Oathmark Human Heavy Infantry

 North Star have recently released the latest box set (and metal characters) for Oathmark - Human Heavy Infantry.

The plastic box set builds 30 figures.

There are six sprues in the box, each sprue builds five figures.

Heavy Infantry only have hand weapon and shield or two handed weapon options. The armour is plate reinforcement over leather or heavy cloth.

There is a standard bearer option but no musician. There are also five of the rectangular Oathmark Human shields, these ones show a little wear and tear.

Hand weapons include one mace, two axes, three swords and one Hero sword.

Two handed weapons include two maces, two axes and one sword.

There are only ten heads and there are not many duplicates to make the bulk of your amy similar. However, there is one head similar to the hero with the closed helmet on the Human Infantry sprue, so I will be using that for the bulk of my force.

Peaky Blinders - The official Guide

 As I mentioned at the end of my first post about Flat Caps and Truncheons, I have never watched Peaky Blinders. I was in my local The Works (other discount book sellers are available) a couple of weeks ago and saw this on sale.

It has a number of colour photographs of the cast, set and vehicles, which I thought would be useful reference as well as descriptions of the production.

Crusader Ailthean light tractor - basic camoflage

 The painting of the Ailthean continues.

I decided that a disruptive pattern would break up the vast flat areas of the side of the turret.

Most of the vehicle was masked, leaving an area to be sprayed. Colour Forge Ghoul Grey was chosen.

Masking round the rungs of the access ladder was the hardest part.

Some of the spray got in under the masking.

This does show where the rungs and the access panel handle still need some tidying up.

The large flat space below the top hatch just calls out for a Crusade Flying Squirrel army badge.

Victrix Medieval Foot Sergeants

 At Colours I picked up the (at the time) new Medieval Foot Sergeants set from Victrix.

Though historical figures, they will probably do double duty as a human faction for Oathmark as well as for Barons War and Lion Rampant.

As has been the case for a while, the set comes in a bag not a box, but does include an assembly guide.

The figures are wearing gambesons, quilted or padded armour in the form of jackets, some of which is worn over mail. This is typical of well equipped foot soldiers not of nobility.

The set builds 32 figures, there are sufficient polearms, hand weapons and (by utilising standard bearer arms) spears to equip all figures with similar weaponry.

For Oathmark, these will be built with hand weapons and spears (polearms/two handed weapons are not available to non Warrior/Knight types).

Polearm and two handed weapon sprue.

Main sprue.

Flat roof workshop

 One of Birmingham's police officers checks out a flat roofed workshop.

The interior was sprayed with Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey.

The windows and doors were masked up and the exterior sprayed with Plastikote Rust effect paint.

This was then covered with Army Painter Fur Brown.

The brick work was painted with mixtures of various greys, Army Painter Chaotic Red, black and Army Painter Fur Brown.

The doors and windows were sprayed with Citadel Macragge Blue.

Crusader Ailthean light tractor - basic colour

 

So the Aithean has been base painted.

The track units and the body were undercoated separately. Inverted, they were sprayed with Citadel Chaos Black. The right way up they were undercoated with Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey.

The treads were painted with a mixture of Vallejo Black, Vallejo Black Grey and Army Painter Chaotic Red from a wet palette. A redder mix was used for the exhaust.

Literally facing off against a Coftyran Chyweethl.

Konflict '47 Axis Stahltruppen

 With the latest issue of Wargames Illustrated there was a sprue of the latest plastics for the revised version of Konflict '47 - Warlord Games' Weird War Two game based on Bolt Action.

There were two sets of sprues, US jump Infantry or Axis Stahltruppen, I searched out the latter.

Here are the sprues.

There are parts to build three Stahltruppen (powered suits).

There are three right arms with twin-linked assault rifles (there is a loose twin linked assault rifle as well). 

There are three MG42 right arms and what I am guessing is a squeeze bore light cannon for anti-suit work.

There are also Panzerfausts for full anti-tank use.

There are an assortment of heads and ammunition, plus what looks like a grenade launcher and some scary looking knives.