Anywho since people have been asking for more posts of other’s work, I figured I would make a thread posting some finished projects and some WIP.
In the thumbnail is my 28mm scale soviet KV-1/KV-2 for Bolt Action/Chain of Command/whatever WWII game I can play manufacturered by Warlord Games. Also if anyone has any pictures of real KV-2s with soviet insignia/anti-fascist slogans, that’d be great since I couldn’t find any when I was doing research on this. Very few KV-2s survived the war.
28mm soviet weapon teams. Heavy mortar, vickers machine guns, and DP-27/28 LMGs. Variety of manufacturers, namely the Toy Soldier Company and Wargames Foundry.
Chibi Sherman with Kay from Girls Und Panzer. I sculpted the Kay from scratch. It was my first time sculpting a person, so I wanted to do something that didn’t need to be completely accurate. I really, really needed to have more sculpting wire because those fingers were a pain. The face also ended up being a little too flat. Not a serious project, was just something I got for Christmas to bang together real quick.
28mm Raptorling Riders from Warmonger Miniatures. These guys were a blast to paint. I use them mainly as Squig Hoppers in Warhammer.
Scratch built orc baggage train for use in God of Battles or whatever scenarios in other games. The orc driver was my second mini from scratch after doing Kay above. The boar and squigs were made from leftover Games Workshop bits. The wagon itself is poster board with the paper peeled off and carved into before sealing it with Mod Podge. The wheels were wrapped in sheet styrene (a.k.a. plasticard) and leftover bitz were used as details for the rest of the wagon. The furs are simply torn pieces of paper from the poster board layered over tissue paper and sealed with Mod Podge.
I’ve hit the image limit so I’ll come back later to add more in the comments.
Hell yeah these rule. Very impressive that you did all the eyes on those soviet weapon teams; IIRC they’re smaller than GW minis and those are already a nightmare. Also, good sculpting! The hand from the troll in the comments blends in perfectly, and sculpting entire humanoids is suuuuuuper tough.
E: also yeah I can see the pump wagons being rough if not painted in subassemblies. Also lmao zoomed in and looks like you’ve welded a bunch of 25mm square bases together with greenstuff? Good trick to save some cash.
Yeah modern GW models are closer to 32mm with some leaning more 35mm. Actual 28mm is more reasonably proportioned for platoon-level wargaming. I could have definitely spent more time on them, but I just wanted to get them done quickly since I accidentally walked into 100 soviet infantry for $25 ($10 was shipping). Warehouse was shutting down and needed to dump its inventory.
I buy 20, 25, and 30mm bases in bulk then strap them together. You’ll want to anchor them in place with a metal ruler/machinist blocks/etc. and glue scraps of styrene on top to connect them. Fill in the gaps around the edges with greenstuff and file/sand them so they’re smooth and don’t interfere with gameplay. Then you can use air dry clay, paper, foil, basing materials, or whatever the fuck to fill in gaps between the bases internally. Much cheaper than buying a whole ass base that probably comes in a package with 3 or 5 or 11 or some other dumb number and I don’t need extras laying around.