Sunday 12 February 2012

Bombard on the march - completed























































The bombard being transported by wagon; my interpretation of the Swiss chronicle picture.

As explained in the WIP blog entry last month, the wagon and oxen are Perry carrying a Foundry bombard. The wooden cover has been made from a Kingmaker Hussite wagon side, thats been cut to size and folded to fit. I added a chain between the yokes of the oxen. I decided to paint the wagon using Army Painter dip - however I'm not happy with the final colouring and so won't use this approach next time. The construction required a good amount of preparation and and pre-planning, so that the basework could all be done before the wagon was finally glued in place. I pinned a wheel on each axle to the base, as the surface area for creating a strong bond is so small and the wagon would become too fragile.

I waited for the release of the Perry labourers from the WR range to add the man carrying the sack, followed by his dog (a Vendel mastiff). A pack of normal size dogs in 28mm would be so useful....my plea to all sculptors!

More stuff using some of those labourers very soon....

13 comments:

  1. Fantastic work all round and it was worth waiting for that labour to turn up. The chain works really well. Looking forward to the next blog entry.

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  2. Flat out cool piece and beautifully painted!

    Christopher

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  3. SUPERB!!!!!!!! everything... SUPERB!!
    Cheers
    paul

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  4. wow! now that is cool
    cheers
    Steve

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  5. Very nice! Great idea and perfect execution! Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Great painting, a superb piece of work!!

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  7. Another excellent addition to your artillery park, I really like the addition of the flag, an effective touch. Very much looking forward to what you have in store for the remaining labourers too.

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  8. Splendid !!!

    Very nicely done !!!

    Best regards Dalauppror

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  9. Great stuff and a very good example of what's now possible with all those Perry baggage goodies etc.

    Top stuff!

    Darrell.

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  10. Super duper work and looks a treat with all your other units.

    Cheers,

    Helen

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  11. Very nice piece there and very quickly done.Fine bit of artillery bling.

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  12. An awesome piece here, inspiring!

    n.

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