A few months ago I made some woods for Orders & Omens (10mm scale) that I though came out really well and looked quite realistic.
I wanted to do the same for my Old World and Age of Sigmar games, so decided to try this at 28mm.
I started by sourcing some 300mm long and 6mm wide plastic rods. And started sticking them to a plastic card base I’d shaped.
I made the rods 2.5 inches long each. They were easy to cut with a craft knife, but really I’d recommend a hobby saw.
Eventually, I’d stuck the sticks on and painted the trunks and base brown and cut another plastic card shape for the canopy, which I painted green.
I then based it with my Geek Gaming basing material and stuck the foliage to the canopy with super glue.
Overall the whole thing start to finish only took me around an hour to an hour and a half.
I’m pleased with the results, but there are a few things I’m going to change on the next one.
Firstly, I’m going to stick the trunks to the canopy rather than the base, this way units in Old World can easily move across the footprint without hindrance.
I’m also going to cut down the length of the trunks to around 1.5 inches. As they stand a little too tall.
Finally I’m going to add some more thickness to the canopy so that it doesn’t seem as flat.
Hopefully I’ll have another version to show you next week. In the meantime this one will be good to use for my skirmish games.
Returning to my occasional series of How to Paint, I’ve picked something a little different.
Renedra are a foundation of the UK lead belt – based in Cambridgeshire … not everything makes sense! But they have been around for a long time and are known for their bases and scenery.
Whilst purchasing the basing equipment for my Blood Angels from the ever reliable Firestorm Games, I picked up their Outbuilding to paint.
Following a successful painting year last year where I completed a Horus Heresy force (Blood Angels) and a Legions Imperialis horde (Solar Auxilia) this year I have challenged myself to get a 2,000 point army of Blood Angels for Warhammer 40k.
Renedra
As mentioned, Renedra offer loads of stuff and I have used them extensively for simple bases and plastic bases for historical models.
This is the first time I have taken a bigger leap and decided to paint one of their buildings. And it was all for my Silver Bayonet games.
Silver Bayonet requires a lot of scenery (in common with lots of skirmish games). And Renedra offer some great historical offerings from the Outbuilding to a full castle.
Renedra’s pretty castle… but it’s big so comes at a price.
Pictures
What can you use it for?
I’m planning on using this for Silver Bayonet, but any Skirmish games set in Medieval or Fantasy settings would benefit from this. It’s a great line of sight blocker and wouldn’t be out of place on an Old World table or for Kings of War. Used as an impassable terrain feature probably.
Paints Used
Scenery needs to be painted quickly to keep me interested… otherwise I spend too long on pipes and then don’t paint any toys. I also like it to be interesting but also blend into the background. So I needed a colour scheme which wouldn’t overwhelm my drab (dark) Russians for Silver Bayonet.
Starting with an undercoat Black, I gave it a very heavy drybrush of Rakarth Flesh (this could easily be done with a rattle can too).
Then I added some Dyrad Bark for the wooden beams, and finally added the roof. This took a little longer with Aggaros Dunes (Contrast Paint), and then a Drybrush of Screaming Skull. This is great for some stark highlights but also to make it not quite fully dark.
The basing is mostly Russian Mud from Vallejo Diaroma, with some static grass and tufts to add a little variety. Keeping with the simple approach. This took about 2 hours to paint in total, including waiting for the Contrast to dry, and I’m very happy with that.
It also helps with my Woepoints Challenge.
So that’s How to Paint a Renedra Outbuilding — graphic below.
Buying a Box?
This is a great little kit and with an RRP of £6 its also good value for money. Solid plastic which is easy to glue with poly-cement. I just added a 5″ blast marker as a base but any, thing suitable can be used.
As always ask at your local FLGS, directly with Renedra or use our affiliate link with Element Games for a small collection of Renedra buildings.
