HonestTom Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Well, Hogswatch has been and gone, and work can recommence on New Ankh. Here, early locomotive Lancre Witch simmers in the platform. And here’s what will be a new addition to the street scene - a somewhat over scale brewery dray by Lledo. Basic plan is to replace the driver and give it a coat of paint. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Some new additions. There’s now a flock of sheep rounding the corner, the streets are showing the effects of horse traffic and I’ve finished repainting the dray. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Some new additions. There’s now a flock of sheep rounding the corner, the streets are showing the effects of horse traffic and I’ve finished repainting the dray. 0F48E6BE-EFE5-417F-BE42-A014F8C5CE80.jpeg EBE247B2-26A3-40C8-909A-FB39F7ED2677.jpeg 25F71401-08E2-4CAC-BC44-0F82FCDA2BD7.jpeg Some excellent developments here. Really like the Wizard conversion and the brewer's dray. You can have fun tarting up old Lledo stuff. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Some excellent developments here. Really like the Wizard conversion and the brewer's dray. You can have fun tarting up old Lledo stuff. I should thank you, not only for the compliment, but because seeing your pantechnicon was what convinced me to give the Lledo stuff another look. The brewer's dray is probably a bit large, but with a scale driver it's not too noticeable. I did pick up a pantechnicon at the same market stall where I got this, and it's a better scale model IMO, but the problem is that on a layout this small, it blocks too much of the view. Anyway, I've ordered some Stadden and Monty's figures, plus some Dart accessories, which should give me most of what I need to finish the layout. Of course, as every modeller knows, a layout is only ever theoretically finished. I keep thinking of things I could add, and no doubt I will. This layout is a chance to really go crazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2019 Tom: A layout can be complete without being finished. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Harry King is not having a good day. He asked for someone from the Watch to keep an eye on a valuable cargo arriving later that day, and Captain Carrot promised one of the Watch’s best officers. Not only is this clearly not one of the Watch’s best, but there’s this dog hanging around the place. (I know I said I didn’t want to overload this layout with specific characters, but I found this dog in my bits box and decided it was a sign that Angua should make an appearance) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) A trainspotter has joined the Librarian. He used to watch from the lineside, but the staff got unnerved. Particularly the shunters. Edited January 8, 2019 by HonestTom 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzer42 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Thanks again for starting this thread. The books are a great read, slowed over Christmas but Mort and Equal rites lined up to go next. Not come across the dog.....yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I love what you have done so far, Tom. Great work and great imagination, building on STP's works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Thanks again for starting this thread. The books are a great read, slowed over Christmas but Mort and Equal rites lined up to go next. Not come across the dog.....yet. Gaspode is awesome or do you mean Angua? She is a werewolf rather than a dog. Best wishes Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2019 Thanks again for starting this thread. The books are a great read, slowed over Christmas but Mort and Equal rites lined up to go next. Not come across the dog.....yet. She's in the second book of the city watch series Men at Arms. I think maybe you've had a spoiler already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted January 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2019 Heya Tom, I had a thought which may have been mentioned already. If you have any horses on your layout you could paint them to be made of parts of different kinds of horses thanks to the Igor at Hobsons Stable.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Heya Tom, I had a thought which may have been mentioned already. If you have any horses on your layout you could paint them to be made of parts of different kinds of horses thanks to the Igor at Hobsons Stable.... That's a thought... I was considering the concept of a bit more horse traffic if I can fit it in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 With that thought about horses and Igors, perhaps you could have a horse with a spare leg carried at the rear - just as our cars have a spare wheel, so with a horse ... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 This evening I’ve been painting some more figures. Most depictions of Ankh-Morpork portray people in 18th-19th century dress, so on many recommendations I picked up some Stadden figures. These are the men (plus some Dart point levers, a pillar box and postman). My other hobby is theatre, including costuming, and the early-mid Victorian era may be my favourite to dress. I tried to get that flamboyance with some of these gents. The penny is there for the benefit of my non-modelling chums. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted January 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2019 where is Binky ? Nick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 where is Binky ? Nick Good question. Possibly Death didn't bring him along, as this is a trip for pleasure rather than business (although why did he bring the scythe? All very puzzling). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 Les Desmoiselles d’Ankh. This goofy customer is Former Wheel Five, a free golem. This is my only completely scratchbuilt figure. While golems are pretty crude, this one is even cruder than planned and so will stand at the back. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted January 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2019 no it works very well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2019 Is that the Guild of Seamstresses? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Is that the Guild of Seamstresses? no defo wearing way too much and no baskets hehe! Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestripe Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Just found this and enjoyed reading your thread Oook. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 Well, I finally managed to find some appropriately scaled figures to represent dwarfs. These are from Magister Militum and are actually to 15mm scale (00 is, I understand, about 20mm), but if anyone can be underscale, it’s dwarfs. The troll is from the same range, listed as an earth elemental. I replaced his feet and gave him a club and a loincloth. Also present is a Dart Castings dragon and a Monty’s Models tramp. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Traffic chaos, and a barbarian invader contemplates his own mortality. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2019 Will Colon and Nobby be clamping that chariot? We can rule you wholesale... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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