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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: mcmatt on 24 April 2017, 01:07:31 AM
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Hey all,
Long term lurker first-time poster. I do a lot of Blanchitsu inspired 40k stuff but have recently been reading up on Too Fat Lardies games like Chain of Command and I Ain't Been Shot Mum. Sort of a natural progression from dipping my toes into historical wargame boardgames!
So here are the beginnings of a 15mm Normandy board.
Cafe du Normande (had to have a go!)
Laser cut mat board from my own CAD designs and many episodes of Band of Brothers.
(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/17818046_846539175512407_2044558063876177920_n.jpg)
Bocage and Wheat Field
Sculpted base, textured, flocked, sewing pins used to anchor the foliage, and some woodland scenic trees.
(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/17881525_662718850593908_3674222883959209984_n.jpg)
Love all the work I see here - very inspirational. Planning to treat this is a project log as I complete the board, the forces, and then learn to play the game.
Thanks for having me!
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That looks great .
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Looking good!
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Very nice. Love the house.
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Nice start, the house & enclosed field both look really good.
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Very nice.
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very good!!! :-*
Be warned! Both CoC and scratchbuilding houses could be very addictive! :D
Anyway, take a ride with Google Earth in some Normandy villages, you'll find a lot of ideas about new buildings!!
My ispiration for my buildings is Sainte Marie du Mont...
Marco
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Great start! I absolutely love that building, it is so French.
Please do keep us update. Playing on beautiful terrain is one of the joys of wargaming and seeing stuff like this inspires me to do better.
Rich
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Thanks for all of the comments, I find it very encouraging. I'll attempt to keep this one going. Forces me to chronicle things!
A few more images.
A small forest
These can be individually placed in small pockets or grouped to create a wooded area. I plan on building a boat load of these. Made with various scenic trees (pre-built and built by myself with clump foliage and Woodland Scenics armatures). Based on garage sale signs, textured, painted, and flocked.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mcelvomg/IMG_7355.jpg)
A new wheat field
The second wheat field with paths. These will get a glossy finish to show how muddy it is (on the vehicle path). Again made with teddy fur, texture, and paint. The base for this is also a garage sale sign. There are also small stone walls on their own bases made from crumbled cork tiling.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mcelvomg/IMG_7353.jpg)
Interior of the building- detail of the chimney
A sculpted chimney made from super sculpey. The back roof, floors, and back wall of the building are removable.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mcelvomg/IMG_7233.jpg)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mcelvomg/IMG_7232.jpg)
Bocage close up
Another shot of the bocage with a sherman for scale.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mcelvomg/IMG_7223.jpg)
Laser cut custom counters
CAD designs by me based on iconography related to the forces. Overwatch triangles to indicate LOS and bar markers for tactical to lay alongside troops. Not sure how/if I'll color these yet. They'll need something as the burn residue gets all over your fingers when they are handled. Even after some serious wiping. So at a minimum they'll get a stain and a fixative.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mcelvomg/IMG_7186.jpg)
As always C+C welcome! Should be back soon with more as part of the project log. Hopefully, I'm starting some paint jobs on the troops and buildings soon.
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Great start unfortunately the latest piccies are not showing up for some reason
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That's good, TT, thought it was just me. ;)
Great start unfortunately the latest piccies are not showing up for some reason
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Arg - thanks for the heads up guys. Trying to fix now.
[edit] - alright should be fixed! I was originally trying to work out how to link directly from google photos. I like their storage options and easy interface but no idea how to get stuff that works with forum code. (PM if you have tips in that regard). Back to PhotoBucket for now! Let me know what you think!
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Much better, thank you and really nice work including the markers/counters.
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Great work mcmatt keep the progress coming!!
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Very impressive and thanks for the additional pics. I really like your bocage and trees.
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Very nice! 8)
That should be Café du Normand or Café de Normandie... ;)
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Ah yes - thanks. Good thing you said that before I painted it :)
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The Flames of War Caen Church kit along with some home made low rock walls, fencing, bush, and two rows of orchards. I'll stick apples on the orchard trees too I think. Slow progress as I've been individually basing a ton of FoW 15mm figures for my German and US platoons. The church is a pretty nice kit and the buildings have been the biggest time sink.
Oh, and the boards are new - MDF with a woodland scenics vinal flocked matt stuck to it then cut to size (stuff comes in a big roll). Going to paint the edges of the board and potentially magnetize it all. Bu tit's pretty solid so I'll see if it budges much during the course of a game.
(https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/18380831_121164378450769_7379613765764907008_n.jpg)
I've ordered some new 15mm buildings from Ironclad Miniatures. Excited to get them in the mail and start some troop painting!
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Looks good! Chain of Command is a great set of rules - although I prefer playing in 28mm.
I am also beginning to dabble in Blanchitsu 40K as well!
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Nice! There are a few great facebook groups for that. I'm _inq28_ on instagram if you want to link up.
Back on topic - 15mm was the cheaper option (turns out nothing is cheap in wargaming... Surprise! When will I learn?) I'd also read a lot of positive opinions on CoC in 15mm. Any particular reason you prefer 28? I'm having so much fun with the WW2 stuff I want to try some of the perry plastics in 28mm next. Your Germans are looking good by the way!
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OK I'll have to look up some of the Facebook groups... and i think I may have seen your instagram account.
As for why I prefer 28mm for CoC...not really sure. I came to historical wargaming through 15/18mm Napoleonics, and that scale seemed right for representing battalions and brigade level games. 28mm to me seems to fit WW2 skirmish games like CoC better, although thats just a personal taste... although I am increasingly tempted to do 28mm Napoleonics as well....
cheers
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This is really nice work. Thanks for sharing.
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Hey all, a bit of a resurrection here. The 8th edition of [name redacted by the Inquisition] got in the way of this project but I've been back on it and slowly chipping away.
Let's start with the unsexy stuff - more hedgerows. Sculpted from super sculpey - textured, then painted up. From here it gets sewing pins drilled in and clump foliage added on.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26231745_10104901876347515_8981536808754260988_n.jpg?oh=cb25187d05283f066837ded832984fa1&oe=5AF9CEE4)
Some haystacks - sculpted, flocked, painted. You can also see the raw sculpted hedgerow here.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/26233090_10104893471660575_2973303368454605232_o.jpg?oh=513e220b587bc46be59de3a9b0b6bc9f&oe=5ADEB9C6)
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26230545_10104900336543295_1706338638789830840_n.jpg?oh=8c0e29aa4f168c2ec019a0804e05709e&oe=5AF4B6E8)
And some fun stuff - US armored rifle platoon.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26219856_10104892272224255_3746851050584522633_n.jpg?oh=3a65e1f314f7b11cb12fa46e3843c3c6&oe=5AE2BB76)
I'm back on some steady progress though so should be updating more frequently. Crits and comments always appreciated.
It'd be great if someone could point me in the direction of a good resource for rank/unit/nationality insignia too. Not going to go nuts on 15mm models but it'd be great to have some of it represented on the squads. Cheers!
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Very good.
What did you flock your haystacks with?
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Really liking this thread-log. Hope to see more.
The wheatfield is very nice and the haystacks quite effective and simple.
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Great stuff, I also love the haystacks & plan on stealing the idea to size up for 28mm :)
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Cheers guys! Hoping to keep the log going now :)
@Ultravanillasmurf – It's just regular grass flock. I think it is GW brand. PVA'd onto the sculpey directly. Primed brown then drybrushed with a few different colors. The final is dark flesh from Vallejo.
@Ballardian – Steal away! Side note - what's the origin of your user name?