On the Workbench: 6mm WW2 & Terrain

This is the start of a thread to provide the reader with regular updates on what is currently on my workbench and progress towards various projects.

After Waterloo my first job was to rebase the command bases and all skirmishers that were still on 3 figure bases. This is now complete apart from a few additional command figures to be painted. Here is the finished Prussians.

The next painting job are WW2 Brit Paras for the forthcoming Op Market Garden scenario 'Battle in the Woods'. This is about a dozen figures short of the 2nd battalion to be completed (All are Heroics & Ros). There are 5 Napoleonic command figures that will be painted at the same time. This is to standardise my new command bases which are now 7 figures per army command, 5 per Corps C/O, 3 per Div C/O and 1 per Brigade C/O or ADC

I felt it was about time I spruced up my commercially built terrain tiles which are now around 20 years old. First up were the narrow river tiles. The bare brown painted riverbanks looked a little naff. I decided to reduce the size of the banks by gluing on more scatter material and also make the exposed earth a little more natural.

I began by gluing on a layer of sand at the water's edge creating a new narrow earth bank.

This was then painted with a brown wash before drybrushing. The original earth brown banks were then painted in a green emulsion.

And Finally the scatter material was glued onto the green areas. I also took the opportunity of repairing any slight chips that had occurred over the years.

I need to crack on with figure painting so the terrain tile upgrades will be done in slow time alongside the figures. I had considered repainting the 'water' but that may be one for the future.