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Robot

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.

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Robot Mummy

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.

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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