Fear The Squirrels

  Black Armor - Base coat VMS Hull Red - Stipple VMS 70.982 Cavalry Brown - Stipple Black.  Used standard GW Chaos Black, for these - Stipple GW Layer Dark Reaper - Stipple GW Space Wolves Gray - Stipple GW Base Leadbelcher - Wash with 1:1 Agrax Earth : Nuln Oil - Edge highlight metallic silver Boots / Gloves / Belts / Pouches - Base coat VMS 70.872 Chocolate Brown - Wash with 1:1 Agrax Earth : Nuln Oil - Highlight with VMS 70.872 Chocolate Brown - Highlight with VMS 70.872 with a touch of Ivory Pants - Base with GW Base XV-88 - Wash with GW Contrast Skeleton Horde - Highlight with XV-88.  Mostly stippling the highlights back on Tabard - Base with GW Base Hobgrot - Wash with GW Contrast Skeleton Horde - Highlight with GW Base Hobgrot - Highlight with GW Ushabti Bone - Highlight with GW Screaming Skull Highlights were done with a mix of regular lines and stippling.  Stippling was mostly on the screaming skull and ushabti highlights Shoulder Pads - Base with GW Base Io...

Basecoating   1. Black primer via a rattlecan 2. Base coat "Abaddon Black" 3. Overbrush Vallejo 70.995 (German Camo Black) heavily 4. Not on these, but think another lighter over brush of a lighter grey would help.  Maybe a 1:1   70.995 with an ivory or other.   5. GW Lead Belcher on armor 6. Iraqi Dark Sand on the shield trees.  Less important the color here, just an ivory  7. Wash the whole model with "Nuln Oil" making sure not to pool Armor 1. Thick edge highlights of GW Iron Breaker Gloves 1. Base GW Gorthor Brown 2. Heavy wash Agrax Earthshade 3. Highlight back Gorthor Brown Belts/Scabbards 1. Base GW Steel Legion Drab 2. Heavy wash Agrax Earthshade 3. Highlight Vallejo Game Color 72.061 "Khaki" Flesh 1. Base GW Bugman's glow 2. Wash Agrax Earthshade 3. Highlight Bugman's Glow 4. Highlight Reaper Tanned Skin Bows 1. Base GW Mournfang Brown 2. Base tips GW Balthasar Gold 3. Wash Agrax Earthshade 4. High tips with Burnished Gold

Horse Flesh Base in Heavy Goldbrown Wash in Reikland Fleshshade Heavy Goldbrown again except for the recesses touched by wash Highlight Vallejo 913 Highlight 70.949 Saddle / Furniture Base Steel Legion Drab Wash Agrax Earthshade Highlight Baneblade Brown Highlight Karak Stone Blanket Base RMS Muddy Olive Highlight RMS Olive Green Edge and highlight RMS Pale Olive Hooves Black Edge highlight Fenris Grey Rider Pants Base GW Snakebite Leather Wash Agrax Earthshade Highlight Snakebite Leather Highilght Vallejo Model Color Orange Brown Boots Base Black Edge highlight GW Fenris Grey Quivers Base GW Mournfang Brown Wash GW Agrax Earthshade Highlight GW Mournfang Brown Highlight GW Snakebite Leather I think I washed Agrax Again Highlight Vallejo Orange Brown Bows Base GW Snakebite Leather Wash Agrax Highlight Vallejo Orange Brown Axe Handles / Wood Base GW Bloodreaver Flesh Wash Agrax Ea...

The sculpts are by Khurasan.  They aren't bad, but the faces were a little rough.  Definitely below the quality you'd expect from the rest of the Dark Age line that I've seen from them. Also, I think I'll go open hand cast on them from now on.  Not a ding on Khurasan as I knew going in what I was getting, but compared to the nice straight spears on my knights, these look like my front line is throwing wet spaghetti. Little unhappy with the paint job, but its not bad for table top quality. 15mm Dark Age Javelin Elements

So similar to my post about 15mm terrain, what sort of terrain can I use for 6mm gaming.  I'm putting the same general constraints on this terrain as I put on the 15mm side, namely: Usable from Ancients to Sci Fi.  But for right now, emphasis on SciFi. Would be nice to split duty with 15mm gaming No major cash outlays True LOS is out at this scale Still have to game with it.   Travels well So what do we end up with: Hills Hedges Brush Roads Woods ( WIP ) Scrub Brush Buildings Rough Terrain Industrial Areas

Good bye to green felt templates!  I ended up with a scrap piece of 1/4" ply wood from some home remodeling.  And while I had an urge to do some buildings for 15mm, I haven't been playing a lot of 15mm gaming lately.  So, I decided that some woods would work for both 6mm (Dirtside 2 and Strike Legion) as well as 15mm sci fi or 15mm anceints gaming (ADG). I started by: Sketching out some rough circular shapes on the 1/4" ply Cutting them out with a jig saw.  I didn't follow the lines exactly, just tried to keep near them Power sanded down the edges to give them a bit of a gradual slope Glued 3"(For 15mm) or 2" (for 6mm) around the edges, with one or two in the middle for support.  I mostly left them open as these are for gaming, not for display.  I need to fit the figures in there!  This was done with liquid nails.  I put about a pea worth of liquid nails down, pushed the nail in and gave it a bit of a twirl.   Left me with the foll...