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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Mr Saturday on 26 March 2015, 05:52:19 PM

Title: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 26 March 2015, 05:52:19 PM: I've been nuts for War of the Worlds ever since listening to Jeff Wayne's musical version many years ago. I've always fancied doing something for the tabletop with the iconic Martian tripods, so when the 15mm scale All Quiet on the Martian Front kickstarter came along I was all over it. It's taken a while for it to get to me, but now it has I'm going to put together some forces for gaming of around 1,500 points for the Martians, Americans and the British expeditionary force.

First off is a test model for the Martians to get the metals right. I'm going for a clean metal finish with some light green weathering on the metal. The bases are resin. The game is set in early 20th century America, so I need to watch what goes on the bases as debris etc. The drone below is just about to be joined by two more to complete my first Martian unit. It's on a 40mm base. The large assault tripods are on 80mm bases.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jRD57PLuyBU/VQlbbO3CfvI/AAAAAAAADDM/MX9YPeQ-G2Y/s1600/AQ_01.jpg)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XhdR14cc0Jw/VQlbbvVVk-I/AAAAAAAADDQ/Qe_JvoYui64/s1600/AQ_02.jpg)

Assembly was a little tricky with the first one as there are a lot of components and the legs didn't fit flush and are too small for pinning, so I used the paper technique for gluing the lets on the next pair. Essentially stick a small square of paper onto one join, let dry and then glue the second part onto that. The paper soaks the glue in and helps key the glue for a strong join.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: wulfgar22 on 26 March 2015, 05:58:01 PM: :-* Really nice. Love the bases!
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 26 March 2015, 06:46:46 PM: Very nice 8)

The base colour is curious, it's got enough red in it to look like Mars but should pass for Earth as well.

Will follow with interest :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Storm Wolf on 26 March 2015, 07:17:55 PM: Quote from: jimbibbly on 26 March 2015, 06:46:46 PM
Very nice 8)

The base colour is curious, it's got enough red in it to look like Mars but should pass for Earth as well.

Will follow with interest :)

cheers

James

My bet is red weed ;)
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 26 March 2015, 08:24:56 PM: As the metal is a pretty neutral colour, I decided a little more colour on the base might jazz things up. Reddish cobble seemed a decent bet.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Malamute on 27 March 2015, 08:32:03 AM: Very nice. I think the choice of colours works very well. ;D
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: von Lucky on 27 March 2015, 09:32:00 AM: Lovely start, know I will enjoy this thread. And the matching of bases to miniatures does work well.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Sinewgrab on 30 March 2015, 04:44:18 AM: This looks promising - promising indeed.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 30 March 2015, 10:58:00 PM: Thanks folks. Some more drones, finishing up the first pod. Something... taller, next I think.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/13025_10154021022117316_6714142545328050360_n.jpg?oh=2be78ccc7582e3d1684485ee2dbea412&oe=55A076BE&__gda__=1436855371_ed3afbb6f9a5922020c012ac7f8f0f09)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11050733_10154021022147316_5523577234853833981_n.jpg?oh=d726602fdd115e2fbe4d40fce9523217&oe=5575ED2F&__gda__=1433411152_ba32dc5139815283c6bc055f4694b43d)
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: wulfgar22 on 31 March 2015, 07:54:57 AM: Really nice! :-*
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: von Lucky on 20 May 2015, 09:24:11 AM: How's this coming along? They have released British forces that some on here may find interesting:
http://www.architectsofwar.com/befforces.aspx
http://www.architectsofwar.com/GBArmySuppprelim.pdf
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 20 May 2015, 10:23:06 AM: Time is at a premium of late with other projects, but I do have an assault tripod in my sights I'm going to work on next week. The problem is I want to go nuts on the base. At the moment I have several skeletonized heat ray casualties I want to add to the resin base for some flavour.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 20 May 2015, 11:52:14 AM: This looks like a winning project. I like the metal finish on your Martian, I'll be following with interest. :)
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 20 May 2015, 11:59:08 AM: Thanks Anna. The range of models for Martian Front is just utterly fantastic, I think they nailed the look both for the Martians and the humans. 15mm is a nice scale to work on, and with the large tripod bases I want to add a lot of action on the bases, like small dioramas. A dead parson covered in red weed, a destroyed artillery piece, little Easter eggs for WotW fans. I'm going to pick up some AK interactive paints and washes for the human vehicles after watching these tutorials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-KyPNrbNeQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-KyPNrbNeQ)
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 20 May 2015, 12:03:13 PM: AK Interactive makes some great product. I think you'll really enjoy them.

Now that the Brits are released for "All Quiet", I might take another look.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 20 May 2015, 12:08:46 PM: I have a lot of brit stuff as well, the monowheels are my favourite. They're a lot bigger than I was expecting too, but that goes for nearly all the MF range.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 20 May 2015, 12:16:03 PM: I was just looking at the website, I think I like the Imperial Battle Tanks best so far. :)
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: XCIV on 05 June 2015, 05:24:14 AM: That red dirt? Good old fashioned 'Mericun red dirt. There are parts of the States where it's ubiquitous.

Yes, I used 'Mericun and ubiquitous in the same breath. I'm complicated.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 06 January 2016, 04:31:40 PM: Here we have a Martian Assault Tripod from All Quiet on the Martian Front. I love War of the Worlds, so when this appeared I was all over it. It's a very tall model, it's about 6" or so, on an 80mm base.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-h1paDAu1E/Vo0S2eixf1I/AAAAAAAAEBg/MJ6cYA48Y8k/s1600/AQ_09.jpg)

I used a Gladius Game Arts base for this guy, and added a bicycle from a Sgts' Mess bits pack. The burned skeleton is from another All Quiet model. After a wash of thinned Nuln Oil, I used mostly recess washes and glazes to work up the model. Painting larger models requires less contrast than smaller models, so again, I used acrylic medium to thin the glazes. Then basing. I had to do a little research for the burnt patch of ground under the skeleton. As the model is mostly neutral colours, I could get away with more vibrant base colours, hence the dirt road has a richer tone than I would normally use.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hs1zd5J6ykI/Vo02sO3n-AI/AAAAAAAAEB4/2N0oM8ez9Rc/s1600/AQ_10.jpg)
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Shaved Dwarf on 06 January 2016, 06:45:47 PM: Nice work!
I especially like the bases.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 06 January 2016, 06:50:50 PM: Amazing work on the metal parts, looks very good :-*
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 06 January 2016, 07:15:16 PM: Very good 8)

Love the colours on it :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: von Lucky on 07 January 2016, 11:39:06 AM: Also agree, great contrast between model and base and tones in each part.
Title: Re: Slowly, but surely, he drew his brush against us - Martian Front Project
Post by: Mr Saturday on 07 January 2016, 11:44:09 AM: Thanks all. It was satisfying to work on, I've been meaning to paint up one of these tripods for a while.