Clue - The Great New Sherlock Holmes Game

Like I said before January was quite the month for Clue games. I filled a huge hole in the collection with this one, While its not in the greatest condition, its rare enough that I frankly don't care. This is "The Great New Sherlock Holmes Game. It was published concurrently in 1949 with "The Great New Detective Game." There would be follow on versions of both of these games in 1949 dropping the word new from the title.

This one is not complete with original parts but I have enough games to swap out the parts that aren't original. This copy game with a plastic version of the rope which did not appear until the 1963 edition, it was nice to see the original lead pipe still in the box though. This was a well played copy as evidenced by the wear and tear on the cards and the solution envelope having torn into two pieces. The rules are original though which is another key piece to this copy of the game as is the board. Everything matches up with the title "The Great New Sherlock Holmes Games" which is the key to collecting this edition of the game,

The board is usually the piece that goes missing with these early editions.

The box could be better but it will do. It is pretty faded from the original color, but its in otherwise in pretty good condition. All the corners are intact.

The plastic rope is not original, it should be a piece of string at this date.

The rules match the box! 

Madbob's Miniatures - Some Paint and Decals

Progress continues on the German vehicles from MadBob Miniatures. Once the filters and wash had dried I was able to get the matt black paint (AMMO) on all three vehicles. I used it on the tracks and wheels just to get a base color of paint on those areas. At my next opportunity I applied a gloss coat for the decals. This will also allow the follow on weathering steps to flow across the vehicles better. Once that had dried (fairly quickly here in Colorado) I went ahead and started to apply the decals, starting with the German crosses on the sides. Unfortunately my selection of crosses was somewhat limited and the one on the 39H(f) is a bit larger than I would like but I think after the weathering starts the size won't stand out as much.

A little black paint work

Now they are a little glossy, perfect for decals

That's a pretty big cross, hopefully the weathering will tone it done a bit

These aren't going to get a lot of decal work but I might add some others just for flavor. These should get a license "plate" in the front.

Yes, I really do need better light at my desk.

The rest of this took a lot more time than I anticipated. Basically I went back in with oil paints to restore some of the camo colors and add some more "tones" to the colors to add depth and interest. So this is new for me, I think it came out pretty good. The browns and greens were really starting to meld together so this really helped make them stand out from each other again. I think more practice will make this a useful technique. I started out with a pin wash to try an re-emphasize the details (I wish the details were sharper).

Here I added another pin wash to try and pull out the details a bit more.

Adding some brownish yellow to the dunkelgelb base color

Coming back around and adding some green to the original. I'm starting to see some more depth to the colors now.

Where the colors come together

Bringing in some Raw Sienna to the brown. The vehicles are definitely brighter and shadows are pretty deep. I need to get the rest of the decals on and I'll start the real weathering steps.

My paper at the end of the day and a very abused brush. This was a kolinsky that was nearing the end of its useful life as a detail brush.

The oil colors I used for this step.

Team Yankee - Filters and Washes

First thing I had to do was redo my efforts on the APC interior green and repaint the interior of the hatches in NATO Green. Once that was done I applied the filter. I went, again with the tan filter as it seems to be the best compromise on almost any type of 3 tone camouflage. I followed that up with a dark wash wiping most of the wash off the high points. I'm not sure the results are all that visible at this scale, but I'm trying to develop the process. I should have applied a gloss coat after the filter had dried and before I applied the wash. The wash would have behaved better and I wouldn't have damaged any of the existing paintwork.

The lights at my desk are driving me crazy, I really need to do something to be able to take better pictures and actually see what I'm working on.

Tan filter added. This helps blend the camo work together a bit.

Dark wash applied and wiped off the high surfaces.