More Work in Progress... Lots of Airbrushing

Been slowly but surely working on my Modern Brits for Iraq and Afghanistan.  This is the final batch of infantry that I have to paint.  Mostly specialist figures with some dogs and a camera crew.

Figures primed, based, first color on bases and a wash over the primer to show me the detail of the model and adds some pre-shading. 

Base coat of Iraqi sand applied to the uniform.  Skin will be next.

Also finished airbrushing all of my vehicles.  All the vehicles have been primed white, air brushed brown to add depth, then airbrushed Tamiya Desert Yellow.  As you can see below the desert yellow is a little too dark and too orange so gets a dusting of basically 4 parts Tamiya Yellow, 2 Parts Deck Tan and 1 Part Buff.  Not entirely accurate, but those are the approximates.  As you can see, the color is a much more sandy nice tone and will be perfect to add washes and pigments too.

My lighting for these pics wasn't perfect, but all the vehicles look the same color wise.  These are my MRAPs from S&S models.  These are cool models with the Bar armor and something that I really wanted in my Modern British Forces.  However, these models were atrocious to clean, fit and put together.  I didn't bother filling in all of the air bubbles as there were just too many, so I will probably be doing a lot of rust and weathering to these vehicles to make it look like they have seen a lot of action.  Once they are built they are very nice, but I would definitely prefer if someone would make a plastic kit of affordable MRAPs out in the near future.  I had previously started then and stopped a while back.  They were Iraqi Sand which was way too bright for a base coat.  I went back and airbrushed them to the standards of my other vehicles.

The Challenger 2s

Warriors

Britannia Vikings all built up, ready to be based and then primed.  I do not like the resin used for these.

Some Scimitars from Britannia.  Do not like this resin at all.  Not cast very well either.

That is it for now.  I forgot my brushes at my friends house and it has been a Snowpocalypse here lately so I have just been doing what I can with my Airbrush.  Should have more updates by next week.

Work in Progress

Thought I would give a quick update on some things I am currently working on.

I am working on a LAV squadron (Not really sure what the correct term is). I have 4 LAV 25s, a command variant and an AT variant.  All of the kits are from Trumpeter.  These were fun and easy to put together.  There is still some assembly to be done as I am debating how much I want to pimp them out with accessories.

These are 2 Britannia Scimitars that will be done up for my Brits in Afghanistan.  These need some love an attention as there are some extensive air bubbles and cast errors.  There are a few metal pieces like the the barrel that will be added once I clean them up and magnetize the turret.

Donkey Cart from Britannia.   This is one of my favorite pieces.  I will probably add some junk in the back of his cart to make him even more fun.

Goat herder and his wife (not sure which one is his wife still) from Britannia .  Another fun addition to my range.  Great for Fog of War cards.

Hot spot markers from S&S models.  These are very flavorful and have the numbers on them which makes them super useful.

A Viking from Britannia.  I have 4 of these in total to transport my Royal Marines.  A very odd vehicle indeed.  Each kit has 2 gunners.  These will require a hefty amount of cleaning and fixing.

Taliban motorcyclists from Britannia. I have 3 of these in total.  Always a fun to have guys on motorcycles.  A few scenarios call for these and I really want to play with them.

IED markers from S&S.  Very useful for force on force.  Some are quite cool.  There are a few more in my box.

News reporter group from Britannia.  What is not to love here?

Some cleaned and built Landrover WMIKS from Britannia.  Really cute little vehicle/kit.  Still need to green stuff up some patches as they suffer from air bubbles.  Were not fun to clean at all.  I do not like the resin used by Grubby Tanks on the Britannia line.

An S&S MRAP along with a bag full of bar armor to go on it.  I have 3 more MRAPs and enough bar armor for them all.  I also have one mine roller.  These are the Mastiffs so they will go with my Brits.  These will need some pretty extensive cleaning... waiting for a nice day to go outside with a mask or respirator to grind away some resin chunks.

Part of my technical fleet.  I have some plastic trucks too.  I haven't decided what I want to do with them fully.  The dark one is from Britannia while the rest are from S&S.  I really like the idea of Technicals dueling my Landrover WMIKs.

So I have a lot of work to do.  These are all things I would like to use in my Convention games in September.  Well... back to being productive!