15mm Vehicles and Terrain

All,

Finished up some more stuff this week, in preparation for my 15mm campaign in Africa starting.  As the title so aptly suggests, there are both vehicles and terrain items that I finished up.  Everything turned out pretty good, except one terrain piece; that is, the terrain piece itself is excellent, but I screwed it up.  And, knowing me the way I do, I'm not likely to fix it.  It's ugly, but still usable in games.  Let's get to it.

The whole mess: I've got some Amtracs from Irishserb, some HMMWVs from Flytrap Factory, a pickup truck from Peter Pig (via Brookhurst Hobbies, fantastic service), and a gas station, sentry tower, two dumpsters, and some fruit stands from Gamecraft Miniatures.

As usual, bear with me as my pictures suck.  I'd found a decent spot to take photos, but it's only good lighting from about 0800 to 1600, and the sun was already going down by the time I got home from work.

Kicking off with Irishserb's gorgeous AAVs, one in NATO tri-color camo and one in desert yellow.  Several more photos of different aspects below.

Fore.

Other side.

Aft.

Front quarter.  Awesome models that took  me too long to finally get to and finish, but here they are, and I can't wait to get them on the table.

On to two of the Flytrap Factory HMMWVs, again with one in desert tan and one in NATO tri-color.  These little vehicles are awesome; I saw them online, and with all the gear draped over them it reminded me of Iraq and Afghanistan and I so I had to have them.  So I ordered all the way from exotic Australia; I ordered a pack of vehicles, and the Enigmatic Baron Trapdoor was kind enough to mix components from what was listed, and so I got a great deal on my HMMWVs, which is much appreciated.

Closeup of the desert HMMWV.

Closeup of the NATO tri-color camo HMMWV, and for some reason the flash popped.  It's good in that it helps to show all the gear hung on the vehicle, but it looks a little garish.

A non-flash photo of the same truck, in very poor light I might add.  I'm never going to figure out this photography stuff...

Looking at the front.

Other side.

Desert truck, again with flash.

NATO tri-color truck, with flash.

The back end.

Close up of the gunner in the turret, trying to show you my 15mm Desert MARPAT, but the flash washes it out a bit.

Closeup of the camo HMMWV's gunner, in Woodland MARPAT.  

Again, kinda dark and kinda blurry.

One last look at the desert HMMWV, a great model.

Moving on to another Flytrap Factory HMMWV, this time a highback for carrying troops and gear.  How many guys can you fit in a HMMWV? One more.

Front.

Other side.

With flash.

Back.

One more.

Last vehicle, a Peter Pig pickup truck, which will be used as both a pickup truck and also a 'Technical.'  I've got numerous gunners to be painted up, which fit in the back.

Again.

Other side.

Rear.

On to the terrain: two fruit stands, two boxes of fruit, and two garbage dumpsters.

Again.

Again.

And one more with a 15mm guy to show how the size.

Next up, a Gamecraft sentry tower.  I'm a minimalist (when it comes to effort in getting terrain ready), so I just painted it green then threw some flock on the base.

Again.

Again.

Another.

With a 15mm guy inside.

And with a 20mm guy; how about that?  He's a little big, but it's doable.

Now on to my catastrophe...

I bought a gas station from Gamecraft Miniatures, and it's fantastic.  I had a little problem getting the sign to stand up, but other than that it went together like a champ.  If you can't tell, and I must explain, the catastrophe is what happened when I put a wash on it.  I put a wash on the whole damn thing, which I always do, but I got in a rush.  Instead of doing it the way I normally do, I went and got a big paintbrush and just slopped the wash on.  Well, it went on too thick and muddy, and here we here.

A look at the front, with flash.

Another look.

Again.  Actually, the external stairwell is not part of the kit, I bought it separately from Gamecraft Minis.

The back side.  Aside from my piss-poor wash, the only other thing I'd like different is I wish there was some stuff on the roof, the side and rear walls, etc...  Just some stuff to make it look 'lived in.'

Another shot.

A shot with a 15mm guy to show size.  I didn't take a pic with a 20mm guy, but I think it might work too.

Another look with 15mm figure.

And one more.

So there's the stuff I got done this week, pretty happy with it, just wish I hadn't screwed up the gas station.  In any case, the war goes on, or, more appropriately, the 20mm war goes on and the 15mm war (in South Leon, over on my Cuba Libre blog) starts this weekend.  Stay tuned.

V/R,
Jack