A workbench view of a heavy set stone walls in a warm brown/grey. A single story ancillary building has been built up against it and also painted in various shades of grey/brown. There is a market stall on either side with various barrels and pots dotted about to give it a lived in feel.

Won’t be anything ‘official’ for a few days so let’s have a bit more Englestaadt!

The walls I have are a bit plain so adding some ancillary buildings gives them a little lift.

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A full frontal (ooo-er) view of the stage. In the back is a panel with a castle wall and door painted on. Two smaller panels are forward and the the left and right of that painted with a simple landscape. Everything else is brown apart from the rather filthy canopy which started off as cream. God know what colour it is now. Sargent Portly (name tbc) is pointing at the audience (behind the camera) as they’ve started to boo him

Side view of the stage showing the raining, steps and panels. Lots of brown but there’s some grey for the paving.

Lower view of the stage hopefully showing the painted panels to better effect. The canopy has a ‘fancy’ front edge to it but it’s looking worn and weathered. Sargent Portly is still pointing even though the audience have gone home.

Quick rear view showing the panel construction details (lots of support).

All the world is a stage!

Well, a little corner of Englestaadt is 😬

I’m sure I’ve got some players somewhere but the portly seargent will have to do for now lol

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A scenic view of a low fantasy city. Tall, half timbered buildings are on either side with some scatter terrain in the middle. Castle walls are in the far background. Lots of tans, browns and greys for the buildings

Quick set up of some Englestaadt terrain this morning. Lots to go of course but should have enough for a game at the end of April (of which I shall post plenty of photos 😊).

No figures in this one as their varnish is drying (again lol)

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A work in progress shot of a landscape sample with Brunhilda on it looking bemused as to why she’s there. Several different flocks and grass tufts have been used to vary the tone and appearance.

Afternoon everyone 🙂 Second update for the Snorrastofa project is now live.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/snorrastofa

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An artists impression of the Snorrastofa fortified compound. Steve church on the right and the main compound on the left. Several different types of building are in the main compound including storehouses, main hall, workshops and living quarters. Bottom left there is an outdoor jacuzzi 😬

I’ve got special project underway for the Snorrastofa museum in Reykholt, Iceland.

8x4 model of a fortified viking compound in the 12th-13th century and, like the Gradara project, there's a dedicated page on the website.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/snorrastofa

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Various scatter terrain on a warm grey background painted in various shades of brown. From left to right - Outhouse, for when a street gutter just doesn’t cut it. Notice board, for when the dating app isn’t working. Wagon of goods, for when Ocado refuse to deliver to your area. Horse trough, for when your horse is thirsty (what else would it be for…) and a market stall, for those much needed supplies when the bomb drops.

I’ve made a start on some Englestaadt scatter terrain.

Going to need a whole lot more… 😂

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11 rebel navy troopers on a warm grey background. There are three officers; a Rodian at the back in the brown trenchcoat with a Sullustan on the left and a human skulking back right there are a couple of aliens in the mix but most are human. They all have the same uniform which is black boots, grey/tan combat trousers, pale blue shirts and black jilets. The officers have variations of brown/tan jilets.

More Star Wars!

Had these (along with hordes of other figures) on the desk for an age but I finally plucked up the courage to paint the helmets 😂

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PN11 showing the terrace/balcony version. The building is painted in a warm cream with a reddy/pink roof with various tiles picked out in other shades. There is a Portuguese officer on the terrace looking through his telescope although the officer on the ground in front has his attention diverted elsewhere.

Photo showing all the parts for PN11. Two roofs, two floors (ground and first), terrace level with railings, colonnade and a separate door

Rear view of PN11 showing the simple roof option.

PN10 which is a two story townhouse.

Couple more Peninsular releases; two more townhouses to go with the other two released last week.

PN10 is a two story house but PN11 has everything for a couple of options in the form of a first floor terrace or a plain roof.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/peninsula

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Lots of 28mm sengoku period Japanese on a white background. A mix of fighty troops, shooty troops, leadery troops and a couple of horsey troops 😬

So here is the current Honda force as promised yesterday. Still need some teppo and a few more cavalry, than I’ll move onto another clan 😊

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A unit of 12 Perry ashigaru on a warm grey background. They have been planted with various colours for the cloth/clothing, couple of variations for the dark armour and a selection of brighter colours for the lacing

Finished off some Honda ashigaru that had been sitting around half done for too long.

Bloody mat varnish isn’t though 🤔

Will have to give them another coat tonight. ‘Army’ shot incoming over the weekend 😊

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If you see this, post a robot…

Well, it’s a dreadnaught but it’s the closest thing I could find 😂

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Scenic view of the peninsular house in a jungle setting. Beige walls with red pantiles. There’s a grey phone mast extending from the roof and various bits of scatter dotted around on the building base. Lots of jungle plants surround the building.

Afternoon everyone 🙂 Got a little tutorial on OSHIROblog that uses one of our Peninsular buildings with some of the UFA range to create a little hacienda for the jungle.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/post/from-th...

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Five new additions on a warm grey background painted in various shades of tan/beige/cream/etc with pantile roofs. From left to right. Wall fountain, chimney, another chimney, roadside shrine and another wall fountain

Scenic shot of a wall fountain up against a wall (unsurprisingly 😬). There is a Portuguese officer to the left directing his troops away from the fountain as its secretly spouting port…

Following on from the recent Peninsular releases last week there's a new additions range to compliment them 😊

Small for now but it will be added to in the coming months.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/peninsulaadd...

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Photo showing the three new buildings next to each other with the shack in the middle. Building on the left has a colonnade with wooden supports, building on the right just has a normal jetty projection.

PN09 showing the separate floors and wooden colonnade

PN08 showing separate floors

PN07 all on its little lonesome

I’ve put a few new 'townhouses' in the Peninsular section of the catalogue; two townhouses and a simple shack.

Accessible interiors and the floors/roofs for the houses are available separately. Should be a couple more before too long.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/peninsula

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Side view of the AV1 tank. Painted mainly in light grey it has a rotating turret to the front (left), side sponsons painted dark grey, cupola on the roof and an upright boiler on the back (also painted dark grey). The lower hull is dark grey along with the tank tracks. Suitable weathering all over but the officer who’s standing in front isn’t overly impressed

Photo showing all the parts. There’s quite a few… From left to right. Upright boiler, two sets of tank tracks, main hull, two sponsons, relatively unhappy officer, lower hull (at the back) cupola and cupola hatch and the the main turret on the right.

The engineering option with VSFA36 in place of the main turret. No reason why it couldn’t go on top of the hull instead of at the front.

Rear view with the officer completing his inspection. Someone is going to get a reprimand for having the tank so rusty.

There's a medium sized steam tank in the webshop now. The AV1 😬

It has an option for an engineering version but there's no reason why you couldn't add any of the turrets or other bits that have the 25mm plug/slot.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/vsfvehicles

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Three quarter look down view of the castle showing the main gate on the left with the removable tower above. A long ‘gallery’ on the right follows the same direction of the path which goes from the gate down to ‘ground level on the right hand side. Painted in a pale grey with dark grey roof tiles and a sort of gunmetal for the fancy tower top. The cliffs are white with a few bits of foliage dotted here and there and a couple of pine trees finish the ensemble.

Straight ahead view looking at the ‘gallery’ with the removable tower top in front.

Slightly upwards view showing some (embarrassingly unpainted) 18mm Austrians for scale.

Here's another commission post. A little German castle (reduced footprint) in 18mm scale. Just over A4 in size and the tower top comes off for storage (and posting).

I've added more photos to the European gallery below

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/galleryeurop...

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The SMS Marienburg out for her maiden voyage. Difficult to ‘alt text’ this really lol It’s a flying Victorian Science Fiction vessel with an angled lower hull showing the liftwood. There are three main turrets (one at the front, one on each side) with sloping armour fire and aft. The bridge is sloped and a few crew are standing on the top deck. There is a large German naval ensign on a flag pole and behind that l, just visible is the funnel and engines. There is an aerofoil on the extreme right and a visible propeller between that and the engines. Painted mainly in light grey and suitably weathered. The deck is wood veneer and the lower hull and turrets are painted in a dark grey.

A rear three quarter view showing the engine and funnel in greater detail. The engine and funnel are painted in a dark grey. Just visible on the right is an iron cross and the rest of the hull is pointing away to the left

Close up side view showing the upper deck details. Steps in the middle lead up to the top deck and there is a reinforced door next to that with plenty of portholes dotted about. There are also some ‘small arms’ on the ship, two on the top deck and two on the main deck towards the front

Rear view showing the props and aerofoils. The props are brass (well, sprayed a brass colour) and the aerofoils are light grey. The engine block, painted wood, and the boiler/funnel, painted dark grey can be seen behind the props.

Haven't posted any commission work in a long while so thought it nice to change that for a while.

28mm German ‘neff for the Space 1889 setting.

Scratch built but uses items from the VSF catalogue + some 3d printed parts.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/vsfadditions

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12 well painted European medieval handgunners in various colours but predominantly ochre. Flocked bases with a standard bearer and leader.

Quick sales post 😊

12 painted Perry plastic European handgunners. Based on UK pennies (around 20mm).

£90 plus postage to wherever. PayPal G&S

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A view of a fair few 10mm fantasy figures (99% Copplestone). A unit of archers at the front with Saruman of Many Colours to their left. A mounted Nazgûl on a winged steed behind Saruman and an orc leader on a rather large wolf to the archers right. In the farm compound there’s a small unit of orc warriors with a course mounted Nazgûl behind them. The farm has a large, square tower to the fore with smaller out buildings behind that. Low walls and fences surround the compound with a couple of poplar trees.

Been intermittently working through some 10mm fantasy figures for some eventual DR gaming 😊

40x20 bases with a couple of 20x20’s for casualty removal (each 20x20 will be one strength point).

Built the farm years ago, will do more eventually 😬

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A beauty shot of the walls set with plenty of scatter terrain dotted about. The local constabulary are at a loss as to who open the gates but didn’t steal anything.

Ah, now the coppers have their work cut out as everything has gone!

I've painted up the Victorian brick walls set now and have put the photos in the relevant page.

The scatter terrain in the photo isn't included but is available in the catalogue along with plenty of other suitable items

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/victorianadd...

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A rather broad selection of Bloody Miniatures. Painted in various colours with fairly verdant bases. Chap at the back is on his charger extolling the virtues of the King (quite possibly a thankless task 😬) and egging his men on to go cause some trouble in the name of royalty!

Finished off some Bloody Miniatures ECW figures last night and now the varnish has gone off I can take a photo 😊

They are lovely to paint 😎

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ME06 photo showing all the floors laid out separately. The timber has been painted in a warm brown and the plaster panels are a warm cream. The roof of mainly a terracotta but there are lots of differently painted tiles there to help break up the monotony

ME01 is the same state as the previous photo. The wood is a little greyer but that’s about it.

The medieval buildings now have options to buy the floors separately so you can mix and match for your own creations.

Just use the drop down menu and select which floor. The option for the whole building is there as well 👍

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/medievalbuil...

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The Screaming Bell on its own. Painted in a weathered wood colour with metal accoutrements and wooden wheels with metal trim. All suitably rusted. It doesn’t have a bell though, it’s a rather large gong instead. Bong!

The Bell with some crew. Six skaven on either side with a monk in front of the bell and a gong bashed behind, bashing the gong. Phnar Phnar

More of a side view with an extra rank of Skaven at the back which should give a unit of 19 plus the gong/bell/gong/bell

Will eventually be playing 4th Ed and thought a gamey Screaming Bell was needed.

Not paying silly eBay prices and not keen on the new one so out came the balsa wood 😬

Will probably do a sabot tray and specific figures for it. Eventually 😬

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A little scene showing the parts now available. From the left; long wall, column, gates, column, half wall. There’s a night watchman in front armed with a pistol and a lamp. Why he needs the lamp in broad daylight is anyone’s guess 😬

Painted gates with the new door jambs. Our night watchman is holding up his lamp again hoping it’s of use.

Long wall on its own. Quite a boring photo really and the nightwatchman won’t let his lamp go.

What’s this?! Vandals?! No, just a photo showing that the caps of the columns are loose to ease painting. The night watchman is still holding up his lamp. I think we’ll leave him to it…

I've remastered the brick walls and columns in the Victorian Additions section and the doors have finally got their 'jambs' 😁

There's also a set available that includes VA07 x 3, VA08 x 2, VA09 x 1, VA10 x 3 👍

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/victorianadd...

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The set of rubble piles painted in greys and tans (with a few bits of brown wood here and there). 28mm figure on a 20mm base for scale.

The five rubble piles showing the two that can be joined together.

Afternoon everyone 🙂 Just a simple little set of rubble piles for release today. Two of them can be placed back to back to allow for a different option.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/gamingtoken

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A low stone plinth with some stocks towards the bottom of the picture. A sergeant of the city watch is pointing at a criminal who’s just of screen. He’s standing behind a table, top right, that has a large jug of beer, some official looking papers, and unsheathed knife and his hat. There are some small kegs and a basket of rotten apples just waiting to be thrown.

A rather sinister looking jester bedecked in green and ochre crouching in a courtyard of some Englestaadt houses.

Rear view of the diameter looking jester. But what’s this?! He’s got a large, toothy mouth for a back! Gadzooks!

Got a couple of things finished off for a little project we’ll be starting in the spring… 😬

The setting is dark, low fantasy in a pseudo 15th century Europe. The main place for action is the city of Englestaadt. Lots more to do 😊

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The crane sat on its skiff with two random crates. It’s painted in a heavily weathered grey and the tech standing next to it is wondering who’s going to clean it.

The crane of the large cargo hauler painted again in the heavily weathered grey. The tech to the left is looking for someone to sign off on his overtime as he’s going to have to clean it himself.

The parts of the crane kit showing (from left to right) the arm, the disgruntled tech, the main body, two random small crates, the flight stand (damn these high contrast photos of clear products…) and the bed of the skiff. Still weathered and dirty…

The tech has given up and the crane on the cargo loader is just about to set off into the distance (or the nearest automatic hauler-wash).

Afternoon everyone 🙂 It's been a while since there was a sci-fi release, so lets have one now.

An antigrav cargo skiff with the new crane and two random small crates. It fits on the back of SFV16 which is now an option.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/scifivehicles

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A scenic view of a 28mm painted medieval manor house. The gatehouse is on the right hand side and is timber framed with a tile roof. The main hall is in the middle, has a slate roof and is covered in render. A timber framed extension with a tiled roof in on the left hand side. A small perimeter wall goes between the gatehouse and the extension.

A figure high view of a pagoda and surrounding compound. The pagoda is on the right and is red brick topped with grey clay roof tiles. The walls on the right have an integral storehouse in them. Some lush trees and grass are on the base.

A 28mm version of the Thompson farm from the ACW. Rough cut stone work for the main building with white wooden details and red doors. The roof is wooden shingles and there is a pergola to the front of the house with some climbers starting to take it over.

Three 20mm scale timber framed, cottage style buildings with thatched roofs and decorative timber work on the apex of the roofs.

Commission are slots available for the spring/summer. Updated galleries linked below that will show plenty more examples.

Doesn't have to be a big model, any size/scale is good although a Gradara sized model would be great 😂

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/gallery

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A Tamiya triceratops painted in olive greens with a detachable how’s next to it. Two South American ‘privateers’ are in the howda wondering how the hell it got on the ground.

The Dino-train in all its glory. Triceratops to the right with the howda attached. A joining ‘arm’ connects the howda to the wagon behind the dino. Both howda and wagon are painted in browns and greys with black strapping. The base is very verdant, full of grasses, shrubs and growing trees.

Oops! Everything is off the base to show the potential modularity as everything is either magnetised of pinned to allow for maximum gaming potential.

And a quick view of the dino-train plodding off into the distance with its full compliment of slightly mad South Americans in the wagon, taking pots shots at the local fauna. Some of them will fight back though 😈

Let’s have some whimsical VSF fun 😁

The next setting that’s been mentioned for our group VSF games is Venus so I’m getting the drop in on the arms race…

Dino riders!

They’ll probably be shit on the table but it’s more about having fun 😂

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A selection of the 28mm Japanese village buildings all painted in browns for the wood and light cream for the panels, with the roofs off to show the simple interiors. They are on a green flocked baseboard with a few trees behind. Any ronin in the area are missing out. All those buildings with no roofs! Easy steal 😬

A painted 28mm Japanese yamashiro gateway. A small structure on top provides the main defence whilst two ashigaru charge through the gateway itself (but soon realise they’re in a picture and therefore can’t charge very far).

A Sanada yari ashigaru runs past a rural signpost. The signpost has some faded writing on it but it’s beyond me what it says as I made it up 😬

A simple urban Japanese 28mm gateway painted in browns and creams with some grey stonework at the base. A lowly ashigaru is wondering where his mate from picture two has gone and what exactly this wall is supposed to be surrounding.

Let's have a Samurai Saturday!

I've added painted options for the 28mm village, walls and yamashiro sections of the catalogue as I've had a few requests for these over the past months :)

I've also re-mastered JA13 👍

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/japanese28mm

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