Redoubt

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I realised the other day that I have not really been keeping my focus “on the paint table”* list at the bottom, and instead have been distracted by things I had decided to “back burner” for the moment, and, in truth, COVID restrictions have seen myself and a group of colleagues delve back into Dungeons & Dragons and I have been a little distracted by that.

So in order to redress that situation, I made a start on some ACW terrain, chiefly the redoubt on the Seven Pines battlefield, and given that I like to make my terrain usable across periods, I decided to keep it to a gabion wall style, so I could also use it for Napoleonic’s or Seven Years War. I got the gabions from Wargaming3D (Thanks ironchicken) and then set about 3D printing a random assortment of the pieces that come with the download. The straight sections are based straight onto wooden tongue depressors while the redoubt was a custom shape I created to fit my imagined layout.

Note: The ironchicken gabions come in 28mm, I simple scaled them in my slicing software (Cura) to 60%. The very short gabions on the left of the redoubt were simply sunk into the bed while slicing and printed to be that height.

Gabions: Burnt Umber(223), dry-brush Naples Yellow(634), dry-brush Burnt Umber(223), dry-brush Warm Grey(078), dry-brush Tyrant Skull (C-dry) or Buff Titanium(024)

* This list was supposed to act as a guide to focus my energy (and time) on a few projects for the rest of this year. But of course I have gotten totally distracted with Hirst Arts and rebasing my Vampire Counts Army & Dwarves for AoS.

Painting and the Failing Memory

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This whole post is more for me than anyone else, and I am pretty sure it’s one I will return to over time to edit, and append. But even with Summer still having another month to run, I already find I’m having trouble recalling the order in which I painted some of my bases and terrain pieces…so this post is really just a dump all of my memory.

Numbers in parenthesis refer to the Daler Rowney colour code, while AP denotes Army Painter, and C denotes Citadel colours, and a whole slew of shorthand to help jog my memory.

Fences – Picket or Wood – Whitewashed: Matt Black (spray paint), liberal dry-brush Raw Umber(247), dry-brush 50/50 mix Paynes Grey/Warm Grey(065/078), dry-brush Warm Grey(078), dry-brush Titanium White(009)

Fences – Snake or Rail: Matt Black (spray paint), liberal dry-brush Raw Umber(247), dry-brush 50/50 mix Paynes Grey/Warm Grey(065/078), dry-brush Warm Grey(078), dry-brush/highlight (bottom rails only) Army Green(AP)

Gabions: Burnt Umber(223), dry-brush Naples Yellow(634), dry-brush Burnt Umber(223), dry-brush Warm Grey(078), dry-brush Tyrant Skull (C-dry) or Buff Titanium(024)

Ground (brown dirt): Burnt Umber(223), dry-brush Raw Sienna(667)

Ground (fantasy black): Process Black(040), dry-brush Warm Grey(078) or any old black matt spray paint, dry-brush Ulthuan Grey(C-layer)

Rust: Process Black (040), wet/dry-brush Plate-Mail(AP), liberal dab-on Typhus Corrosion(C-technical), dry-dab Ryza Rust(C-dry), highlight edges Plate Mail(AP)

Shingles (green): Matt Black (spray paint), liberal dry-brush Raw Umber(247), dry-brush 50/50 mix Paynes Grey/Warm Grey(065/078), dry-brush Warm Grey(078), dry-brush Army Green(AP)

Stone: Process Black(040) or any old black matt spray paint, wet/dry-brush Paynes Grey(065), very-dry-brush Warm Grey(078). Build last colour up until happy. Possible last option: dry-brush/highlight (bottom rails only) Army Green(AP)

Thatch: Raw Umber(247), dry-brush Raw Sienna(667), dry-brush Naples Yellow(634), dry-brush Buff Titanium(024)

Wood – Natural: Burnt Umber(223), dry-brush Naples Yellow(634), dry-brush Buff Titanium(024)

NOTE: Black can always be replaced by Matt Spray paint. Especially for large terrain pieces and if weather allows.

An Aside

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Hanging on the ceiling of my new barbers, measuring nearly 10′ x 5′ is Gericault’s painting of “the Charging Chasseur”. I remember being blown away by the original in the Louvre as its scale is basically 1 to 1 and it just dominates the wall on which it is hung.

So while wargaming has taken the backburner as COVID restrictions start to ease here and all those social interactions and chores that were delayed are now having to be done, this was a great reminder that, firstly, I have chosen a great barber, and secondly, I need to get a move on with some of my WIP, the “leadpile”, and building a table for actual gaming.

Hope you are all making more my progress than I am?

PS: I passed 1000 page views sometime last week. Not sure if that’s regarded as a milestone, but it was nice to see the counter tick to 4 digits.