Friday, 9 October 2026

VSF heavy steam tank

 I've had this model for a couple of years but finally decided to paint it. It is by Ironclad Miniatures.

 

I've placed the vehicle in a desert landscape under low-light conditions (by under-exposing my shot). I'm putting this in the context of an alternative Earth timeline where a portal between Earth and Mars opened up in the last decades of the 19th century. Obviously, the Great Powers all scrambled to explore this new world (which amazingly had a breathable atmosphere and a relatively clement climate).

Inevitably, the threat of conflict between the Powers and some of the local inhabitants developed into open hostility and armoured vehicles soon became essential to protect exploring teams.

The backdrop is from the latest Jon Hodgson Sci Fi backdrops book. 

I really like this model. I now need to work out how to use it.