My new vice is Vinted, it seems...

 Picked up this lot in Italy.

 

Gates for Gaslands, a sewer grate for Zona Alfa, a raised platform for Mordheim and yet another 1900's Warehouse. 

Hobbynight was spent well.


 

Changed the gates by reversing the Finish and Start signs (the 2 sets are identical) and using the big ol bag of lasercut letters I picked up a while back. My Start gate will just be 2 girder columns, a bit more space for a crowded start is always fun :)

WIP power line poles for Zona Alfa

 Technically something I've had in my WIP box for ages, but in parts and unbuilt.

1/35 Italeri Power Line Poles glued together and liquid plastic slop added to fill the seams and removed the insulators. Took a 40x40 base and glued a square washer on them but just off center so I could drill a hole for the toothpick to go through. I cut sections of the smaller kind of firearrow and drilled those for the toothpick, and glued them on the bases with superglue. I took zero care to alingn them at exactly 90 degrees. It's a shithole overthere. This will be a set of 12 which should be more than enough. 

Tomorrow add wall filler to cover the base and metal and let that set, and sand the poles smooth. I'll be using the crossbars that has the insulators on a metal pole (cause more fun to weather).

Once these are done I'll make the same set of 12 for WW2, so less weathering and more splinter damage. 

Then the set I have the parts for for 15mm as well as that is one I have postponed for ages as well. 

Finish it! - TT Combat OTS026 Wild West Warehouse finished!

 Started: October 2024

 And it is done.  Yes, I could do a ton more, but I won't. She is done and can go with the rest of my scenery and live on a shelf. Again, a shame this is OOP, but there are more MDF fish in the sea. 

Enjoy! 

 

 

Lowlands Terrain - Office Building Brutalist Art

 I received the missing part in the mail so finished the main part of the build. Still working on adding card behind the steps of the stairs which is a bit more finiky than my hands can currently handle..... I managed to mess up my wristst shovelling snow and that will take a fair few weeks to get better. Jay.

I wanted some Sovjet looking art on the front of the building, so went looking for ideas. Ideas that didn't need to be printed or ordered.

So, into the MDF scrap box I delved.....

Meet either the Soviet Reindeer, or the Lady Jellyfish with a bow on her head. Don't look at me, that's what my girls told me it is. 

Anyway, as soon as the stairs are done I can prime the whole thing and get cracking. I wan't this to be done this month of I possibly can. 

Blotz B28-EE-002 Russian House #2 (with Warbases Lean-to Greenhouse) WIP

 I picked this kit up somewhere last year (I think?) and built it today. Nice little thing, quick to build, the losse shutters and windows are a nice addition. I've set the windows back a bit for a better 3D effect. That way they stick out on the inside but that will only help with painting. I've added, but not fixed, a Warbases Lean-to Greenhouse to it, but Il will not be glueing it in place. Easier to store or add quest items this way (and paint!). The storage on the other side I did glue down as it is a bit fragile otherwise. 

Just not sure yet about the roof. Metal, pressed fibre or wooden panels?

Lowlands Terrain Small Storage Warehouse Finished

Happy with the way it looks so calling it a day. Can go straight into my Stalker collection as well as my Post Apoc when it doubles as storage for the Red Star Brewery. Nice kit to work on, I can reccomend it for super generic storage, and this will look fine when painted up as new too, or modern with graffiti on the sides etc. 

Only addition made is the card covering the MDF roof and the red star, otherwise stock.

Lowlands Terrain Small Storage Warehouse PIP

Getting there. Still a lot to do. 

 

 

Blotz B28-WW2-102 and -104 Built. Well, mostly.

 The 28mm Hospital Hut and 4x Barracks Hut I received last week are now 90% built. Roofs have been strengthend and fitted with pressed roof plates. I added a internal wall and a rail for the Hospital Hut to better fit in with my plans. I'm still looking for suitable supports to lift them 5mm or something thereabouts, and I need to glue in all of the window sills. Now that all the top work is done I can get started with those, but the fit for them is extremely tight so it is quite a chore. After that primer, but for now they are going back into the box as these will get painted in one go. Well, the 4 barracks anyway, the hospital can be painted seperately as it needs more work and doesn't perse need the same exterior color as the rest. 

 I picked up some new MDF from a local seller that has priority now as I want to get those done asap to make promopics for them as I found them very pleasant to contact. And it helps they live a 10 min drive from here. Their models have a certain TT Combat flair about them that I like, but without the card bits. And all of that will be used for Stalker/Post Apoc as well. 

 

 Oh, and the Hospital Hut needs a new door. 

Blotz Order Interlude - Hobby Night 17/12/2025

 Received the order yesterday after paying a rather painful amount of Euros to Customs. Still things. 

Well packaged, but a signed for envelope (as PostNL claimed) it was not.

Yeah nah. 

Nicely packaged in reusable seal bags, I love that.

And of course I have to build stuff right away cause attention span is for 

Anyway, at the end of the hobby evening......

Tonight I'll add the pressed fibre roofs and all of the windowsills, and build one or 2 extra walls in the infermary. Could also be thursday or the weekend, you never know. Once done they will go into the Stalker pile as these are for the Young Pioneers Camp.

Warbases Brick Garage PIP x2

 After 3 coats of off white I got started today while the girls were doing their homework. 

Going for the grey pressed fibre plate this time, weathered. As this is a lot more common this is a good test. Needs a bit more work but nearly there.

Went for olive green doors on both sides, metal for the garage door and wood for the side doors so I can do 2 different kinds of weathering. 

Next up is the insides and work on the brickwork. I'm aiming for something vaguely resembling this:

But who knows how that will end up :)

Generic Mossy Rocks finished!

I made these ages ago for Gorka Morka out of foam blocks, MDF bases and cheap filler, primed them and then....nothing for years. Painted them grey a few weeks ago, got them out this afternoon while the girls were doing homework and wanted to get them done today.

 

 And finish them I did. Completely knackered now. The moss green turned out to be brighter than expected, but it's good like this. Yes, I could spend more hours in making stuff "better" but stuff unfinished is not hitting my table, now is it? 

I've kept it as generic as possible, so it wil work for basically any of the 28mm periods I have stuff for. Just the way we like it, ey?

Leaves same as always with my die punch, but this time added a drop of colour and wash instead of just wash. 

It will work fine for Zona Alfa

Or any kind of Fantasy setting, like Verrotwood