Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)

[ancientsociety]

I was lucky enough to find the awesome, sadly out of production, Crescent Root Studios "Adobe" buildings on Evilbay a few weeks back. I really liked this series - they had an awesome texture to the "stucco" finish and the cracks really show well when sponge painted. To match the CR buildings, I repainted the FOW Small Desert Buildings I already had to match.

More info and pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/08/15mm-north-africa-terrain.html

[ancientsociety]

A quick followup to my previous NA Terrain, this time we're in Cyrenaica with some wadi banks and Greco-Roman ruins (also suitable for Greece or Crete)!

[ancientsociety]

So I've decided to run a small, friendly FOW tourney for Adepticon 2015 in the style of 40K Combat Patrol. That means I need more terrain....and quick!

Let's start with a WIP post on the 15mm Lumber Camp terrain set. From the left, it's a small bunkhouse, the mill, and a maintenance shed. Not pictured (because they were half finished at the time) are the log and lumber pile linear obstacles. All that's left is a quick ink weathering of the exterior wood surfaces, some spot painting (mostly the tin roofs and bases), and flocking.



More info and pics:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/15mm-lumber-camp-wip-2.html

Comments and critiques welcome!

[ancientsociety]

I took a little break from making terrain to finish up some minis. I'd always wanted to add some assault guns to the Soviet Tankovy Battalion I finished a couple years ago but have been unwilling to spend the cash to buy them. Recently, I came across a good deal and bought them....then promptly realized I had lost the paint color chart I used for the prior minis! Instead I decided to try my luck at whitewash winter camo for the first time.

More pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/koshka-ubiytsy-zimoy-winter-1944.html

[von Lucky]

Nice stuff. Any progress shots on the lumber camp?

[ancientsociety]

Lumber camp is almost done. Should post final pics in a couple days.

[ancientsociety]

The lumber camp is finally complete and I'm pretty pleased with the results considering the amount of time it took. The entire complex, if not spread out, occupies around 2 sq. ft. - somewhere between a 1/4" and 1/3" of a table space. Considering it really only needs some roads and large tracts of woods, the size is "just right" for FOW. This lumber camp will be used to represent the Karelia Region of Finland/Russia in the FOW: Recon In Force tournament for Adepticon 2015.

Much more pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/road-to-adepticon-2015-15mm-lumber-camp.html

[Firescale Whack]

That lumber camp is phenomenal, I wish it was a retail product I would definitely buy one. Great work!

[von Lucky]

Beautiful work, something really to be proud of.

[ancientsociety]

A little detour from terrain building, finished the 1/100 Tamiya Me262 & Me163.



More pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/10/dawn-of-jet-age-15mm-me262-me163.html

[OSHIROmodels]

WWII isn't my bag but there's some nice little builds here 

cheers

James

[ancientsociety]

Just a small WIP post of the Western European town I'm working on. Enjoy!



More info and pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/western-european-town-wip.html

[von Lucky]

Absolutely beautifully.

[cram]

These are fantastic!! 

Two questions if I may! Where did the ruined truck at the lumber camp come from, and what supplier did you get the fence in the Western European town pic?

Thanks, Marc.

[ancientsociety]

A small bit of North Africa terrain - a mosque and walled courtyard - to add to my earlier NA terrain efforts. More pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/more-north-africa-terrain.html




@Cram: The truck in the lumber camp is simply a Zvezda 1/100 Soviet ZIS truck with the wheels and bed removed. The walls in the Western Europe terrain are Kibri HO walls. The tutorial to make the park is at the link below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/tutorial-15mm-european-city-park.html

Thanks all!