“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!”

It’s been a bit of a period since the last update. In part this is due to finishing the Commander Glofski’s 40K Tank Squadron for the Spring Challenge and then starting a new 40K Armoured Division – The Mubraxis Dustdogs who have been requisitioned for service under the Ordo Xenos. Also the loss of my 13year old faithful, family dog shifted priorities.

None-the-less, I’m still keen to get the 2’ square display board completed. So, today I painted up some resin boats (not sure of the manufacturer, and indeed not quite sure of the scale as the oats are a little large – maybe 1:32 scale?). After undercoating with Chaos Black spray I dry brushed with Mournfang Brown, followed by Zandri Dust and then a wash of Gryphon Sienna to bring the colours together. Metalwork was highlighted with Chainmail. I don’t want the boats to overpower the scene, hence the earthy and muted palette.

Next up was to repair the roof of the tower structure. I think when I first made this I either ran out of materials to make roof tiles, got bored or simply couldn’t be bothered and slapped red-brown paint on a plain surface.

Having selected to save these two building for the display board, I was left with discarded buildings and homemaker card roofs. So it was not difficult to cannibalise roof material to finish the tower in the same palette as already existed. I also added a wooden balcony from my bits box to the hexagonal building and next up will to build the missing ‘conservatory’ roof out of balsa wood and clear plastic and then a repaint of the black edging and further fine detailing before moving back to the Jabberwocky Tale miniatures next month.