THE BUNKER - Zone Alfa/Rogue Stars Project (Part 5)

A quick update on the Bunker Project as I managed to complete another two pieces from the excellent CombatZone "Hanley's Hope" Office set. 

Two more sections of the Office complete.

Love the details like the printer and coffee cup etc. 

I have tried to paint the keyboards and monitors in that off white/grey colour that most computers seemed to be in the 80s and 90s.

I've ordered a few of these from Blotz to add to the Bunker. They look like they'll fit nicely with the CombatZone stuff.

THE BUNKER - Zone Alfa/Rogue Stars Project (Part 4)

It's been a while since I have made any progress on "The Bunker" project due to working on a very large War of the Spanish Succession commission. In between battalions I have managed a bit of time to get a few bits painted up and a couple of bits finally finished. 

Computer terminals and a display table from Combat Zone Scenery. Part of their wonderful Alien inspired "Hanley's Hope" range. 

Three scratch built bits of scientific equipment (TBC - any suggestions please put them in the comments). Main sections from the bits box. I think they were from a game my son had when he was younger?

The control sections at the front were made from some spare las guns from a Oshiro Models Grav Truck model. I only had two and Jim very kindly sent me a spare so I could finish these off.

A couple of Storage Tanks made from till roll tubes, screw caps, bits of sprue and control panels from a store on Etsy. 

Wouldn't be a scratch build if I didn't include Hubba Bubba packaging! I think I have about 12 of these in total now.

Added a control panel, again from Etsy.

I think I have another 4 to make so after that I'll call that enough as I'll have enough to fill a large Power Supply Chamber.

Next up for this project will be some more of the "Hanley's Hope" stuff from Combat Zone Scenery.

OTTOMAN ARTILLERY - Napoleonic Naval Crew Version

As mentioned in the previous post I plan to use these for various settings that we game. As I had finished the Royal Navy crews I thought I would set up the battery with these figures and see what it looked like. All figures are from Newline Designs Napoleonic Naval range.

OTTOMAN ARTILLERY - Warfare Miniatures

For a while now I have been following Barry Hilton's progress in producing some new Ottoman artillery pieces and recently he posted that he was ready to get some produced and if anyone wanted any they just had to message him. So I immediately messaged him and said I would take a couple. They turned up last week and they are fantastic! 

The guns come with two options, the large spherical wheels or the more standard wooden wheels.

Obviously I chose to use the more unusual wheels.

As I bought two models I now have 4 spare wheels which I plan to use on a scratch built War Wagon. I plan to use these guns in a few settings including our early 18th century Sharp Practice games set in the Woebetides, a fictional island chain in the Indian Ocean as well as a Napoleonic Adriatic setting. I decided to mount the guns on a double base and have some sort of defence in front. As well as firing they will also become an objective in some games.

A few details to add, like cannonballs etc, but other then that these are pretty much finished. Next up will be some crew for these two and at some point i'd like to add a limber or two. I plan to have various crews to fit our various settings so as well as an Ottoman crew there will be a pirate crew and a possibly a Napoleonic crew.

THE WOEBETIDES - Redoubt Enterprises Tiger Mortar

A while ago I was perusing one of my favourite Facebook groups "Wargaming In India and Asia 1600-1930" when I came across a post detailing a Mortar and Crew from Redoubt Enterprises and I immediately though that I recognised some of the figures and that it might work for our Woebetides games. I was right! I had a few from a bag of figures I purchased at the local Penkridge Tabletop Wargames Sale which had all sorts in. So after a quick chat with Grubby I managed to get a few more to make the numbers up for a Sharp Practice artillery crew of 5 figures. Plus I needed the barrel of the Tiger Mortar. All sorted and I have just finished basing them up. Although after a quick chat with The Oracle of Andreivia himself we both agreed that it would probably look better with a few bits of extra ammunition added to the base for a bit more interest. So I shall sort that shortly. Leader figure still to be sorted but while I was painting them I thought I could use them for many forces involved in The Woebetides so I might add a few different Leader characters (British, French, Pirate etc).

NAPOLEONICS - Serbian Napoleonic Infantry

New Year, New Project!

One of my projects for 2025 is to paint up a load of 28mm Napoleonics for Sharp Practice that I have been buying over the last couple of years. A while ago I took advantage of a sale at Steve Barber Models and bought a load of figures for a Sharp Practice project, inspired by "The Frontier Sea - The Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic" by Dave Watson (aka The Balkan Wargamer). It's a great book with a very useful section at the end for wargamers interested in gaming in the Adriatic. Along with the figures for this project I also bought some of the Serbian Napoleonic Infantry as I thought they might come in useful for some Sharp Practice games set in the fictional Black Sea country of Andreivia created by my good friend and fellow wargamer Richard C (Steel Lard Organiser). Richard has run many games set in Andreivia from Ancients to Modern and many of us have been involved in these games for over ten years! 

First up are three bases for my Serbian Napoleonic Sharp Practice force. 

Great figures and very nice to paint up. One of the more unusual forces you'll see on the tabletop!

Unfortunately for the time being Steve Barber Models are unavailable as I understand he is moving to France and as yet there are no updates on when he plans to reopen. Fingers crossed it will be soon as i'd like to get a few more of these plus some other figures in his ranges. 

THE BUNKER - Alfa Zone/Rogue Stars Project (Part 3)

I'm lucky in that three times a year there is a very good wargames tabletop sale not that far from me. I usually book a table and sell my wares which keeps me busy but I always try and make time for a wander round to see what bargains can be unearthed under the mountains of Warhammer! 

The last one was at the beginning of May and was very busy but after the initial rush I managed to find time to grab a bacon and sausage sandwich and head off for a quick scan of the other stalls to see if there was anything suitable for my current projects. One stall was selling a lot of old MDF buildings, mostly 15mm, but buried among them was a bag containing two sets of the Red Vectors 28mm Sci Fi Doors currently available from the marvelous chaps over at Pendraken. So this meant I now had six double doors and six single doors to add to the Bunker Project. 

After assembly I noticed there was slight damage to the keypad on one of the single doors but after painting them up it just looks like a damaged keypad. Maybe a stray shot destroyed the panel? 

So now I have twelve doors ready to go. 

Six double doors complete with added rust. The keypad and little screen are a great addition to an otherwise very simple design.

Six single doors again with added rust. The door bottom right has the damaged keypad and I just painted what buttons were available on the panel. 

As always thanks for looking.