The Emperor Dalek

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual Emperor Dalek

I was able to buy a copy of the Terry Nation's Dalek annual 1978 on ebay recently. I used to have a copy of this when I was a kid. But I lost it over the years sadly.

The Emperor Dalek rises

I always liked the rendition of the Emperor Dalek from that issue and recently I wanted to make one for my own Imperial Dalek forces for the Doctor Who Miniatures Game (DWMG). But getting the right sized head was always the challenge for this little creation.

Fortunately I was able to find a $2 Soccer game where the soccer ball was just the right size. Using a Dalek from the Exterminate game I removed the upper torso & head and replaced this with the soccer ball. I then glued the eye stalk and several nodules from inside the ball itself (these nodules joined the two halves of the ball together) as "ear" lights on the dome of the Dalek head.

The superglue has left some vapour marks on the model, but painting it will fix that easily enough.

Now I need to find the right paints for this fellow and detail the base. But here he is, the Emperor Dalek for the Imperial Daleks.

Lest We Forget!

ANZAC Day 2019

Dawn Service at our local RSL branch this morning brought home to me again the sacrifice of those who have kept us free and whom will never come home to their loved ones. Keep them in your prayers, always.

Lest We Forget!

HAPPY EASTER!

2 Peter 1:16 (NIV)

¹⁶ For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Hope eternal!! Have a wonderful Easter.

A Good Friday

This beautiful painting was made by a member of our church.

Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)

⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions,

    he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

    and by his wounds we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24 (NIV)

²⁴ “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

May you have a wonderful, blessed and peaceful Easter!

Making Water Splashes for Victory at Sea

The Royal Navy undertakes gunnery practice at Scapa Flow

I wanted to make some water splashes to denote missed gunnery shops fired from warships for Victory at Sea. So I decided to use some old coins and base them with sand. Then paint them in the fashion I have been basing my warships. I then added small tufts of cotton wool and...Bob's your Uncle!

They work nicely for my 1/3000 scale warships and are pretty cheap to make.

The different sizes can be used to denote gunnery verses depth charge explosions or can just be used as a variety of gunnery explosions in the water.

The explosion markers are from Litko and will be used to denote actual hits on targets.

Painting Warships

Bismarck ready for its base to be painted

This post summarises how I am currently painting my 1/3000 scale WWII warships.

With the Royal Navy's Hood and Price of Wales done it was time to add some of the opposition. Bizmarck and Prinz Eugen.

First up I base the ships and then add the sand that will later become the wake for the ship. I then basecoat the miniatures in Chaos Black. This helps to shadow the model when painting it.

I then wet brush the model in Administratum Grey. Any paint getting on the base will be painted over later when I paint the water affect.

In painting, I stroke the brush over the model in order to leave the base coat showing through in some recesses.

I then paint the decks in Rakarth Flesh.

Historical colour schemes are then painted on, if they were present on the actual ship.

If a camouflage scheme was also present of the actual ship, I then paint this. Bizmarck, for example, had additional paint added to the bow and stern as well as stripes along the port and starboard.

Prinz Eugen also had a camouflage scheme.

I then paint the anchor chain along the bow deck using Boltgun Metal.

I then paint the model in Agrax Earthshade and await for it to dry.

Once dry, I again use Rakarth Flesh to paint highlights on the model's decks.

With the model finally done, I then paint the base. You can find how I did that here.

Hood and Prince of Wales sail forth

H.M.S. Hood and H.M.S. Prince of Wales

I just finished basing the HMS Hood and Prince of Wales. So here are a few pic's to show them off.

Hood and Prince of Wales leave Scapa Flow to hunt the illusive Bismarck

These are Davco 1/3000 scale ships based using the process outline in the previous post.

The sea mat is actually a Dresslily wall hanging. It cost about $30 (USD) and took about two or three weeks to ship here. Its larger than a 6ft x 4ft mat and so is not only cheaper but bigger.

Overhead detail showing the base

Bye, bye Scapa Flow. We'll be back soon... or will they?