MCW lacquer and Enamel paints

 MCW is an Ohio based company that specialize in Automotive and military paints.  The color are available in enamel and lacquers., 

Link to military colors

Dougies Wargame Blog

 Great blog that covers all ranges of  figure.  Plus they doing a series on 20mm Vietnam figures.

Dougies wargaming blog

Home made super glue accelerator.

 

Uncle Les

Andrew Millis I went about 1/3 baking soda dry into the atomizer followed by 2/3 warm water , sealed and shook vigorously. Then a couple of misty shots on one edge of that broken spoon you see there and CA on the other - brought it together and gave it another quick spritz et voila - it went solid immediately with little fuss. I've used baking soda as an accelerant for years but of course it clumps and is ideal as a gap filler, but not for a join where I don't want a rocky seam ! I had an epiphany today whilst doing some repetitive superglueing and thought... I wonder if this will work ?...

Amazing Foam buildings by OJ's Models

 You can find him here on Facebook. Ojs Models   Also here on YouTube OJ's model videos. It first I thought the photos are of real structures.

Oil-paint dirt effects & Blending

 Tips are from Spud Murphy's modeling bench FB. page  More can be found here.Spud Murphy modeling page.

Neat oil paints mixed to the desired colour. Once the linseed oil had been given time to soak away into the cardboard.

Final feathering completed with a soft-flat blending brush.

The oil paint is then carefully stippled onto the desired area.

 

Final feathering completed with a soft-flat blending brush.

Real colors conversion chart

 Looking for paint match this should help

Adding washes and blending your model tank

 Yes this work very well.  Give this technique a try!

   Adding Mud & dirt to your model.

Amazing 72nd scale building by Gustva Haug

 You can find Gustva on FB (Shady Environs)  His building have complete interior.   Here is his formula for put texture on the out side of buildings. Shady Environs

I used a mix of PVA, dark grey tile grout and water (approx. 6:3:2 ratio), brushed straight onto the print in two coats. That also acted as a primer...

Simon Ford's 27 ft x 5.5 ft gaming table

 Simon is located in Austrialia.  His FB page is Wargameroz's 20mm rambling. Smin using geo-hex tiles. Plus 3d prints his buildings.

Magnetizing Thorougbred ship bottoms for storage.

 Storing miniature ships has always been a pain in the butt. They fall over, get bashed together and all the things we hate.  Well the fix is using magnetic business card blank.  One side has the adhesive, The other a magnetic surface.  These magnets are for sticking your business card to the refrigator.  That way you can find the repair, the dentist or whomever you need.  We all know how hard they can be to pull off the frig.

Well why know stick this type of magnet to bottom of your pewter ship.  Damn it works great. No more bouncing around while transporting to a game.   Here is how I did it.

These can be found on the internet

Bought a hundred, The leftover will be used on gaming bases

Make sure you flex the magnet flat

Line the ship model and make a line

Next using the ruler scribe a line

Flex the magnet along the line. This will break it in two

Peel off the white backing

stick it on to the ships bottom,  If you are having problems
making the magnet stick, Your best friend is super glue

A little short no proble

keep your scrap piece just for this problem

Stick the scrap piece on, Than trim to fit.

I use steel cookie storage boxes.  The magnets stick great to the surface. Plus the 
plastic lid keeps you miniatures dust free.