Well, I made it to the end of yet another Painting Challenge, even if I didn't meet my target points. This year was a lot of fun, and I finally felt good about my painting again now that I got some better glasses and light in my paint area, so that is a win. Also, I could have hit my points goal, but made the concious choice to go work on some other projects that I really needed to for my company (NorthernLightsTerrain.com), which I will show off later in the post.
First up, the obligatory group shot of myself and all the models I painted, and even though I missed my goal by a little, I am really happy with how much I got done and the quality of most of it.
And lastly, for the last few weeks of the challenge, I got sidetracked on getting a set of trenches and bunkers ready for sale on NorthernLightsTerrain.com for use with Trench Crusade, which we have been playing a lot of around here. While I know you can make trenches easily out of foam and stir sticks, foam tends to break down over time, and is harder to pack as it is always the one size. So, learning from my stacking basic Infinity buildings I made a bunch of stacking boxes with wood texture sides and flat tops that pack up easily for storage. I sell them like that, but recommend people use whatever modelling compound they want for the tops to give more character, plus glue some random bits and bobs all over and it looks pretty sweet.
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| 20 Trench boxes stacked for storage |
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| Unpainted and no top texture added |
I also did two style of bunkers to go with them, which gives a complete set for Trench Crusade or any other WW1 style setting. Are they perfect, no, as it's hard to create angled sections with MDF and a laser, but they work pretty well!
