More flames of war

Here are a couple of shots of the ongoing flames of war 4th Canadian armoured brigade.

Here you can see the extent of the forces.  4 x tank troops each with 2 firefly tanks, supported by a Sqn HQ and a troop of 3 x Stuart light tanks.

I decided that I would represent the Sheldt campaign and give them 3 x duwks as their echelon vehicles.  No idea if it is accurate and isn't even playable, but I'm currently doing the research.  

Still requires a dirty wash on the canvas and painting up the crew.  Picked up these solid pewter models at BC Shaver in Victoria, BC.  Apparently they had been on the shelves for years.  Got em for a song, and happy about it.

Happy hobbying.

helbuck

Completed projects

Hey hobbyists,

Here are just a couple of of completed and ongoing projects.

I think I totally underestimated how awesome the Cameo Silhouette is.  I used the program and cutter for a project to help the girlfriend with her business. Will show photos of that one later.

Recently used it to cut out a stencil for the ammo crate army carriers.

Next are some new elements for the army that are being primed.  

I learned some airbrush tips while surfing Bell of Lost Souls and can't wait to put them into use.

And finally the guys over at Iron Sleet have been inspiring me with their Inq28 gold.  They even did me the honor of using one of my suggestions for naming a character.

Love 40kifying reaper models.

cheer gents,

Helbuck 

Fireflies

Hello Gents,

Thought I'd give a snapshot of what I have been working on recently.  A long time ago I painted up 13 some odd Sherman tanks for Flames of War.  I was originally supper stoked about the 4th Canadian Armoured Division rules when they originally came out.  I then bought the market garden rules book so I could do it justice.  My intent was to do up a Sqn from the Governor General's Foot Guard with attached recce. 

To complete the project I needed more firefly tanks.

Enter the fireflies.

Also you can see the inside of the ammo carrier crates.

Hope you enjoy.

Helbuck

New works.

I'll keep this one short.  I had a spurt of inspiration the other day at the dollar store.  Saw some wooden boxes that could be augmented to make something else.  I'll let the pictures do the talking for me.

I'm planning on weathering and stencil long the boxes to look like Sherman ammo boxes.  When that is complete, I'll happily post more photos.  Especially to detail on the inside lid.

Happy hobbying.

- Helbuck

Christmas leave

Hello hobbyists,

I'm on leave for the next 3 weeks and that usually means modeling.  I'm headed home for Christmas so that will limit my ability to construct and model.

That being said, I should be able to do some sketching and concept drawing.

I've been really inspired recently.  There is a wealth of heresy stuff out there and it's given me the bug. 

I recently got the battle for Calth and the wonderful model, Primarch Roboute Guilliman.

I may not be the best sketched but Wait out to see more.

Other diversions.

Hello hobbyists,

Built something kind of different this time.  For work we usually have crazy parties where you dress up like a fool.

This year it was decided that everyone would dress up like batman.  So I designed and built my favorite batman costume.

I started with a random box I had in the basement to get the basic measurements.  

I then built that shape out of foam core.  To sturdy it up, I added guntape (duct tape) and coated the entire thing in spray on rubber. Printed and then cut the symbol out of acitate (overhead projector paper).  I fixed it in place and then spray painted grey and then yellow over the stencil.

Next came the helmet.

This was a little trickier.  I used a cardboard cement form for the basic round shape.  I then painted the first layers of colour on it, stupidly starting with sunburst yellow, because I forgot that legobatman is pink in the Lego movie.  I then cut out the mask in Eva foam and then sprayed it down with the the rubber spray.  Luckily I didn't have to paint after I sprayed the black.  I then found the expression I wanted and went to town with the black.  I was worried that the white wouldn't have enough pigment, so I borrowed the girlfriends whiteout to finish the job.  Below you have the finished product.

Hope you enjoyed another strange creation.

Happy hobbying!

Helbuck

Halloween fun

Hello hobbyists,

I've been a little absent from the world if model building.  Not to say I've been stagnant but I've been doing other things.  

Just having some fun with Halloween.  Also completed a zombie dog for a zombie walk.

Amazing what you can do with a little plastic dog skeleton, plastic bags, liquid latex and cotton balls.  

Won most original costume.

Cheers,

helbuck