Time for another painting blog - and only a few short weeks since the last one!

For GameBlast25 I needed a WWII era train set - preferably a military one. Originally I was looking to buy something that I could just use without any prep but that didn't work and now, I was getting close to the date of the event!

Instead I quickly looked for alternatives and settled on getting something from Sarissa-Precision.
They sell a WWII train bundle  which was exactly what I was looking for. I also bought some additional track, foolishly thinking I might need some extra but the bundle comes with plenty of track - easily enough to hold the entire train.

The train comes a flat packed kit of card and MDF (I think?) that required a lot of assembly and some painting.
To be honest it was a bit more of a crafting project than I was hoping for - particularly with the deadline looming.

This was the first time I was doing something like this and I was on a deadline too! I found that the carriages were pretty tricky to create and I made quite a few mistakes, especially early on.

The kits are fairly elaborate and even come with features such as spinning wheels when constructed correctly. However, since I was painting so fast I found once I'd painted the wheels, they got stuck.

​Lacking the time to do a proper camo paint job, I ended up spraying them army green and finishing with a military shader all from Army Painter. There was a bit of a cleaning up afterwards.

I'm not sure how I feel about the results, I definitely could have done better - there's lots of gaps and mismatched edges, don't look too closely at the photos!
On the other hand, the flaws give it them a sort of lived-in, battered quality.
I think it looks passable and they're there to be played with, not looked at.

Sarissa also do a European style train bundle and since I can be a glutton for punishment, I may pick that up when I'm more 'cash-rich' and see if I can do a better job with a bit more experience, time and patience.

The morning's heat tired me.
Lunchtime's spotty rain dissuaded me.
Finally, this afternoon's muggy climate irritated me.

Despite this horribly changeable weather, I managed to do some undercoating.
These are the last of my pulp vehicles - unless has some forgotten stuff lying around, which is entirely possible!

2 boats are MDF kits that come from Warbases.
The other is resin from Ainsty Castings.

All vehicles are 1/56 resin and come from Anyscale Models.

Again all vehicles are 1/56th scale from ​Anyscale Models.

That's plenty of stuff to be getting on with for now.

10 boats undercoated and ready to paint now that Melanesians figures are finished and just awaiting varnishing.

All are 28mm resin models from Anyscale Models.
Looking forward to this, not painted many boats in the past.