15mm Urban Terrain

I've started putting together some buildings for a 15mm city terrain board. The idea is to do some very generic streets and buildings usable for games set in the present or the future.

First is a very basic factory/industrial building from Proxie Models:

This is  four of the wall panels with a removable roof made from a "garage sale" sign.  I also scraped off the huge doorknob.  I considered doing internal floors, but I decided to spend my time doing multiple basic buildings, rather than a few with fancy interiors.

Second building will be a four story apartment, still in progress:

Here I've doubled up the Proxie wall panels to make a taller building. You can see the plastic strips I'm using to join the panels. With enough sprues, you could make a building of any height you want.

Last is an old HO scale model railroad house I've had sitting around half finished for a long time.  I figure I might as well dust it off, and get it finished while I'm at it:

The main structure is together, I just need to glue in the separate windows and doors. 

Trencher MkII Tanks: Finished Pictures

As promised, I've posted some pics of my completed Trenched MkII tanks in 15mm scale (approx. 1/100 scale) from Proxie Models.

Building the Proxie Models Trencher Mk II: Tracks

So, here's a quick post on the method and colors I've come up with for tank tracks. It's an easy method, and I like the way it looks.

First, I paint the tracks with Vallejo Panzer Series German Camo Black Brown. I think its also called something like "SS Camo Black Brown" in the regular Vallejo Model Color line. Same color.

Next is a wash with the Army Painter Dark Shade, I use it undiluted and cover the tracks completely.

The final two steps involve heavy drybrushing of two Ceramcoat craft paint colors:

Brown Iron Oxide first,

Then Burnt Sienna.

Finished tracks.

The final detail painting and weathering is done on my platoon of three Trenchers.  I will take some pics and try to get them up here this weekend.

Building the Proxie Models Trencher Mk II: Painting Step-by-Step

With assembly finished on my three Trenchers, the next step was painting. I envision these tanks as a sort of sci-fi T-34, so I will be painting them in a Soviet armor green scheme.

Building the Proxie Models Trencher Mk II, Part 2

A quick WIP update on my Trencher project:

This is the first model, with the large gap filled.  This is just the rough Aves putty.  Since this picture, I've sanded it smooth.  I found that on the other two models, shaving down the location pins inside allowed me to eliminate this gap completely.

Three Trencher models complete ready for primer.  I gave them a first coat of primer right after taking this picture. It's difficult to get the whole model at once, so I'll finish up the topsides tomorrow (or when I have the time).

Building the Proxie Models Trencher Mk II, Part 1

I received an order from Proxie Models in the mail earlier this week.  I was extremely happy with the turnaround time: I placed the order on Thursday, and it was in my mailbox on Monday. Included in the order was a pack of 15mm scale Trencher Mk II tanks.

15mm Klingons

Today, I have some pictures of the Imperials from Astro Miniatures, painted as Star Trek Original Series Klingons.