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Dystopian Wars Airfield Set

Have worked on the models in the Dystopian Wars Airfield Set. Doing some more light washing and drybrushing.

Certainly now in a position to be used as scenery in a game.

Kingdom of Britannia Ruler Class Battleship

As with the frigates and the cruisers I gave the Ruler Class Battleship from the Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia, a wash of Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade. I did this to add shadow and shade and emphasise the decking.

I did consider painting parts of the model bronze or copper, to add a victorian science fiction feel, but in the end kept the model mostly grey to be more naval looking. Another thing I have seen on other peoples’ models is making elements of the model a glowing “cobalt” blue colour. I might do that if I go down the route of painting a Covenant of Antarctica naval force.

I think these models have an interesting design concept, but they’re not my favourite.

Next stage will be drybrushing.

Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank and Cowboys

Here is my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank from Ironclad Miniatures helping support two Dixon Miniatures cowboys.

See how the Steam Tank was painted.

More photographs of the Steam Tank.

See the Old West Miniatures Gallery.

Washing the Frigates

I gave the models a wash of Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade. I decided against painting the decks of the Attacker Class Frigates as these are very small models and the decking was quite fiddly to paint.

As you can see I have stuck three onto each wooden stick for ease of painting.

This is a very quick method of adding shadow and shade to the models.

Washing the Tribal Class Cruisers

Having painted the decks of the Kingdom of Britannia Tribal Class Cruisers.

I gave the models a wash of Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade.

The wash helps to add shade and shadow and emphasise the decking.

Old West Steam Tank

Having finished painting my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank (from Ironclad Miniatures) that I will be using in an Old West setting, I took some photographs of it in my desert terrain.

See the workbench feature on how I painted the Steam Tank.

Prussian Empire – Dystopian Wars

Here are the first models I have painted (and completed) for Dystopian Wars. Here is the Prussian Empire Blucher Class Dreadnought, probably passing too close to a bunker complex.

Here are some Arminius Class Frigates passing the same bunker!

The bunker model is a 1/300th scale model from Snapdragon Studio.

Here is a close up of one of my Arminius Class Frigates.

More frigates.

Here are the Arminius Class Frigates alongside the Blucher Class Dreadnought.

More photographs of the Blucher Class Dreadnought.

See my Dystopian Wars Workbench, to see how I painted these models and what else I am painting.

Prussian Empire Blucher Class Dreadnought

Here are some shots of my finished Prussian Empire Blucher Class Dreadnought in “water”.

I used some full colour print outs of water textures, printed on glossy photo paper using a standard home inkjet printer.

The scenery is from Snapdragon Studios and is an 1/300th SF Bunker, but seems to fit in quite well.

See the full workbench feature on the Prussian Empire Blucher Class Dreadnought for Dystopian Wars.

Painting the Decks

After giving the models in the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group their basecoat, I painted the decks of the battleship and the cruisers. For the decks I used Citadel Base: Zandri Dust.