Category: 15mm

Battle of Seven Pines II

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So I wrote about the Battle of Seven Pines, the Redoubt, and my wish to create a digital model of the Twin Houses, which while they were two houses in real life, for the purposes of a digital model it is simply a single model reversed to create an opposite and then 3D printed in both variants. The creation and printing were completed quite some time ago, and the models sat languishing in the “pile of shame” awaiting some paint.

Twin House: Base matt black spray paint. (wood) Burnt Umber(223), dry-brush 50/50 Warm Grey(078)/Process Black(040),dry-brush Warm Grey(078), dry-brush Buff Titanium(024). (bricks) dry-brush Yellow Ochre(633), dry-brush Naples Yellow(634), dry-dry-brush AP Pure Red(WP1104), dry-brush AP Barbarian Flesh(WP1126)

Luckily it was also one of the “projects” I put in the “box of hope”, so a bit of spray-paint then successive layers of dry-brushing later, they are pretty much complete and since I have almost all the terrain elements I wanted when I started this project (save the Union Observation Balloon) I’m hoping when I move these safely to the wargaming room, I will be able to start looking at army lists and what not to refight a small section of this battle.

A “Box of Hope”

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I’ve mentioned in the last two posts that my job has seen me take a contracted position in India, or more specifically Mumbai, and as part of my shipping allowance I collated a single box of bits, that I now refer to as my “box of hope”. Thrown into this box were half finished projects, project expansions, terrain, figures, paints, and all the accompanying “bits and bobs” that a modeller needs to call himself a “War-Gamer”.

And while I was not successful in remembering to pack everything I would need, I have had to only buy small pieces (think skewers, glue, etc…) while here and the only large purchases have been spray paint which by their very nature are difficult to include in shipping.

The idea was, and remains, that by creating a “box of hope” from a “pile of shame” I might actually get a few things done and feel that I had made some progress in my collections given that opportunities to game in this part of the world are basically zero.

My “hope”…

  • ACW – 15mm – Mainly CSA, but also some USA infantry (paint & base)
  • ACW – 15mm – Seven Pines, Twin Houses (paint)
  • ACW – 15mm – Wilderness Tavern (paint)
  • ACW – 15mm – Generic wooden house (paint)
  • WW2 (Europe) – 20mm – Ruined buildings for Normandy. (build, wreck & paint)
  • WW2 (All) – 20mm – Wooden telegraph/power poles
  • WW2 (Far East) – 20mm – Japanese and Australians (rebase)
  • WW2 (Far East) – 20mm – Jungle scatter terrain. (build)
  • WW2 (Far East) – 20mm – Lanchester Armoured Car x3, (build & paint)
  • Dark Ages – 28mm – Woven fences

…if I can get through all this I will be quite happy, and depending on my progress I might have to swap the finished works into my collection in Singapore for something else to keep me busy.

Lutheran Church II

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Following on from my post: Lutheran Church I.

  • Lutheran Church, Sharpsburg
    (photo by A. Gardner)
  • Designed for 3D printing.
  • Printed and painted.

Although I scaled the model for 15mm during the design process, I also designed it to use a .2mm print head with a layer height of 0.06mm, which although vastly increasing the print times, does give me the flexibility to scale up the print for 28mm without losing detail.

Overall I am very happy with how this turned out, but I do wonder what the “box” on the roof ridge to the left of the steeple is? I would guess it’s some form of chimney for heating the church, but have decided to omit it since I can’t get a clear picture of what it actually is. Likewise I completely made up the far side and back of the church, reasoning that the far side would be a reflection of the near side in respect to the arrangement of windows, and that it would exhibit far less damage. As for the back, I just completely made it up and added a small door for rear access.

Reading (still): Welker, David A., The Cornfield, Antietam’s bloody turning point. (2020) ISBN: 978-1-61200-832-5