Er Majesties (gawd bles ur) B.R.A.S
Balloon Reconnaissance Attack Squardon
Wow. :o
Stonking stuff. Love it.
Another option for the rails is picture wire. It is wound similar to string and paints up nicely as rope as well as being rigid enough to "pose".
Stonking stuff. Love it.
Another option for the rails is picture wire. It is wound similar to string and paints up nicely as rope as well as being rigid enough to "pose".
I'll second that. Svennn used picture wire on the 'nef he built for me and it works well. It's in the process of being painted up so pics soon.
Great stuff Sinewgrab. :-* :-* :-*
She has really come together well and the paint job is just the icing on the cake. :-*
Really grand job.
Still looking forward to seeing the right crew, LPL entry?
There is one thing I don’t like. :'(
The hairy string around the rail!
It may just be the photograph picking up the tinny detail that normal eye sight would miss.
Can you not get a hold of some cord to use instead of string?
The other option would be to try smoothing it out with a coating of PVA glue.
If you can’t get some cord PM me and I will send you some. Although I have never posted anything to the US before I don’t imagine some cord in an envelope will cause a problem.
An example of the cord I am talking about is on the sides of the balloons in my post above.
Stonking stuff. Love it.
Another option for the rails is picture wire. It is wound similar to string and paints up nicely as rope as well as being rigid enough to "pose".
I'll second that. Svennn used picture wire on the 'nef he built for me and it works well. It's in the process of being painted up so pics soon.
You can do mine at the same time ;)
Wow, some really good stuff keeps popping up on this thread. Gamer Mac, love your stuff (and thanks for the workbench ideas) and Sinewgrab you have really come up trumps on your free Norway idea. My steam choppers have unfortunatley been packed up in boxes for a while now as we move house and I am itching to get them going again >:(
So next I hope to see some of your battle reports using them and some idea of the rules you might be using for ship to ship combats. Could be interesting if Malamute you don't mind extending this thread in that way?
Now we just need to work out how to copy it in 28mm lol
I am a big fan of that nef Svenn. How does it look from the underside?
Chairface, I'll take a pic for you over the weekend.
Sorry Chairface I have only just seen your request. I could not assist other than describe it from memory anyway as I have not seen either of the two I built since before Salute. I know I kept a template for the deck but probably not the rest. I could build another one quite easily though if required.
Here comes the "Königin Luise", famous prussian airship, with recent pics from her mission over the Tsingtau harbour battlefield, where she acts as airborne observer for the heavy guns of cruiser "SMS Lusenbrink" defending the british attacks of that peaceful civilian settlement ...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/2/93_15_12_08_3_01_51_4.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/2/93_15_12_08_3_01_51_3.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/2/93_05_03_09_3_55_32_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/2/93_05_03_09_3_55_32_1.jpg)
Constructed from styrene and craft sticks. Figures by Reaper Miniatures, bits by GW.
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what are craft sticks?
This bit of kit was lost in the Atlantean Cataclysm. Think how useful it would be now in 1890, as the Venusians struggle to maintain their rightful colony against the British interlopers.
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/122/5/7/Venusian_Sky_Chariot_by_Spielorjh.jpg)
Reminds me of some wild Roller blading device. Atlantians were just so advanced its scary.indeed
Reminds me of some wild Roller blading device. Atlantians were just so advanced its scary.Technically it's the Venusuans who WERE so advanced it's scary, but that was 20,000 years ago. These are hangers-on trying to a) get rid of these bloody Brits and b) figure out what happened to their civilization and/or Atlantean colony.
See, I'm not the only one!
Hi guys,
has anybody also noticed the new DE modles, pretty usual skull and horny GW stuff, but the Raider (sans the skulls and blades could made a very nice Martian flyer, or?
(http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1390420a_8DE_Raider.jpg)
Very nice! I like the bases.
Here's a few pics of my Aeronef force if anyone is interested... (can't fit many 28mm figures on them though!)
NickH : Love the conversions, especially the flattop. However, the bases are interesting what game are they for and how do they work?
I have never been a fan of aeronefs but I do like these.
Here's a few pics of my Aeronef force if anyone is interested... (can't fit many 28mm figures on them though!)
(http://www.ssendam.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/aeronef/aeronef-german-fleet.jpg)
(http://www.ssendam.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/aeronef-british/aeronef-british-f.jpg)
(http://www.ssendam.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/aeronef-british/aeronef-british-carrier-force-2.jpg)
More pics at the Gallery:
http://www.ssendam.org/blog/?page_id=160 (http://www.ssendam.org/blog/?page_id=160)
Check out the aeronef battle on the "Yours in a whire wine sauce" website.
I think it'll convert anyone who is not into nefs into a fan. :o
pauljamesog.blogspot.com/ (http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/)
NickH: Can you explain briefly how altitude affects the game. I imagine it relates to line of sight?
NickH: Can you explain briefly how altitude affects the game. I imagine it relates to line of sight?
Thanks for the suggestion but that thread is too much of a mess for a sticky. I shall take some beauty shots of them all and post them here if you like :)
cheers
James
<snip> I've just seen Ironclad's Scout Aeronef for the first time just recently. *blush*
http://www.ironcladminiatures.co.uk/shop/catalog/browse?shop_param=shop_overview_pager%3D2%26cid%3D10%26
My airships were built around 2002-2003, and aren't up to what some people have managed.
I actually ran a convention game with them as the centrepieces for a Major-General Tremorden Reddering-inspired Landship battle.
http://jakarnilson.webs.com/mogdonazia/vict03.htm (http://jakarnilson.webs.com/mogdonazia/vict03.htm)
Didn't work, Bezzo! I can still see it!
See what?
I see a lawn. lol lol
talk about stealth....
Ooooooh yes, I like the skiff design and the Ironclad Neffs have come up a treat. Great stuff. ;D
Can I ask what models you used for the dirigibles?
Not too long ago Malamute posted a link to a set of crew that would be worthy for you. Rather than being armed or a landing party they had decent crew poses and looked the part. Maybe he'll pop along and help me out.
I'm sure redoubt used to do crew in their ACW range.
I can't remember the crew I posted.... ::)
who can resist a double-berger. ;)
Cute little conversion (total length?), post pics when it't painted.
It's from 40k so not really suitable here.
cheers
James
It has been suggested to me that I most humble submit my meagre offerings to this august sticky.
A quick WIP report of my balsa versions of Space 1889 cloudships/screw galleys.
http://dliworkshopinspace.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/martian-cloudships-dli-way-inspired-by.html
It has been suggested to me that I most humbly submit my meagre offerings to this august sticky.
Really fast, and as the forks came from a 'dollar store', one box of 70, one of 75, one can have a massive number of fails and still fly a large swarm for a couple of dollars.
I'm calling this one an 'aerial torpedo boat' with two 'tubes' up front.
I found the flat hull with blunt nose inspiration from some of Brigade Models 'nefs. Which are way better, but these are surprisingly easy.
Ah, find memories 8)
cheers
James
Great stuff :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
But you need a bigger table
Many thanks Tesla Knight, those Launches look very promising for what I want.
Are there any plan/ideas to do some small craft as opposition? E.g., Martian skiffs.
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Being new to this, what is the idea behind Aeronefs? Is it assumed they can fly in the lower gravity of Mars, or have those cunning Victorians created some kind of cunning anti-gravity technology that we lesser mortals know not?
Obviously, this boils down to "those cunning Victorians (and Martians) created some kind of cunning anti-gravity technology that we lesser mortals know not", ie what keeps them up is 'suspension of disbelief'.
In continued celebration of Blodwin's recent effort, I present some 'reality'.... a patent model of a compressed air driven flying craft....
my; that's not exactly tiny, eh?
very nicely done. I feel secure knowing there are 1,866 rivets holding things tight.