Catapult Crew (Fredericus-rex)

Sculpted by Markus Eckmann and available from Fredericus-rex, this set can be used for not just catapults and trebuchets but as handworkers, labourers etc.. I really like the style of these sculpts..all very natural looking  and  I hope Markus adds expands the range

Here they are Manning a mangonel from Zvezda

16th Century German Peasants

The final set 02 from Germania Figuren painted and the whole mob based for Impetus.
Right.!! ..Where´s that tax collector lads!!!!

I´ve based them to look as if they are either just moving into position or just starting to move off.

Part 6 of the Pirate boat. It´s had a lick of paint Next the railing along the Bow and then the masts !!

German peasants 16th century (Command)

Set number 01 from the Germania Fíguren German peasant wars series. I reckon they are a command group, the clothing, feathers in thier hats etc,  look a bit more "I´m in charge"
To show that the metal casts are no different in detail from the Resin ones, ....this lot are a mix of the two materials, and to be honest..unless I pick them up I can´t tell which are which.

Part 5 of the Pirate Cutter. The stairs took 2 attempts to get looking half decent. The hatch is made from thin card with a foam core and  a bit of Flynetting for the grating.

German Peasants 16th Century

Set 3 sculpted by Alex for  Germania Figuren,  and represent German peasants from the period of the Deutscher Bauernkrieg (German peasant war 1524-1526) This insurection followed similar goals and tactics as with the Hussite wars and met the same end.....defeat. Still...they had a go :-D

They aren´t based yet as they will be based as a group.

The weapons look lethal. Imagine having the staff club bounced off your head!!!

They have some great little details...like the rips and tears in the clothing

Part 4 of the Pirate Cutter. Most of the hull is now finished..steps, cargohold cover,  a door etc need adding

Medieval Women

Another great set of medieval civilians from Erik Trauner of  Nikolai..
As Female bods are in short supply in 1/72nd in any era, a specialist set like this is very welcome and I reckon that they could be used in a very large range of eras...right up to the 20th century.

I made a couple of mistakes with the painting. The women with the bag...She has an Apron which reaches only to her waist but before I realised my mistake I´d extended it too far. Also, the mother and child..I painted two pieces of material hanging down from the childs wrappings as part of the Apron...

A rarity , a baby on the mothers breast.

Stage three of the Pirate Cutter. The planking.
Made from strips of thin card it took an absolute age with pinning etc to get all the planking fitted.

Revell Fokker Dr 1 (Nr 2)

It´s been a while since I got stuck into one of these but another pause from bod painting was called for.
This one is Revell´s 1984 tooling  of the little Fokker which I´ve built OOB...well I would have, but it came in a plastic tagbag..so it´s OOPTB

The colours I made up from a couple of designs I Found on the web, one of the best recources is Will´s Blog WWI Aviation Illustration

Being a kit from 1984 the transfers have yellowed with age!!!

The differences between this kit and the new tooling ? The wingskids are molded onto the wings, the engine couling has virtually no detail, the  step into the cockpit is missing as is the cockpit control panel. The main difference is the wingstrutts. On the new tooling they are in one piece..you shove the a bar through the middle wing and then add the top and bottom wings. With the 1984 tooling  they are in 4 pieces..which makes putting the wings on a bit like balancing jelly on a greased football.

During the "letting glue dry" breaks a bit more progress was made to the Pirate Cutter. 

Great stuff breakfast cereal cardboard :-D

Cap´n Jack Sparrow?

No, no Cap´n Jack Sparrow but The second band of scurvy dogs and also available from Germania Figuren. 

Young Bobbins.(he´s not very good at swimming).....and Cap´n Jock Raven

Billy and Ben, The barrel boys.

"Over tharrrr" Lt Lacy ..."Over wharrrrrrr? " Sharp eyed Pete.

As every crew needs a boat...the begginings of a pirate cutter.

 To get everyone in the mood, From the makers of Chickenrun and Wallace and gromit!!!!

Pirate Gun Team 1/72nd

"YO HO HO! and a barrel of Rum !! "
Pirates are great!!!!   I really like the irregular look of them and the "we do what we want"  attitude and when this lot landed in my grasp I shoved a couple of other projects one step back and got stuck in....

Pirates of the caribean set 02 from Germania.Figuren. There´s loads more sets of Scurvy Dogs up and coming  from Germania and it´s well worth a look at them

Arrrthur the gun master, Arrnold the loader and Arrrnie the gunner

The 12pdr. The carriage is made of resin but the Barrel is from brass, giving the gun a nice weight.

Medieval Market Stalls

You can´t have a town without businessmen and you can´t have businessmen without a Market and you can´t have a market without market stalls (or is it stands? )
So far I´ve built 3 of the many different designs which seem (after a web search) the most common.

No wonder the woman is angrily waving her fist...there´s no goods to sell or buy!!!!

The three types, made from coffee stirring sticks. The coverings are printed. The market wares are still to come, boxes of fruit etc.

They can also find a use in the Khandibar scenario As my medieval civvies now number more than 100 and there´s many more to come, I´ll need some more stalls and a couple of big tents for a special set of bods that will occupy one of them :-D

Waterloo 1815 Dervish Infantry

Some new recruits to the Khandibarian army, Waterloo 1815´s dervish infantry. This lot I got as part of a swop scheme with my mate Peter from Peter´s cave blog. We buy sets and swop one of the sprues with each other. This saves buying the set and ending up with loads of spare repeat bods you can´t use.

The whole sprue and a copuple of HaT bods to make up the numbers

The waterloo Dervishes really give the impression of a rampaging charge.

A new Khandibarian sharpshooter.

Rollo the brave mule and his rider Whyne Ghum

Hello to Dan...your google connect isn´t on!!!
Hello to Itchy from A Blog amomg Blogs....great WWII flames of war stuff.

Medieval Businessmen

The set is actually called Medieval Citizens and is created by Erik Trauner of Nikolai. There´s loads of his work to be seen at his Site Diorama Dreamland  and I recommend a visit!
The sculpts are very natural looking, proportional, a good test of this is their balance ..if they are in standing poses, then they should then blance on thier own two feet, and this lot do just that. The sculpting is very delcate/filigrann, (which put my painting skills to the test.:-D) and not suprisingly got top marks at PSR
This set is available from Germania Figuren

Hello to Jonathan from My Tiny Things Blog. Load´s of mini´s goodness, his Middle eastern Buildings are very inspirational!!! 

Medieval Children (at Play)

Possibly my Favourite set in 1/72nd...Alex has really brought the expression of happiness and joy of children at play!!!!



The one picking his nose....a medieval Peter pan? and I love the idea of giving the boy a cooking pot for a helmet!

Father and son.

The pair playing leapfrog come as seperate pieces....and it took a bit of "supporting scaffolding" around the jumping  one while he was glueing

Why is it that I find Alex´s sets so good? THE FACES!!!! :-D