Chain of Command, Jump Off Points, Shock Markers & Terrain

The journey towards Chain of Command readiness continues ...

I'm working on the terrain and game aids before facing into painting my German Grenadiers. The terrain is aimed at Normandy post D-Day and the '29 Lets Go!' campaign.

Results to date:

OK, so that last one is not for the game - it is my new paint organiser ... but having this has helped inspire me to push forward and complete some of what you see above! Didn't realise how many paints I had ... :-(.

Apart from the items on the Jump Off markers (which are home cast, or for the weapons off the sprue) and the picket fence, this is all scratch built.

Thanks for looking, feel free to leave a comment or question.

Test Figures - 28mm WW2 Germans

Below are some pics of the trio if test figures painted for the Chain of Command project.

They are the start of my German grenadier platoon.

Figures by Warlord Games. Paints are acrylic by Vallejo and washes by GW, Various colours and techniques applied.

28mm Scratch Builds - Painted at last ...

I have finally managed to paint the 2 of the scratch builds I showed in the previous posts, here and even older here. This is all part of the slow preparation towards being able to play TooFatLardies' "Chain of Command".

Here are some pictures taken of the finished product (with some 28mm Warlord Games late war German Heer for scale).

Hope you like them! Feel free to post any comments.

28mm Scratch Building - Update

Here is an update on progress of my 28mm scratch building for my Chain of Command terrain (earlier post).

It has been a lean period for gaming and modelling over the last 8 weeks or so. I have however managed to finish the construction of the buildings started in my last post. Images of the small warehouse are below (with some Warlord Games 28mm plastic German Grenadiers for scale).







(The side wall still needs some stucco.)



The roof is Wills brand sheeting.

I will post more as things progress. Thanks again to Emmanuel Nouaillier and his blog for the inspiration.

Let me know what you think.

28mm Scratch Build Buildings

Well, it has been a long time between blogs.

While feeling unmotivated to paint what I know I should be painting, I have been pursuing some more terrain diversions.

I determined that it was better to do something towards my modelling and gaming goals, rather than do nothing and wait for the right time to complete that painting task.

This time, its 28mm Scratch Built Buildings. These will eventually be used for Chain of Command. Eventually will be a while away!

I had found inspiration from the following sources ...

SolventAbuseUK on Youtube.
The Terrain Tutor on You Tube.
Matakishi's Tea House (www.matakishi.com) and specifically the Carentan project.

and more recently (and ambitiously)

The work of Emmanuel Nouaillier, which can be seen at his blog and also at various places around the web including here. Truly inspiring.

Here are the fruits of my labour over the past few weeks. There is still a bit to do - including all the painting of course!!

These are using the techniques from Matakishi's Tea House (www.matakishi.com) and specifically the Carentan project:

This one is made form foamcore, styrene and Vallejo stucco.

The following are using cork tiles instead of foamboard. Roofing is scratch built using card or Wills sheeting.

And these are the first attempts at applying the techniques from Emmanuel Nouaillier. This is an attempt to replicate (approximately) the following facade.




My progress to date.

These are using 3mm foamboard (peeling the paper of the face), styrene and depron.

For this building I have used a product called 'Palight' which is much denser than foamboard. this is similar to the product used by Emmanuel. I have put more effort into this one.

Hope you like them ... when they are painted up, I'll post some pics of the finished product.