of copper that will cover up well and it distracts from your base. I used to use caulk as well, but eliminated it as it was unnecessary.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:05 pm

I use pennies too. I cover them with pumice and then just stick the dudes down into it a they stick alright. I don't put any flocking on my bases because that's beyond my modeling abilities, but the pumice texture works OK for ground.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 11:08 pm

Another battalion, two dozen M1A1 for Aussies and for the Commonwealth. Long live the Monarchy.

Spray olive drab

Dark tan applied

Apply black

Ink tracks

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 11:52 pm

I feel so inadequate when Chris posts pics of his legions of armor.

Those tank commanders in the hatches look great!

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:26 am

I dunno, Chrs. It sometimes seems like you just shuffle the same stuff around the edge of that table, like Hollywood rotates 20 Indians to make them look like thousands. How about organizing some of this thousands into units from pics?

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Sun Mar 03, 2019 7:21 am

Awesome stuff, Chris.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:57 am