More jungle bits

Well, I entended to stop building jungle terrain but I couldn't resist. This time I made four small vegetation bases and two large obstacles which will be used by natives to protect their villages against large predators or simply to block British railroads.

Maybe I will add more jungle. As I can be used for both 28mm and 20mm with a bit of imagination. But first of all I need to paint some miniatures!

The four small vegetation bases made with the same materials as my other jungle pieces.

The rear of the two rather large barricades, how large are those Mbuij Mayian predators?

The front of the barricades, the obstacles are made by using all sorts of twigs from my stashpile.

Obstacle 1, decorated with the usual mix of aquarium plants.

Obstacle 2, ready to hold of some predators or british supply trains!

Greets,

Outpost Henry finished!

Hi, here's my finished British outpost Henry! I started the build in June 2010, can believe it took my so long to finish the fort. The fort finally received his corrugated roof and foliage and is now ready to be used in some games (still need to finish off some porters, British and African warriors though!)

Some other post about the build:

Phase 1: http://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-terrain.html

Phase 2: http://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/2010/12/outpost-henry-near-completion.html

I also plan to add a flagpole (thanks to Paul for the tip, I completly forgot that!) and some furniture for the inside of the fort such as field beds, weapon rack, supplies, a stove, ... when I have some good ideas and I'm in a terrain building mood

In this picture you can see a converted 28mm Wargames Factory British officer for scale purposes. He's located at the most fortified side of the fort which is enwalled with large tree trunks. This side of the fort also has a doorway which leads to the enwalled yard.

Here's you can see the front of the fort with the same 28mm figure.

On this picture you can clearly see the corrugated roof which I painted with a variety of grey colors and than added a Devlan Mud wash to represent rain marks.

Another shot of the fort, the foliage used to decorate the base was a homemade mix "woodfoliage", some ordinary green static grass and clumps of foliage. Before I decorated the base with flock I added some plastic plants to make the fort fit with my massive collection of jungle terrain.

And to finish, the fort with his removable rooftop.

Greets,

Revisiting a project!

Hi, I'm starting a new period, well restart my napoleonic project! I've already purchased 2 boxes of infantry and 1 box of cavalry sometime ago. I've also painted some infantry and I'm now completing some others to finish the battalion.

All the figures are made by Perry Miniatures: 84 infantry, 14 cavalry and 1 metal commander "Guyot" I think, it was a free give away when you bought the cavalry set.

The battalion in progress.

Close up.

Another close up.

I hope I will be able to paint all of these miniatures before I buy new ones.

Greets,

African porters and villagers

Hi, here are some pictures of my porters on the workbench! The group actually consists out of six porters, African woman carrying, African woman with walking stick, young boy and an European lady which's holding a cup of tea! All the miniatures are made by Foundry except for the four partially repainted Dixon Miniatures porters.

All of the flesh of these miniatures are painted and some of them also have painted clothes and jewelry.

The first six of the bunch. Next to the rear African woman you can see the European lady with a flesh basecoat of Bestial Brown.

Another four.

Some close up shots of the African lady.

Another close up of the painting on the clothes, really like to paint blue shades!

Greets,

2010-2011 Wargame goals

Hi, In the year 2010 I've managed to paint a few hundred of figures of which mostly were 20mm World War 2. These figures are part of my evergrowing desire to play massive but easy to play battles which were decisive or of great importance during World War 2. Other miniatures I've painted were mostly 25-28mm miniatures which were needed for some ongoing projects such as 1812 England invaded, Conquest of the unknown and Chaos on the Red Planet. However most of the painted figures were for the VSF project in Darkest Africa!

Here's a list of painted miniatures:

256 - 20mm miniatures

0 - 20mm cavalry

3 - 20mm vehicles

0 - 20mm guns

11 - 25mm miniatures

50 - 28mm miniatures

1 - 28mm vehicles

321 - Total

That's about 6 figures a week either 20mm, 25mm or 28mm.

I've also managed to start but not finish many terrain pieces such as

- A 20mm shanty town

- An 28mm riversteamer

- An 28mm colonial house

- Two other 28mm generic houses

- An 28mm waterfall feature

- City dikes for my native capital

But I've also managed to finish lots of terrain such as my massive collection of jungle terrain, beach defense system, ...

I've also want to thank, my followers! For the intrest in my blog! I've now got a staggering 68 followers which I hadn't expected when I've started this small blogging adventure! Impressed by the intrest I now want a 3 digit number of followers in 2011! So invite your wargame mates right now :p I was also impressed when on an regular day 500 unique visitors had visited my blog! Normally the average is around 60-80 when I post new posts! Simply amazing

The goals of the new year will be:

Miniatures:

- 28mm French Napoleonic Army

- 28mm Native African Army (more jungle natives, city militia natives,..)

- 28mm British Colonial Army (more navy contigent, regular army, askari)

- 20mm Japanese Army (+/- 120 figures)

- 20mm German Army (+/- 250 figures)

- ...

Terrain:

- 20mm WWII European town

- 20mm WWII Russian town

- 28mm African village (rural)

- 28mm Native African capital

- ...

And again thanks for the intrest and inspiration!

Greeting and a happy new year!