Bonnie Blue Flag Rules

Here are a few notes from the author that I gleaned from the internet. I'm always keeping my eye out for more on this particular set.

Confederate unit

Just adding some more bases to the Rebel cause. I decided to paint these guys in Confederate grey. These can be grouped together to look like a regiment uniformed from the same depot.

The bases are a mix of Foundry, Dixon, Redoubt and Old Glory.

 

Reinforcements arrive from Cybertron

I took a gamble on this metal box set, many of the mid sized bots would work with my current scale. I've made a few of these characters already but this set allows me to have more of my favourites, like Wheeljack. I was planning on making him with plasticard.

Here you can see my versions and the official figures. The detail is quite soft on these metal guys but they do paint up well when finished.

I was really pleased to see that Jazz comes with the set. Again, I was planning to create him with plasticard, but this figure is better. 

Luckily the missing detail can be painted in and looks good from a distance. The large metal bases are a bit of a pain, but they can be hidden in panelling.

Scale wise he fits in a treat.

 I really enjoyed painting up this guy. He is an Autobot leader and I'll have to put him in charge of a squad.

Seekers take to the air!

I had great fun today painting up those cheap planes into Decepticons.

Starscream and Thunder cracker with Ion storm in the background.

This cheap knock off toy made for a great generic Decepticon once painted. Purples and yellows make for a good cartoon bad guy. Any opposites on the colour wheel will work for these villains.

The new guy is a good fit with the other strike planes.
 

Fine line pens

At last the large empty house has an owner.

These fine line pens are worth picking up when you see them. They come in a range of colours and these are all very useful. The pink as it turns out is very good for adding some detail to ladies dresses.

I also used the pink to give this soldier a civilian bag. By adding patterns to the canvas bread bag they become more characterful and less military looking. Maybe a gift from home.

The blue pen was used to add some checks to this blue shirt.

These are plantation workers from 1st Corps miniatures. 

I used a red pen to dot this ladies dress. This technique would be tricky with a brush, but easy with a pen.

I bought two packs of these workers with four to a pack.

These figures were then given a coat of Army painter to seal everything. This way the pen details and patterns are locked in under the varnish and shaded at the same time.

A shot of the blue pen. This worked really well, you have to wait for the paint to be totally dry. The pens can be ruined by wet paint, something I had to learn the hard way. It's worth waiting that little bit of extra time just to be safe rather than sorry.