Wargames Atlantic Great War British

 So the next addition from Wargames Atlantic is the Great War British.

The box is double depth to accommodate the six sprues.

Each sprue builds five figures, two standing and one kneeling.

There are sufficient heads on each sprue to build all of them with helmets, helmets with gas masks, helmets with covers, pith helmets, and caps.

An interesting design decision is that, contrary to current practice, most of the rifles are separate. Each rifle is paired with a left arm but there does appear to be a shortage of right arms.

There is one Lewis gun and an assortment of ammunition.

German Infantryman for A War Transformed

 As mentioned previously, I had picked up a box of Wargames Atlantic Great War Germans for use in the forthcoming Osprey Games "A War Transformed".

North Star published an article about painting World War 1 figures for A War Transformed which I found useful.

The figure is based on a Rendra 25mm round base, smoothed in with Milliput and a layer of Woodland Scenics fine cinder ballast added over PVA glue.

It was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray. For painting a lot of them, I will probably give them a sprayed base coat of either Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey or Army Painter Uniform Grey. For this single figure it was painted with Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey. This was highlighted with a mix of Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey and Army Painter Stone Golem.

The gloves and mask are Citadel Steel Legion Drab.

The rifle wood work, grenade handle and parts of the entrenching tool are Citadel Rhinox Hide. 

The pouches, belt and boots are Citadel Dryad Bark.

The Bread Bag was Citadel Tarth Flesh.

The helmet was first painted Citadel Zandri Dust, then patches of Citadel Rhinox Hide and Citadel Death World Forest were added.

Metal work (rifle, bayonet and grenade head) were painted Vallejo Black Grey then dry brushed with Army Painter Stone Golem.

The lens surrounds of the gas mask were given a re coat of Vallejo Black Grey, then the lenses were first filled with Humbrol Matt White then Citadel Warpstone Glow.

Everything was given a light dry brush with Citadel Terminatus Stone.

The mask, helmet, boots, gloves, bread bag and woodwork was given a wash of Citadel Agrax Earthshade/

The photographs were taken fairly early in the morning and had a distinct bluish cast that was corrected via software, some untreated photographs are below.

The Doomed - first war band

 The Doomed is a recently released Osprey Games hard cover wargame. It is advertised as a "quick-playing, rules-light war-game".

Players build war bands that hunt Horrors on an abandoned world.

There are no "official" figures, however the recently released North Star Scavengers box set contains some suitable figures.

My first war band is based on the Inheritor Courts list.
Sheriff + Slugger + Maul

The body is from the Scavenger set, the head from the Mercenaries set. The slugger is actually a grenade launcher and the maul hand is a repurposed grenade arm.

Pathfinder+Slugger+Maul

Again a Scavenger body, Mercenary head and a grenade launcher as a slugger.

Legionnaire + Thunder gun 

All from the Scavengers set.

Champion+Ancestral Blade+Slugger

Scavenger body, Mercenary head and arms from the Frostgrave Soldiers set.

Group shot.

Stargrave Scavengers

 Recently North Star has released a set of multi-part plastic figures for Stargrave (though they are usable in a number of different games).

Supplied in the normal box, there are four identical sprues building twenty miniatures with bases to match.

The bodies have long coats (dusters?) and the heads have a very mixed appearance. There is only one gas mask heads per sprue.

There are also four "zombie" heads and two pairs of matching arms.

Heroics and Ros 6mm Modern British

 Way back in 2019 I bought a number of items from Heroics and Ros at Colours.

Four years later I thought I would base some of the figures.

While the Challenger and Challenger 2 rules from way back when used rectangular bases, I thought I would see what the figures looked like on circular bases.

A strip of H&R M12 Modern British and a Renedra 20mm circular base.

For rules such as PSC's NORTHAG, a base contains four figures. Four figures from the strip, GPMG and three riflemen, were cut off and glued to the base.

The figure bases were smoothed in by the traditional application of Milliput.

Once set, it was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black.

The base was painted with Humbrol 29 Earth Brown.

The figures were painted with Citadel Karak Stone. The flesh was painted with Citadel Bugman Glow.

Citadel Death World Forest and Steel Legion Drab was applied as stripes, mainly on the helmets.

The barrels of the rifles and the GPMG were painted black.

Citadel Agrax Earthshade was then applied.

Woodlands Scenics Burnt Grass Turf was then glued to the base.

Wargames Atlantic Great War Germans

 Wargames Atlantic have a slowly increasing range of Great War multi part/multi-pose figures.

With the imminent release of A War Transformed from Osprey Games, I picked up a box of the Germans.

Each sprue contains six bodies (five standing, one kneeling).

There is a good selection of heads on the sprue, enough to fit all figures with the same heads

There is a selection of weapons, rifles, machine pistols, pistols (including Mauser broom Handles) and a machine gun.

Crooked Dice Bot

 In Crooked Dice's Colony-87 range is a 'Bot Trader and two items of merchandise.

This is the first one painted.

This is a small, non-threatening style utility 'bot. It has one full spectrum scanner and a second ultrasound scanner. The 'hands' are coated with a synthetic rubber coating with embedded feedback devices for precise and reliable operation.

The figure was based on a 30mm lipped base to match the other Spacegrave/5PFH figures, the gaps filled with Milliput and a layer of Woodland Scenics fine cinder ballast.

The figure was undercoated with Citadel Corax White spray.

The base was painted with Citadel Zandri Dust.

The ultrasonic scanner and the hands were painted with MIG Rubber and Tyres.

The figure was then washed with Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade.

This might be an objective or just a pice of mobile scenery.