discussion Yaks - zvezda siege machines

[yak face]

Heres my under a fiver build , the zvezda Seige machines set which cost me £4 . Its totally out of my usual interest zone but just looked so mad i had to have it. Its very nicely tooled with lots of woodgrain effect to highlight. I was hoping that they could be made to operate but i dont think its possible , shame I was looking forward to firing cocktail stick arrows and catapulting dried pea boulders! Heres the pics cheers tony

 

[colin m]

Nice one. A great excuse for practicing wood grain effects ect.

 

[Guest]

I flogged together the No.1 set a while back. It says 1/72 but it's 28mm (1/56?) I'm informed they were intended for Zvezda's 'Ring of Rule' fantasy series

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Can't wait to see these, Tony

 

[papa 695]

Nice one Tony, I've pulled up a chair.

 

[yak face]

Got the first bits started , the three assault shields , which are basically like boards on wheels! I primed all the parts on the sprues with matt black and after detaching and cleaning up are getting a few coats of vallejo desert yellow. On top of this I will be using a highly thinned wash of vallejo woodgrain , which is a translucent dark brown . This should settle in the grain and give the effect im after plus darken the colour .Ive also assembled most of the parts for the catapult which have been painted too ready for assembling . Heres a few pics with a washed assault shield at the side of one that has just been painted and is awaiting the wash , cheers tony

 

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
Something completely new. Looks fun. Shame you can't fire your peas.
Jim

 

[papa 695]

Great start Tony

 

[Guest]

Tony.
Looks to have very clean mouldings on those frame sections. Grabbing a seat.
John .

 

[Steve Jones]

Luv em Tony. Looking forward to seeing them come together. Will you do any figures??

 

[colin m]

Nice start. The parts look very clean.

 

[yak face]

Tony.
Looks to have very clean mouldings on those frame sections. Grabbing a seat.
John .

No steve , figure painting is one if my many weaknesses plus its for the under a fiver challenge so its only whats in the box (thankfully theres no figures!)

 

[Guest]

Hi Tony nice work so far. :thumb2:

Pete.

 

[yak face]

Well the assault shields and the catapult are done , i just want to add some thread to the winding mechanism , then these are finished . Next up is the ballista ( crossbow) which looks a bit more complicated but should still go together fairly quickly , cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Looking real good Tony :smiling3:.

 

[SimonT]

Hi Tony,
I reckon that catapult could be made to fire your pea boulders relatively easily.

The thing that looks like curly pasta with a spoon handle stuck in it is meant to be the ‘spring’ and could be replaced with a couple of elastic bands

You would need to drill out the side frames so the band ends could push through and then modify the retainers with a slot to take a rod pushed through the band ends

Should be doable.......

 

[papa 695]

Looking good Tony

 

[Steve Jones]

Looking really great Tony. If you finish the catapult in time they could do with it at Winterfell Monday morning for the defence against the dead people :smiling3::smiling5:

 

[yak face]

Ballista has been assembled , bit more tricky than the catapult as the bottom frame had to be assembled after the main crossbow part as it pivots in this.
Anyhow heres the bits before assembly and after , complete with woodgrain wash . Cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Very nice :smiling3:.