Tuesday, February 23, 2016

New photos


Hey hobbyists,

Here are a couple of picture for you.


I've been pretty inspired by the guys over at iron sleet.  Here are a couple of work in progress models.

Cheers,

Helbuck

Thursday, February 11, 2016

More flames of war

Here are a couple of shots of the ongoing flames of war 4th Canadian armoured brigade.

Here you can see the extent of the forces.  4 x tank troops each with 2 firefly tanks, supported by a Sqn HQ and a troop of 3 x Stuart light tanks.

I decided that I would represent the Sheldt campaign and give them 3 x duwks as their echelon vehicles.  No idea if it is accurate and isn't even playable, but I'm currently doing the research.  


Still requires a dirty wash on the canvas and painting up the crew.  Picked up these solid pewter models at BC Shaver in Victoria, BC.  Apparently they had been on the shelves for years.  Got em for a song, and happy about it.

Happy hobbying.

helbuck

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Completed projects

Hey hobbyists,

Here are just a couple of of completed and ongoing projects.

I think I totally underestimated how awesome the Cameo Silhouette is.  I used the program and cutter for a project to help the girlfriend with her business. Will show photos of that one later.

Recently used it to cut out a stencil for the ammo crate army carriers.



Next are some new elements for the army that are being primed.  


I learned some airbrush tips while surfing Bell of Lost Souls and can't wait to put them into use.

And finally the guys over at Iron Sleet have been inspiring me with their Inq28 gold.  They even did me the honor of using one of my suggestions for naming a character.


Love 40kifying reaper models.

cheer gents,

Helbuck 

Friday, February 5, 2016

Fireflies

Hello Gents,

Thought I'd give a snapshot of what I have been working on recently.  A long time ago I painted up 13 some odd Sherman tanks for Flames of War.  I was originally supper stoked about the 4th Canadian Armoured Division rules when they originally came out.  I then bought the market garden rules book so I could do it justice.  My intent was to do up a Sqn from the Governor General's Foot Guard with attached recce. 

To complete the project I needed more firefly tanks.

Enter the fireflies.


Also you can see the inside of the ammo carrier crates.


Hope you enjoy.

Helbuck

Monday, February 1, 2016

New works.

I'll keep this one short.  I had a spurt of inspiration the other day at the dollar store.  Saw some wooden boxes that could be augmented to make something else.  I'll let the pictures do the talking for me.






I'm planning on weathering and stencil long the boxes to look like Sherman ammo boxes.  When that is complete, I'll happily post more photos.  Especially to detail on the inside lid.

Happy hobbying.

- Helbuck