28mm late war British & Germans Arnhem etc

[Ash]

Really good stuff! Apologies if these two questions have been asked before, but what are you using for the grass/bush in the Polish mortar team and for those of us who missed the Kickstarter, is there any way to get these British airborne from Empress? I assume they will be selling them on their website at some point?

The grass bits are just home made tufts; static grass of various lengths, carpet tackifier (for self adhesion). The bushy bits are Green Stuff Worlds 'Tall Shrubbery':
https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/search?controller=search&s=tall+shrubbery

As for buying the Kickstarter figures direct from Empress; I'd imagine at some stage, however there is at least one more Kickstarter (I think zee Germans) to go.
So you'd most likely be able to buy sets from the previous releases then. Just my speculation; eventually the figures from this range will probably end up on general release, but not until some time after the Kickstarters have finished.

stunning additions to your collection

Thanks a lot. Not sure whether the WW2 or Vietnam ranges are favorites so far, I think pretty much anything Mr Hicks sculpts with a gun I'd happily chuck paint at...

[Ash]

Some more Polish.

Vickers






Bren

[Digits]

Great stuff fella! 

[brunei35]

Very impressive 

[Ash]

Great stuff fella! 

Thanks David

Very impressive 

Thanks very much.

A few on urban bases

[Rickf]

Cracking job again mate, urban are definitely my favourite.

[carlos marighela]

Lovely work as always.   

Today I learned from this very thread that there is a commercial product called carpet tackifier.  I've come across tacky in countless grungy pubs and always thought it was the natural product of beer spillage and foot traffic. Wait until those hipster bar owners find out, they'll be going mad with the stuff in attempt to manufacture the feel of an authentic pub.

[Barneybear69]

Great work as always...do you paint the wings on the smocks or are they decals? If paint then what Vallejo colours are they? Thanks

[Ash]

Cracking job again mate, urban are definitely my favourite.

Thanks Rick. Got around twenty more blokes to do all on urban inc Maj Cain & Col Frost.

Lovely work as always.   

Today I learned from this very thread that there is a commercial product called carpet tackifier.  I've come across tacky in countless grungy pubs and always thought it was the natural product of beer spillage and foot traffic. Wait until those hipster bar owners find out, they'll be going mad with the stuff in attempt to manufacture the feel of an authentic pub.

Sounds pretty grim. You could walk into any old school pub, with a static grass applicator, let loose all over the carpet and have as big a gaming mat as you can cut before the landlord intervenes.

Great work as always...do you paint the wings on the smocks or are they decals? If paint then what Vallejo colours are they? Thanks

I did try going down the freehand route, not my finest hour. Plan B was using the little wing decals from the Warlord British Airborne decal sheet. Wasn't too keen on them as they tend to disappear into the paint job. I did however notice that there is a rather nice white parachute shape on the reverse side. So ended up sticking those on back to front, liberally marinaded in Micro Sol/Set. Aside from the 'parachute' there's a nice outline for painting the little blue wings over. Used a mix to taste of Vallejo 'white grey' and 'dark prusia blue'. Finished off with a thin wash of brown, to knock back the colour. Then AK ultra matt varnish.


 

[CapnJim]

Yep- more great-looking figures!

[Ash]

Added the medic jeep driver to the Sdkfz 10 I did a while back.

[carlos marighela]

That looks great!

[Tom Dulski]

 When do we get to see all your great stuff together on one table? I'm dying to see this all come together.

[Ash]

That looks great!

From when I first saw the B&W picture I knew I had to have a crack at that. Seeing the medic jeep driver in the early pre release WIP pics got me more excited than the Paras!

When do we get to see all your great stuff together on one table? I'm dying to see this all come together.

Getting close to that stage. Got ten more tooled up Paras on rubble, five just had their smocks done. Then four more GPR chaps on rubble; followed by four jeeps and the radio trailer, plus seven crew. As well as the five Dutch resistance blokes, who are just primed. Also a lot of stowage and drop canister bits.

Not sure which markings to put on the radio jeep and trailer yet...

[warburton]

Superb work.