Some terrain for my collection of Toysoldiers

Manufacturer:   Found at TEMU

Scale:   1:30 (60mm)

Hi again,

Some time ago I found some very interesting items at TEMU. I know that a lot of people have strange feelings about ordering at TEMU, but it often offers good 3d-printed pieces of terrain to affordable prices and the quality is really good. I also can recommend to buy your tufts or flocking materials there. If you do need a lot of tufts you can save much money there.

So - by the time my stock on material of wargaming terrain got rather good sorted and these days I found some pieces of terrain I forgot that I had them while tidying up my man´s cave.

I found some tree trunks, a fireplace and also a suckling pig on a spit. Not for 28mm, but in the perfect size to be used in combination with my collection of toysoldiers.

Within my collection of the FIW there is also a group of Roger´sRangers that is sitting or leaning on vats resting. So the suckling pig should be a great addition to this group of figures. Even the tree trunks and some rocks should look nice next to the Rangers.

So I got me my brushes and colours and started to paint those pieces of terrain. I am really happy with the result.

Cheers

Mike

The complete arrangement of the resting Roger´sRangers (figures are from JohnJenkinsDesigns).

The unpainted suckling pig.

The suckling pig with a seperate fireplace.

A single tree trunk.

The same tree trunk painted ...

... and flocked.

Another set of different tree trunks.

Some of them painted and flocked.

 

Terrain for Wargaming - "House in a box" created by Gerard Boom aka "Shiftinglands"

Manufacturer:   GeBoom aka "Shiiftinglands"

Scale:   28mm or also 20mm

Hi,

Just wanted to share this video from Gerard Boom on YouTube. Gerard has designed a series of very nice foam buildings he called "House in a box". These houses will come as kits. So anyone can build very cool looking buildings for wargaming in 28mm or 20mm without using a foam cutter by himself.

I like the creations of Gerard very much and it is always impressive to see what this guy has in mind and what he already did and still does for the complete community. For me he is a incredible master mind in foam modelling. He developed a series of tools to make working with an Proxxon foam cutter much easier. He builds fantastic creations and everything he does looks so easy, but if you ever tried to do the same things, you will recognize that to reach these skills needs a lot of practice.

The new series of "House in a box" is announced to be released in December. I am sure that I will order at least three of four of these houses.

Cheers

Mike

Gerard Boom - "House in a box" 

Dead Man´s Hand - WIP Part 4 and Final - Buildung a Ranch from Sarrissa

Manufacturer:   Sarrissa Precision

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

I finally got my Ranch from SarrissaPrecision done. Due to a lot of other projects I always had to put the model aside - sometimes for months. But in November I wanted to show it at an exhibition from my club, integrated into a battlefield using the rules of "Rebels and Patriots". Therefore it had to be finished. Sometimes some kind of pressure of time helps finalizing projects. :)

If you have already seen the other WIP´s on my blog, you will have noticed that I didn´t just want to build this model. I wanted to give it some more detail like wallpapers or real shingles for a better look. Though this was combined with very time consuming work it was also fun and I am proud of how it came out.

If you have not seen the other parts of the tutorial on my blog please feel free to follow these links. By searching my own blog about these posts I realized that the first part was published on May 28th in 2024. So it took me 18 months to get this project finished. I am a really lazy guy. :)

WIP Part one:  https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2024/05/dead-mans-hand-wip-building-and.html

WIP Part two:  https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2025/01/dead-mans-hand-wip-part-2-building.html

WIP Part three:  https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2025/03/dead-mans-hand-wip-part-3-buildung.html

So here is the final result of my efforts on this model. 

Please feel free to share your oppinions about this building with me.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers

Mike

Before I got this result there was a lot of work to do. Here are some WIP-pictures.

I did not like the flat look of the roof - so I gave it shingles.

Cutting coffee stirs into small tiles...

...and glueing them onto the roof one by one.

In my opinion the roof looks more realistic with these shingles.

This had been a lot of work...

...but it was worthwhile.

Painting the roof sections.

The outcome after a first dry brushing.

A second dry brushing. Now the not yet painted windows had to be smeared
with white paint.

Also the edges of the walls, the brown middle section and also the railing of
the veranda still had their original brown that I didn´t like.

After all parts had been painted the roof needed some tufts and flocks.

Ready for action.

As the buiilding will be used for our games of "Dead Man´s Hand" it is
necessary that you also can play within the house. So it is nicer to have 
some wallpapers within the rooms. A look at the ground floor.

And another look, now at the first floor.

Yippieh - it´s finally done.

This is how the model looks like unpainted...

...and this is an example of Sarrissa how it could look like painted.

Hobby in general - "MIstral Fantasy World" - fantastic video tutorials for building terrain

Hi again,

today´s post is about a fantastic YouTube-Channel run by an Italian guy who always does amazing videos on building terrain or dioramas.It is real eyecandy to watch him working on his projects. And though I am sure that I will never become a master like him there is always something to learn from him and to adapt in own projects.

The link below leads you to a video where he is building a Saloon in 1/35. Lean back and enjoy. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIxUAWfwQI4&t=934s

Cheers 

Mike

Hobby in general - "Shifting lands GeBoom" - Gerard Boom´s outstanding builds in foam

Hi,

number three of my little range of YouTubers worth to take a closer look at.

"Shiftinlands" is a channel dealing with building terrain made from foam. The Dutchman Gerard Boom is a real master and I was lucky to visit one of his workshops about 10 years ago. 

If you ever have the opportunity to join one of his workshops - just do it. It´s worth every single dime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsbYZ8NGC1Q

https://www.shiftinglands.com/

Cheers

Mike

Hobby in general - "Chicken´sTabletopCrafting" - very inspiring YouTube channel

Hi,

here is just another YouTuber who inspires me very much and it is always fun to watch him creating terrain or models.

I am often asked where I got some of my buildings from. They are often from Thomas Hahn, who is the creative person behind Chicken´sTabletopCrafting.

The following link leads to his newest project - building a Western house suitable for DeadMan´sHand or other similar rulesets. Like the videos of "Samy Model-Maker" it looks so easy, but I know that building terrain on your own to this standard is not as easy as it looks like.

Hope you enjoy the inspiring video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeAbAI_tick

Cheers

Mike

Hobby in general - "Samy Model-Maker" - just check this out

Hi,

it is always nice to get some inspiration for modelling your on pieces of terrain. Searching on YouTube is very helpful and often makes me stunning about the projects and buildings you can find there.

One guy that I admire very much is Samy. He has an own YouTube channel called "Samy Model-Maker". He often builds models from cardboard or paper in 1:160. His models are incredible.

A few days ago he published the following two videos of a house he has done for 28mm figures. And in my opinion this is a real masterpiece.

I often wonder while watching - "why does it look so easy what he´s doing?" 

Just follow the links and you will know what I mean.

Cheers

Mike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgRYKWXJFmY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tG4kGf0WNw&t=1009s

https://samy-modellbau.ruclips.net/

SYW - Placing my Austrian army

Manufacturers:   FrontRank, WargamesFoundry, CrusaderMiniatures, DreispitzMiniatures

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

not in the mood for modelling buildings or painting figures due to less time or missing inspiration I often take some of my stuff and place it on my gaming table to get my motivation back.

So it did happen again today. Not enough nerves or time to paint or build up something, but enough time to place some terrain and some miniatures.

And this is today´s result - my Vauban fortress occupied by my compelte SYW Austrian Army.

The fortress still needs to be painted up a bit, the gate is missing and I thought of building some houses for the units. But it already can be called "ready for action". I hope that there will come a day that the fortress finds a place within a game as a piece of terrain.

Hope you like it.

Cheers

Mike

A complete view on the arrangement of the fortress and all miniatures of my SYW Austrian army.

Here you can see that the painting has not been finished yet. On the left side you can see the result I
want to have on the complete fortification -  I want the stones at the edges at the bottom and the top 
to be white and some stones in the centre to be in some brownish colors. Looks more interesting.

The wall on the right side looks cool, too. But I like the style on the left side much more.
Also the gate is still missing.

Some pieces of artillery need some men handling the guns.

A good alternative to the missing houses for the garnison´s unit is to glue some doors and windows
onto the longer sections, This would save me from doing a lot of additional work.
The second advantage doing this would be that there would be still enough place within the fortress
to place a lot of figures. With some additional houses this space maybe would get too small.

A real Vauban fortress without houses. This would be a perfect alternative to building houses.