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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.
I gave the four models I had, after undercoating, a basecoat of Vallejo Ivory (918).
After that I brushed over the models a watered down brown wash.
The rear view.
This was to “age” the bandages.
After “washing” the Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank from Ironclad Miniatures I gave it a relatively light drybrush.
I used a combination of Vallejo Middlestone and a mix of Middlestone (882) and Ivory (918), and a large brush.
Now a side view.
Here is the Steam Tank alongside a Foundry Gunfighter.
See the full workbench feature on the Ironclad Miniatures Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank.
I finished painting the Emmet Gates model.
I gave the model a wash using Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade. This was to darken the base colours, add shadow and shade.
At this stage I could drybrush or highlight, but I quite like the finish at this time, so I think I will leave himas is. The next stage will be the base.
The main part of the Ironclad Miniatures Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank model was then given a wash of Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade.
There are some quite large flat blank areas on the model, as a result the wash hasn’t worked as well as I would have liked. However these areas will be slightly covered with the tracks and the turret.
See the full workbench feature on the Ironclad Miniatures Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank.
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.
There are six models in all, and they come in a blister pack. The first stage was washing the resin models and giving them a white undercoat and gluing them to wooden sticks (for easier painting).
I then gave them a basecoat of slightly thinned Tamiya Grey.
The next stage was to give the models a wash of Citadel Shade: Nuln Oil. This was to both darken the model and add shade and shadows.
Check out the Dystopian Wars Workbench.
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.
Having washed the resin model I affixed the metal masts. This was quite challenging as they need to be leaning in a particular direction and the “hole” is quite small.
After giving the models a white undercoat, I painted the superstructure with Vallejo Ivory (918). Not sure at this point about how to paint the windows.
The hull was given a basecoat of Citadel Chaos Black, I wasn’t very neat!
Painting the decks of my Prussian Blucher Class Dreadnought for the Dystopian Wars reminded me why I never liked making Airfix ship models as a kid and why I don’t usually play naval wargames in the first place! Painting ships is really fiddly, especially the decks!
I painted the decks with Vallejo Tan Yellow (912).
The next stage was to give the decks a wash of Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade.
I did wonder if I ought to add any metallic, as in copper or bronze parts to the model. The stats for the model include the Tesla Coils and there is the prow of the ship too. Or do I keep it more traditional naval, in both colour and appearance? If you look at the marketing picture for the model, it is quite “normal” in appearance with minimal shiny bits!
Having given my Steam Tank model a basecoat, I drybrushed the tracks with Boltgun Metal.
Once I have finished painting the model I will add some weathering to the tracks. Simon did point out that he felt the tracks on the tank were a little “flat” and I have to agree with him. You really need proper linked tracks with this kind of model, and especially one at this scale. The tracks on the Tunneller are much better for example. Maybe a potential conversion project for later (or on another model of the Steam Tank).
This set contains three medium-sized hangers, two zeppelin towers and one communications building.
This was very much one of those impulse buys, saw it, decided to get a blister, rather than buy something else, or something useful. I was inspired recently by those Dystopian Wars pictures that I posted to the blog.
You get two very nice looking airship towers. These are stone and steel towers that can be used to moor your airships, so perfect for the Prussians.
You also get a radar tower.
Not sure if they would have radar, even in a technologically advanced Victorian society, as we find in the Dystopian Wars, but then again, there is this model.
In the blister are also three aircraft hangars, big enough for fighters, but too small for the big bombers you can get.
As with virtually all Dystopian Wars castings these are very clean and no flash.
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.
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.
These are very small models, but are very well detailed.
Check out the Dystopian Wars Workbench.
