Painting the Olympic Class Troop Transport

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!

Olympic Class Troop Transport

The Olympic Liner is one of the largest passenger ships ever created. Built at the Proctor & Mercer Shipyards in Middlesbrough, these impressive vessels have carried people over the seas in style since 1861. A main selling point is the advanced technological design, and claimed robustness of the ship’s hull. However, the outbreak of world war saw many of the Olympic Liners refitted to fulfil the role of a troop carrier. With its pioneering keel design, the Olympic Class Troop Transport cuts through the water at high speed, allowing it to efficiently deliver thousands of troops to war zones around the globe.

It comes in a blister and is a one piece resin model with metal masts. I gave the model a wash to remove any mould lubricant.

One of the things I did need to decide on was, did I paint it in “peacetime” colours, in a similar style to the promotional picture, or did I paint it in wartime colours (as on the datacard). In the end I decided to go with the civilian colours, black hull and white superstructure.

Olympic Class Troop Transport

Back in April Spartan Games showed off the Olympic Class Troop Transport for Dystopian Wars.

The Olympic Liner is one of the largest passenger ships ever created. Built at the Proctor & Mercer Shipyards in Middlesbrough, these impressive vessels have carried people over the seas in style since 1861. A main selling point is the advanced technological design, and claimed robustness of the ship’s hull. However, the outbreak of world war saw many of the Olympic Liners refitted to fulfil the role of a troop carrier. With its pioneering keel design, the Olympic Class Troop Transport cuts through the water at high speed, allowing it to efficiently deliver thousands of troops to war zones around the globe.

I remember thinking that would make a great model for various Dystopian War scenarios. I didn’t get one at the time, and thought no more of it.

Finding one recently though, I did buy it on impulse. It comes in a blister and is a one piece resin model with metal masts.

Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor

Dystopian Wars is a miniatures games from Spartan Games.

The Eagle Class War Rotor is a marvel of Her Majesty’s Flying Corps and the pride of any pilot that is granted the honour of captaining one. Years of engineering have gone into the development of this flying behemoth, and the utilisation of hybrid rotor driven propulsion and Sturginium-enhanced Anti-Gravitation generators allows thousands of tonnes of British steel to glide into the sky above the battlefield, much to the horror of its foes.

This is how it looks from the marketing material.

Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor

The model itself comes in a blister.

Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor Blister

It is a combined resin model with metal parts miniature.

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.

Dystopian Wars – Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

The Dystopian Wars is a miniatures games from Spartan Games. I have discussed my thoughts on this game in an earlier blog post.

Having decided that the Prussian Air Fortress was a definite purchase, I realised that I would also need an opponent and looking at the boxed sets, I decided to go with the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group.

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

In the box you get:

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

1 x Battleship
3 x Cruisers
9 x Frigates
2 x Bombers
10 x Resin Flying Tokens
2 x Acrylic Flight Stands
4 x A5 Token Sheets
Laminated Statistic Cards

This is how it looks from the marketing material, though this image includes the aircraft carrier which is not included in the Battle Group.

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

This is the resin you get in the box along with the metal bombers.

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

They are very clean castings.