Acquisition Tyranids

Been a while since I have provided any real content to this blog eh...

Notice anything in that pic?
So much yellow... so many bugs.

That's right folks, Tyranids.  I have been up to my elbows in painting the 'Nid horde you see in the following pics.  These came to me by a buddy looking to off-load them.  I got them for quite a great price, and I gotta say, other than the time consuming nature of painting such a swarm, it's been nothing but a lot of fun.

More Urban Ruins

 So I made a few pieces for a terrain building contest on Miniwargaming.com and the theme was Recycled Goods.  I did up a few pieces, and even if I didn't win, I saw with the huge variety of entries just how versatile trash could really be.  I made quite a few pieces revolving around that idea when I have wanted to build, but not spend any money.

The idea behind this set was a quick and dirty assembly of nearly all plastic bottles/cardboard.

Ruins. Quick and Easy.

This set was quick and easy.  Nuff said right?  I have been building for a while now, so this set when handed to me was a very fast turn around.  I immediately saw the potential.  I got handed a set of brick walls made by Tamiya, and they were already red brick plastic.  I knew some finishing touches would make this set pop and it would be really painless.

Mounted on foamboard, and then flocked with a mix of sand and turf, then I just added some grass and foliage.  All I did to the bricks themselves was wash heavily in brown and then lighter in black.  Gave it a worn and dirty look.  Hit the jump for pics of the set.