Cactus Patch

 Having bought Dead Man's Hand, and previously Wild West Exodus, I needed some scenery.

At SELWG, I bought another pack of Dead Man's Hand Cacti and some Products For Wargamers MDF scatter terrain bases.

The edges ofmthe base were filed to a slope.

Some rocks were sculpted using Milliput and the bases removed from the cacti with a razor saw.

A mixture of granite ballast and Woodland Scenics fine Cinder Ballast was applied over PVA glue to texture the base. This was undercoated first with Halfords Grey Primer, then Citadel Zandri Dust spray.

The cacti were painted Army Painter Army Green, dry brushed with Citadel Nurgle Green and shaded with Citadel Coelian Greenshade. They were then dry brushed again with Citadel Nurgle Green and lightly with Citadel Terminatus Stone.

The base was then dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone.

Gamer's Grass tufts were added to break up the open space.

Jesse James takes cover amongst the cacti.

Frank James also makes use of the cover.

More cacti here.

Sarissa 40mm Western Store - work in progress

Sarissa Wild West 40mm store . 

More Scenery For WWX

So a couple of pieces of scenery for Western gaming Wild West Exodus in particular.

The first is a couple of Cacti from the TTCombat Western Accessories pack.

They are on a laser cut Products For Wargamers  Scatter Terrain MDF base (the edges of which were filed to a slope).  Woodland Scenics fine ballast over PVA plus two left over bits of Greenstuff for rocks.

Another piece of terrain, this time a rock cube - natural or manufactured for nefarious motives - you decide.

Games Workshop 60mm flat base with a cube of plastic card covered with Milliput.

It offers some hard cover on the battlefield.

Adobe Jail - Sarissa 40mm scale

Sarissa have recently released a range of 40mm scaled MDF buildings.

The kit comprises three sheets of laser cut MDF.

Due to the nature of the building, I did not quite follow the instructions.

The interior includes two cells, built using two components, the long set of bars and the  short set. I glued them together, but did not glue them to the base plate (I used that as a jig to hold it all together).

Once the glue was dry, the bars were removed from the base plate and sprayed, first with Halfords Black Primer, followed by a light dusting of Halfords Grey Primer.

The four sides and the interior piece that provides the support beams through the walls was glued together, ensuring that glue was kept clear of the base, which was again used as a jig to keep everything square.

The etched side of the roof plate was sprayed with Citadel Ogre Flesh spray, as was the base plate.

Once the glue fixing the walls had dried, the joints were tidied up with Milliput. Milliput was also used to provide some surface detail, ensuring the etched detail was kept.

Once that was set, the windows and doors was masked (the window frame and shutters piece was left off). The roof plate was inverted and used to mask the roof space.

The exterior was first sprayed with Rustoleum Rust effect spray to add surface texture. This was then sprayed with Halfords Grey Primer followed by Halfords White Primer. The interior walls were also sprayed with Halfords White Primer.

The barred windows and the front window's frame was painted with Vallejo Black and dry brushed Vallejo Black Grey. The wooden supports and the door frame were painted with Citadel Dryad Bark.

The brick surfaces were washed with Citadel Gryphonne Sepia wash. The walls were washed with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Front face.

Rear face with barred windows.

View with the roof panel removed showing the cells (and Frank James - who appears to have smuggled Sophie in with him).

 Doc Holliday at the door.

Frank James uses the building as cover.

Salute 2019 - part three

Sarissa precision had their range of laser cut MDF and greyboard buildings. I did not quite run amok (I had to trim my list a bit), but I did buy a number of buildings for a range of periods.

As I mentioned earlier, I bought the WWX starter set last year.

The figures are taller than normal "28mm" so when Sarissa announced they had a new 40mm Wild West range, I thought that was a sign.

I bought the Adobe Jail and one of the small shops as a start.

I bought the Survivor Shack at SELWG, and thought the "Ghost town" barn and the picket fence would be good additions.

The burned out cabin I thought would make an additional feature for post-apocalyptic games.

Empress and Gringo's 40 are starting ranges of 28mm Vietnam figures, and I thought that some of the Colonial/North Africa ranges might work until there is a specific Vietnam buildings range.

There were also two buildings for World War 2 that interested me.

Salute 2019 - part two

Last year I bought the Gunfight at Red Oak starter set for Wild West Exodus.

Each player is supposed to have an action deck of 48 cards, which have a set amount of Action Points on each card. Disappointingly, the starter set contains only one pack of those cards, so you either share the pack, or split the pack and remove the single five Action Point card. This is unlike the Malifaux starter set, which comes with a set of Fate cards for both players (and two tape measures). Red Oak does have a printed rules book though.

As there are very few places to buy Wild West Exodus, I had to wait until Salute to buy another pack of the cards direct from the publisher Wayland Games.

Now I have the second pack, I might get round to playing the game.

In addition, I bought two sets of plastic figures, one of Gunslingers and Sharpshooters to back up the Earps, the other some bandits to back up the James gang.

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.

Wild West Exodus - Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp from the Wild West Exodus: Gunfight at Red Oak starter set.

Far too many straps and things.

The shield and rifle still needs some work.

Wild West Exodus - Jesse James

Wild West Exodus is a Steampunk/Magical variant of the Wild West, mixing real historical characters (some slightly obfuscated) with aliens and magic.

Beyond watching the films, I know very little about the history of the "Old West", but most of it is not pleasant.

However this is fiction, so on with the figures.

I bought the "Gunfight at Red Oak" starter set at Salute, earlier I have shown the "finished" figures of Doc Holliday and Frank James.

This is the WWX figure of Jesse James armed with two pistols that cannot decide whether they are revolvers or automatics. Jesse also appears to have two bionic arms. There is probably a story about that.

The WWX figures are large, I measured the Doc Holliday figure, he is about 38mm tall.
I might run another shade/wash over his hair.

This was not an easy figure to paint, the posture is difficult, no idea on the colour scheme and the face is almost entirely obscured.

I do like the effect on the cape.

A small part of the James gang, Jesse with his brother Frank.

Wild West Exodus - K9 Gun Dogs Automata

I have finally assembled the K9 Gun Dog Automata from the Gunfight at Red Oak starter set.

Each has two heads each but there are only three weapon options between the two figures (not shown).

Dog one.

Dog two.

All four dogs with Doc Holliday.