Dust Tactics update; BBQ squad and Hotdog Walker finished.

Had so much fun painting up my first Dust walker from earlier that I had to move right on into the next one.
My freehand work didnt end up identical to the first but Its close enough for the table top job these are all getting.
The unit of troops was super quick and fun to paint. Its really kind of nice to have something that I can just grind through without having to put a ton of thought into it.
Had my first game the other day which basically ended up a slaughter where I had nothing left on the table. Was still a good time though and hopefully my troopers will show up to fight next time around.
Working on a squad of "Grim Reapers" Heavy attack rangers currently, so stay tuned for those.

And here is a shot of the whole crew together, Ready to whoop some axis scum..........eventually......

Also, for those interested. I threw a post up on the Geek Garage site a few days ago with the latest addition to my Mid-Nors.

Dust tactics: U.S. walker finished

Recently we have had a bit of Dust interest drum up.
So, I decided I would go and revisit the walker I started some time ago.
I hadnt planned on finishing it right away, but things began to flow and before I knew it, I was done.

I had originally just left it the weathered white color but it was looking pretty plain and bland.
I went ahead and asked a buddy what he thought I should do, and of course, he piped up with one of the hardest things to do(in my opinion). Freehand!

I went ahead and added the hazard stripes and Ally shield,  along with some individually painted battle marks and I'm pretty pleased with the results now.
I had a lot of fun painting this thing. A lot more fun than I have had in a while as a matter of fact!
I'm pretty stoked to move onto the next walker and Infantry right away.

Randomness: Dust tactics

I have been thinking heavily on painting my Dust tactics stuff, which will be stand ins for an American army in Secrets of the third Reich, and I finally had an idea strike while I was watching the movie Shooter.

When they are self camouflaging  their rifles with ferns and spray paint, I thought "I should try that on something" and Bam! What better thing to try on than a big old ww2 tank/mech?

I have quite the collection of plastic plants that I adorn bases and terrain with, so sacrificing a bit of fake fern for the project wasnt too bad. Since these figs start out green, I went ahead and grabbed my White spray and the fake foliage, laid it out in random spots, sprayed the white directly over the top and continued across most of the model until I was satisfied with the look of it.
On the next walker I do, I think I'll hold the plastic fern a little closer to get the pattern a little more defined.

After the spray dried I started adding rusty damage spots with a spare piece of torn blister foam. I tried to keep most of the wear on the edges of things to help simulate heavy use. So, this is where it stands for now. I plan to do a bit more weathering and some blast marks on the guns, followed by a whole slew of ww2 decals from an old P-51 model kit.

First flame....of war that is

Got my first U.S tank all finished up for Flames of War. I really had no idea what I was doing, and I do think it shows somewhat. I was surprised at how different these little things were to paint as opposed to a 28mm fig.
I am pleased with how it turned out though, and I do think it will look ok as a whole force rather than a magnified single piece.
As of this point in time, I think I'll be running a 29th infantry division with some medium tank backup.
Now to learn this game!