Bridge and Barn Painted

The Italeri/Warlord Games bridge is done. Although not really appropriate for the table it is the only bridge I have and, more importantly, is the correct span. As the table represents a portion of town on the border between rural and urban, a bridge that is a little less decorative would be better. However, perusing the internet for something that would do is yielding unsatisfactory results; in most instances the span is wrong. Bridges for wargames tend to be a bit short and bridges for model railways are generally long and narrow. If- and this seems unlikely- I have time, I may make a simpler one from scratch.

I have also completed the base for Renedra's Ramshackle Barn. The fencing is their 5 rail plastic fence and the tree is Woodland Scenics. The flocking is mostly Silifor 4mm summer grass, War World 6mm autumn grass and some Heki XL 10mm herbst. Bits and bobs of Woodland Scenics clump foliage and flocked wire shrubs are dotted here and there.

Last 2 Buildings Painted

I have finished painting and detailing the last 2 MDF structures: Sarissa's Precision's CityBlock Corner Store and CityBlock Shop (with extra floor). If  time allows I think I will go back and paint the the window and door frames in different colours. There are a few more bits of signage that may make it onto the buildings but at this point I am pleased with them.
Sadly, most of the decals I bought off ebay turned out not to be waterslide transfers (despite the auction description); in fact, they were not really "decals" at all. They look great, but I had to cut them out and glue them onto the buildings- not as nice as transfers.

(new 3000 lumen work light makes it look like a bright sun-shiney day!)

The A&P supermarket:

Generic variety store (sadly, no name...):

 Quality candy...

 and cheap smokes!

Most of the table details haven't arrived yet. In fact, I just received notice that an order I placed before Christmas was just shipped earlier this week...

Three Buildings Painted

The buildings of one city block are done- all that is needed to finish them off is basing.  The buildings were base coated with Rustoleum spray primer. I wouldn't use it again as the MDF soaked it up big time; it took several coats. Other sprays seem to fair better. Paint was craft paint from the Cermacoat and Americana ranges, thinned with either Golden Glazing Liquid/H2O or Acrylic Flow Release/H2O depending on application. The buildings were then hit with a thinned dark wash to blend the colours together a bit and bring out the recesses that filled with paint. The decals come from eBay seller largemouthlodge.

Jan. 7th update: painted canal walls; progress on the rural side of the canal

More work done on the table surface. My favourite "dirt" recipe of Sculptamold and brown paint applied to the rural side of the board, including the barn's base followed by a dry brush of Desert Sand and a diluted black wash:

The stone work along the sides of the canal are also done now. The textured sheet is  Plas Craft Games textured stone sheet. The edges of the stone are a little soft which means inking and heavy handed drybrushing do not result in good contrast: some care has to be taken otherwise the definition gets blurred. 

The rest of my time has been taken up with priming some of the building features that haven't been painted yet: stairs and awnings for the two shops. Our next day of play testing scenarios is February 17th. After that is Trumpeter's Salute in March.