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Steam Tank

The military might in the Victorian era was enhanced with powerful steam tanks.

I recently wrote an article on adding Science Fiction elements to Old West gaming, SteamPunk Old West. I wanted some vehicles to go with the Old West miniatures I was painting. Looking at the resin models from Ironclad miniatures, one that did catch my eye was one of the steam tanks. It comes in a variety of pieces.

This is a very clean casting. There are not many parts and this dry run shows it was very easy to put together. I am thinking about adding more details to the model.

The first task was to wash the resin, to remove any remaining mould lubricant.

Tunnelling Machine

Thinking about possible scenarios, the idea of gold mines came to me. So decided to purchase the model. Very much a Jules Verne style model it was still looked very much like it would fit into the old west environment.

It was a very clean casting and there weren’t too many pieces either.

The first task was to wash the resin, to remove any remaining mould lubricant.

Kingdom of Britannia Illustrious Class Sky Fortress

High above the waves the Illustrious Class Sky Fortress gracefully glides into battle, held aloft by six gigantic manoeuvring rotors and the Royal Engineering Corps’ most advanced Sturginium Gravitation Generators. But do not let the majestic soaring fool you, this is a beast born for war, with a host of deadly and devastating weapons that it brings to the fight. It can pummel you with turret fire while deadly squadrons of fighters and fighter bombers launch, ready to bring even more death and destruction to the fray. Illustrious is the name of this model, but its enemies may perhaps rename it to Infamous once they’ve felt its wrath in battle.

This is how it looks from the marketing material.

The model itself comes in a blister.

The first stage will be washing the resin model and giving it a white undercoat.

Prussian Empire Pflicht Class Scoutships

Prussian Empire engineers love the classic zeppelin shape and have made extensive use of the gas powered blimp shape throughout the military. So what does this machine of war bring to the gaming table? Well a powerful aft bomb, fore Tesla coils and broadside weapons that hit out to Range Band 2.

This is how it looks from the marketing material.

The two models come in a blister pack.

The first stage will be washing the resin models and giving them a white undercoat.

Prussian Empire Arminius Class Frigates

The Dystopian Wars is a miniatures games from Spartan Games.

The Prussian Frigate is a simple ship with a single turret and aft Tesla weapons. Squadrons of Frigates are often used to screen larger ships, combine their fire against enemy ships, and sometimes chase down vessels that have submerged below the ocean waves.

This is how it looks from the marketing material.

There are six models and they come in a single blister pack.

The first stage will be washing the resin models and giving them a white undercoat.

15mm Ruins

These 15mm ruins are from Ironclad Miniatures.

You could use them on infantry bases for Flames of War, but like a lot of people, I am not a great fan of moving walls and ruins that travel across the battlefield.

I will probably make up some ruined buildings to use alongside the Total Battle Miniatures ruins I have and the Flames of War non-ruined buildings.

Dystopian Wars Airfield Set

This set contains three medium-sized hangers, two zeppelin towers and one communications building.

This was very much an impulse buy, but I was inspired recently by some Dystopian Wars pictures that I recently posted to the blog.

As with virtually all Dystopian Wars castings these are very clean and no flash.

15mm Ruined Café

I already have two of the ruined buildings from the Total Battle Miniatures range of Western Europe 15mm buildings. I was lucky enough to get two more for my birthday from Simon, thank you. He gave me the ruined cafe and ruined shop with passage. This photograph is from the manufacturer.

The ruined cafe is a really nice building and comes complete with some “pavement” out the front that would have been used with tables and chairs.

It’s a nice casting with clean detail and looks very effective.

I will probably use a similar method to the one I used with the other ruins. After washing the resin I will give the model a white undercoat and then use a combination of washing and drybrushing to bring out the detail.

15mm Ruined Shop with Passage

I already have two of the ruined buildings from the Total Battle Miniatures range of Western Europe 15mm buildings, the ruined three houses and ruined four houses. I was lucky enough to get two more for my birthday from Simon, thank you. He gave me the ruined cafe and ruined shop with passage.

The ruined shop with passage is a nice model, though because it is ruined, you wouldn’t realise that there was a passage.

This is the photograph from the manufacturer.

And here is the unruined version.

It’s a nice casting with clean detail and looks very effective.

The first stage after washing the resin will be to remove the mould lubricant and then clean the flash from the casting, especially the windows and the doors.

Painting the Stompa

I have started to paint the bodywork of my Ork Stompa.

I am going for a predominantly red colour scheme, but I am using various shades of red and some brown for the effect. I am aiming to have something in the end which will be similar to the GW paintjob as I showed in my previous blog post.

See the workbench feature on the Ork Stompa.