BEF and Early War Germans

Finally got round to painting some BEF and Early War Germans.  The BEF are from Warlord Games and The Germans from Wargames Foundry.  I've had the Foundry ones for years but could never decide on what paint colours to use but thanks to various guides on the internet I came up with suitable colours.   Now on to the poor pictures.

WW2 Bolt Action Terrain

I have been working on some terrain I can use for WW2 gaming, mainly Bolt Action.  I love the idea of Operation Sea Lion so am sorting out Terrain for my Brits to face up against the Germans.

Fist up is updating my polystyrene tiles from TSS.  They were rather bland being all the same colour so have added more flock which I think is a great improvement.

Next up I have got some MDF kits but I have never been very happy with them after painting and can't afford the pre painted types.  So I decided to clad them in Noch sheets.  My first test was a church with has turned out quite well.

Next up is my WIP on a row of terrace houses.

Still along way to go and have learned quite a lot from doing this so can hopefully make it easier with the next one.

Bolt Action Australians

Finished up my first lot of Australians for my Bolt Action games.  They are a mix of Warlord games and Artizan miniatures

Bolt Action Jungle Terrain Part 7 Beach Board Finished

Finally got my Beach Board finished.  I shall make up some scatter terrain for it as well

Bolt Action Jungle Terrain Part 6 Base Boards

Some more progress on my beach board.  Textures have been added to the board. The mud and sand has been given a base coat and the sea is coming along

Bolt Action Jungle Terrain Part 5 Base Boards

I have pretty much finished the main three boards as I will make some scatter terrain for them.  I still have to do the mountain / bunker but you can see the boards here

I have now started working on the beach board.

Bolt Action Japanese Army part 4

More troops added with some heavier weapons.  A Mountain gun, HMG, Mortars etc

Bolt Action Jungle Terrain Part 4 Base Boards

Adding texture and some features to the boards

Bolt Action Jungle Terrain Part 3 Base Boards

This is the start of 4 Terrain boards for Jungle Terrain in Bolt Action.

The first three boards are land based. One will have a road, one paths and one a hill/bunker.  The last one will be a beach landing terrain.

I have base the basic structure for the three boards and started to work on the Hill.

Top part is separate so I can put models in the bunker.

Making the hill modular so I can just use the top part with out the bunker part.  

Sorting out some cork and plaster rock to add some texture to the hill

Bolt Action Japanese Army part 3

Finished up some troops and based them up.  Also rebased some of the ones I painted years ago.  Thankfully I have been writing down whats paints I use for different figures for quite a few years so they all match up.  Still got more troops , heavy weapons and armour to do

Bolt Action Japanese Army part 2

Have started on more soldiers with these ones now finished and waiting varnishing, have another set ready to varnish now and am working on heavy weapons.  Also made a start on one of my Type 95 Ha-go light tank. I have another one of these to paint along with a Type 94 Tankette, Type 2 Ka-Ki Amphibious tank, a Shi-Ki (Chi-Ha Command Tank), two Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks and a Type 97 Kai Shinto Chi-Ha tank

Bolt Action Jungle Terrain Part 2

Slowly making some progress on the smaller terrain pieces.  Using plastic plants from China and mixed herbs for leaf litter. Still need to add some flock, static grass and take the shine of the plants

I have also been getting stuff together to make some terrain boards.  The plan is to make 3 terrain boards so far. One to be a Hill/mountain area, second to have a road and jungle area, third to have a beach area.

Bolt Action Jungle Terrain

To go with my Japanese, Chindits and USMC I have started work on some jungle terrain. Generally following the Terrain Tutors Burma Build on youtube.  I am using what materials I have. The bases are hardboard cut into different sizes and shapes.  I then cut up and glue on a polystyrene ceiling tile, put filler in the gaps and round the edges to smooth it out.  Glue on sand and small rocks for texture. Finally undercoating in bitter chocolate masonry paint.  Still lots to do

Bolt Action Japanese Army

I have had my Japanese figures from TAG for years now. I have painted some up  but lost interest.  Now I am going to have a go at Bolt Action I decided to get them out and form a rough 1000 point force loosely based on the Warlord Games Japanese starter army except using TAG figures.  I already have TAG Chindits but will get the USMC starter army from Warlord games to save on cost.