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Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale “Wrecked House”

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Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

More terrain today. I know that Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery is just around the corner, and while I’ll be in on that for sure, I’m posting models finished in April right now because I have been – and still am way behind on the ol’ blog.

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

What we have here then, is a bit of a failure on my part to get things done. This was one of those “easy wins” that sits around in sprue form for years, and then I get it in my head to just smash the thing out and get it done, only for it to end up sitting in limbo for literally a couple of years, taking up space as it floats around on top of other things on my mess of a painting desk…

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

– until the day when I eventually crack the shits about seeing the bloody thing and then make a new effort to get it finished so I can fuck it off out of the way.

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

So here it is! Done! Finished! Completed! it doesn’t even look too bad, especially given how much of a pain in the arse it was to get painted. There’s one small(!) problem with it, though.

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

The scale. I don’t have any of my Bolt Action models handy, but it looks to me like it’ll be a bit small even for them. In any case, it’s too small for me to use with… really anything else. Actually, even looking at the promo pics of this thing over on Warlord’s website, it’s a bit small for those models, and they’ve had to use some …creative layout of the models to make it fit. Well, the link is there, so if anyone wants to buy an undersized, overpriced (£20.00!!!) terrain kit, off you go!

DUST Bunkers (February Terrain ’19)

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DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker, Deep Cut Studios Beach Mat 6x4

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.

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker

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.

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker

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.

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker, Deep Cut Studios Beach Mat 6x4

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker, Deep Cut Studios Beach Mat 6x4

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.

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker, Deep Cut Studios Beach Mat 6x4

DUST Axis Heavy Laser Bunker, Allies Heavy Phaser Bunker, Deep Cut Studios Beach Mat 6x4

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!