BATTLE OF SANDRINGHAM 1903 UPDATED pictures AND WALKERS

[Overlord]

We never did find out what had happened to the marooned German crew survivors of the Dread 33 zeppelin...

The Dread 33 Zeppelin undertook a Night Flight, Over the Hills and Far Away, over a Black Mountain Side, Going To California . They believed it would be a Misty Mountain Hop, Down By The Seaside

Intercepted by Her Majesty's Airship Achilles, they were engaged in a Hot Dog fight in which they gave No Quarter it what became The Battle Of Evermore

On the verge of victory they suffered a Communication Breakdown and were left Dazed And Confused.   In Achilles' Last Stand she struck the fatal blow on the Zeppelin.

In The Light of early dawn they attempted to Ramble On and Bring It On Home, experiencing Good Times Bad Times. DZ33 eventually crashed into The Ocean sending many of her crew on their Stairway To Heaven.

With Ten Years Gone no-one yet knows what happened to the survivors of the Dread 33 zeppelin.......

Apologies to Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant et al

Good game & report 

[fritzy]

Excellent report even though the result went the other way .
Not to worry this was just a little attack to test the local defences.
 The Prussians will return,             At some point

Cheers

Fritzy

[Chairface]

Awesome battle report. Loved every second of it.

[commissarmoody]

Vary nice

[argsilverson]

Very well done. Bravo!

[twrchtrwyth]

Excellent report, very entertaining. Any chance of some group photos of the forces?

[Rabbitz]

Here are some quick photos of the figures I painted for it.

Prussian force (minus the derailer tank which was just a repainted derailer tank from wild wild west) 


and the brave townsfolk


Sorry but I dont have any more pictures of the British forces

[twrchtrwyth]

Thanks, lovely miniatures. Thought the Town/Village? elder set from Westwind was in there.

[thejammedgatling]

Excellent report, very entertaining. Any chance of some group photos of the forces?

Nice one Rabbitz.

I don't have shots of my highlanders yet (I'm still tweaking them slightly and tartan takes SOOOOO long to paint) but I thought people out there might like to see the walkers.

Technical specs:

The Jonas Arkwright mobile artillery platform Mark IV
Weight: 32 tonnes unloaded, 41 tonnes loaded
Range: 195 miles with loaded high performance coal, 330 miles with Martian grey coal
Crew: 2 stokers, 1 engineer, 1 driver, 3 artillery officers, 6 marines, 1 commander
Armament: 2 side facing gatling guns which may be removed and relocated, 1 artillery piece firing 8" ordinance.
Speed: Top speed of 16mph
Armour: Steel plate varying from 10mm to 45mm. Adamantine forward facing armour (Martian technology)


a view showing it against the size of a naval officer on horse


front view with drivers position under artillery piece


rear view at boiler end


crew standing at the ready to repel boarders on the top deck


driver and navigator at the front


different view of the last


a three quarters view which shows the rust effect off. This was supposed to give the ship a well used look after a few years of Martian service where 300 mph sandstorms have long since stripped off the white paintwork...


thee quarters from the front showing gunners position


the business end...if only we'd had a few of these when the Martians invaded...


the underbelly of the beast with air intake and coolant radiator. I like how the rust effect worked on this part best (shame no-one ever sees it...isn't that always the way?)


this shows how top and bottom sections uncouple. I thought I might like to build a different type fuselage but keep the leg unit, or maybe a 'burned out' artillery platform (some hope Rabbitz, you might even dent it next time)


the final pic showing HMMS Gladiator next to HMMS Orca for scale comparison.


Not sure if you want details on the construction of the two models or where I got the bits and pieces. If you'd like to know I'd be happy to oblige. And many thanks again for all the positive comments for our first 28mm outing in VSF!

Cheers
TJG

[Hammers]

Queen Victoria (at least in this strange and warped parallel universe) lived until 1912, aided by the strange properties of the Martian Spa mudbaths at Louisbourg Rouge (in the French Colonial Sector) as well as bracing walks with her steam powered terriers and a penchant for earl grey tea. Technically she is still alive as her living brain went down in the safe of the New Titanic when it was lost over Martian Polar territory in the same year. This has since spawned the largest aeronef fleet search in history and at least one film entitled 'Raise the Queen's Brain..".

It was no accident that Victoria survived the great blast that rocked HMMS (Her Majesty's Martian Ship) Gladiator. Thanks to the Jonas Arkwright impervious corset parachute that had been designed for her in case her aeronef carriage should fall from the sky, the Queen was able to return to earth in a controlled (though slightly undignified) descent, only slightly on fire.

 

[fritzy]

Yes PLEASE, Info like this is a great help to all, and it gives you new ideas on a theme. The rust effect, was that done with the 2 part product ( don't know what it is called, but was shown it at the local model railway shop). The one I saw is painted with the first coat then the second coat reacts with the first to give the rust, Gotta get some.
  Modellers are always storing bits of info away into dusty corners of their minds waiting for them to jump out at the relevent moment,  well I do .

Can't wait for the next instalment of the battle/campaign.

Cheers

Fritzy

[answer_is_42]

Those walkers are very nice, great rust effects indeed.

However, how on earth did they get so rusty? I thought this was the naming ceremony; surely their crews wouldn't let the Queen see such a mess? 

[Geudens]

Those walkers are very nice, great rust effects indeed.

I second that!!!

Rudi

[Bullshott]

An excellent report and a great looking game. Good to see more GASLIGHTers in the UK.

[Rabbitz]

Good to see more GASLIGHTers in the UK.

mmmm were both in Western Australia 

TJG - Great photos of your walkers there mate.   Make sure you do that blown up hull though as something big is coming