Hi!
Just a quick post this morning before I head off to Perth for the day for work. I was awoken at 4am by our smoke alarm chirping unhappily and no sooner did I remove the battery, the second one chirped so I've been sat waiting for the local supermarket to open so I could nip out and get replacement batteries, as is always the case I didn't have any left.
Instead of just stewing, I've got the bases on my tiny Cybertronic squad finished and managed to get some photos as it just doesn't get very dark in Scotland in the summer!
I've had these guys sat primed and unloved for a couple of years now as my interests have floated off from 15mm sci-fi and into random directions as is often the case with me but I'm trying to deplete my unpainted lead pile so grabbed them and got them painted up.
I must admit it took me a bit of time to get back into the swing of painting 15mm as the approach is pretty different from 28mm but they do paint up really nicely and I managed to get them churned out over the course of a couple of days inbetween the other odds and ends I've got.
I had originally planned on just giving them the sand brown bases so they can be fighting somewhere on Mars during the Second Corporate War for Warzone and Mutant Chronicles but in my somewhat glazed state this morning decided to use a chunk of sponge that I'd been using to texture a painting which had a pleasing mixture of oranges and yellows on it to give them a bit more character.
I ripped up small pieces and glued them onto the bases and rather like how they turned out. Oddly I prefer my small scale stuff to have more gubbins on the bases than the 28mm stuff but just feel it looks better.
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| Converted Capitol Squad (sadly sold off several years back!) |
I've got some Militia troops that I plan on painting up as a Capitol squad and also need to rummage out a heavy weapon for my Cybertronic troops but the process of painting these figures has inspired me to try and get some more of my 15mm backlog sorted out so we shall see how I get on.
In the meantime, All the best!
Tiny 15 mm troops always astound me. I tried them years ago, and they are just too small for me. Yours look fantastic! If you didn't tell me I'd almost say they were 28!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words!
Delete15mm is a great scale for creating forces quickly and easily whilst still being able to put together decent paint jobs. They do require somewhat different techniques but once you get the hang of things, its pretty easy and its also a forgivable scale where going for super detail awesomeness isn't really needed!
Ace job on this mini-Warzone 🤗
ReplyDeleteNow if I can only get my hands on some actual Warzone! I've been super tempted by the Modiphius Siege of the Citadel bundle if only to get my hands on a ton of figures but £120 is a bit steep, even if you're saving £80!
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