A June Workbench update

The Cowboys mentioned in the May Workbench update are slowly coming together. A little slower than I planned though due to the nice weather we have in Norway these days making it more tempting with outdoor activities than indoors, and I got tempted to do someæ further conversions before painting them.

Since I got 2 of this figure armed with a Winchester rifle, I 3D-printed a 'Lego' Shotgun and replaced it with one of the Winchesters.

These figures are made of a really soft and oily plastic, so to give the paint a chance I'm priming them with ModPodge, a tip I got from James at Quantrill's Toy Soldiers.

Then they're primed with a plastic-primer to make the paint adhere better. This plastic-primer dries clear. Aerosols I do outside.

Then they were given a colored coat of primer, so the paint will show it's colors better and more even than painted on the colored plastic.

I've started to paint them with ordinary acrylics form the craft store, but due to the good weather here in Norway recently I've been doing more outdoor activities than indoor, so I'm not quite done with them yet. They're a fun project to paint, and I'm looking forward to get them done so I can use them for future games.

As I'm going to use them for gaming, I needed some interior as well (3D-printed)...

...and a simplified false front frontier town.

This is how my (former) Garden Railway looks like at the moment. Probably I could throw in some tracks and have a real 'Trench Railway' now...