A bunch of crates today. One thing that my self-imposed “minimum 1 model per day, per month” this year has really helped along is getting various bits of scatter terrain done.
Four of these definitely come from some duplicated Grendel (now Scotia Grendel) sets that I got back in the mid-1990s. The other ones were painted a long, long time ago. Hm. I see a couple of spots where I missed on the washes. Thanks photos! I’ll fix those shortly.
The way I painted these and got the various subtle and more obvious variations in the wood colours was pretty easy. Paint them in various shades of brown, as well as some in grey and ochre (and mixes of grey and brown for a few – because unsealed wood slowly goes grey). Then they were all drybrushed with a bone shade, then washed with a 1:1 mix of Army Painter Dark Tone and Lahmian Medium. The end result is pretty good. They look realistic enough for the effort put in. Not actually realistic (they’d be much duller, the shaded areas wouldn’t pop like they do here) but we really don’t go for true realism for the most part in this hobby – more a kind of hyper-realism most of the time.
These next four pieces are from a set I picked up later on, though still in the 1990’s. I suspect that they may have been from a WarZone-branded resin terrain set, since there were a limited few of those, and I did pick up a few of those back in the say. I need to un-photobucket that post, so marking it out here will help me to remember.
Those resin sets did come in the exact same packaging as the generic Grendel terrain pieces back in the day, just with a different card backing. I can’t find any sign of them online of course – they seem to have largely disappeared – as have many hobby things from the early days of internet.
In the end, these boxes end up looking pretty good once completed. They can be used in quite a variety of games, pretty much anything from Warhammer Fantasy & Fantasy Role-Playing to the Colonial period through to 40k and Sci-Fi games. A couple of The Emperor’s finest and a pair of Zombie Hunters provide us with some scale. Probably should have had some Necromunda figures in the photos as well, come to think of it – since crates and barrels always fit into our games quite nicely. I guess the marines work for a Kill Team scale shot.
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Looking good, I do like boxes and barrels, as you say they are really handy for a range of periods.
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Yeap. I love a bit of generic terrain as much as I love really detailed period pieces. Maybe more.
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Great looking crates, the use of different base colours adds great variation to them all. Do like Scotia Grendel, they make some very nice pieces
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Thanks Dave. I would definitely be all over their website buying more if not for the expensive shipping to AU. Quite unfortunate, really.
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Yes shipping can be a major pain, I try to keep it down as much as possible through my own company, so it makes less of a problem for customers
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These look fantastic, but why not save them January? Did you want a break from your vehicles?
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I’ve got more bits of scatter terrain then I could shake my butt at. Or alternatively, a piece of wood. I’m looking at some bigger stuff for January, as well!
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Nice. You just can’t have too many. Also if you want to finish models it helps not to photograph them–you always see a spot you missed or made a mistake when you see them blown up on the computer screen!!
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Ha! You’re right of course on both points. Luckily these little spots should be a doddle to touch up. 🙂
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Great stuff – you can never have too many crates!
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True. Though sometimes I feel like I’m going to end up with enough of them for that final shot from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
…actually. I think I bought a MDF factory model from Warlord a couple of years ago. If I manage to build and paint it, I could then fill it with all of my crates!
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I love a good crate but sadly I don’t have many.
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You just need that one the kids put you in at night.
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Haha.
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Plenty of them out there. They just suffer from not being shiny enough to make a first choice over most other models when it comes to purchases.
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Nice work mate. The devil is in the detail and scenic bits are just as significant as figures when put together.
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Yeah, the background details are what really bring the look of the figures to the next level when they’re all out there.
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Generic terrain sure- but that is the most useful sort most of the time. Very nice painting on them.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete. Hopefully I can get a game or two in over the coming months so I can use the bloody things!
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I dig them!
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Cool, Daddy-O!
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I love the way you make the mundane pop. Nice work.
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Thanks Mark. They’re easier than they look to do as well. 🙂
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