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"At Byfleet we came upon an Inn, but it was deserted."
"At Byfleet we came upon an Inn, but it was deserted."
"Is everybody dead?"
"Not everybody. Look! Six cannons with gunners standing by."
"It's bows and arrows against the lightning. They haven't seen the Heat Ray yet."
- The Artillery-Man and the Fighting Machine,
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds
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Hey Internet,
Today we have the last of my 'Martian Empires' British figures - four guns, with gunners standing by.
With my enthusiasm for this project somewhat ebbing, these guys took much longer than they should have to get done - about 3 weeks from start to finish.
That said, they were nowhere near as painful as the Infantry were. The castings required far less 'clean up', and with no rifles or webbing they painted up rather quickly.
One oddity is the gunner 'pulling the lanyard'. This figure is supposed to have a turnpike, but for some reason the tool is far too short, being about 2mm off the 'ground'. Given that it would have looked rather strange to have a gunner just sort of holding a stick on each base (and with me being unwilling to bore-out and convert the bloody things myself) I opted to fashion them into 'lanyard pullers'.
I mean, yeah, I know that even a heavy gun's lanyard would be scarcely over an inch thick, and these guys look like they are pulling on a 3" Naval Rope, but - bah! - it was either that or leave them off all-together and have two man gun teams, which would have looked even worse.
I mean, yeah, I know that even a heavy gun's lanyard would be scarcely over an inch thick, and these guys look like they are pulling on a 3" Naval Rope, but - bah! - it was either that or leave them off all-together and have two man gun teams, which would have looked even worse.
With these done, I have only to paint the Expeditionary Force's armoured support and this project will be at an end. Well, at least for the time being.
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The Lead Tally - 2014
Acquired: +91 Painted: +126 Total: +35
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