Here's a couple of mdf wagons from warbase, inexpensive, really well designed, they go together very nicely. I've based them so that I can use the spare draft teams to pull them or leave them as objectives in a camp for instance.
Sprayed green ,wash of agrax earthshade, black here and there, bit of metal and basing, job done.
In amongst all those holiday snaps on your blogs, here's Toby on a recent local walk , it's down by the New River, which is only relatively new as I think it was excavated in 1605 to provide water to London, ends up at Islington green, there's a statue to the chap who instigated it there. Anyway , a nice walk at my end!
More wagons, terrain and Napoleonic troops waiting for an outing after this!
All the best
Iain
Warbases do make some cracking wagon's for a very cheap price. Great work Iain!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, that they do!
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These look terrific Iain. They look like cast metal pieces. You have done a great job with the paintwork and weathering.
ReplyDeleteYou are too kind Lawrence, a fast and dirty paint finish on these bits of kit!
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I thought they looked like metal caissons too.
DeleteWell designed, they do brush up well!
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Great work on the wagon. They look superb.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard, nice to dress the battlefield and useful!
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Fantastic work sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Michal!
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They look great Iain. Good to see logistics elements on the table. Nice shot of the New River. Don’t really know anything about that. I’ll have to look into it.
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Thought you might be interested, apparently started in 1604 but over ran a fair bit, par for the course with civil engineering through the ages!
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Any cost and time overruns are de minimis given that it’s lasted over 400 years!
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I always thought the French transport drivers had some of the snappiest looking outfits, but never found a reason to get them on the table, so never took the time to produce a stand or two. But I think they do dress up the table well (as do these).
ReplyDeleteTransport isn't the most glamorous but we all know how important logistics is!
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Just the job, Warbases thank you for my visit to their site :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm, they're pretty good but there are some 3d printed wagons I'm painting up which are even more economical!
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I forgot that warbases do that sort of thing. I’ll have to take another decko at their site. Love the New River. Must’ve been King James / Charles’ version of HS2. Lol.
ReplyDeleteApparently King James had to bale them out by taking 50% of the company, he also visited after a heavy dinner from a nearby palace one winter to see the ice and ended up head first with just his boots sticking out, they had to drag him out, I'm guessing they were all hammered!?
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They look the business, nice wagons and you wouldn't think they were MDF, really good. Nice photo of your walk, that is a rather nice bit of scenery to amble along beside.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, it's an adaptable material and they've done a good job on the design, to be fair they usually do!
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Nice work Iain and a useful addition. I sadly have some more limbers to do sometime in the future perhaps if I got some wagons I might be more motivated to do them ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, wagons are easier than limbers, I have to say I don't mind limbers that much, especially the 3d printed ones which went together well and were also really economical?
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looks great and should come in very handy in future games. 😁
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew, not exiting but useful!
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Hard to believe that these wagons are mdf. Nice (and lush) walk too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan! Funny they started work on the new river about the same time the Susan Constant was heading from London for Jamestown with her first load of colonists!
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Great looking wagons, and lovely walk with your canine companion!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean on both counts!
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Nice wagons and river walk!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Fitz!
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Lovely wagons, the green is perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks SD, I got lucky with the spray and a wash!
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Nice work Iain - I have always thought these mdf wagons etc would be a good buy, particularly the French cannons!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith,yes although the sides of the cannons are a bit plane, you'd need to add some strips of paper/card I think?
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Nice work on the wagon there Iain and a neat idea to have to horses as seperate from it to give maximum flexibility for use during games etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, I did the draft teams separately so that I can use them for this or if I needed to make my units smaller, I could use them as a nominal limber crew?
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Well, as others have said, I didn't think those wagons were made of MDF! They look really very good indeed and you have done a wonderful job on them. Given the price of metal ones, I'm sure these would be much better value. I think I shall have to look into some for my own collection! :-) Best wishes, Jason
ReplyDeleteHi Jason, I think they're about £7 each including postage , which is pretty good, although after that I bought four resin 3d printed wagons for just under £13 , although postage was extra, I liked them so much I've bought another set!
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Those are nice, we tend to overview the role of such elements in our toy armies, but they are much needed! Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber, always good to have some support elements and they make nice in game objectives too!
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Thanks for the tip with warbases Iain, they certainly look value for money (even witth the added freight to the antipodes). I well remember Islington Green from my teenage days, I used to work in Tesco's in Essex Road a lifetime ago. I don't know if it is still there.
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