Fireforge Samurai and Ashigaru comparison

 Comparison between Fireforge Ashigaru and Samurai with Fireforge Almughavars, Living Dead Peasants, Byzantine Auxilia and North Star Stargrave Scavengers.

Great War British - Work In Progress

 Some Work In progress shots of the Great War Miniatures British.

The base is a Products for Wargamers eight slot sabot base.

Laserburn Imperial Trooper

Laserburn was one of the first games I played, and after nearly 40 years I managed to find one of my painted miniatures.

William Killian (28mm) for scale.

The paint job (and the moulding) do not stand up to close attention.

The paint job was Humbrol matt white enamel, Humbrol red enamel and the black detail courtesy of a small diameter Rotring pen.

The sculpt looks rather crude compared to a recent GZG Chinese Astronauts.

Oathmark Elf Cavalry

 The recently released Oathmark Elf Cavalry and supporting metal miniatures.

Empress LK-II Light Panzer

 The Leichter Kampfwagen II (LK-II) was a German light tank developed towards the end of World War 1. Two prototypes were built by June 1918, but no more were completed  before the war ended. The design lived on, illegally exported to Sweden as the M/21-29, one remained in Swedish service until 1938.

There were two weapon options, one armed with an MG08/15, the other with a 57mm Maxim-Nordenfelt gun.

The Empress kit comprises four resin mouldings and a bag of white metal pieces (two gun options and the rear step). I think it was originally sold by Mark Copplestone.

The kit is easy to put together, the main issue is ensuring the track units are aligned - super glue is not very forgiving. There're two gun barrels. The one seems extremely short (the surviving M/21-29 has a short barrel and appears to have a short cannon rather than an MG. What is confusing is that there are photographs that show the short barrel but appear to have a barrel sticking out of the centre - this may be a plug inserted to keep dirt out).

The model was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black, followed by Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey. Unfortunately, the Mechanicum have changed their standard as the spray and the paint are noticeably different colours, so it needed to be given a full coat of the paint.

The tracks were painted with a wet mix of Vallejo Hull Red, Army Painter Black and Vallejo Black Grey. The tracks were dry brushed with Army Painter Stone Golem.

The Iron Cross decals were from the I94 WW1 German aircraft set and the numbers from another I94 set (20mm WW2 German numbers).

The windows were painted Humbrol White, followed by Citadel Warpstone Glow.

It needs to be weathered.

T62 - Bovingdon

 T62 tank at The Tank Museum, Bovingdon.

Anvil Pickup Truck

 Anvil Industries have recently released a number of 3D printed variants of a US Pickup Truck.

This is the Standard Pickup with closed cab.

The "kit" is in five parts, the body and four wheels. Cleverly, the front axles have a ball and socket connection, so you can set the wheels as if the vehicle was turning.

It is of reasonable proportions compared to my standard scaling figure (William Killian).

The wing mirrors do look a bit odd - I would have expected them to be at the front edge of the door if not on the "wing".

It is notably longer than the Crooked Dice Land Rover, but is lower.

It is also wider, but that might be expected.

It is about the same width as a 3D printed Range Rover also for 28mm scale.

The range Rover does tower over the pickup.

As this is the cheapest version of the Pickup, there is no interior detail, however the cab is empty, the side windows are just printed solid so if you wanted a wreck you could just remove the windows, you will need to put in a floor. The versions with open windows fits the two seats in from below.

The resin seems to paint up well, there was some layering on the front window and across the side window (it looks like it is printed at an angle, nose down). This was smoothed with sand paper.