10 before 30: Hungary

On our way home from Prague we stopped in Budapest at our eight store. We managed to get to Gep-Haz store just before it closed.

10 before 30: Czech Republic

After Poland we headed to our seventh location which is Czech Republic. Our first stop in Prague was at Ogry Doupe. They also had a lot of miniatures, some Golden Daemon awards and a fair amount of space for playing. Here we bought an Ork Painboy.

10 before 30: Poland

Number 6 is Krakov. We arrived late in Poland, but the next day, as soon the sun was up, we raided two stores and got lots of goodies. I was amazed that both stores had a lot of merchandise, even web store exclusive. Fist we visited Vanaheim were we got a Blood Bowl Skaven pitch and a Treeman Ancient at 60% off.

City terrain

 I bought this from the flea market, I got it with a bunch of other terrain pieces and it all cost only 8$.

Tyranid Forest

I got some more lotus flowers and I decided to make a forest with them.
I glued the lotus on to a base and primed it with grey spray. I also made a rock path and painted it with black.

 I added some eggs and charcoal pieces. Painted the base with brown, but around the eggs and lotus I used yellow.

 I painted the lotus with purple, green and pink. Dry brushed the eggs with pink and white. Dry brushed the charcoal with a brighter brown and I decided to add some to the base.

Since I had a really large surface to cover with grass I had to use something else, so I bought a pack of parsley and glued it on the whole base. I also bought decorative plants for fish tanks and glued some onto the base.

 Next I painted the tips of the grass and the hot glue with fluorescent yellow.

 Last I painted some of the grass in different colors.

Rocket pods

I used a plastic egg carton and decorative rocks of different sizes.

I primed it with grey spray then painted the egg carton with metallic paint.

I painted the rocks with a dark grey and dry-brushed them with white. I painted the base with brown and applied grass over it. I painted the top of the egg carton with yellow then I added the black stripes.

Mars Towers

I made another Mars terrain piece. I used 2 dog food cans, the sides of a plastic water bottle, carbon polystyrene and some stairs that I found in the flea market.

I primed it with grey spray.

Painted the cans with matte black.

Painted the base red.

Painted the carbon polystyrene with a very bright grey then I applied the technique mentioned in this video Marble Effect - Advent Calendar Day 20.

I painted the stairs with grey and the rail with brown. Next I added the red sand to the base.

Finally I added some blood splatters using Blood for the Blood God.

Mars landing pads

I cut carbon polystyrene circles and glued them on top of some yogurt pots. I made a bridge between the 2 pots from sprues. Next I primed the model with gray spray.

 I painted the pot with blue to look like a window.

 Next I applied a metallic coat to the base of the pot, the bridge and the carbon polystyrene circles.

 I painted the base red.

 The circles with glossy yellow.

 I added red sand to the base.

 I drew matte black lines over the yellow.

 Separated "the windows".

 I painted the hot glue that was holding my bridge with fluorescent green.

Repeat the whole process. This is the final result.

Sacrifice Tower

I bought a polystyrene cone I glued it to a base and added toothpicks to it.
I primed it with white and I used brown to cover the base.

 I painted the cone with brass.

 I painted around every spike with Khorne red.

 I glued grass.

 Last I added some Blood for the Blood God on some of the spikes and painted the tips of the spikes with silver.

If anybody is interested in donating unwanted models or bits, please leave a comment and I will gladly add them to this piece of terrain.

10 before 30: Oslo edition

Took us a while to get to number 5, but here it is! We raided the shores of far north and had to get to Games Workshop as soon as we landed in Oslo. It's pretty easy to find, close to the train station and city center. And it was a treat!

We got there on a sunny Friday and it was swarming with people buying and painting stuff. The shop was large enough to spend some time ogling the painted minis and terrain and make a mental wishlist for the following pillaging expeditions.

The staff was super friendly, impeccable English and really helpful. They didn't carry any Blood Bowl stuff (except for some books) but they did order the Skavenblight Scramblers for us to pick up the following week.

They also helped with picking some better sturdier white acrylic paint from Citadel (Pallid Wych Flesh).

Some of the minis were really masterfully painted.

While other were... more conventional?

I really liked this piece of terrain. There was Gandalf standing up to the Balrog on that bridge but the walls were really something we think we can also do at home (with silicoane foam), so the picture is focused on that.

Some nice ideas for trees as well... I guess most of improving is stealing ideas :D

Overall, it was pretty good. The prices seem quite OK for Norway (considering they are the online shop prices but overall Norway is freaking expensive), so probably there's a ton of collectors around. It's worth a visit. And if you're also looking for other places people play and buy Warhammer at check out Outland, there's two of them and they're awesome.