Most of my hobby time this week has been spent on the WW1 Palestine project finishing the Commonwealth forces, starting the Arab Rebellion forces, and making some terrain. The terrain will allow me to soon start playing a few One-Hour Wargaming scenarios with the Machine Age rules.
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British cavalry |
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British cavalry |
Having finished enough Turkish and Commonwealth units for a few One-Hour Wargaming I have now started on the Arab Rebellion forces. First up was a unit mounted on camels.
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Arabs on camels |
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Another view of the camels |
The next items on the list was the creation some suitable buildings and trenches for the scenarios. The buildings are made from blocks of wood and dowel which are then painted.
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A game with the new buildings |
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Three builds, a minaret, and well. |
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A closer view of one of the smaller buildings. |
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The larger building with painted brick work |
The trenches were made from multi-use insulating foam board stuck on to 4 x 2 inch pieces of MDF, which were then shaped. They were then painted, sprinkled with sand, and sandbags added made from green stuff.
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Trenches from the other side. |
Next for the project, other than completing the Arab rebellion units, is to add some aircraft, armoured cars, trucks and a tank. I am thinking about scratch building these items.
Hi Peter,
ReplyDeleteBilliant, I love the buildings. Tell me, how do you fix your riders to their mounts? I imagine the camel riders might be a bit tricky.
All the best
Jay
Hi Jay, After cleaning them I use super glue, then all the figures get a heavy coat of PVA glue which also helps fix them in position. The glue can reduce the detail, but with my simple style of painting it does not worry me. Cheers, Peter
DeleteGreat scratchbuilt models as usual.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Having a spare camel to add to the well was useful.
DeleteExcellent work there Peter and I'm certainly looking forward to any scratch built vehicles etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I am looking forward making them. They will be simple with any details painted on rather than modelled.
DeleteLooking good.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It is always fun getting them onto the tabletop when completed.
DeleteLoos superb Peter. I love the buildings - the overall look is very evocative. Figures look great too.
ReplyDeleteDid you get the scenarios ok?
The buildings are always fun and quick to do. I got the scenarios and they will be very useful thank you.
DeleteThis project looks great Peter - are the Arabs from airfix?
ReplyDeleteThanks, the project is progressing well. The Arabs are not Airfix, Strelets make them.
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