Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Monday 3 September 2012

Dry Goods Store

As I needed to leave time between processes with the terrain I also decided to get on with a recent addition to the buildings - a new piece by Sarrisa Precision.



It went together in under 10 minutes. Once the PVA had set , it was given a coat of Humbrol dark earth, and then I used a heavy dry brush of a Carmine Red, window frames were done in a cork brown colour. Some thinned flat red was used on the sign front to brighten it a little. 

Also I had picked up a set of Renedra plastic tents - for the town edges - or the pox tents!  ,these were undercoated a flat earth colour , given a brown wash and then just highlighted up with lighter browns. The telegraph poles were just given a spray of the brown and then given a drybrush in a sand colour. In addition they were mounted on 25mm washers to give a bit of weight too.


9 comments:

  1. This is a nice piece and the tents were a great buy. Nice to see you getting back to your Westerns Dave.

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  2. I'd been eyeing up those Sarrisa buildings myself and you've done a cracking job on yours!

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    1. They are great pieces - and do go together well - get some!

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  3. Damm you! You are getting me the urge to work on my Old West stuff! Arg!

    Serious, great stuff, I love the stuff you produce on your blog. You are a scenery machine!

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  4. Looks great Dave, nice job. I've got that set of tents too though not yet got them done.... I may have get on with them if my Prussians head off on campaign... !

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    1. Thanks Scott - I contemplated making some , but these were a good price and did save time, and came up well. So time for you to crack on get yours done!

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  5. Really nice works , and very good paint .

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