Quad 2cm finished

Had these done for a while, so thought it was about time I took a couple of pics.
The branches are Lichen dipped in a 50/50 mix of brown paint and acrylic varnish which is left to dry. Then pva painted on where I wanted leaf cover which it is then dipped in to, which happens to be dried herbs.
The snow is a 50/50 mix of GW's and GF9 snow flocks.

Big cats and small men part 2

Just a quick update on the vehicles. As mentioned in the previous post I am painting my Axis forces in a winter setting. The vehicles are at a stage when I feel it's worth showing a couple of them, I'm using the hairspray technique for weathering the winter white wash. For those that are unaware of the stages involved I have listed them after the pics.

I use my airbrush to do the painting but I can see no reason why this couldn't be done with a brush, in fact the test piece I did on an old model without my airbrush. As you would expect allow plenty of drying time between each stage.

1: Prime model
2: Base coat, I used Tamiya XF-60 (Dark Yellow)
3: Gloss varnish the entire model
4: Add decals, then varnish them
5: Coat in hairspray (light coating)
6: White coat (Vallejo Ivory)
7: Take a stiff brush (I used an old GW 'drybrush' I had lying around) dip in water and slowly remove the top coat of paint by rubbing gently over the surface.
8: Seal work with another layer of varnish.

The remaining weathering such as painting chipping and mud will be added then a thinned wash of dark brown should tone down the model for the look I'm after. Then I can paint up all the details etc

Land Speeder wip

Just what it says on the tin. These are all magnetised for all the weapon options, they have been sitting in my to do box for about 6 months and until 6th Ed is released I suspect that's where they will stay. Someone did comment that it looks like the pilot in the bottom speeder looks like he is having a good time :D

Fully magnetised Land Speeder

Although it was a chore to do the magnets, i think the effort was worth it. I have another three waiting in the wings but other projects have taken over!!