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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Thursday, 28 May 2015

More Swag

Having been prevented going to 4D Modelshop on Monday, I did manage to get there on Tuesday after work. I might have picked up a few bits apart from the 1.6mm masking tape:



Yes, some metal 1:200 cars and vans for the 1X Car Wars project. Whilst they are more expensive than the plastic ones, they make up for that with much better detail.

This evening when I got home, there were a couple of packages waiting for me. The first was an Ebay purchase I'd made - two long-nose trucks for £7 (including delivery):



The other package was from GZG - my order of 15mm and 6mm turrets:


6mm large and medium turrets
6mm small turrets - 1:200 pickup to show size
Hotwheels car added to show size of turrets

The small 6mm turrets will work well for the 1:200 cars and as droppers/dispensers on the 3X vehicles. Now that I know what's in the packs, I think I'll be placing an order for some more

Yesterday I received an order of MDF bases from Warbases for basing vehicles and for various counters (mines, spikes, oil, smoke etc). I took those into work today to spray with grey texture paint. I got most of them done, but still have a few to do tomorrow.

Last night I did a little test for making oil slicks using gloss gel with some black ink mixed in and small amounts of water to help spread it.



I probably don't need as much black ink as I used here but do need some water, I think if I get the right mix and time things right, I should be able to raise some "peaks" to paint up as flames for flaming oil jet markers.

This evening I've been dying some cotton wool balls in diluted pink ink for paint spray markers. The balls are drying out now. I'll post pics tomorrow once they are finished.


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10 comments:

  1. Blaxkleric28 May 2015 at 23:05

    Great stuff Tamsin. Terrific project which I'm thoroughly enjoying. You really go into these projects of yours all guns blazing :-)

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  2. Unknown29 May 2015 at 03:53

    If this is what happens when you go in to buy just a little tape, I can't wait to see what happens next time you go in to buy some cars.

    The oil slick is coming along. Just a bit of tweeking and you'll have it right.

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  3. Ray Rousell29 May 2015 at 05:15

    Looking good Tamsin. Love the oil slicks!

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  4. Clint29 May 2015 at 07:59

    Clever, 6mm sci fi turrets for car wars. Clever. So clever that it is blindingly obvious and yet some how I am too thick to think of it. Doh!

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  5. BigLee29 May 2015 at 08:08

    Such a busy bee!

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  6. Unknown29 May 2015 at 17:15

    You are well on your way to some impressive oil slicks. Will you do flame barriers too? The Car Wars monkey is well on your back now Tams.

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  7. Michael Awdry29 May 2015 at 21:30

    We do love a bit of swag and I'm loving the look of those oil slicks, very impressive.

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  8. Simon Quinton 30 May 2015 at 09:11

    Nice work on the slicks and additions to the work pile. Having watch Mad Max last night I am perusing cars this morning :)

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  9. TamsinP30 May 2015 at 23:56

    @ Blax - the trouble is that the ole ammo tends to run out quickly ;)

    @ Anne - I know, terrible aren't I? :)

    @ Ray - cheers! :)

    @ Clint - they should work well. That Mr Tuffley fins ways of extracting money from me even when I'm not buying spaceships or expanding my SciFi ground forces ;)

    @ Lee - bzzzzzzz! :)

    @ Robert - thanks. I'll definitely be doing some flaming oil slicks. Mi might try some flame barriers as obstacles at some point in the future :)

    @ Michael A - they haven't come out too badly for a first attempt :)

    @ Simon - I hope you are doing more than perusing cars. You simply must be buying them! :)

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  10. Phyllion31 May 2015 at 18:07

    Hope you're going to keep it as a mcvitie's lorry!

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