Second round- finished!

So, second year of uni done. Blink and you miss it. It's been a great year for Kaotica (Aber uni's wargaming club)- tonnes of great new members, and of course I got elected president so it's only uphill from there ;)
Anyways, I was planning on cycling back home after my exams with my sister, but alas she went and got a job interview instead. Shameful behaviour. So instead of cycling I made the General Conveyor, and I'm pretty pleased with the results. It isn't quite as drowned in mud as the Tankettes...

I've also been making reviews on Youtube, so check them out here.

I will hopefully be in the US between mid-June & late August helping out at a summer camp, but I've got a tonne of stuff to be getting on with modelling wise this summer- so if it's in a couple of weeks time or nearly September, hopefully the next couple of updates will be full of interesting stuff.

Tankettes and EW Nutrocker

So yeah, that plan to update more frequently didn't go so well. I have got a reasonable amount of painting done though.
First, Tankettes! Very easy to put together, standard Spartan resin issues taking paint in areas where the undercoating didn't quite reach, but I'm happy with the results. Mud's a bit OTT though.

Next, that EW Nutrocker is nearly finished- all I need to do is add some crew on the turret. Not quite sure on the weathering on the edges, I might go redo that.

Quick post this time as it's nearly 4 in the morning. I'm off to bed!

Lots of Dystopian

Since my last post I've made pretty reasonable progress on my Russians for Dystopian Wars, as well as getting & painting some Battlecruisers for my Britannians. So without further ado, I present to you the results...

Another shot of a Suvorov Cruiser, which have all been painted in this scheme now.

 The Tunguska Class Large Skyship; a magnificent addition to my Russian Fleet, it's essentially a flying battleship. Not shown in this shot is a very detailed & sizable underside.

 The Borodino Class Battleship, all painted up.

One of the Britannian Lord Hood Class Battlecruisers. The annoying thing about taking photos of miniatures is all the little faults which you hadn't noticed show up in a very unpleasant way :P

I also just today received a Britannian starter box for Dystopian Legions, along with some Tankettes.

The full contents of the box- along with the models it includes the rulebook, a faction stat sheet, game cards, dice & a measuring stick. All in all some nice additions. The rulebook, despite being a booklet, seems pretty high quality.

From left to right: Sergeant, Flame Specialist, Lieutenant, Captain Smethington II

 Line Infantry. I really like the posing on these guys.

Sky Hussars. These guys also come with resin steam plumes to attach to their jetpacks, which is pretty cool.

Looking at the price of the box (£42) I thought it was pretty pricey. However, that works out at £3 a model, without figuring in the rulebook etc which is pretty reasonable. The models themselves are pretty good- significantly bigger than 40K stuff, more 30mm than 28mm. The detailing isn't up to the same standard as Dystopian Wars stuff and some of the models have a lot of flash. All in all though they're nice, uncluttered and as I've said the posing is full of character. I'm going to have fun with these guys- next time I should have finished one of the Tankettes to show off.

Before I go, I want to show off a toy I got. 3A make some very nice, bit very pricey, designer toys. I already had a World War Robot portable figure- a Bertie Mk. 3- and with Christmas money I couldn't resist getting another. This time I got a Caesar, which I love because of the arm shield and the assault rifle he has. If you have some money to waste, WWR stuff is the best.

With my Bertie.

One last thing- I got some 1/35 Gustavs for Ma.K, so expect some word on them in the next update, along with Legions stuff (probably a Tankette).