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One of the nice parts of previous seasons of the new Doctor Who were the associated commentaries available to download (as a podcast). I use to listen to them a day or two after watching the episode and get a real insight into how the episode was made. It certainly explained the effort, skill and work put into the series by the Doctor Who team.
With the new season of Doctor Who, there doesn’t appear to be any commentaries, that’s a pity.
I was lucky enough to get for one Christmas a few years back two packs of Foundry Old West Outlaws (thank you Simon).
Here are three of the Outlaws based and undercoated with a white undercoat.
Have a look at my Old West miniatures Gallery.
At GamesDay 2008 as GW showed off their new plastic modular display boards, one model slightly overshadowed it; Colin Grayson’s HUGE BIG Ork Gun.
Slightly comical in some respects.
This was the rear of the Ork vehicle that was towing it.
See the front of the vehicle.
Photograph taken at GamesDay 2008. To see more pictures from GamesDay 2008 have a look at my GamesDay 2008 Gallery.
When I am using GW flying bases I usually like to “flock” the main base and only keep the stand the clear plastic.
For these I used some resin pieces from one of the scenery boxes. I will then use GW sand to flock the base. After that I will paint the base before drybrushing and adding extra scenic features.
One of the highlights of GamesDay 2009 for me was the fantastic Ork Shanty Town display that Forge World did. There were many of the new Forge World models including the excellent Mega Dread.
I really like this model, which combined with Killa Kans and Dreadnoughts gives the Orks a variety of walkers that you would expect to find in their forces. Mine is well under way and I used it (in an undercoated state) in a recent game.
On the community feed I came across this excellent Chaos Brass Scorpion.
Well painted and nicely different yet similar to the Forge World painted version.
One of the highlights of GamesDay 2009 for me was the fantastic Ork Shanty Town display that Forge World did. They used various models to make the scenery. In this photograph Forge World have constructed an Ork garage.
So this is where they build those Trukks.
A very nice piece of modelling.
Death Korps of Krieg Leman Russ Main Battle Tank and Leman Russ Demolisher fighting during the Siege of Vraks.
This is from the amazing Siege of Vraks diorama by Forge World.
See more photographs of the Imperial Guard Leman Russ Battle Tank.
You can see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
Having made the chassis, the next stage was adding the superstructure.
Still kept the model separate for painting purposes.
Another view.
This is how it looks with the provided turret, though I have decided not to use the turret with the model.
Though in the above photographs it looks like the wheels and tracks are fixed, I kept them unstuck so that the model would be easier to paint.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Battlewagon.
See photographs of completed Ork Battlewagons from various shows.
Fair bit of interest following my posting of the Doctor Who trailer and the World War Two British Army Dalek.
Well here’s a picture of another!
They appear in the third episode to be broadcast on the 17th April entitled Victory of the Daleks.
Not going to post any other information that I have (accidently) seen, as I don’t like spoilers. This though looks like it could be a fun episode and certainly one with plenty of gaming potential.