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I mentioned in a previous post that I had got some Prussian reinforcements. As well as a blister of battlecruisers, I also got a blister of Hussar Gunships.
These are nice castings and there are three models in the blister.
Very cleanly cast. However no rear armament.
Here are the three Hussar Gunships.
After washing the resin, I will affix the turrets and give the models a white undercoat.
I finished the metallic basecoat of the Kingdom of Britannia Illustrious Class Sky Fortress.
The deck I will paint tan, so that when given a wash it will look like wood.
Having started to paint the Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor I finished off the base coat of Citadel Boltgun Metal.
The next stage will be a black wash.
I gave the Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruisers a white undercoat.
The next stage will be a basecoat of grey.
Really impressive detail on these models.
After washing the resin, I constructed the Dystopian Wars’ Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruisers.
Very simple to put together, as you only need to glue the turrets into place.
Having undercoated the Britannian Flyers the next stage was to paint the base coat. I have been thinking about the colour scheme for my two large Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia airborne models, the Illustrious Class Sky Fortress and the Eagle Class War Rotor.
I thought very early on that I didn’t want to follow the same colour scheme I had used for the naval vessels. They had a dark grey basecoat, followed by a dark brown wash and then successive light grey drybrushed onto the models. I was quite pleased with the end result.
The Illustrious and the Eagle though flew in the air, they did not sail in the sea. Even though the “fluff” from Dystopian Wars talks about a combined armed forces for the Kingdom of Britannia, I still liked the idea of a slightly separate naval air corps. I was inspired by a conversation I had with Simon about the current US Navy where the East Coast Atlantic Navy think the West Coast Pacific Navy are beach boys who can’t handle cold weather and are too relaxed, whilst the Pacific Navy think the Atlantic Navy need to loosen up and chill a bit! In a similar vein many in the British armed forces in 1914 thought that the Royal Flying Corps was full of crackpots and madmen.
I have this idea that though there are combined forces in the Kingdom of Britannia, there are still issues and there are those who command the naval ships thinking that those who fly about in the air are a little “weird” and not quite right in the head!
On the Spartan Community forums there are a fair few pictures of painted models, which have given me a few ideas.
Initially I did think about a camouflage scheme as used by the RAF in World War Two, light egg blue for the under surfaces and khaki and dark green two tone camouflage on the top surfaces. I then did consider using the RAF night camouflage, so with black under surfaces. However upon reflection I did wonder if this was too “modern” for Dystopian Wars and so went back to thinking.
I then remembered I really enjoyed reading The Ministry of Space comic
It is written and drawn in the style of Dan Dare and the Eagle Comics.
As a result I am now thinking bright shiny aluminium with aircraft markings. So for the basecoat I used Citadel Boltgun Metal.
Sitting atop the Konigsberg Class Battlecruiser’s conning tower is one of the most unusual weapons to be created by Prussian engineers – the Pattern V ‘Speerschleuder’. This strange device, believed to have originated from a secret Teutonic Order development, is a massive launcher that hurls an immense metal spear over vast distances. While the harpoon normally only causes superficial damage, its true value is as a focal point for Tesla weaponry subsequently fired at the unfortunate victim. The spear acts as a huge lightning rod, drawing the worst effects of the devastating Tesla bursts through itself and into the hapless target, multiplying their destructive power.
This is how the Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruisers look from the marketing material.
There are two models and they come in a single blister pack.
These are nice clean castings.
Not a lot of rear armament.
After constructing the Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor and the Illustrious Class Sky Fortress I gave the models a white undercoat using a Citadel White Skull spray can.
I also gave the two Doncaster bombers from the Naval Battle Group an undercoat too.
Eagle Class War Rotor Workbench
Illustrious Class Sky Fortress Workbench
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.
The Robot Mummy in the TV series was quite an aged light brown colour, certainly not white.
After painting them I started on their bases. The Robot Mummys in the TV series were running around a Victorian Gothic mansion in 1911 rather than the surface of Mars; so I decided to give them grassy temperate bases rather than Martian sand.
Here are all four.
Having cleaned the resin and metal parts I put the Eagle Class War Rotor I have for Dystopian Wars together.
Though the model did go together easily, there was quite a large gap in one of the wing roots, so I filled the gap with Green Stuff.
The next stage will be a white undercoat.
