New Zeppelin launched from my ship yard!

 

Courtesy of Sarissa Precision, I now have a Zeppelin for my German/Prussian forces. It is about 15" in length and with the flight stand it virtually soars into the sky. 

The gondola carries 4 figures, while the top centre part lifts off to allow at least 10 figures to stand, ready for action. I thought this might be a challenge to build, but it was actually pretty straight forward despite a couple of mislabelled parts in the instructions. I primed up the grey board coverings and the MDF fins prior to gluing them to the MDF frame. (which I base coated chainmail after assembly)

I used Army painter Army Green and Vallejo Russian uniform for most of the ship and Gory red for the red bits. I would have used German Uniform but I was out of that colour, did not feel like going to the store and was impatient to get it done. I plan to do some highlighting of the base colours to bring them out a bit. I am tempted to leave the exposed metal rectangles as is rather than painting them to match the skin.

I am also thinking that I will cut the flight stand a bit, removing the front and rear support to reduce the footprint. I also am thinking of arming her as I have some spare parts that should fit. Probably use magnets.

Final post for AHPC XVI

 So, this is it one last big gasp.

This was a big post (540 points), just enough points to pass my 2000 point target. I am quite happy to get this lot done, especially the AQMF tanks that more than double my existing painted tanks. 

HERE  is the link to the 'last post'

AHPC post 8 from March 11th

 A much bigger post this time around. HERE it is.

A real mix of stuff, some Devilry Afoot, Pillage, VSF and some old Epic Titans.

AHPC post V

 Boy have I slacked off on posting, again.

HERE is the link to the AHPC page. It was a small post consisting of VSF stuff, Deep sea divers, a pulp league, Some pulp opponents and a unit of Indian troops for back of beyond.

VSF Free Irish Fire fighters!

  

Finally finished off these eight figures, another one of those "had them for a couple of decades' stories. They have been on the shelf, partially painted for most of that time. They had their pants, jackets and hats painted all this time and their faces but they were pretty much just base coated. Apparently they were waiting for contrast/speed paints and a decent wash.

WIP Aphid and Locust under construction

 

Aphid

So, I have had these models for a few years now and they have remained boxed all that time. But this year I have finally got around to them. The are from Things from the Basement by way of 4Ground. As per many 4Ground models they are pre-coloured so limited painting will be required. However unlike 4Ground they were a breeze to build! The instructions lack a lot of words but lots of pictures. For the most part it really was very easy to build these. This set also came with 3D printed guns and cord for the railings.

So, this is mostly done, all that is left is to paint the guns and add the railings. Also I will need to do a bit of weathering/touch ups. I think I will have to wash the deck to add some depth.
 

Also in the shipyard is this Locust class gun boat, a variant of the Aphid but with extra weapons. There is another 4 pounder on a platform aft of the bridge and 2 Hales rockets mounted forward.

Been doing a bit of model making lately

 

So, I am taking advantage of some new found inspiration to tackle the back log of unfinished kits that I have accumulated. Now some of these items were pretty simple builds, 4 walls and 2 roof sections. But, they were items that had just been lying around gathering dust so really needed to get unboxed and built! Some of these items were a more intense building experience like the small black flyer, it was not a lot of fun to build.

As you can see it is quite a mixed collection of stuff from VSF to medieval to 1930's pulp. Right now I have to content myself with building these things as it is a trifle to cold outside these days (-14C to -20C) to prime. I am waiting for a warmer cold day to prime.  

So for now lets see how much I can assemble!

Painting challenge round 2 pictures

 So these are the main entries from my second post to the challenge.

 

Stuff from the challenge

 The Vickers Independent by Empress

Spray varnish issue!

So, after finally picking up a paint brush again, I decided to work on these fine VSF naval troops. Once finished with the painting it was on to the Army Painter anti shine spray varnish, just as I do with everything that I paint. This is the result of my matt varnish spraying! I have never had this problem before, sure sometimes it does not seem to get as dull as I would like, but never has it amped up the shine like this. Now the usual issues that are talked about on the net do not seem to apply. I sprayed indoors, in low humidity, and did not overdo how much I sprayed. The can was well shaken, and relatively new and yet this was the result. I waited a while and tried some more even lighter passes with the anti shine thinking perhaps I had lingered too long the first time. No joy!

Hoping to ship out in september

 

So, the plan as it stands, is to produce a lot of ships this month. I have a number of hulls ready to be built upon. The example above will be a steam driven attack craft. It is one of a number of speed boats that I am converting. 

VSF landships completed

 

All painted up, just deciding on adding or not adding the extra electrical device.

WIP two Landships for VSF

 

Mock up of planned landships

So, finally making headway on this project. The shells and most of the add on stuff have been sitting around for a while. This week I was suddenly seized by inspiration figuring out how I would attach the turrets to the main body, and how to structure the model so that the turret would turn. 

Martians in service to the French, and General Sternwood

General Sternwood, the mysterious and seemingly immortal leader of the Extraplanatary Corporation seems to welcome you with open arms, do not be fooled. As head of the corporation he ruthlessly seeks to extend his control of alien technology, to create a monopoly in that sphere, and thus to control the solar system! 

The Martian colonial troops are not his, they serve the French government on Mars, and are part of the French tradition of recruiting local natives into their ranks.

Captured technology, smoke dischargers

 

 Old Parroom Station miniature, and the only one I have. It came with three smoke stalker crew and the carriage is the same carriage that Parroom Station used for all of it's heavy weapons.

French cavalry on Mars

 

Fresh from the painting table

 

So, some new paint jobs

 

 

 

Finally painted these old Parroom Station miniatures, from top to bottom,  "Tatsuhiro" armoured walkers, Japanese Smoke Stalkers and some rotund robots that I shall use as sentry bots.

WIP VSF armoured mechanical conveyances for the Imperial Japanese army on Mars

                    

    Time to finish off some old projects, mixed with a new one.

AQMF - Gatherer Tripod proxies

A face only a (do they have mothers) could love?

After sitting on a shelf for years, I finally found a reason/need to paint up three Parroom Station tripods. I have been prepping for another game of AQMF, specifically the harvest scenario, and realized that I need at least one gatherer tripod. Thankfully I had three mostly built and primed 28mm tripods but they had no baskets to keep their prisoners. Now what can I use to represent a basket...?