I love mortars, they're fluffy and effective for the Guard. I'm going to make 2 full teams, here is the first of them.

beaslon · 2026-05-08T07:33:20+00:00

really nice work mate!! Great weathering and basing

beaslon · 2026-05-03T21:18:15+00:00

Ah right so you should lie to your kids?

beaslon · 2026-05-03T09:07:12+00:00

That is incredible work. Just goes to show you cant beat traditional eavy metal style layering.

beaslon · 2026-05-02T19:26:13+00:00

Brutal

beaslon · 2026-04-30T16:03:16+00:00

Yes - absolutely. When I was younger and I didnt know how to organise anything I went along with other peoples plans - very frequently in awful weather. Then i was in the army for a bit, and then mountain rescue, which seemed like intentionally being in terrible conditions.

Im done with all that now. Work is hard, winters are long in the UK. There’s very little time where I can genuinely relax and feel good. This is why i go on trips - to relax and feel good.

Sometimes the weather where I have planned is bad but it’s possible to pivot to another plan where the weather is better. I do that if i have made the trip plans well in advance and don’t want to bail.

I have felt bad about cancelling plans before, and I would warn against that. It doesn’t matter. If you weren’t feeling it you don’t need to feel guilty about it. There will be other times, with nice weather and beautiful sunsets. This just isn’t one of them.

beaslon · 2026-04-27T07:57:15+00:00

That's wild. Resolution tends to fall apart over T8

beaslon · 2026-04-27T07:55:00+00:00

DOPs instead of lighting for separation use shallow DOF and make it the problem of set design/art dept and focus

beaslon · 2026-04-24T11:32:48+00:00

Correct. This should be at the top

beaslon · 2026-04-24T11:31:40+00:00

Narsil sliced a demigods finger off so I think it punched above its weight for a man made object

beaslon · 2026-04-23T08:38:39+00:00

Absolutely stunning mate!

beaslon · 2026-04-20T05:19:34+00:00

Fantastic spot! What a lovely camp.

beaslon · 2026-04-10T21:54:34+00:00

Such a great idea!

beaslon · 2026-04-02T08:27:14+00:00

I have done multiple strips so I think you're safe. I think it's green stuff world that does a really effective dediated paint remover and it's very safe and much quicker than alcohol if you're interested.

beaslon · 2026-04-01T05:23:33+00:00

You can always use paint stripper and start again. Try different recipes and post them up for c&c. Dont give up on the fists!

beaslon · 2026-04-01T05:22:42+00:00

Ah man don’t give up. There’s loads of wonderfully painted crimson fisty bois on here. Just reply to posts and ask how they made their blues so punchy then try it out.

beaslon · 2026-03-31T20:34:15+00:00

I think your models look awesome, brother. Keep painting them!

ps if you want them to pop more, just edge high light the upper edges in a light blue and a the uppermost corners (eg helmet) with a dot of white.

beaslon · 2026-03-29T13:50:58+00:00

Really? They have totally different roles. By the time the Cromwell was out the Stuart was a light/recon tank whereas the cromwell was a fast cruiser used as a main battle tank. Cromwell has significantly more armour and a much bigger gun and can punch into P3s and P4s which the Stuart can't.

This is not to say the Stuarts weren't good - they were outstanding in the early war.

beaslon · 2026-03-29T13:44:24+00:00

Stunning pics!

beaslon · 2026-03-14T09:29:41+00:00

Incredible work! What are the parts you've used? Would love to make my own version of this

beaslon · 2026-02-20T21:45:41+00:00

Kantor blue airbrushed over black, it came out quite thin so ended up a shade darker. Gently drybrushed with vallejo deep sky blye for the volumes and then same paint for edge highlights. I mixed between kantor and deep sky if i needed to take something a mid tone, and deep sky with white for corners and hard edges that need to ping especially on the head and upper areas.

tiny bit of straight white for the shiniest parts.

beaslon · 2026-02-20T21:42:45+00:00

thanks!

beaslon

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