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This is the 28mm Ironclad Miniatures Steam Tank.
More photographs of the model.
A step by step guide to how the Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank was painted.
I wrote an article on adding Science Fiction elements to Old West gaming, SteamPunk Old West which included steam tanks.
Here is my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank from Ironclad Miniatures from a recent game.
Alongside them are some Foundry Darkest Africa miniatures from Simon’s collection.
We didn’t use the steam tank as a model in the game, merely as scenery.
I am thinking about how I can create rules for the steam tank for the Legends of the Old West rules. I have been looking at the tank rules in The Great War rules and I think that they could work with a little work. My main concern is that the weapons usually found in the old west probably weren’t able to do much damage to a VSF steam tank and therefore as well as rules for the steam tank, I also need to think about some steampunk weapons for those fighting against the steam tank.
Though I am sure an Elephant Gun might be able to do some damage…
See how the Steam Tank was painted. More photographs of the Steam Tank. See the Old West Miniatures Gallery.
Here are some more photographs of my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank from Ironclad Miniatures, with helping support from two Old West figures.
See how the Steam Tank was painted. More photographs of the Steam Tank. See the Old West Miniatures Gallery.
Here is my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank from Ironclad Miniatures helping support two Dixon Miniatures cowboys.
See how the Steam Tank was painted.
More photographs of the Steam Tank.
See the Old West Miniatures Gallery.
Having finished painting my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank (from Ironclad Miniatures) that I will be using in an Old West setting, I took some photographs of it in my desert terrain.
See the workbench feature on how I painted the Steam Tank.
I painted the wooden hull, with Flat Earth (983). I am trying to get a polished teak effect.
I will now paint the metal bands around the hull, before giving the “teak” a wash.
The drill and rear hatch were a little too new and shiny, so I gave both areas a wash of Citadel Shade: Nuln Oil.
This dulls down the brightness of the Bolt Gun Metal.
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.
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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.
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).