Posts Tagged ‘Victorian Science Fiction’

Prussian Bunkers

Posted on May 24th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

To support my Prussian ships I bought a Bunker Complex and the Tower Set. These are really nice resin castings which add a different dimension to games of Dystopian Wars. The bunker complex to me combines elements of the Maunsell Forts that the British…

Hussar Class Gunships

Posted on May 22nd, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

I mentioned in a previous post that I had got some Prussian reinforcements. As well as a blister of battlecruisers, I also got a blister of Hussar Gunships. These are nice castings and there are three models in the blister. Very cleanly cast. However n…

Kingdom of Britannia Illustrious Class

Posted on May 20th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

I finished the metallic basecoat of the Kingdom of Britannia Illustrious Class Sky Fortress. The flightdeck will be painted tan, which when washed will hopefully look like wood.

Silver Flying Ship

Posted on May 19th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Having started to paint the Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor I finished off the base coat of Citadel Boltgun Metal. Side view. The next stage will be a black wash.

Undercoating the Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruisers

Posted on May 15th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

I gave the Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruisers a white undercoat. Really impressive detail on these models.

Putting them together, Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruiser

Posted on May 13th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

After washing the resin, I constructed the Dystopian Wars’ Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruisers. Very simple to put together, as you only need to glue the turrets into place.

Flying Ships

Posted on May 11th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Having undercoated the Britannian Flyers the next stage was to paint the base coat. I have been thinking about the colour scheme for my two large Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia airborne models, the Illustrious Class Sky Fortress and the Eagle Clas…

Breaking News – Martians Attack!

Posted on May 7th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

All Quiet on the Martian Front Kickstarter in LiveBy Alien Dungeon”It’s Tanks vs. Tripods, Big Guns vs. Heat Rays in a new 15mm Miniature Game of all out Interplanetary War in 1910.”This amazing project has just got started on Kickstarter and has alr…

Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruiser

Posted on May 7th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

This is how the Prussian Empire Konigsberg Class Battlecruisers look from the marketing material.  Sitting atop the Konigsberg Class Battlecruiser’s conning tower is one of the most unusual weapons to be created by Prussian engineers – the Pat…

The Prussians are coming…

Posted on May 6th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

The first Dystopian models I finished painting were some Prussian naval ships. The main model was a Blucher Class Dreadnought. Alongside this large ship I have six Arminius Class Frigates in support. Though I have some Airships, two Pflicht Class Scout…

Undercoating the Flyers

Posted on May 4th, 2013 under , , , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

After constructing the Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor and the Illustrious Class Sky Fortress I gave the models a white undercoat using a Citadel White Skull spray can. I also gave the two Doncaster bombers from the Naval Battle Group an …

Putting the Eagle Class War Rotor together

Posted on May 2nd, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Having cleaned the resin and metal parts I put the Eagle Class War Rotor I have for Dystopian Wars together. It went together very easily. Though there was a gap in one of the “wing” roots so I needed to use some Green Stuff to fill the hol…

Putting it all together

Posted on April 30th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Putting together the Kingdom of Britannia Illustrious Class Sky Fortress was not as simple as I thought it was going to be and certainly not as simple as other Dystopian Wars models I have made. The rotor pylons and the rotors themselves were quite fid…

Kingdom of Britannia Illustrious Class Sky Fortress

Posted on April 28th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

High above the waves the Illustrious Class Sky Fortress grace­fully glides into battle, held aloft by six gigantic manoeuvring rotors and the Royal Engineering Corps’ most advanced Sturginium Gravitation Generators. The model itself comes in a blist…

Kingdom of Britannia Eagle Class War Rotor

Posted on April 26th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

The Eagle Class War Rotor is a marvel of Her Majesty’s Flying Corps and the pride of any pilot that is granted the honour of captaining one. Years of engineering have gone into the development of this flying behemoth, and the utilisation of hybrid ro…

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

Posted on April 24th, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Here are some photographs of the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group at sea in the sunshine. Tribal Class Cruiser, HMS Zulu. HMS Richard III Ruler Class Battleship. HMS Richard III Ruler Class Battleship The “sea” is a photograph printed out on…

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

Posted on April 22nd, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Some more photographs of my finished Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group, well nearly finished, I still need to do the planes. The “sea” is a photograph printed out onto glossy photo paper, whilst the island is a Snapdragon Studio 1/300…

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

Posted on April 20th, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Photographs of the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group at sea. Tribal Class Cruiser, HMS Zulu alongside two Attacker Class Frigates, HMS Withywood and HMS Bedminster. Ruler Class Battleship, HMS Richard III with Tribal Class Cruiser HMS Ashanti. Tr…

Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

Posted on April 18th, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Here are some photographs of the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group at sea. This is the Ruler Class Battleship. Tribal Class Cruiser. Attacker Class Frigate The “sea” is a photograph printed out onto glossy photo paper. Check out how I…

The Fleet

Posted on April 16th, 2013 under , , , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Here is a photographs of all the ships from the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group. Look at the workbench feature.

Weathering the little ships

Posted on April 14th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

After drybrushing the Battleship and the Cruisers, the next lots of ships to be drybrushed and weathered from the Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group were the small Attacker Class Frigates. These are very tiny in comparison to their …

Drybrushing more ships

Posted on April 12th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Having finished the Ruler Class Battleship I then finished off the remaining ships in the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group. First were the Tribal Class Cruisers. Here are the finished three cruisers. I am basically finished with these ships an…

Weathering the Battleship

Posted on April 10th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Having washed the Ruler Class Battleship from the Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia the next stage was drybrushing the bring out the detail and weathering. The weathering didn’t quite work out as well as I thought it would. I was using a Citade…

Olympic Class Troop Transport

Posted on April 8th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Felix

The Olympic Liner is one of the largest passenger ships ever created, these impressive vessels have carried people over the seas in style since 1861. I gave the hull was given a basecoat of Citadel Chaos Black. I then decided to add a dark red to the h…

Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank

Posted on April 7th, 2013 under , , , , , , , . Posted by

Felix

Here are some more photographs of my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank from Ironclad  Miniatures, with helping support from two Old West figures. See how the Steam Tank was painted. More photographs of the Steam Tank. See the Old West Miniatures Ga…