Golgotha's WWII - Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B

Herewith, picture of a Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B in La Gleize, where the advance of Kampfgruppe Peiper was halted. Wrongly called the King Tiger by the Allies. 

For the story of this particular Tiger II and the December 44 Museum See: http://www.december44.com/en/tiger-213.htm

See Joachim Peiper here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Peiper

Golgotha's Samurai

Herewith, some Samurai by Zvezda.

See: http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=448

Golgotha's Games - Big Robot Battle

Herewith, an odd one all in paper too. Sci-Fi Japanese TV style.



The Alien Invaders versus...

Earths last hope. 

City blocks soon to witness carnage. 

The enemy approaches. 

The forces of earth send out some lighter mech scouts. 

Some of the "models". Many may recognise these from the Television series. 

My son certainly had fun blowing things up. 

Golgotha's Toy Motorbike repaint

Herewith, a repaint of a toy motorbike ideal for my city streets, I think the original toy was from a Kinder egg.

See; https://frictionbmcminiatures.blogspot.com/2020/04/heroclix-here-with-heroclix-city.html

and https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=123921.0

Got a few of these and others. I am therefore thinking of doing a biker gang with biker gang bar.

The original toy. 

Golgotha's modelling ideas using Mod Podge - Plastic packaging

Herewith, modelling ideas using Mod Podge.

See official website here: https://plaidonline.com/brands/mod-podge

You know the feeling. You look at a piece of plastic packaging and think that is a lovely shape or pattern. But then stop yourself knowing that it will be impossible to paint.



I recently saw that the side walls of a plastic container had a corrugated effect and thought that might be useful. But having tried to model with these materials in the past knew they can be difficult to paint and work with.

So why not coat the entire surface with Mod Podge Matte and then paint.

In the UK this American product is available from Hobbycraft. See: https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/

Having done this I decided to make a corrugated iron fence and overall I am happy with how they turned out.

Just note that clear plastic covered in Mod Podge will go white but as it dries go clear again. Holding the painted fence up to the light still lets light shine through the paint. One must therefore give it a few good coats, perhaps of black paint, before your final paint scheme.

I have had no chipping, warping, flaking or any other negative experience. They can be touched and handled no problem and I have not varnished them.

Grenadier cop shown for scale. 

Fence mounted and cardboard. Glue gun used to attach posts. The Mod Podge has also strengthened the initially super glued tooth picks to the plastic corrugated pieces.  

Here they are in a game - helping block out the railway and demarcate the upper from the lower city. 

Golgotha's Model Trees

Herewith, some ideas for model trees. Trees can be time consuming and expensive to make. Problematically they are also then generally fragile and easy to break. Most readily available trees also tend to be small and look too uniform. I therefore wanted trees quick to make and that if they broke it did not matter whilst also wanting trees that look realistic.

See: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=124128.0



Here they are. The sunlight and outside backdrop of trees adding to the impression.



These have been made using actual trees and also roots. Which I dried out and then simply mounted. The leaves are made from moss found in the woods and dried out. The moss does lose some of its colour so I give them a light spray of paint. I have also not glued the moss on rather it is just placed before a game. This means the trees always look slightly different and if left bare still retain realism. I have moss over two years old and it is still fine. You do get little bits dropping off but they add realism to the table.

I am relatively happy with the overall effect. I am not wasting time or money trying to strengthen them either with glues or varnishes etc. Indeed, I am impressed with how strong they are. Having left them to dry for a few seasons in the garage. 

The moss is not ideal but looks much better than the average flocking material. The key is finding the right branches and roots. the two shown here above with foliage are actually from bonsai that died. 

Without leaves they look wonderful too. 

This one is a root. In many ways it still looks like a root but when placed on a wargame table with other trees the appearance suddenly becomes more tree like. Some more pics below with Grenadier knight for scale, this miniature works with Perry War of the Roses in terms of scale. the best thing about these trees is they look real because they essentially are real. 

The bases were made from thick cardboard. With dry tea leaves and usual flocking attached with Mod Podge to avoid warping. Tree itself was glue gunned into place. Four trees start to finish in 25 minutes. That includes cutting, glueing and basing. 

Obviously the focus here is on the tree not the mini. 

Certainly a good source to consult for making trees is Lukes Aps on youtube as he has done a number of videos of various tree making methods see: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmD5774MOQhjYBkXqu3Jdw

Some more examples of the same idea this time moss mounted onto wire frame trees. 

Golgotha's Games - Tank battles - A border dispute in the desert

Herewith, a tank game. These use my own very simple rules. Ideal for fast games especially with the children.

I imagined this battle as being similar to the first gulf war, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Iran Iraq War, Arab Israeli Wars or somesuch.

The idea was to get the armoured column down the road. Unfortunately the enemy had other ideas. 

Hits are scored and the column grinds to a chaotic halt. 

Note the pleasure on the enemies face. 

More casualties. Some of the local fauna included. 

Many explosions later...

... and the road remains untravelled. 

An airstrike by an Apache can do wonders for you. You can guess therefore who won. 

This game was also an excuse to try out some of new terrain including a wet and a dry oasis. 

I am very pleased with the dry oasis and the crackle effect.