Super hero Characters - Hasslefree Miniatures

At Salute I picked up a number of Hasslefree figures.

Two of them are in the process of being painted up for super hero games.

The first is the white metal version of Mythic Helen (it should be for sale soon). This is being painted up as techno-magic alien.

The shield and shield arm are one piece, so the shield is not quite the shape I wanted, but it will be easier to paint.

The second is another techno-magic alien using the Hasslefree Elf Dev.

I did round off the ears a bit.

Still lots of painting to do.

HLBS British Ferret armoured Car

At Salute this year I bought an HLBS Ferret armoured car from Empress Miniatures.

Almost all of the kit is in resin, there is a brass machine gun barrel. There are options to build the armoured car or the turret less reconnaissance car.

Building

Evening light

TTCombat - Streets of Venice

TTCombat has a range of building under the Streets of Venice brand. Unlike Sarissa and other laser cut MDF, it is not scaled for the heroic 28mm end of the scale but is more suited to the larger 32-40mm figure sizes.

They are also remarkably cheap compared to other manufacturers.

I thought I would try one of their Streets of Venice range as a test building for Malifaux.

Having assembled it (without adding the window shutters), I undercoated it with Halfords grey spray primer. The building has a removable roof and upper floor. The rear walls can also be removed.

I masked the windows from the outside and sprayed the interior with Citadel Corax White spray.

Once dry, I masked the windows on the inside and sprayed the ground floor (and the roof - which acted as a mask for the interior) first with an ancient can of Citadel Roughcoat textured paint, second with Halfords red spray primer,

I then attached the roof to the first floor and sprayed the first floor with the Citadel Roughcoat followed by Citadel Zandri Dust spray.

The roof was then given a final coat of Citadel Roughcoat.

That gave the building its initial base colours.

Shown here with Malifaux  Tuco, Punk Zombie and Anna Lovelace,

As you can see, the doorway is a good match to the Malifaux figures.  Anna's base is slightly larger than the doorway which might lead to some disputes.

The Wild West Exodus figures are also much larger than 28mm and as you can see here, Doc Holliday could easily walk through the door without ducking.

William Killian looks tiny in that doorway.

As the rear walls are removable, I thought that would be the best testbed for painting the building, if it went wrong I could just spray over it with minimal masking.

The quoins and the window frames are painted with Citadel Rakash Flesh.

The bricks/tiles are painted individually using a wet palette and Vallejo Black, Hull Red, Burnt Cadmium Red and Red Leather. It does need some mortar added between the blocks.

TTCombat - Sandstorm Dwelling

TTCombat do a range of MDF buildings including the new SF-Utopia Sandstorm range.

I bought the SFU-51 Sandstorm Dwelling at Salute. The building is simple to construct (the instructions are available here). However I seem to have had trouble getting the joints to close correctly. The dome is an MDF frame with a card cover, and that did not join up smoothly. So it was out with the milliput (I have spotted two joints I still need to fill).

The building is hollow, but without a bottom. There is no lift off rod (the dome is separate).

There is one large door (I have removed the door itself but there is a solid panel behind it - I will paint that black later).

I still need to sand the milliput.

Still some work to go on this, and that is before I spray it with textured paint.

Wild West Exodus - Jesse James

Wild West Exodus is a Steampunk/Magical variant of the Wild West, mixing real historical characters (some slightly obfuscated) with aliens and magic.

Beyond watching the films, I know very little about the history of the "Old West", but most of it is not pleasant.

However this is fiction, so on with the figures.

I bought the "Gunfight at Red Oak" starter set at Salute, earlier I have shown the "finished" figures of Doc Holliday and Frank James.

This is the WWX figure of Jesse James armed with two pistols that cannot decide whether they are revolvers or automatics. Jesse also appears to have two bionic arms. There is probably a story about that.

The WWX figures are large, I measured the Doc Holliday figure, he is about 38mm tall.
I might run another shade/wash over his hair.

This was not an easy figure to paint, the posture is difficult, no idea on the colour scheme and the face is almost entirely obscured.

I do like the effect on the cape.

A small part of the James gang, Jesse with his brother Frank.

Wild West Exodus - K9 Gun Dogs Automata

I have finally assembled the K9 Gun Dog Automata from the Gunfight at Red Oak starter set.

Each has two heads each but there are only three weapon options between the two figures (not shown).

Dog one.

Dog two.

All four dogs with Doc Holliday.

Crooked Dice HMMWV/Brave Warrior

I have painted the Crooked Dice HMMWV as a Chinese PLA Mengshi 4x4.

 Decals are from the Rubicon Soviet sheet (I have not painted the 8-1 text on the star).

An Empress PLA infantryman for scale.

Rubicon Citroen 11CV car

The Rubicon Citroen 11CV is a 1/56 scale multipart kit. It is supplied in a robust cardboard box.

The vehicle is a staple for film and television programs based in occupied Europe (my most recent sightings have been in the Belgian series 'Salamander' and the Spanish series 'El Ministerio del Tiempo')

The parts are cleanly cast with under frame detail (including the exhaust) and require minimal clean up. I washed them with kitchen scouring cream just because that is how I clean all resin kits.

Unlike many resin kits, it is supplied with a full instruction sheet with some background information and a decal sheet (containing both French and German registrations).

It has two sets of head lamps, the original civilian type and a set of black out style lights for military users. I decided to use the civilian lights.

Marshall Zhukov (Rubicon figure) for scale.

Perry Miniatures Kubelwagen for scale.

The Perry Miniatures Kubelwagen is notably smaller than the Bolt Action one..

Crooked Dice Buggy - part one

At Salute I also bought one of the Crooked Dice buggies, the one with the rear engine.

Not shown is the driver figure.

Crooked Dice Tortuga Truck - part four

Making haste slowly, the cab unit and load bed have now been added to the chassis.

Rear view.

William Killian for scale.

Front view

Spectre SUV for scale comparison.

 An Empress Chechnya infantry man.

 Firing from the load bed.

Of course the load area and cab roof has not been glued into place.

I have also added the fuel tanks.

Walking Dead: Prelude to Woodbury

The Walkers from the Prelude to Woodbury set.

The Walking Dead: Made To Suffer Casting

As readers of The Walking Dead comic, and players/owners of The Walking Dead: All Out War expansion Made To Suffer know, there is an episode involving the use of a US Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

The expansion has a two dimensional card representation that you can use, but as most people are using 3D terrain, what is available?

Empress Miniatures do a range of 1/50 scale armoured vehicles, which includes the M2/M3 Bradley.

I do not own one, but I do own one of their similarly sized British Warrior Mechanised Combat Vehicles (aka MCV-80 or FV-510).

It is an imposing sight on the table, but is a lot smaller than the cardboard one.

I did measure the card one and it is close to 1/35 scale.

Wild West Exodus - Gunfight At Red Oak Starter Set: Frank James

So I have finished the second human figure from the Gunfight at Red Oak starter set, Frank James.

He is armed with a rifle called Sophie.

Like Doc Holliday, he is classed as a "Face", a named individual able to act on his own.  Unlike Doc, he can be upgraded to a Boss in his own right.

Painting straps is not fun.

 Things look bad for Doc!

 A scale comparison, William looks positively tiny, the tall bases do not help.