Converted figures for The Silver Bayonet

Finally another sporadic blog update 😁

I've been finishing up more stuff for The Silver Bayonet.

So to start i finally found a miniature to use for a Heavy cavalryman. The base figure is Lord Byron from Matchlock Miniatures,The Regency Zombie Hunters range sold by Minifigs/Caliver Books. 

I added some cuffs, turnbacks & widened the front of the coat, tweaked the waist coat to look more like a military fatigue jacket & added a sash

I then made a sword scabbard from some flattened copper wire with fittings, straps, links & sword knot made from greenstuff/brownstuff & fuse wire.

Here's the pictures of the Heavy Cavalryman

I wanted to add a Highwayman to the Unit, so I bought the pack of Beedles & Watchmen from the Irish Uprising range sold by Skytrex Military Models. 

There's three figures to a pack with separate heads, I already had a use for 2 of the miniatures.

I used a bare head that i had kicking about & made a battered top hat & neckerchief mask from greenstuff to make him look like what I imagined a Highwayman to be like.

I also used the figure with the Blunderbuss as a Coachman, I just used the standard figure for this without any modifications.

 

Finally, I picked up the issue of Wargames Illustrated with the free sprue of Plastic Warlord Games French Napoleonic Infantry.

First of all I cut off the muskets, I liked the look of the figures with the arm still across the chest, as if it was muscle memory from marching with the muskets.

Next I cut off the head from the Shako, gluing on a Zombie head from the old  Studio miniatures WW2 german Zombies.

I also added an arm to one the figures to make it look like it was carrying & eating it as it was walking along.

Cheers

Smoke Dischargers

I’ve decided to make some smoke dischargers for the Hornet & for a Bren carrier. 

I used some plastic tubing, plastic angle & some Warlord Games British Plastic Enfield Rifles

I’m not quite sure where exactly I will put the ones on the hornet yet though

 & I don’t have it with me to try it either. 

Rift Grenadiers Finished

Finished painting the Rift Grenadiers, painted the same as standard British Infantry.

The lenses on the resperators have been painted red to represent IR lenses

Bolt Action/K47 Artillery Observer

Been working on a Artillery observer for my Bolt Action/K47 army.

 

 

I decided to base him hiding behind a wall made from 2mm plastic strips,

using the same techniques that I have used before

 

 

The wall was painted using a base coat of Vallejo Hull Red,

 highlighted with various red browns & orange browns.

Followed by a wash of beige & re-highlighted

 

Some bricks have also been washed with Army painter strong tone to add variation to the bricks

 

 



K47 Rift Grenadiers

Started making some Rift Grenadiers for Konflikt 47

LI have used Warlord Plastic Brits, Westwind Productions SotR British gas mask heads & Warlord/Wargames Factory Survivors Sa80’s. 

I have cut the helmets from the Westwind heads so that the helmets with scrim netting can be glued onto them. 

The Sa80’s have been trimmed down to represent EM2 assault rifles. 

Left to right are the SA80-A2, XL 60 and EM-2

I have used the commando rucksacks & added an extra ammo pouch to represent the case for the Tabby night scope. 

K47 Reinforcements

 

Finished up some reinforcements for K47, Basic troops will do for Bolt Action as well.

 

I'm still not spending a lot of time on stuff as I'm wanting to get 1250pts painted pretty quickly.

 

As well as the troops above, I have some more Automatons

 

 

An Automated Carrier, I love this model,

I think it must be my favourite in the K47 range.

It still needs matt varnishing though

 

I've also taken a picture of a figure that I painted a while ago that I don't think I've shown before

 

 

Cheers keith









REME pin marker finished

 

 

 

Well I've managed to get the newest pin marker finished for K47/Bolt action.

 

He has been painted wearing denims,

an overall type of battle dress that tended to be a greener shade than regular battle dress.

 

 

 

 



Another New Pin Marker

Just finished making a new pin marker for K47/Bolt Action.

Its supposed to represent a REME Engineer,
holding (swinging) an adjustable spanner made from plasticard.

The figure is a plastic British inafantryman with all the webbing removes & a Warlord Games metal 

SAS head wearing a beret & goggles. 

I made most of the tools from plasticard & bits of brass rod.

The screw driver was made from plastic coated wire & the tool box is plastic box section.

The wooden box is a resin cast that I had, I don’t know the manufacturer though.

I also added a spare upper arm section from a K47 British Atomaton, if I can find a suitably small bolt I will add that, somewhere, to the base as well
I think that the only thing that is really missing is a mug o tea 😁

750pts For Konflikt 47

 

Just finished 750pts for the Weird War 2 game Konflikt 47

 

 

I had already painted the HQ figures & the Infantry Figures are Warlord Games plastic infantry, with TAG metal rifles instead of the plastic ones. I don't think that the painting is as good as I normally do, as I wanted to actually be able play a game before next year!!!!

 

 

The AT rifle is the one that I have previously posted

 

 

These WWW2 figures are from the Warlord K47 range Automated Infantry with MMG's.

The Automated Infantry are a pain to put together but worth it, I think they are my favourite models

 

Next up is a squad of Galahad Armoured Infantry all armed with LMG'S

 

 

Next is my version of a Guardian Light Walker.

I'm too tight to buy an official one, especially when I have some 1:35 scale Melusine MaK suits that would do the job. All I had to do was add a 50cal HMG another MMG on the right arm & cobbled together a flame thrower out of 40k weapons for the left arm & add a light from an old Ork dreadnought, some old Ork shoulder pads & a Visor/Window from a bit of plasticard.

 

 

 





AT rifle team WIP Update

The loader is now completed

The base just needs sanding & then onto the difficult part of getting off my arse & painting them 🤔

Boys AT rifle for Konflict 47

Just started work on a Boys AT Rifle team to use in Konflict 47

Ive used a plastic warlord games british infantryman, same technique for the wall as done for the home guard. 

The Boys AT Rifle is a 1:35 one cut down, with a metal rod added for the barrel & a plastic rod flash suppressor. I added a shield from plasticard just to make it look a bit different. 

More Pin Markers

Here's a couple more pin markers that I've knocked up.

The woman is an Artizan designs miniature & the Guy at the tea urn is a plastic warlord Brit with a German metal head & the Tea Urn, Table & Mug are all from plastic rod & card