Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 German SdKfz251 D - Finished

I finished painting all the details and really like how they turned out.

I took pictures of them against the terrain I made to show them off.

Let me know what you think with a comment.

Vitor

Italeri 1/72 Scale WW2 German PAK 36 Showcase

 

While I had my terrain Bocage and Planted Field pieces out I decided to take a few pictures to showcase my World War 2 (1:72 scale) models so far.

This is the Pak36 lying in ambush for an unsuspecting Sherman to try and cross the field.

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Terrain - Flames of War - Bocage - Showcase

 

Here are a few shots of the Bocage as they would be on the gaming table. The on above is showing a German Stug laying in wait for any unsuspecting enemy to break through the other side of the field.

The one below is the same shot without the Stug.

I placed the Bocage on top of the field to show the entire piece but probably for a real game it should go alongside the Field Terrain piece.

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Terrain - Flames of War - Bocage - Finished

Here is the finished piece of Bocage.

What I did from the last stage was to spray the piece with a primer, in this case a grey.

Then paint the base to match your gaming board or as per your choice. I went for various browns for the sand part and greys for the stones.

Then prepare a large quantity of PVA glue and soak the sponges in it and apply the chosen herbs or paint it onto the sponges in sections like I did.

The sponges absorb a lot of glue so beware !

And that's all there is to it. Enjoy!



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Terrain - Flames of War - Bocage - using Foam and Herbs WIP

I had some old foam sitting on my hobby desk for some time now that I was going to use to pack miniatures in and the other day I was looking at it and the idea occurred to me to use it to make Bocage.

I did a bit of research into what Bocage is and found that it is generally made up from an earth bank, possibly stones, thick bushes or hedgerows and trees. The height of the Bocage can can vary because of the age of the hedgerow, the height of the trees and the possible ditch on the sides.

I had seen a tutorial before and made my base assembly in a similar way. I started with a hard board base cut to size, followed by sand glued on with PVA.

I then used hot glue to attach some small pebbles / stones to the center of the base, leaving some gaps to accommodate the toothpicks that would form the  frame for the foam Bocage to adhere to.

I cut the toothpicks down to size and tor off some pieces of the foam, trying to get some irregular shapes.

 I then attached the foam pieces to the toothpick frame with PVA glue but Superglue is better.

Next up painting it up and applying the herbs.

Vitor