Make it snow!

I tried a few snow effects on my Weird World War bases a couple of years ago, some worked better than others. The blizzard paste from GW I thought was the best. I found the Vallejo snow basing mixture a bit hard to work with. On revisiting the figures I found the snow had gone quite brown and lost something.

So today I rummaged around and dug out some snow flock. As I had already spent some time adding snow, I was very careful with this new flock and just added a tiny amount.

 

Here are two before and after shots. The new snow flock is above, it just adds a bit more white to the snow layer.

The snow on the actual figures is the Blizzard effects from GW.

The snow flock works well when put over grasses, making them look frozen.

This brute arrived today, I think he is from the Trench crusade game. He's massive, much bigger than I thought, I plan to use him as someone in power armour. Here he is with a Tommy robot.

The new flock added carefully to the vehicles just to add some pop 

It's nice to see the new guy is still dwarfed by the huge Gothic robot.

German power armour with support.

I'm really pleased with this new figure as it almost matches the one below, which I love. I used this colour scheme for my Prussian forces, so it's nice to get a figures that resembles it.

Cybertron 28mm

I spotted this set of cheap prints off eBay and thought they would be good for the Cybertron project. They were about £21 for four buildings which I thought was quite reasonable. I was pleased to see they were bigger than I thought and will offer some good cover on the battlefield.

I didn't want to spend too long on them so the painting was quick and easy. I started by spraying the building in a purple undercoat. After this I drybrushed with various GW paints to create highlights. Finally a brown wash was put all over the models.

I later wiped off a lot of the wash with a damp cloth, this created some nice contrast in the hue of the models. This allowed some of the bright colours to shine through the wash and created a more interesting finished piece.

Finally, I used a silver Sharpie pen to create some worn metal edges on some of the corners. This just added a bit of contrast to the purple panelling.
 

These extra pieces certainly helps to set the mood for the Cybertron project. I will continue to keep an eye out for cheap terrain for the heavy metal war.