Adventures in Blue Board and Foamcore

     This is a listing of the posts covering our projects built in Blue Board and Foamcore. It occurred to me that they appear in the blog in reverse order as you scroll down and my sometimes creative titles might not be clear to someone scrolling through the list of postings. A few of these are still "Works in Progress" and I will add to/update this list as time goes by.
     While anyone can cut foamcore with a matte knife I have found that making precise cuts in blueboard requires a special tool. My weapon of choice is the Proxxon Thermocut 115E; which I affectionately refer to as "Proxxie".  This tool functions as a table-saw and jigsaw would for woodworking allowing very clean and repeatable cuts. I find it invaluable.

 

 

Trenches for the Quar

Planning stages, ideas and sketches

Roughing-in the layout and cutting foam

Starting the shell-holes and other details

Blending-in the shell-holes and taking care of some rough edges

Debris and texture

Drybrushing and adding some foliage

Starting the sandbags

Finishing the sandbags (at last!)

A shattered woods

Barbed wire

Crating it all up 

 

 

 

 

  Star Wars Trench Run model

An idea is born! Star Wars Trench Run, just like the movie

Details, details...........Good Heavens there are a lot of details! 

A coat of paint really ties it al together

A test-run of the game 

Crating it up for the convention 

 

 28mm Scottish Bastle House 

A request from a friend leads to a new project

The buildings get a stone exterior and the roof gets shingles

 The Great House gets a barmkin and a barbican!

Windows and gunports are added

A cook-house and a stable are added

House of the humble folk and some other details

The structures are all completed and the painting is beginning

 Attending to some details

The first coat of paint is complete

A second coat gives it a better look

Painting each stone individually

 Second thoughts about that idea

A more subtle approach

Interior decorating, Part I

Interior decorating, Part II

Weathering and some finishing touches

 

1/56th Scale British MK IV male
 On a whim I built this model 

And then I painted it

1/200 scale British A Class destroyers
Cutting the hulls and building the deckhouses and bridges 
Scratchbuilding the 4.7" guns 
Additional details 
Final paint job and assembly
And then there is the second one

1/200 scale H.M.S. Dauntless
 A friend needed a boat built
So I went about it in my usual way
Then I had to paint it (of course)
And I added some detail, just because

 

The Island of Pinatella
It started with a tiny starfort
Which expanded into an island
Where I scratchbuilt everything
Including the town

Mediterranean/Caribbean Village
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2011/07/news-flash-three-men-build-village-in.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2011/07/painting-town-red-well-actually.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2011/07/battle-of-newville.html

World War One Trenches
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-blue-foam-beyond.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-blue-foam-beyond-part-ii-shell-holes.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-blue-foam-beyond-part-iia-revetments.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/to-blue-foam-beyond-part-iib-more.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/to-blue-foam-beyaond-part-iic-enough.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/08/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html

The Dramatic Hills
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/dramatic-hills-from-blue-foam.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/death-of-old-friend.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/too-much.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/decidedly-less-dramatic-hills.html

And the less dramatic dunes
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/quick-but-dull-hills.html
 

The Ork Temple
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-silliness-with-blue-board.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/still-more-silliness-with-blue-board.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/04/blueboard-silliness-nearing-completion.html

 The Armored Cruiser
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/05/going-in-whole-new-direction-with-blue.html
 https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/05/28mm-armoired-cruiser-planks-and.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/arming-armored-cruiser.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/28mm-armored-cruiser-detail-details.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-further-details.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-railings-and-rivets.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-deck-guns-and-portholes.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-commissioned-at-last.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/things-have-gone-completely-to-hull.html

 

The Protected Cruiser
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/protected-cruiser-scratchbuilt.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/protected-cruiser-almost-finished.html

 

The Torpedo Gunboat
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/28mm-torpedo-gunboat-nearly-done.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/28mm-torpedo-gunboat-completed.html

     

The 75' Coast Guard picket boat aka "Six Bitter"
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/six-bitters-and-prohibition.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/08/six-bitters-completed-well-two-at-least.html

Makin' Mektown
http://webleedzgreen.blogspot.com/2012/05/makin-mektown.html

The Panther/Nemesis Saga, or how a small project got entirely out of hand and  ended up generating two boats instead of one small one.

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-rise-of-nemesis.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/01/alasnemesis-no-morepanther-instead.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/01/nemesis-arises.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/01/on-funnels.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/01/nemesis-proceeds.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/01/nemesis-advances.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/01/nemesis-decision-time.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2013/02/final-nemesis.html

The Tramp Steamer

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/10/this-time-it-was-on-purpose-28mm-tramp.html?showComment=1412626774441#c8079099736442829593
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/10/painted-tramp-in-28mm.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/10/oh-she-is-dirty-tramp.html

The Dupuy de Lome (sort of)

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/01/dupuy-de-lome-did-it.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/01/dupuy-de-lome-did-it-part-deux.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/01/dupuy-de-lome-did-it-part-trois.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/01/dupuy-de-lome-didi-it-part-iv-upperworks.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/01/dupuy-de-lome-part-v-let-rivets-begin.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/02/dupuy-de-lome-part-yi-rivets-everywhere.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/02/dupuy-de-lome-paint-at-last.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-missing-bit.html

 

Rivets

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/02/making-rivets.html

 

The Accidental Battleship

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/01/ship-happens.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/01/too-far-down-rabbit-hole.html

Fort Matanzas, a real scale model for once!

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/04/at-least-this-wont-need-rivets-28mm.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/04/fort-matanzas-part-ii-sentry-watchtower.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/fort-mantanzas-part-iii-card-cladding.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/ok-now-i-am-really-mad.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/28mm-spanish-lace-wars-fort-part-iv.html

3-D Scan of the real Matanzas Fort by the University of South Florida

Let's Build a Pirate Ship

 (and other Reckless Diversions)

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/and-sometimes-things-just-happen-2nd.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/28mm-pirate-sloop-nears-completion.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/28mm-pirate-sloop-decks-or-watch-anton.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/further-acts-of-madness.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-madness-continues-or-on-flexibility.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/fun-with-cross-stitch-plastic-mats.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/lets-build-piratew-sloop-part-i-wherein.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/lets-build-pirate-sloop-part-ii.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/lets-build-pirate-sloop-part-iii.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/ltes-build-pirate-sloop-part-iv.html

 http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/05/lets-build-pirate-sloop-part-v-darker.html

 http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/06/lets-build-pirate-sloop-side-note.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/06/rigging-plans-sloop-brig-and-brigantine.html

 http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/06/lets-build-pirate-sloop-rats-its.html

 http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/06/rigging-pirate-sloop.html

The Frontier Fort of Kelnore

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/07/taking-break-from-boats-for-while.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/07/28mm-frontier-fort-part-ii.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/07/28mm-fantasydark-ages-fort-part-iii.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/07/fantasydark-ages-frontier-fort-floor.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2016/03/frontier-fort-finally-finished-and.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2016/03/aging-gracefully-28mm-dark-agesfantasy.html

Way too long at sea; Another tramp steamer

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2016/03/too-long-at-sea.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2016/03/way-too-long-at-sea.html

SMS BLITZ

 http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/02/this-is-getting-to-be-habit.html 

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2015/02/further-progress-on-sms-blitz.html

A Pair of Gunboats

https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-return-of-giant-ships-naval-gaming.html

https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/01/further-progress-on-gunboats.html

https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/01/almost-ready-for-paint.html

https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-spot-of-paint.html

https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/01/something-to-mollify-gary.html

https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/01/new-vessels-completed-and-they-join.html

The Starfort

Dangerous thoughts

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-certain-madeness.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/05/you-are-such-bastion.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-magnificent-bastion.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/06/further-progress-on-28mm-starfort.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/06/of-parapets-and-such.html

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/06/of-towers-and-gateways.html

 http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/06/let-tedium-begin.html

 http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/10/castillo-assembled.html

Windows and Doors

Embrasures 

Doors, Hinges and Handles 

Bars on windows 

Details on the garitas

Test of color scheme

Hinge straps on doors and windows

Mounting on bases 

Considering the moat

The Ravelin

Gates and Drawbridges

Complete and assembled

Cannons and paving the walkway

Putting the baseboards on frames to stop warping

Crating it all up for transport

At the Convention; Part I  and Part II

 

The Aztec Temple

http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2017/11/sometimes-things-just-happen-part-iv.html 

The Kearsarge

 Getting started

The finished model 

 

Sabot Bases from blueboard
Tutorial on how to make your own; any size, any shape
Painting and flocking the bases 

The Keep

 Building and painting the Keep

 Finishing the base and the final product

 

 CSA Ironclad 

 Build and paint

 

Union Monitor

Build and painting

The Ruins of Remagen

Initial Thoughts

A Test Panel

Test Panel with paint

A Park and some wrecked housing 

More wrecked buildings

The Ludendorff Bridge

The completed project 

The Brandenburger Tor

The Coliseum

The Beginning

Creating the Surface

Pitfalls and traps

Preliminary texture and paint

Finished

The Hexagonal Tower  

Cutting foam  and initial assembly

Detailing the stonework  

Interior details

Spiral staircases, Part I

Spiral staircases Part II

Painting Part I

Painting Part II

Shingling the roof

Painting the roof

The Afghan Village

Design Concepts  

Three Proposed Layouts

Terrain work begins the jump from paper to plywood

Sanding and the start of the filler  

Redeploying to Afghanistan

Adding surface texture Part I

Adding surface texture Part II

Highlighting the surface detail

Painting the buildings

The Lowlands panel Part I

The Lowlands Part II; texture, highlights and shrubberies

The Final Act; adding the river, and fields, model finally complete 

 

 

 

A 15mm Sconce

A simple fort made of earth