Folks,

So I got a bunch more work done on the display board and wanted to share.  If you have seen or played Dawn of War, you know what I am building.  The Imperial Guard Field Command always seemed cool, so I wanted to take a stab at making it. 
 the board is approximately 2 x 2 ft.

I intended put a Battle Fleet Gothic star-ship on the top of this monument, but haven't been able to find one yet given the game has been out of production for almost 10 years.

 The skulls on the building are custom made using fimo, not the best but figured the rough look was appropriate.

I'll show some more later.  The snow is drying.

Cheers.

Happy Hobbying.

Painting and display boards

I'm back, finally, and actually had some time off to get back into painting and display board building.  Given work, I have spent way too much time in the middle of nowhere Alberta and i feared that my skills got rusty.  Good news, they aren't all gone.  Had a brilliant idea and this is where it started.  Over the next couple of days, you will be able to figure where this fits into the grand scheme of things.

  The display board for my True scale Ultramarines is coming along nicely and should be complete before the end of the week.  Additionally I'm glad to get some hobbying done as I will be moving this August to Fredericton, New Brunswick.

I'll update more when i have the photos.

Happy Hobbying.

Folk,

I was unable to post of Saturday due to a conflict with work. To keep you interested and to let you know some of the other things that i am working on.  While still searching for more material for wargaming, I came across a photo of the book cover "Unremembered Empire".  Specifically this photo is interesting as we usually don't find clear photos of  Primarchs or of City Scapes, and this one has both.

I find the ideas of architecture in the far future quite enthralling.  Below you will find a number of photos of buildings I constructed using pink foam and the Imperial Sector buildings as a base.

 This one is a warehouse with a scratch built thunderbolt crashing through the wall.  Painting will begin this weekend, and i will be sure to post more photos as I go.

 Below is the apartment block, or Hab-Block if you will.  The design comes from a concept sketch that was drawn for the game Dawn of War II.

 
And finally, the work office of the Administratum.  More photos to follow this weekend.

Happy Wargaming.

Cheers,

Flames Of War post

So First off, i am in the process of building a FOW table, and i wanted a heavy city feel to it. The armies I am in the process of building are British Airborne and 4th Canadian Armoured, both of which were involved in the liberation of Holland. So i have been gathering pictures of small towns and cities, to get a feel for 1940's Europe.


I was in a model store here in Edmonton, and found these N gage models and think they are about the right size for Flames of war terrain. On the right you will find a Brewery building that i built over the weekend. Never really understood why they bother to using different colours for parts as most people paint the models after they build them. on the left you will see a store front building, made of poly-resin, i really like the model, as it adds height to a game i haven't really seen much in the way of built up areas. I'm thinking of painting it with a black primer, a dark red brick finish and white trim on the wood. It is of pretty basic construction, and was only about 15 dollars, so i built two. why buy one when you can buy two, right?


And the last thing, i have primered a bunch of tanks to be base coated and weathered this weekend.

talk to you all again soon.

cheers

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