Von Mohnblume Line - part eleven

The Von Mohnblume Line (Flintloque code 56595) Skirmish pack see this link are now finished. After varnishing, I applied some static grass and the odd static grass tuft to the bases.

Image Two - Shows the four man (Pug) command pack. As you can see I have not added a flag to the standard.

Image Three and Four - I have included a Dogman soldier from my painted collection to give and idea of the scale of these miniatures.

I have to admit that they were great fun to paint - they were just what was needed to kick-start my painting Mojo.

Tony

Von Mohnblume Line - part ten

The ten little Pug's have been varnished, first with Ronseal Toughcoat Gloss varnish and then with Galleria water based Matt varnish. The metal areas were then re-varnished with gloss varnish.

I think I can safely say that I'm on the homeward track to getting this group finished before the end of September.

The ten little Pug's sounds a bit like a nursery rhyme. Any takers for the next line?

Tony

Von Mohnblume Line - part nine

The bases were painted in a custom mix of Barbarian Leather, Charred Brown and Cadmium Yellow as my supplies of Snakebite Leather from GW have now all gone.....

I like to paint my groundwork in a particular way - with darker tones around the feet and lighter (add white) drybrushing for the bulk of the base, I then pick out odd stones in grey highlighted with white.

I painted the black shoes after I had finished the groundwork as I find this so much easier. The black shoes were highlighted with dark grey before the silver buckles were painted.

The ground work was given a light wash of Nuln Oil prior to taking these images.

Tony

Von Mohnblume Line - part eight

If I am to get these little 'critters' finished before the end of September, I will have to pull my finger out!

I have painted the guns and equipment and toned-down the pure black of the tricornes by adding dark grey to the highlights. The white uniform has had some pure white highlights added and the drum has been painted in an off white/cream colour.

There should be more updates soon. Very soon.

Tony

Models for Wargamers book - still available

I still have copies of Dampfpanzerwagon Guide No. 3 - Models for Wargamers for sale. Should you be interested in purchasing a copy, please follow this link.

In addition, there are still a few copies of Dampfpanzerwagon Guide No. 2 - More Wargame Terrain and you can find details of how to order here.

Thank you

Tony

Von Mohnblume Line - part seven

I've chosen a white uniform with red facings, similar to my earlier Flintloque Dogsoldiers. The white was built-up in layers over Stonewall Grey and highlighted with Skull White for the highlights.

The red areas were basecoated in Red Gore and highlighted with Bloody Red.

Tony

Von Mohnblume Line - part six

After the black/brown undercoat or basecoat, I painted the flesh areas with a mixture of either cream and white or dark grey and black. These colours were then highlighted with lighter tones of the base colours and prior to taking these images, I tidied up the main black/brown base.

Pug's have a very distinctive face colouring as can be seen in this image. The snout and ears are usually very dark and this is how I have painted my Flintloque miniatures.

For better images, 'click' on the picture and see the progress so far.

Tony

Bromyard and Linton Light Railway

Last week Sue and I had a great day out in Hereford. On the way back to Droitwich I detoured via Bromyard and took these images of the Bromyard and Linton Light Railway.

For more information see this link.

The first three images show a Ministry of Defence 2' 6" gauge Powder Van. Re-gauged to 2 foot.

There were quite a few 2' 'Hudson' skips in a variety of condition. I don't think that being stored out-of-doors and in the open is helping preserve them.

This wagon looks like another Ministry of Defence 2' 6" gauge wagon with end posts. Note, the upside-down repair.

This larger wagon is a standard gauge enclosed wagon supported on four 2 foot gauge skip chassis's!

the final image was taken from across the road from the museum and shows just some of the rusting skips behind the metal fence.

Tony

An Industrial Narrow Gauge Adventure - test #12 - the clutter

My plan is to produce a small 'shelf layout' - basically just a short section of working track with a diorama style background. The layout is going to be an industrial or chemical works with an 18 inch narrow gauge railway running through.

I knew that I would require some suitable items of 'clutter'. Barrels, oil drums etc.

Image Two - Shows the barrel master alongside Fred  (a 1:27.7 scale scratch built miniature).

While doing my research I came across this German language book that details a chemical works in Darmstadter, Germany. The book is full of images - many available on the Internet that show the sort of clutter I was looking for.

The book is available to purchase via e-bay, see this link for details.

Image Five - I  produced five masters. A demijohn (a glass bottle wrapped in straw), a large chemical bottle (used by ICI), a large barrel, an oil drum and a smaller barrel. These have been cast in resin by Rob Alderman of Hysterical Games and will be available to purchase very soon.

I have been searching the Internet for more items of clutter and most can be scavenged from existing ranges - for example Sideline Scenics from Pepper 7 or scratch built.

I will post more details once I have some actual examples painted up but if you are interested in buying sets of these or the earlier 1:27.7 scale figure, please contact me at;
dampfpanzerwagon@yahoo.co.uk

More posts relating to this project can be found by searching the Narrow Gauge Label to the right.

Tony

An Industrial Narrow Gauge Adventure - test #11 - the seated driver and Fred

Following hot on the heels of my last post - The Green Engine, see this post for details, here are the last two figures or characters for my 1:27.7 (11mm = 1 foot) narrow gauge project- the seated engine driver and Fred alongside the standing driver that was featured in this post.

The seated driver is pretty much universal and should work with any 1:27.7 scale, 'scratch-built' engine (even motor car). He was actually converted from a seated female figure and the standing male (see earlier posts for how I cut-up and converted these plastic figures). Fred was inspired by Fred Dibnah dressed in his iconic denim work clothes and flat cap. If you look closely you can see his waistcoat and fob chain for his pocket watch!

Image Two - Shows the same three figures, Fred, Standing Driver and Seated Driver alongside the 1:27.7 scale rule.

Rob Alderman of Hysterical Games has cast all six figures in grey resin and they will be available to buy in the next couple of days. The cost will be £10.00 per set with free postage to the UK (Europe and the Rest of the World postage charges have yet to be confirmed). Should you be interested in purchasing a set of either or both, please contact me at;

dampfanzerwagon@yahoo.co.uk

Image Three - The two sets of 1:27.7 scale figures;
Set One - Tom, Dick and Harry (shown on the right) and Set Two - Charlie, Finley and Fred (shown on the left). Details of how they were converted can be found by using the Narrow Gauge Label to the right. You can also 'click' on any of the images for a better view.

Please note that these is a third set of barrels and oil drums due very soon. I will post details as soon as I have a sample.

Tony

Von Mohnblume Line - part five

I have undercoated the ten Pug's with 'rattle-can' spray paint both black and dark brown. I find that mixing the two paints gives a better or warmer basecolour on which to start painting.

Tony

An Industrial Narrow Gauge Adventure - test #10 Painting The Green Diesel

I spray painted the completed model (see earlier post) with 'Makes Paint Stick' a Humbrol product designed for undercoating plastic garden furniture, then basecoated the whole model with Halfords grey primer (the one designed for plastic).

Image Three - The painting was done with brush painted acrylics and acrylics applied with a broken sponge (the sort used to package model soldiers).

Then lots of washes, again acrylic washes, some bought - others home-made.

Image Four - The model was spray painted with satin varnish before I added some rust and earth pigment powders.

Image Five - I then used a graphite pencil (a 4B pencil) to add some metallic effects. Detail painting was done with a Rosemary & Co No 2 Sable/Synthetic brush.

Images Six, Seven and Eight - The finished 'critter' on the section of modified Peco 'crazy track'. Looking back on the original image and inspiration see this post, I think I could have gone even further with the weathering!

I will now need to sculpt a sitting driver figure - more on this in a later post.

Tony