These modern terrain pieces were from Acheson's 50 cent "grab bin." Acheson Creations makes some great resin terrain. In addition to their buildings, at conventions they usually have a plastic tub with various pieces for 50 cents each. Much of it works great as barricades and cover and such for my Modern Africa games. I first picked some up at Origins 2008, then grabbed more at Cold Wars 2009. I'll probably keep rooting through their bins every time I see them at shows, looking for cool stuff to use in my games.
One word of warning, though: You MUST wash these in detergent before painting. The mold release agent is pretty strong on the resin, and causes acrylic paints to "bead up" like rain on a freshly waxed car! I didn't do this on the first batch and had to keep going over and over with successive coats until it held. With the second batch, I soaked them overnight, and scrubbed them with a brush. Some of the harder to reach portions still beaded up. On my second batch, I also took them outside and spray painted them black to avoid troubles. That seemed to work pretty well, I felt.
I paint the sandbags in an olive drab color, leaving black in the joins and creases. I then dry brush them light green, covering it with a final black wash. The barrels are also painted black initially. I then dry brush them Howard Hues "Middle East Flesh" to give them the orangish-rusted color. A final khaki highlight picked out the highest details. The logs and crates are primed black, painted a medium brown, then dry brushed khaki. Pictured with all of these pieces are my 20mm Liberation Miniatures modern Africa figures.
