The good, the bad and the Andy (latest: Dracula's America)

[Yggdrasil]

Howdie!

The Cast:
Hi, I'm Andy (and I'm a Wargame-addicted  )
I'll use this thread to show off my steadily growing Wild West collection.
This thread will be updated at irregular intervals. I'm going to keep the main-title up to date. So you'll always keep up with the latest main-feature of this thread.

The Story so far:
The whole Project started early 2014. I had asked some friends to help me building my own desert-gaming-board (because i had no idea how to build the basement of such a gaming table). After the polysterene boards were finished I started to make the first terrain features. Since then I'm constantly adding western styled terrain features like cacti, different Buildings, and soon a Mining Complex.
I want to cover as many "typical" wild west settings as possible. There will be a Bank-robbery theme, a stagecoach theme, a train set and a whole indian village with buffalos in the near future (i hope later this year!).
To give you a small taste of whats coming up I'll show you a sneak pic of my gaming table:


Table of Content (last updated: 06.01.2016 , dd.mm.jjjj)

Topic                                                 Pages

The Gangs		1
Making off 'burning Waggon'		1+2
Sherrif and Marshal		2
Wyatt&Virgil Earp		2
Morgan Earp+Doc Holliday		2
chinese laundry		3
Boot Hill		3
Madame Sybelles		4
Desperado Bar		4
Making off Church		5
Post Office		5
Making off Mine		6

The Gangs:
I mix up different manufactures in 28-32mm: Black Scorpion, Artizan Miniatures, Blue Moon Manufacturing, Knuckleduster, Foundry, Perry, well just anything I find quite interesting  

Indian Renegades (I use them as 'Comanche' Warriors)


Outlaws (My first Wild West Minis ever. I bought them 5 years ago and reworked them this year!)


Mexicans


7th Cavalry


the Lawmen


Next Gangs to go:
Knuckleduster Cowboys

Greetings!

- to be continued -

[Malamute]

Good stuff. 

[Earther]

A mighty fine collection there Yggdrasil!

Looking forward to seeing what else you do.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Thank You for the kind words 

Today i tried to paint fire. I started with a white basecoat adding yellow, orange and red to the layering mixtures. I'm not right pleased with the overall look of it 



Greetings 

[Michi]

Today i tried to paint fire. I started with a white basecoat adding yellow, orange and red to the layering mixtures. I'm not right pleased with the overall look of it 

Fire isn´t easy to paint. Maybe this helps you a bit:

My first attempt of painting fire. I didn´t dare to paint torches yet, but I think I should now. Would you agree?

[Yggdrasil]

Thank You very much for the pictures. Your fireplace looks fantastic! I'll try to add more white to the source of my flames.

[Marine0846]

You are off to a great start.
Really like your Mexicans and US Cav. figures.
A really fun period to play.
Look forward to seeing more.

[ivor13]

That's a really great idea for the wagon! 
Some touch up using Michi's photos as a guide and you'll be fine!

[Yggdrasil]

You are off to a great start.
Really like your Mexicans and US Cav. figures.
A really fun period to play.
Look forward to seeing more.

Thank You very much. It's a fun period indeed and I am glad that I have tried out the Dead Mans Hand rule set.

That's a really great idea for the wagon!  Smiley
Some touch up using Michi's photos as a guide and you'll be fine!

Today i tried to rework the fire a little bit. I added a bit more white and orange to the basic mixture with a small highlight of black. And i started to add smoke as well.
The next step would be to add more 'glow effects'.




Greetings 

[Mike Blake]

NICE!

[Vagabond]

I thinks that's a big improvement, looks really good

[olyreed]

All looks great, thanks for sharing

[pocoloco]

Great OW collection! 

That burning wagon piece looks hot! (pun intended)

[Yggdrasil]

Great OW collection!  Cool

That burning wagon piece looks hot! (pun intended)

Thanks alot, and by the way The pun is a good one  

@ All: Thank You for Your Answers.  

I've finished the Wagon today. Using Michi's astounding example I added yellow and orange to the surrounding areas forming some kind of 'glowing effect' (Thanks Michi for the fantastic picture  )


Now I'm going to finish the arrows and I'll add some victims. I think I'll put them on bases so I can add or remove them from the scene.

Here's a little Sneak Preview of the next Minis I'm working on right now:


Greetings!  

[pocoloco]

The end result with the wagon is smashing!

That's quite a number of lawmen you are going to have, your OW town must be a restless place