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Basecoat for the Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank

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

Victorian SF Tunnelling Machine

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.

So, just how big are they…

I am in the process of painting my Ironclad Miniatures’ Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank and Tunnelling Machine. In case you were wondering, they are 25-28mm scale models. Here they are next to a Foundry gunfighter.

As you can see they are quite large.

Painting Tracks

I started painting the tracks on my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank with Chaos Black.

The reason they are half done is that I needed to hold onto one end as I painted them.

The plan is to then drybrush them with Boltgun Metal. They are not attached in the photograph, this will make it easier to paint the hull.

Choctaw Charley

Still painting my Foundry Gunfighters, this is Choctaw Charley.

Tracks

Though I painted the drill on my VSF Tunnelling Machine with a basecoat of Boltgun Metal, for the tracks I decided to use my usual method of a black basecoat. Like the tracks this was quite a challenging area to ensure it was fully painted.

This will then be drybrushed with Boltgun Metal.

Painting the drill

Having undercoated my Ironclad Miniatures Victorian Science Fiction Tunnelling Machine, I painted the drill using Boltgun Metal.

This is a different process to the way I would usually paint something like this. Normally I would give the metal parts a black undercoat and then drybrush with Boltgun Metal. This time I am intending to use a black wash.

This is quite a difficult part to paint, as due to the design it is very easy to miss bits as you paint. I found rotating across the three dimensions certainly helped avoiding missing bits with the paint.