Martian Towers or Coffee can Towers.June 2016 Update

I've been playing with some rare spare time and working on some more of the Martian city towers.

The "bell tower" with the gold cross goes with the theme of converting Martian buildings to Human uses. I'm hoping these will add a more realistic feel to my city layouts and soften my straight lines of my cork buildings.

The Henson Interplanetary Mining Company & Henson Interplanetary Trading Company.

Two more maxims and a nine pounder are still in the packets but will be added to the force when painting begins.

Painting! What painting figures this year?

Managers/Foremen at the front left, "security" officers behind with a unit of eight men.On the right eight company "guards" with one officer and eight more armed employees to the right rear. All from North Star miniatures African range.

In the back ground are three Brits who just wondered onto the table to keep an eye on this "private" army. 

The trees have been placed on bases and will be added to the cultivated parts of human quarters in Martian cities. On and I've had the flag box open and been looking at marching camp/building flags.

Martian Tripod-April & May Update

Due to life,I missed my April blog and as usual I've only few finished things to show you but here are a selection of work in progress from last month and this.

City back drop.

As I'm limited to gaming space at the moment I've got round to covering up the blank white wall on one side of my table.This will work with buildings that are sitting elsewhere or have yet to be completed with a road way to be made of foam. I used the cork to try to fit in more with the buildings rather than just paint a background.Still lots to do but at least a 3 year project/idea has started.

A few bits of machinery for the Imperial Japanese and a Martian Tripod!!!??? or is it Vulcan???

They are sat on that Mesa which is yet to be finished ;) 

Some Martian lurkers which will be getting a further grey coating.

The Empire of the Sun tests a new toy

Once again very little to show you,lots on the table but all in the finishing process.Above the "Fire Turtle 16 " testing its gun against a bit of armour. Sorry for my Japanese readers for my poor Japanese.

Venus Mesa or not much for Feb

Not much to show this month. Snowed under with real world work :(

A few bits of scatter for Mars and Venus. Working on a Mesa for my 'birdmen' village if I ever get the houses right?

Happy New Year from the Martian stone yard

Happy New Year All :)

Alas I couldn't twist any arms for a game from the usual suspects due to family commitments etc but I used the rare spare time to build one of my presents from Santa.

Hirst Arts Tomb selection for an RPG Space 1889 idea I've been muling over for a while.

They can double for ruins of a city or temple on Mars.

Seasons Greetings to All

So this year has seen few finished projects due to work and family, but one soldiers on.

What for next year? I'll continue to finish the projects from past years and oh no new projects! What are you mad? !!! Yes crimbo time has tempted me to buy new things! A few for the lead pile and a lot for terrain to go to future Space 1889 games. If we can get in a game before the end of the hols we will but if not hope to get some games in next year.

Thank you for your interest.

May your God,Gods or Richard Dawkins go with you at this time of year and may 2016 see you modeling and gaming as much as you would like to.


DLI in VSF :)

A little bit more street scatter or Google photos gone wacky!

Sorry not much this month either and it nearly didn't get posted thanks to Google's new photo "service" which I guess happened some time this month?

Trade goods/ market produce and a makeshift chapel for the Lords work.

You may just work out a fountain in the early stages.