Saying bye to a good part of my collection! (Reblog) – Túbal Villar selling, not Azazel. :)

Not me selling off any of my models – but talented artist and blog-friend Túbal Villar is selling off part of his collection, so I thought I’d offer a signal boost for him – check out his models, and if they strike your fancy, then mayhap check them out on the eBay!

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Death Guard auction.

Indomitus Primaris auction.

I’m selling more stuff… It’s bitter-sweet, but clearly necessary! It will help me keep moving forward, both with hobby-cash and physical room to display them. Last time I tried with the Nurgle Daemons and Orks, but it didn’t work out. Not for a lack of trying! And I have to thank this community of bloggers, we got here, for some heart-worming shout-outs, then! This other lots seem more attractive, apparently!

Missus is ecstatic about it, also. She’s really NOT into Nurgle.

I admit parting with the Indomitus Mentors was not an easy choice… But I imagined they could feel current and catch some eyes. So far, so good!

I just might have gone ahead and joined a team to participate in my first mini-GT of 40K… I mean… the hubris! After just two casual friendly games! In my whole life! (There are some really…

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Flames of War Battlefield in a Box – Ruined Buildings – Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

Nope, not a dupe, but you’d be forgiven if by the title you thought it was – I’ve simply finished the prettying-up of the second set of these things – as opposed to the full repaints in that previous post.

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

This time, I’ve mostly added weathering – a combination of dirt and grime as well as “scorch” marks (for want of a better term) to the Ruined Buildings rather than repainting – though there’s some of that here as well.

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

For example, I did repaint the doors on all of these as well as give them a wash & drybrush (and paint in the teeny widdle door handles!)

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

This stone building got a bit more effort, as I painted in slate/stones in a number of shades of grey across the whole thing, as well as adding in pale tan bricks to give a more natural variation.

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

Esentially the kind of changes your eyes would tend to not notice since they look pretty natural – which is why I have to point them out! 😀

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

I’ll just drive the point home by adding in this pic of the grey building on the left (and the totally repainted sandstone variation) before I painted the different bricks in. See what a good boy I am!

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

I also added in paint on the ceilings as, in standard BFiaB fashion, they were a plain matte black. Washed and drybrushed the floors, picked out some of the debris.. yadda yadda, you get the idea.

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

I did the same with the large building. Check out that warpage in the centre! Kind of annoying, but something I can live with.

Flames of War Battlefield in a Box - Ruined Buildings - Weathered and Repainted (BB199)

And finally, the exterior. I kept the original blues of the building shell and simply added grime, streaks and El Scorcho. (With a nod to any Half-Japanese girls reading – especially if they’ve never heard of Green Day…)

These three were also finished post-Christmas, so more grist for Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got challenge.

And dat’s dat for dis one. Now that I’ve got the terrain posts for 2021 completed, the next couple of posts will have miniature humanoidz. 28mm ones, even! Then the round-up!