Comparison of Sherman turrets (1/56 scale)

 Here are some overhead views of Warlord and Rubicon Sherman Tanks.

Top to bottom: Rubicon Sherman IC Hybrid, Warlord Sherman VC, Rubicon Sherman I with early turret.

Left to right: Warlord Sherman VC, Rubicon Sherman IC Hybrid.

Top to bottom: Rubicon Sherman I with early turret, Rubicon Sherman IC Hybrid.

Top to bottom: Warlord Sherman VC, Rubicon Sherman IC.

Barbarian conversion - Frostgrave and Anvil combination.

 This Frostgrave Barbarian Archer uses an Anvil Industries Long Hair head.

The neck hole needed widening and Greenstuff has been used to bed the neck in.

Crooked Dice Buggy - Fast Attack Vehicle (FAV)

 Crooked Dice released three different Buggies as part of their Post Apocalypse range. I bought one of the rear engine versions for conversion to a Fast Attack Vehicle.

It has been sitting in my vehicle pile for a while, and I have finally started to building it.

There is still the interior to sort out, there are two seats, gear stick and steering wheel add. It will probably get a crew from the Empress Modern British range plus weapons attached to the hull or roll bar.

Plenty still to do.

Pandyman Entertainment - Police Office

Pandyman Entertainment was a new name to me (and is subject to change), and they had a stand at Salute. I picked up their Threat Level: Emergency Response rules and four of their figures. 

"Unarmed Police Officer" by Pandyman Entertainment. The description is the official one, but he is armed with a prominent Taser which I would classify as a weapon.

The figures are made from Photopolymer Resin. The details are slightly soft, but I have much worse in white metal.

Scale wise they look okay with Crooked Dice and Empress Moderns.

The Taser and Airwave radio are prominent on the Stabvest.

The handcuffs are obvious from behind.

Compared with an Empress US Marine.

In front of a Crooked Dice land Rover.

Blotz Jolly Boat

 The Blotz Jolly Boat is an laser cut MDF model of a Jolly Boat, a type of small boat often used to ferry crews and passengers between ships or to shore.

The kit comprises two small panels.

Three layers on top of a base plate comprise the hull, here stacked one on top of each other.

The boat will take nine figures based on 25mm diameter bases.

This is the assembled model.

The model was undercoated with Halfors grey spray primer. The visible surface was then sprayed with Army Painter Leather brown. The deck was painted with Vallejo Old Wood and the keel, inner frames, tiller and rudder with Army Painter Oak Brown.  

The rowlocks were painted with Vallejo Black. The whole boat was dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone. The boat was washed with Citadel Seraphim Shade.

For Carlos

As is shown here, the boat will only take nine figures, which is a bit unfortunate as it will not officially take a two ranks for Oathmark.

Flak Tower - Vienna

 One of the surviving towers in Vienna.

Silver Bayonet - scale comparison

 In November Osprey Games released The Silver Bayonet, a skirmish game set against Gothic Horrors in the Napoleonic Wars.

There is a selection of figures for the various nations (currently French, English and Spanish with more to come).

The question is what other figure ranges match in terms of size and stature.

The figure on the right is the release special figure, the one on the left is a Wargames Foundry Rifleman.

As you can see from this shot, the Silver Bayonet figure is notably taller.

Here is the full Rifles pack.