I finished these three figures off last night. Veteran plastic fans will recognize the body from the old Airfix USAAF set. The heads are from Esci figures. One’s for North Africa, and the other two for Europe I did the head swaps about a year ago and they had been lying half-forgotten until I came…
The car’s a 1/76 Oxford die-cast ready-painted model of some British car from the 30s or 40s, but the make and name of the particular car that it’s supposed to be escaped me (I threw the box out after I bought it) but Paul from the Plastic Warriors Blog was able to point out that…
Note : Adapted from an article published by the author on the old MiniatureZone website in 2000. Polythene figure conversions ; simple replacements of helmets, heads, limbs, torsos & other body parts There’s a huge selection of small-scale plastic figure sets of all types on the market with wide and varied poses but in…
I wanted to make some simple casualty markers for the Berlin scenarios and ended up making it a whole lot more complicated than I really needed. Anyhow, they’re done now, the stretcher bearers are old Esci WW2 French in greatcoats with headswaps, the “Frau Medic” is a hard plastic lady from Dapol, the two walking…
I’ve had these figures for some time and when we needed some fanatical “Flying Tribunals” for the latest installment of our Berlin Campaign it was the perfect opportunity to get them painted up and onto the table. The only real conversions were to give the kneeling rifleman and the running ammo carrier an MP-40, and…
Wargames for Dummies (or Dummies for Wargames) Depending on the rules you use, in miniature wargames you might sometimes need to use dummy figures. Brightly coloured or even dog-eared bits of cardboard could do, but if you are more aesthetically minded this might not be enough. As hidden figures or squads can be represented by…
The technique of using twisted copper wire to make tree armatures is quite well known to railway enthusiasts, diorama builders and wargamers. The twisted copper wire armatures have been covered with various layers of white glue and black paint and the foliage has been made from steel wool (like “Brillo” but without the soap) covered…
This is an especially easy technique that gives more than adequate results that I first used after reading a very interesting article published on Klaus Schultheis’ superp “www.miniatures.de” Examples of two selected British WWII 8th Army figures in shorts before modifications. Figures with shorts trimmed down and white glue “trousers” applied. Once white glue begins…
If you’ve visited the blog before, you might have read that together with some of my wargame buddies, we’re gaming a series of scenarios based on the ill-fated battles around Arnhem Bridge. The rules we’re using are Disposable Heroes by Iron Ivan Games. Before posting more pictures of the scenarios we’ve played (and to date…
I’ve used this technique with old models and figures, even those that have been covered in two or three coats of thick enamel paint. It works equally as well with hard and soft plastic plus it’s a technique that’s not just limited to smallscale modelling. You’ll need the following items : Household oven cleaner Plastic…
