HEIC Factory

I've been meaning to take some photos of my finished Blotz mdf model that I picked up at a local wargames show in August. This featured in the recent game Dave and I ran at the CWD. Normally I go a scale down for my buildings, but at only £5.00, this was too good a bargain to pass up. I had planned to add more detail, but time was against me and I finished painting it the afternoon before the show! Still I don't think it looks too bad and am pretty pleased with the result.

The finished model with it's worn whitewash finish.

The fine surface polyfilla render applied to the walls has worked a treat.

I had planned on painting the door and entrance facade with Indian style decoration.

The rear of the factory compound.

Some 10mm figures to help give it a sense of scale.

Fortunately the width is just big enough for my 40mm wide bases.

Having a bigger courtyard than I would normally get with 6mm buildings, means I can populate it a bit, which is nice.

Painting

In terms of painting, this was the process I followed:

• Everything was given a black undercoat, which helps seal the mdf, making it easier to paint the follow on colours.
• The buildings and walls were given a good coat of beige, from a random DIY tin I had lying around.
• These were then given a good coat of undiluted Devlin Mud wash, which was allowed to dry thoroughly.
• The walls and buildings were then given a dry brush of GW Bleached Bone (or the current equivalent), making sure that the strokes went vertically on the walls, as anything else looks wrong. This helps to give the impression of rain staining the walls which naturally runs down them!
• Finally a rough drybrush of white was applied, varying the amount in places to help give that weathered and worn look. 
• The wooden beams were given a dot of dark brown to make them stand out against the white. I wasn't too precious about any white showing on them, as whitewash and plaster gets everywhere.

To be honest when I started painting, I thought that it was going to be a horrible mess, as I was in a bit of a rush. Fortunately the process worked well, as I'd used this technique before, but the pressure of the occasion made me doubt it!

As mentioned above, I had planned on adding some Indian decoration in places, but actually not having the time to do it means that this can be used for Siciliy or North Africa, for the odd game where it might be appropriate.

So I hope you like it and found how I went about it useful. For the first time in ages I've got a small solo game planned and set up, which is fun, before I sit down and watch the final of the Rugby World Cup. I hope it's a cracker but the weather might be iffy in Paris, whichs is a sahme, as watching the All Blacks in full flow is sublime, or the South African winger Cheslin Kolbe who is scarily fast.

TTFN.