Franco-Prussian War railway station - Wargames Illustrated issue 405

Issue 405 (September 2021) of Wargames Illustrated has the first of what I hope will become a regular feature showing how I scratch build my wargame terrain. The model was inspired by a black and white illustration of Courcelles railway station and a comment on this Blog by Lasgunpacker, see this blog post for more information.

The construction and painting is featured over seven pages of the magazine showing detailed step-by-step notes on how it was built and what materials I used.

For more information see this link. In addition should you have any suggestions for models or inspiration for future projects (particularly Buildings from the Movies) please get in touch via this post.

Tony

Warhammer 40000 Imperium - new from Hachette

The latest Hachette partworks is now available from W H Smiths. Warhammer 40000 Imperium part 01.

My first impression is that you don't get that much for your £2.99, just two plastic figure kits - a Space Marine and a Necron, six D6 and a plastic ruler plus all the usual printed stuff, but I still bought issue 01, just because I had money on my WHS gift card.

I don't expect I'll pick up any more issues, they are too expensive and there's no way I'll be subscribing.

For more information see this link.

Tony

Loki - Marvel Studios answer to Doctor Who

Sue and I have just finished Loki - the new Marvel series featured on the Disney channel and although we thought it OK, it didn't quite hit the mark. Although.....

Sue commented that she didn't like it as it was a little too much like Doctor Who. At first I couldn't see the connection, but as the series continued I couldn't help thinking that the BBC should be looking at suing both Marvel and Disney for character rights infringements.

Loki is an alien a god like creature with enhanced metabolic features, just like Dr. Who.

Loki has different reincarnations of himself (even a female version) just like Dr. Who .

Loki flits around in time and space, just like Dr. Who.

See where this is going.....

Loki has companions, I think Owen Wilson makes a great companion to Loki - just like those on Dr. Who.

Then there are the Time Keepers - sound familiar? Dr. Who has the Time Lords

UNIT Vs. TVA?

The more I watched, the more I thought that this is the new Doctor Who. Actually a better version of Dr. Who and although the first series was a little too complicated for it's own good, I do think it was better written than the newer Jodie Whittaker Dr. Who series. I hope that it continues and we see even more Dr. Who references. I'm sure Marvel will do a better job than the BBC have done with the recent franchise/series.

Loki - the NEW Doctor Who? Yes please.

Tony

Pershore Abbey

Earlier today Sue and I went for a walk along the river at Pershore. It's one of our favourite walks taking in the river, wetlands, park and town. At the same time I was studying a guide book and read about Pershore Abbey. Sue and I have lived in Worcestershire for over 30 years and I had never visited Pershore Abbey, today that was going to change.....

We had a great time walking the gardens, studying the architecture and listening to some church organ music. I can thoroughly recommend it as a great place to visit, a beautiful church with lots to see and do. I can see us having a return visit very soon.

For more information, see this link.

Tony

Wargames Terrain & Buildings - WW1 Trench Systems

I recently became aware of this book from Pen & Sword - Wargames Terrain & Buildings - WW1 Trench Systems by Douglas Hardy. Regular readers and followers will know that this is the third book in this series published by Pen & Sword, the first two being; Wargames Terrain & Buildings - The Napoleonic Wars and Wargames Terrain & Buildings - North Africa and The Middle East, both written by me.

I should make it clear that I have nothing to do with this third book, but thought it would be of interest and worth posting a link. For more information I have included this You Tube link.

Good luck to Douglas and Pen & Sword.

Tony

The Yellow Pelican Mining Co. - one year anniversary

This week is the one year anniversary of me starting The Yellow Pelican Mining Co. layout, I did a lot of basic construction and track laying in the first instance, but then moved on to the two main buildings as you can see here. 

I have added wooden supports to the larger mine building/office and a sign board ready for the official naming. Later I modified the front to include a couple of sliding doors (non-operating).

The final images shows how the two buildings will fit together. They are still separate as I find it easier to work on.

I can report that there has been a lot of additional work done on the buildings and the layout and I hope to be able to show images of the progress soon, but as stated earlier this is a long-term project and one that has not and will not be taking priority (at least for now).

Tony

Another charity shop find for Finley and Charlie

Earlier this week Sue and I picked up these two plastic children's toys from a charity shop in Evesham. They were bought for the bargain price of just £2.00 each.

I then re-painted them. The helmet was the easiest, just highlighting the gold areas and adding some extreme highlighting to the rivets while the shield had a complete update following an illustration I found in The Foundry Compendium. I chose to add F and C as they will be used by my grandchildren, Finley and Charlie.

I'm sure they will enjoy playing with them.

Tony