Steam and Aether setting revealed. (Meridian Miniatures)

[Conquistador]

Here you go.....
Part 3
http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/

Karma, dude, karma...

 

Gracias,

Glenn

[Conquistador]

And here's Part 4
http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/part-4.html

"... With uncertain foes and fickle friends all around, von Bismarck’s armies set about securing the borders, creating hundreds of miles of defensive lines, unbreachable by foreign aggression, and from whatever perils lurked within the Aether storms..."

Two Words.

Maginot Line.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Andrew May]

Instantly put me in mind of this.

Cpt. George Mainwaring:
I could have sworn that they would never break through the Maginot line.

Sgt. Arthur Wilson:
Quite right sir, they didn't.

Cpt. George Mainwaring:
I thought not. I'm a pretty good judge of these matters you know Wilson.

Sgt. Arthur Wilson:
They went round the side.

Cpt. George Mainwaring:
I see... they what!

Sgt. Arthur Wilson:
They went round the side.

Cpt. George Mainwaring:
That's a typical shabby Nazi trick, you see the sort of people we're up against Wilson.

Sgt. Arthur Wilson:
Most unreliable sir.

[Andrew May]

The final part up today (although a small additional part will be added tomorrow).

With so many horrors, and with France still very much in a state of Aetheric flux, it seems foolhardy for any nation to contemplate expeditions into the wasteland. And yet the Prussian central ministry and the Royal Geographical Society of Britain have put together several expeditionary forces to foray ever deeper into old French territory. And they are not alone—several of Britain’s more partisan regiments have disobeyed orders and entered France in search of riches. Mercenary warbands from rival nations delve into the wasteland unaided. And all this, for the merest opportunity of fame, fortune and the advancement of science beyond measure.

http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/part-5.html

[Dewbakuk]

Read it a few mins ago. I think I can be persuaded to play in this setting
So will you be sculpting strange denizens?

[Andrew May]

Oh yes of course! But more humans first

[Andrew May]

As promised.
http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/additional.html

[former user]

France wiped out - could only be a British fantasy  

now I understand all the breathing devices

nice and interesting read...
my input:
I wonder what happens now with Africa and the Ottoman Empire, now that they are all busy with looting what is left of France

[d phipps]

Very nice! Sounds like an exciting background. 

[Andrew May]

Thanks guys!
As for Africa/Turkey etc, as I said I'm concentrating in the European theatre for now. Some other folk may appear as mercenaries etc in the future but if the project goes on for years then who knows what'll happen. 

[Wolf Girl]

Cool story. It looks like fun.

[Andrew May]

Apologies if you've seen these paint jobs before on my kickstarter page http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/meridian-miniatures-steampunk-army  
but the Steam and Aether setting wasn't fully set in stone when I first painted them so I decided to stick with my old default basing scheme. I've chosen to refinish the bases to represent the post catastrophe landscape of industrial France. I've simply removed the grass tufts and added (overscaled) miniature bricks and tiny cogs (both from eBay) with some pieces of card create nice bits of loose paving. This all received a coat of dark grey plus a black wash, then a little brass and brick red to pick out the details. Next came a light grey drybrush plus some orange on the bricks and the odd patch of ground. A little chestnut ink was added to shade the brass. I hope you'll agree that they've turned out to be very effective and evocative of the setting for relatively quick jobs.

More on't blog
http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/kickstarter-figures-rebased.html

[Mason]

Looking good, mate!
 

[fastolfrus]

France wiped out - could only be a British fantasy  

Cheese eating surrender monkeys.... I expect there may be a couple of others in the "lets kick the French" queue.
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