fu_manchu Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 A short background to mine, which is pretty much just going to be painting a block of resin. Due to the insurgency, sponsored by the British Empire, that continues to grow in the Persian and Afghan regions, the Hanseatic League has had to considerably strengthen its forces in the region to protect its valuable Caspian Sea resources. Early in this engagement it was discovered that airship overflights and arming the local forces alone were not enough to control scattered villages and settlements. Initial Hansa-League ground troops, carrier out on lightly armed steam-scout vehicles, were falling victim to long range sniping from British electric-charged Martini's, secretly supplied to the rebels for downing airships. Due to the weight limit on transport airships, the most rapid mechanism of supporting the League on the ground until the larger Maus Steam-tanks could arrive by sea, was identified as by deploying counter-insurgency Leopards. These are more typically deployed in the control of the Scottish colonies where the nimble single wheel steering enable the Leopards to move in the inner cities of the colonies regional center with impunity, there steam boilers being readily topped up by local water sources. Whilst the Leopards are relatively lightly armed, their copper and iron structure is proof against the more traditional Martini-Henry's used by the insurgents and capable of stopping electric-charges when targeted from over 1km away. Provision exists for in-theatre upgrading, adding additional bronze bar-armour that prevents the attachment of clockwork detonation charges. Their main limitations are the constant need to supply water to the high-pressure boilers, frequently requiring water supply vehicles to operate over long distances.
Iain Ogilvie Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Sounds like a fiendishly clever design, we look forward to further progress: just take care with that high pressure steam! Iain
fu_manchu Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 Hello Finally got this out of the packaging today and took a few snaps. Primarily a large block of resin, this will be more of a painting exercise than anything. There were quiet a few rivets missing, I have stuck a few on that I have punched out with my die set, I have had to layer a couple of them on top of each other as the resin ones are quite prominent. Hopefully I will have some initial primer on this later to check for further flaws The bits: Dry fitted: Ian
Deon Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 Thats a great design, although it might get a little wobbly going uphill!
fu_manchu Posted March 3, 2012 Author Posted March 3, 2012 probably true.... Primer and base coat of copper are on, I will post some pics in the next couple of days. ian
fu_manchu Posted March 4, 2012 Author Posted March 4, 2012 Basic painting of the body done: I still need to weather it all in and do the wheels and small detail, so quite a bit of work ahead. Cheers Ian
Iain Ogilvie Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 I say Sir, looking jolly spiffing there what! Iain
fu_manchu Posted March 28, 2012 Author Posted March 28, 2012 Hello This one is done. When I get chance I will take some more pics against a more scenic background. Cheers! Ian
rkennerley Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 that looks great i would love to see a division of them coming over the hill to attack
Deon Posted May 6, 2012 Posted May 6, 2012 Fabulous model, weathered and all - I love the tinted windows.
cjhm Posted May 10, 2012 Posted May 10, 2012 Super model Agree with Deon on the windows, they set off the metalwork just right
Bertie McBoatface Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) A land ironclad - terror of the troopers. It's very sweet for a weapon of destruction, rather like a pram going to war! How big is it, I can't form any impression of scale? Edited June 13, 2012 by per ardua ad ostentationem
Deon Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 If you havent already, could you pop some pics into the gallery
fu_manchu Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 A land ironclad - terror of the troopers. It's very sweet for a weapon of destruction, rather like a pram going to war! How big is it, I can't form any impression of scale? Hi It's about 80mm long, i think it is approx 1/64 scale. Regards Ian
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