My final February pieces today – a set of four Bunkers from the DUST games. They’re basically the Dust Axis Heavy Laser Bunker and the Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker, as I picked up wo of each when they were on clearance. I initially sprayed them grey in December, or January? …and then they just sat there for a period of time until one day in February I decided to just get the huge fucking things done and off my scenery painting table, so I went all out on them for the rest of the day, and then a little finishing the next morning, then done.
The base coat is a darkish dirty grey, followed by several layers of drybrushing using (horrible to use) craft paints to lighten them up a little. Next was a round of varnish, followed by painting on some of that Vallejo Model Wash and then wiping it off. One more later of varnish, a little more drybrushing, more varnish, and then a heavy coat of Testors’ Dullcote in an attempt to dull them down.
The doors were sprayed a darker grey, drybrushed a slightly lighter grey, and then a metallic with a subtle bit of rust, and then done. Grates in the middle of each done in a similar way. There are also a (large) number of artillery pieces that go with these (2 each, so 8 arty pieces), but I’ll paint those sometime down the line.
As you can see from the tabletop photos, I had a particular idea of how they can all be used – though they’re pretty versatile and could be used in pretty much any biome – from ice/snow to desert to temperate without a problem. I wanted to team them up with my Deep Cut Studios Beach Mat, which I’d planned to do a review of after buying it but haven’t gotten around to doing yet.
So I just rooted around a little in some of my scenery tubs to get some suitable bits and pieces out to make up a beach invasion table, obviously inspired by Normandy/the Atlantic Wall. I couldn’t find my little trees, and there are of course a whole lot of other small bits and pieces like additional crates, hedgehogs and such that I either couldn’t find or are still WIP, but still, this quick and easy table looks pretty good, if a tad one-sided. It’d certainly be good for a scenario game with infiltrators, sentries and a bit of espionage!
Well done on getting them done, the size of them probably makes them quite tricky to do, but they’ve come out well! I have the same Deep Cut beach mat but in 4′ x 4′ and think it’s brilliant!
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The hardest part was getting paint that I didn’t mind using to drybrush them with (model paint is too expensive to waste on them!) and getting a brush big enough to work for that same drybrush!
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They look good. Simple, but they get the job done.
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Thanks Alexis. I could have gone for a Far Cry: New Dawn look but that would have been much too specific… 😉
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Nice work on the bunkers. I love the battle board. Did you also make that?
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Sorry. I re-read the post and see where the mat is from.
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No worries!
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Thanks – just painted the bits on board 🙂
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Great work, they look fantastic on the beach mat. Is there a slope up from the beach or is the picture on the mat just fooling my eyes?
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Thank you – it’s a bit of an optical illusion created by the mat itself and the way that the terrain is placed. (And what our brains expect to see, I suppose!)
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I’m a fan of bunkers and they look great to me. Huge pieces of terrain…..
Cheers,
Pete.
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Cheers, Pete – they’re pretty huge. Now to figure out how to store them!
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As with a lot of scenery, on its own it never looks that much but once it becomes part of a layout you then get the wow facfor.
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Yep, it’s all about the combination of parts to make the complete scene – much as with many of the components of your dioramas!
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Looks great!
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Thank you, Carlo!
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These look very effective, as does your beach landing set up
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Thanks Dave. Just need to sort out some Higgins boats or equivalent now!
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The bunkers look great, as does the mat.
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Cheers, Mark. They’re a good combo and contrast nicely with one another!
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Mate they look incredible on that mat.
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Thanks – that layout is something I’ve had in the back of my mind for some time now.
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All very impressive 👍🏼
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Cheers, mate!
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Man, they are SERIOUS bits of terrain… they’re flippin’ huge mate! Lovely looking table btw, that mat looks the business 🙂
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Yeah, they turned out a bit bigger than I expected when I ordered them, but they do lend themselves to some pretty cool setups like the above ones if/when they get used all at once.
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Very nice, simple effective, a bit like the bunkers themselves.
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger! Yep – that’s a good description of them!
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Beautifully painted mate ,so realistic .
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Thanks Pat. Luckily weathered concrete isn’t the hardest thing to match.. 😉
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