This week I managed to finish the Polish Artillery and Tabor. The Artillery consists of three guns. The guns were from SteelFist. The Mantlets were from Old Glory. The crew and Gabions were from the Assault Group.
In addition to the artillery I completed four War Wagons for the Polish Tabor. The War Wagons are from 1st Corps. The idea and recommendations for the Manlets and War Wagons were from a blog I read by Camisado.
I want to get a worn paint look on the front of the mantlets and wagons. I did this by first painting a weathered wood look. I then varnished the pieces and let the varnish dry,
I then painted the parts with the red color that I was looking for with Vallejo acrylic paint and let the parts dry for about three minutes until they were just dry to the touch.
I then applied some scotch tape to the part and lightly pressed down on the part. I then quickly removed the tape to take off some of the red paint, leaving the wood color exposed. This process took some practice to make sure that I removed enough of the red paint without removing the wood color and primer. I reapplied the tape a couple times until I achieved the effect I was looking for.
The above picture shows the finished look. I then added some Polish cross decals and then scratch the decals to weather them.
To finish the mantlets I based them and then added some black powder to the top of the mantlets on the inside and outside to represent the gun smoke residue. I then used some model boat rigging rope to tie to the top of the mantlets. The other end was held by the Polish Wybraniecka (peasant laborer) figures from the Assault Group.
I decided to have two mantlets closed and the third one open. The combination gives a more dynamic look to the group of artillery.
