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Having finished the Ruler Class Battleship I then finished off the remaining ships in the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group. First were the Tribal Class Cruisers.
Here are the finished three cruisers.
I am basically finished with these ships and they are ready to use in games.
I have four metal models from this range that I bought some time ago, not sure if that was the only ones I bought or if I have merely mislaid and lost the others…. I thought I had ten, but there are only four.
The first stage will be to clean the casting and base them. I will then be following this painting guide from Foundry.
Having washed the Ruler Class Battleship from the Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia the next stage was drybrushing the bring out the detail and weathering.
The weathering didn’t quite work out as well as I thought it would. I was using a Citadel Shade to add rust and oil, and it appeared to “bleed” the paint underneath.
I am basically finished with these ships and they are ready to use in games. I would like to add some masts, rigging and flags, but not sure if they would work in this scale and be robust enough for gaming with.
This model is an original Grendel casting from the 1990s, part of a wider range of Egyptian models and scenery.
This model is an original casting from the 1990s.
There are three resin pieces. This is a nice casting, with lots of detail and sculptured weathering.
Still available if you want to buy one.
The Olympic Liner is one of the largest passenger ships ever created, these impressive vessels have carried people over the seas in style since 1861.
I gave the hull was given a basecoat of Citadel Chaos Black.
I then decided to add a dark red to the hull where it (in theory) would be under the waterline. Similar to the marketing shots for the model.
Check out the workbench feature on the Olympic Class Troop Transport.
Check out the Dystopian Wars workbench.
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.
After much consideration I did in the end get a German Armoured Train for Flames of War, well an armoured locomotive to begin with.
Though they were not used on the Western Front (as far as I am aware) it is my intention to use it against British (and American) tanks. Then again I might just get in a few Soviet tanks for a quick game.
As with most Battlefront models the kit contains resin with metal parts for the details. The engine and tender are two resin parts with the front, the funnel and the wheels in metal.
Next stage will be washing the resin, and cleaning the castings before constructing the engine.
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.
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.
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.