Saturday, 1 July 2017

Tommies to the front!

Some weeks ago I ordered some nice minis from Scarab-minatures / Great War miniatures to kick start my late war British Platoon. I also ordered from Trenchworx the Mark V, which comes modular so that one can built the male, female and hermaphrodite versions - a very beautiful resin cast indeed! The earth magnets provided are very strong, three possible inlets are provided, but one is more than sufficient. The only downside is that the machine guns are resin as well and immensely brittle. I managed to break three MGs and one gun!!!, so that I decided to replace the guns entirely with plastic tubes and metal wire and "green stuff" to prevent future damage and loss.

The Figures from Great War miniatures were as usual a pleasure to paint - even the British drab. As with my storm troopers I painted them a la "through the mud" and the glasses of the gas masks got a wee drip of glossy varnish for effect...

I'm looking forward to throw them into battle!

Next on the list is another Landsknechts pike block (a la "under attack") and some Italian-Borgia-Popish Rodelero guard ... watch this space!

The Mark V Male 
Mark V Male

Mark V Female from the side

Mark V Hermaphrodite from the top

Some British Senior Commanders and A Vickers nest

Some Junior Commanders leading the teams
The LMG teams and the Rifle grenade teams

And some bombers
and normal rifle men
more Johnny Tommies
The Trenchworx Mark V module

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10 comments:

  1. Baconfat2 July 2017 at 01:39

    That's brilliant how you do the bases different colors.

    The gender fluid Mark V is a work of art. I wish I had thought to mount the weapons like that too.

    You're both an amazing painter and good idea guy.

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    1. Michael2 July 2017 at 09:22

      Thank you for the compliments! With the bases, I just got fed up one day not really be able to tell bombers and rifleman apart ... so... With resin (tank) models its very easy to drill in (with a dremel), and the plastic tubes you get in a modellers shop - the stuff architects need in all shapes and forms ...

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  2. Phil2 July 2017 at 06:56

    Most impressiva Mark V...and wonderful job on the Tommies, well done!

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    1. Michael2 July 2017 at 09:26

      Thank you Phil, its very addictive to paint trench war fare style and mess every thing up, I must admit. The Trenchworx Mark V is a wonderful model, very easy to paint.

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    2. Phil2 July 2017 at 16:26

      ...and very nicely painted!

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    3. Michael2 July 2017 at 20:07

      And thanks again for the compliment!

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  3. Bartek Zynda2 July 2017 at 18:13

    You need to bring that beast to the club next week. Looks amazing.

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    1. Michael2 July 2017 at 20:07

      Thank you very much, will certainly do. :)

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  4. caveadsum14713 July 2017 at 09:07

    Lovely and ingenious tank and nice troops too, looking forward to more of your renaissance stuff!
    Best Iain

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    1. Michael3 July 2017 at 16:53

      Thank you Iain, I‘m working on it, I‘m working on it ... :)

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