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Here is another of the metal miniatures from Harlequin Miniatures. This is Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart of UNIT. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was one of the founders of UNIT and commander of its UK operations.
I gave the model a white undercoat.
I am not so sure this looks like Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, but it is a nice model.
Back in the 1990s Harlequin Miniatures produced a licensed range of 28mm metal miniatures and one of the blisters I got was of the third Doctor. After sticking him to his base, I gave the model a white undercoat.
This has certainly improved the look of the model compared to the bare metal.
This is the metal miniature that was made by Harlequin Miniatures.
This is quite an old casting and as you can see the metal has discoloured, however it hasn’t gone brittle or anything like that, so I am expecting it to paint up fine.
The first episode with the fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) was Robot. The Robot in the TV programme looked a lot more flimsy than this casting, but that is down to scale more than anything. Next stage was a white undercoat.
This does show the detail in the model, compared to the plain metal shot.
Get Robot
As part of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, there are going to be eleven short novels from famous authors covering (as you might have guessed) all eleven Doctors.
The series starts with the First Doctor and is set in 1900.
London, 1900. The First Doctor is missing both his hand and his granddaughter, Susan. Faced with the search for Susan, a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding Soul Pirates intent on harvesting human limbs, the Doctor is promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget…
I don’t know the First Doctor very well, but I did enjoy this story. Reading the reviews though seems to indicate that not everyone did.
Having painted the roof tiles on my ruined row of three houses, I did the same with the ruined row of four houses.
I gave the roof tiles a basecoat of Citadel Terracotta.
They still need more work.
Back in the 1990s Harlequin Miniatures produced a licensed range of 28mm metal miniatures and I bought back a few of the blisters, including the robot mummy.
Having had a look at what was actually in the box of miniatures I found I had four of them.
The next stage after cleaning the metal miniatures was to give them a white undercoat.
Then a basecoat of very light brown, or ivory.
I have added more detail to my Total Battle Miniatures 15mm ruined shop with passage.
The main addition was painting the roof tiles of the part of the roof that had fallen into the shop.
I will try giving the model a dark wash.
Having finished off the tracks on the Ironclad Miniatures Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank with Citadel Chaos Black, I gave the hull and turret a basecoat of Vallejo Middlestone.
As this is going to be a steam tank used in an Old West setting I decided to go with a desert theme, rather than the standard grey you often see with Victorian Science Fiction steam vehicles. Dry assembling the model it is starting to look the part.
Still, as you compare it with a 25mm Old West figure from Foundry it is quite big.
I want to ensure that there is a gap between the tracks and the hull, this I did think initially I would use some plasticard, but I couldn’t find anything suitable so I think I am going to have to use four five pence pieces
After undercoating the Total Battle Miniatures 15mm Ruined Café I started painting the basecoat.
I used a Tamiya acrylic.
I find you need to take your time with these kinds of resin castings as there are lots of pockets and casting holes that can be easily missed when painting the basecoat.
After realising I had not thought about the rear of the VSF Tunnelling Machine, I decided to paint it with a basecoat of Boltgun Metal.
When I first looked at the model I did initially think that the rear of the model was some kind of boiler so I was going to do it very dark. However upon reflection I think it is actually just the rear of the vehicle, what I thought was the firebox is in fact the rear access hatch.
I do like this model and think it certainly looks the part.
