Retro Games Workshop Books

There is a thread on the Lead Adventures Forum about the Games Workshop terrain and tanks books. 

This book was published in 1996. It covered Warhammer and 40K terrain and buildings.

This one was published in 2003. It added coverage of terrain suitable for Lord of the Rings as well as Warhammer and 40K.

The "How To Paint Citadel Tanks" was published in 2009.

T-55 Soviet Main Battle Tank

The Soviet T55 main battle Tank was  one of the first MBTs to be fielded, and is still in service with may armed forces.

 The Empress Miniatures model is supplied as a multi-part resin and white metal kit.

The model is easy to assemble, with the following notes. the turret plug was slightly too deep for the socket, I had to cut about 5mm off with a razor saw. There are some mould lines on the auxiliary fuel tanks which are difficult to remove.

I replaced the white metal hand rails on the turret with 0.7mm brass rod for durability (being clumsy).

I also added the Coax machine gun and the stub of the aerial using 1mm brass rod.

The fore and aft mud guards were reinforced with green stuff and milliput to keep them in place.

A tarpaulin was added to the rear of the turret and another was added to the two auxiliary tanks. Strapping from Slater's microstrip was added to the tanks.

The model was assembled into four block, the complete turret, the hull and the two track units. After masking the hull nd the track units, the whole thing was sprayed with Citadel Chaos Black.

The turret and hull were then sprayed with Humbrol 86 Light Olive from a can.

The tarpaulins and the mantlet were painted with Citadel Death World Forest and the whole thing dry brushed with Citadel Nurgling Green.

The tracks were painted (before adding to the hull) with a mix of Army painter Black, Army Painter Chaotic Red and Vallejo Black Grey using a wet palette. This was also used on the exhaust. The wheels were painted with Humbrol 86 Light Olive.

Numbers were added to the turret side from the Rubicon Soviet Tank decal set.

The straps were painted with Citadel Dryad Bark.

The tank was weathered using Humbrol Dark Earth Weathering Powders, hopefully held in place by a combination of Citadel Lahmian Medium, Agrax Earthshade and Army Painter Strong Tone.

More ruins for Frostgrave

 This is another of the Renedra Ruins (frame A). This is based on a Renedra oval base.

As supplied it is slightly longer than the base, so I cut the end of the wall off and rotated it by 90 degrees.

The gaps where the parts were cut off were filled with Milliput.

Platikote Rust Effect spray paint was used as a base coat toggle the surfaces some texture. It was then sprayed with Citadel Chaos Black.

The whole thing was dry brushed with Citadel Mechanicus Grey, followed by Citadel Terminatus Stone.

And here it is with some Gnolls.

The Gnoll Linebreaker skirts the ruin.

Gnoll Linebreaker with Great Sword

 So, as previously posted, I am building a unit of Gnoll Linebreakers for Oathmark

He has pauldrons from Anvil Industries and green stuff armour

The line breaker with  a Gnoll Soldier.

Oathmark Human Armies - alternative sources.

 When Frostgrave came out, I bought three boxes of Fireforge Deus Vult on a three for two offer.

I have sprue photographs here.

I recently bought the Medieval Archers and Foot Sergeants boxes (sprue photographs here).

The plan is to use them to build different human factions for Oathmark.

Oathmark Mini-Armies: Work In Progress

 My current plan is to build some mini-armies for Oathmark (based on the minimum points value suggested in the rules).

The first is an Elf Light Infantry army.

This is based on an entirely Elf Ranger army.

Yes, that is the entire army, four ranks plus stragglers.

They will need to keep their distance and hope their extended bow range can pick off their enemies before they can close.

The Elf Light Infantry box contains six ranks of figures, so there was enough figures left over for an alternative army list.

One rank of Rangers plus the stragglers are exchanged for a level one Spellcaster and a rank of Pathguard

It still looks like a tiny army.

This is the work in progress Gnoll mini-army. I still have two ranks of infantry to assemble.

Of course, getting this lot painted is another matter.

Oathmark - Frostgrave Human Soldier comparison

 On the Lead Adventure Forum there was a discussion on the relative sizes of the Frostgrave Soldiers and the Oathmark Human Infantry.

Here is a comparison shot of a Frostgrave Soldier and an Oathmark Human Infantryman.

I cannot see any major differences.

Gnoll Linebreakers for Oathmark

 

Bandit for Zona Alfa

One of the many threats facing parties exploring The Zone are Bandits. These fighters have a range of equipment but all have a bad attitude.

A member of the Crooked Dice Militia 2 as a Zone bandit.

One of the squad has not spotted the Bandit on the other side of the container.

With an Empress Modern figure for comparison.

The bandit is sneaking past the rat swarms.

 

T-55 Soviet Main Battle Tank

The T55 Main battle Tank was the Soviet Union's primary tank for a number of years, and was still in production (for export) after the T62 (its successor) ceased production.

This is the Empress Miniatures T55 model. It is a multi-part resin and white metal kit. The resin is a slightly yellowy white and seems to take superglue well.

It comes with loader and commander hatches, a DSHK machine gun, two rear fuel drums and white metal had rails for the turret.

I replaced the white metal had rails with 0.7mm brass rod.

I also added a coax machine gun from 1mm brass rod. 1mm brass rod was also used for the (stub) of the aerial.

I have still got to add some restraining straps on the fuel drums.

What is not shown is the plastic rod I have used to secure the unhitching beam.