Bobby on the Beat

A Crooked Dice policeman.

The base needs a bit of work.

 The figure was undercoated black.

It was then dry brushed with Vallejo Black Grey. The helmet badge and the whistle were then dry brushed with Citadel Ceramite White. The uniform was then shaded with Citadel Nuln Oil.

Ainsty Office

Ainsty Castings have a small range of MDF buildings for their Aggro game.

Betty's Pie Hut is an MDF building intended to supply battling hooligans with sustenance.

However, I was in need of an office building for a storage yard, and thought that it would make a good start.

It has been built with no major changes, there is an option for a long counter on the outside (as an extension of the window sill) but I have used it on the inside.

The roof is removable, and has been covered with two strips of tissue paper glued down with PVA to represent tar paper. It wrinkles nicely. It was spray painted with Halford's black spray primer, then dry brushed with Vallejo Black Brown and Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey.

The building was sprayed with Halford's Grey Spray Primer followed by Citadel RoughCoat textured spray. The bricks were painted with Citadel Zandri Dust. Individual bricks were painted with a combination of Army painter Skeleton Bone, Vallejo Burnt Cadmium Red, Orange Brown, German Camouflage Black Brown, Old Wood and Red Leather using a wet palette. A wash of Citadel Agrax Earthshade brought it all together.

The interior floor and the sills were painted with Citadel Rakarth Flesh.

The roof, though textured looked a little dull, so three Preiser 1/43 scale pallets were assembled. Two were pinned together using 1mm plastic rod. A TTCombat traffic cone topped the pallets. A TTCombat tyre was painted up and added to the roof. The pallets were painted with Vallejo Old Wood highlighted with Army Painter Skeleton Bone. This was washed with Citadel Nuln Oil.

A door is provided, but no window. I have still to paint the door.

I am thinking about putting in a roller shutter. It still needs notices and signs.

Under Fire Miniatures Cold War Soviet Infantry

One of the effects of throwing Instant Sunshine around is a requirement for new trousers.

The Under Fire Miniatures Cold War Soviet figures are dressed in the correct trousers with the uncomfortable high boots. This is fine for troops at the outbreak of war, after a few years, the parade ground uniform will undergo some modification.

The first thing was to use a small length of greenstuff on each boot which was sculpted with a knife blade to form laces. Once that was set, more greenstuff was used to restyle the trouser cuffs.

An additional bag was added to the belt, again using greenstuff.

The base still needs to be sculpted with Milliput.

The Walking Dead - Cars

Mantic Games released a scenery pack containing two crashed cars and two crashed pick up trucks. The problem is that the chosen scale results in a vehicle which is noticeably larger than other 28mm scale vehicles (normally scaled between 1/56 to 1/50).

A couple of years ago I picked up a crashed car from Antenocitis Workshop. It does appear to be even larger, possibly 1/43 scale.

It should be lying on its side, but that would make comparison difficult.

Here is Spectre car and SUV which shows they appear smaller.

An odd couple, Frank James and Wyatt Earp, sheltering behind a stone wall.

The wall is built from two pieces from the Renedra Frostgrave Ruins C sprue.

Peco Static Grass tufts provide some foliage.

Codename "Brenda" *

As part of a developing campaign, I needed a character figure. Hasslefree do a figure called "Madge" that I thought would be suitable.

Hasslefree figures come with slotted bases, so the tab was removed and the boots filed flat. A 1mm diameter hole was drilled in bottom of one boot and a 1mm brass rod inserted. A 25mm Renedra base had a matching hole drilled in it and the figure was glued in place.

So "Brenda" is armed with a custom shotgun with flechette ammunition and is wearing body armour and a chocolate cookie coloured scarf she had received as a present from one of her grandsons.

As an elderly person, she is classified as "Slow", but her wealth of experience means she is "Elite" and has access to all manner of off table resources.

 Here is "Brenda" and two SAS operators from Empress.

* - Why "Brenda", you have to read Private Eye for the answer.