15mm Bullockornis and Megalania ready for painting

I just primed four Bullockornis, one Megalania from Mick Yarrow... and one French Foreign Legion-er from Peter Pig :) Gonna start painting them tomorrow morning. These creatures were walking on ancient Australian soil during Neogene period.

From Wikipedia: 

Bullockornis planei, nicknamed the Demon-Duck of Doom, is an extinct flightless bird that lived in the Middle Miocene, approximately 15 million years ago, in what is now Australia. Bullockornis stood approximately 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall. It may have weighed up to 250 kg (550 lb). Features of Bullockornis's skull, including a very large beak suited to shearing, indicate that the bird may have been carnivorous. The bird's skull is larger than that of many small horses.

Many paleontologists, including Peter Murray of the Central Australian Museum, believe that Bullockornis was related to geese and ducks. This, in addition to the bird's tremendous size and possible carnivorous habits, gave rise to its colourful nickname. The bird's generic name is improperly translated as "ox-bird", and was named instead for the type locality for the genus at Bullock Creek, Australia.

From Wikipedia: 

The megalania (Megalania prisca or Varanus priscus) was a very large goanna or monitor lizard, now extinct. It was part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene. It seems to have disappeared between 30,000 to 40,000 years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia might have encountered living megalanias. Some Aboriginal Dreaming stories may even be about them.

Along with other varanid lizards, such as the Komodo dragon and the lace monitor, the megalania belongs to the proposed clade Toxicofera, which contains all known reptile clades possessing toxin-secreting oral glands, as well as their close, non-venomous relatives, including Iguania, Anguimorpha, and Serpentes. Thus, being a member of Anguimorpha, this makes megalania the largest venomous vertebrate known to have existed.

Pazner 28(t) and Sd.Kfz. 251

Before painting A7V, I decide to practice on smaller German vehicles. 

Here is Panzer 38 (t) from Zvezda. Hull was painted in Army Painter Uniform Grey and highlights were made by Citadel  Fortress Grey. And don't forget to use Testors Dullcoat :) ! 

Another angle of Panzer 38(t)

Sd.Kfz. 251 from Zvezda

15mm M60A1 from QRF Part 3

Started rebasing my Insurgents

Started rebasing my Insurgents on 15mm clear acrylic bases from Litko

15mm Grenadier Guard

15mm Grenadier Guard. Originally its a Peter Pig British sergeant with Grenadier hat made from greenstuff.

20% finished Char2c and Rkhm Kashalot

15mm M60A1 from QRF Part 1 - Half Painted

Half painted M60 from QRF in MERDC camouflage. Only turret is finished, so don't bother half painted hull and ugly tracks.

Finished M60A1 turret in MERDC camouflage. 

Whats on the Workbench?

Bunch of half painted QRF models. M60A1 Patton (only turret is finished), RKhM "Kashalot" and Char 2C. Sorry for poor lighting :) Its rainy outside.

Whats on the Workbench?

Mount ago Mike Edwards from "Stopping the Red Tide" blog have gifted me four QRF M113 (read posts here and here). And now these M113 want to say "Thnak You" to Mike for their new home :)

I painted this APC in same way as Irishserb Humvee that I already own and headswaped the gunners head with Peter Pig marine head and also added some bullet holes of right side of the vehicle. I plan to paint 2 M113 as modern vehicles and other 2 as Vietnam ones. In that case I wont be headswapping gunners heads for vietnam era, because they have similar size to Peter Pig Vietnam era Americans (older Peter Pig sculpts with smaller heads.)

I also received lots of 15mm and 20mm clear acrylic bases from Litko, that I am gonna use to rebase my models.

New 15mm terrain and photo technique!

 I want to share some new (and old) scenery for 15mm gaming, such as bocage, fences, trees and tree log. Terrain tile was made from cardboard. I cutted 1 foot square and then primed it to prevent warping. All fences were made  from craft store matchsticks, glued on plasticard base and washed with Agrax Earthshade. Bocage was also glued on plasticard base and have some insulation foam chunks in the middle, covered with bushes. All miniatures are from different manufacturers and time periods. Please bear in mind that I want to base them on 20mm circular clear acrylic bases made by Litko, so that's why they have super tiny bases. The car is WWII era Russian "BA-10 Armored Car" made  by Zvezda. There are French infantry fireteam from 80's made by Peter Pig behind the BA-10 and also a Laserburn range mercenary with assault rifle painted with Vallejo "Japanese Uniform WWII" and highlighted with Citadel paints called "Bubonic Brown" and "Bleached Bone". Soviet 45mm Anti-Tank gun is made by Plastic Soldier Company. Its maned by modern era insurgent commander in red beret, made by Peter Pig  and Cold War era German infantryman, made by QRF.

Another shot of BTR-90 for QRF website.

15mm QRF BTR-80

Another great model from QRF. Note that ALL STOWAGE was sculpted by me and its not a part of original model.

QRF 15mm T-80

Painted T-80 from QRF and Peter Pig soviet infantryman for size comparison. I used Knarloc Green/Loren Forest as hull main colour and for highlights I used Straken Green and Nurgling Green.

Note that gunmetal grey round spot on the right side of the turret is not a miscast, but battle damage, accidentally made by me.

Irishserb Humvee

I am back and posting all I painted during long brake. First model is Irishserb Humvee (all stowage made with green-stuff). I used Citadel paints and if you wish I can provide full list of paint names.

Even more Krators!!!

Krators horde! One big and 3 small Krators bases 

All variants of small Krators on one base

The last stand.

Asgard from Stargate universe.

Asgard from Stargate universe. Actually its "Rebel Minis" Grey Alien figure.

Color Code:

Base color: Tallarn Flesh

Wash: Seraphim Sepia for light washing of some areas (like back of the head or skin around the eyes)

            Agrax Earthshade for washing most of the skin areas, like spine and space between fingers.

Highlight 1: Tallarn Flesh over some washed areas like and chest and biseps.

Highlight 2: Karak Stone

Eyes base color: Abaddon Black

Eyes highlight: Stormvermin Fur

Capture this alien!!!

New photo techique and Cold War French infantry

Cold War French infantry. Models are from Peter Pig "AK-47 Republic" range. For this photo I used same camera but completely different lighting. So no more "yellow" photos.

If you want to know the color code for these miniatures here it is:

Uniform base color: Knarloc Green/Loren Forest

Uniform highlight 1: Straken Green

Uniform highlight 2: Nurgling Green

Uniform highlight of helmet and sleeves edges: Rotting Flesh or Nurgling Green 50/50 mixed with Bleached Bone

Vest highlight: Rotting Flesh or Nurgling Green 50/50 mixed with Bleached Bone

Rifle base color: Abaddon Black

Rifle Highlight: Adeptus Battlegrey

Rifle edges highlight: Codex Grey

Boots base color: Adeptus Battlegrey

Boots highlight: Stormvermin Fur

Boots edges highlight: Codex Grey

Ammunition base color: Desert Yellow

Ammunition wash: Seraphim Sepia

Ammunition highlight: Desert Yellow (same color as base one over some washed areas)

Ammunition edges highlight: Kommando Khaki/Karak Stone

Skin color: Elf Flesh

Skin wash: Seraphim Sepia

Skin highlight: Elf Flesh (same color as base one over some washed areas)

Skin edges highlight: 50/50 mix of Elf Flesh and Skull White

More Krators

Painted 1 group of 3 small Krators in 2 poses. Big and small Krators figures are from from 15mm.co.uk. Peter Pig US modern infantryman for size comparison.

Peter Pig insurgents!

Peter pig insurgents! And one Laserburn range figure in boonie hat.

ACU and BDU

Just painted two of Peter Pig US soldiers in M81 Woodland and ACU camouflage. To avoid figure in woodland camo to blend with its base and gaming terrain, I decided to paint its bullet proof vest in green colours.