Labours of Hercules - A Sherman VC part two

The Nemean Lion had impenetrable golden fur, Hercules slays the lion by (sources vary) shooting it in the mouth or beating it to death with his club. Hercules wears the pelt as armour.

So, this is the build of a Warlord Games Sherman VC as "Hercules", the slayer of big cats.

So since the last post, I have added some additional track to the hull and the turret. I bought another Rubicon German Stowage set and added one long and one short length of Panther track to the hull side.

Additional pieces of Panzer IV track has been added in front of the headlights.

A short length of Panther track was added to the right side of the turret.

I also removed the existing gun travel lock and replaced it with a travel lock from a Rubicon Sherman I Hybrid kit. It is not correct for a Firefly, but is better than the moulded on version. I added the cross piece from Slaters Microstrip. It does not match the shape of the Rubicon Firefly travel lock but does match the outline of the original.

The tow cable was shortened and replacement Rubicon end pieces added. The white posts on the turret are the fixing points for bags for the turret crew's kit bags (to be made from Greenstuff).

 Two more kit bag posts.

The commander's hatch still needs to be assembled and a suitable crewman added. Soft stowage also needs to be sculpted.

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Snake Men - the first two.

Here are the first two Snake Men assembled.

They need basing (and slightly better focus).

Rubicon Commonwealth Tank Crew.

At Salute Rubicon had their new Commonwealth plastic tank crew.

The set comes on two sprues and has a comprehensive instruction leaflet.

Now to actually assemble a crew man for Hercules.

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Snake Men

The second multi-pose plastic figures set for Ghost Archipelago are the Snake Men.

The box contains four sprues containing components for five Snake Men.

The weapons selection comprise two handed, hand weapons, crossbows and bows. There are a large number of head options.

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Sailors

At Salute I also bought the box set of multi-pose sailors for Ghost Archipelago.

Now, what am I going to build with them?

Spiral Arm Studios - Broken infantry

Spiral Arm Studios released their Broken infantry set last year.

The set comprises four sprues building six figures.

There are a lot of options, but the article "Which arms fit what weapons?" will help.

My plan is to use them to build some rabble for Gates of Antares Freeborn.

Stug III - base coated at last...

This has been sitting on my shelf awaiting movement for a while. since November 2016!

So, I have added some more soft stowage and refitted the fourth helmet.

the upper and lower hulls were undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray. The upper hull was then sprayed with Citadel Zandri Dust.

I have given the hull and running gear a first coat of Zandri Dust.

The plan is to add the skirts later.