Heavy Infantry Mortar Team

A Subject of Mortars in Miniature.com

Click on all photos to enlarge...

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

This fantasy Wargaming figure set is cast in white metal and is from the CAV series of Reaper figures (Kit No 7062). There are six sets of  mortar and crew with three bases provided in the package, with no assembly required unless the crews are being mounted to the bases. Casting is good for this scale but could be a little better defined in some areas and there are minimal mold parting lines present. Not being a Wargamer, I have no idea what the 'capabilities' of this mortar and crew are nor do I know what they are suppose to represent. (The remaining five sets and the three bases are available for sale. Contact me here if you are interested... US address only.)

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

Painting was done entirely in acrylics, including the metal primer and final flat coat once the project was completed. Weathering consisted of first applying a wash of artist oils thinned with Turpenoid odorless brush cleaner. When thoroughly dry, a dry-brushing was lightly applied to bring out the details.

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

Heavy Infantry, Heavy Mortar

The base is cut to 2" (51 mm) in diameter, is from 2" x 4" (51 x 102 mm) pine stud and was routered along the top edge. The finish consists of an oil based oak stain and then sealed with three coats of polyurethane.

The landscape is built-up from a mix of Sculptamold, wood glue (aliphatic resin glue) and water and was applied after masking off of the wood with a lo-tak drafting tape. Finely sifted dirt, dried flower 'twigs' and kitty litter 'stones' were used sparingly and white glued into place prior to the groundwork setting up. This was all left to dry for a couple of days before painting.

Various shades of Bragdon Enterprises pastel weathering chalks were applied as a final 'dusting'.

Special thanks to the Optimizer Gods for giving me the magnification required to be able to see and paint these small figures.


Assault Mortar Team Catachan Mortar Team Three Dwarfs and a Mortar Marine Mortar Team
Heavy Infantry Mortar Team Insurgent Mortar Team
  Heavy Infantry Mortar Team
Comments, suggestions?
   
 

 [Top]   [Home]

[Home]
[
Soviet M-1938/43] [U.S. M30] [German GrW 42] [German NbW 35] [U.S. M1] [British L16A2]
[German GrW 34] [Japanese Type 97] [Italian 81/35] [U.S. M252] [British 3-Inch]
[German kurzer GrW 42] [British 3-Inch Stokes] [U.S. M2] [Japanese Type 89] [German GrW 36]  [CHICOM Type 1963]
[British 9.45" HTM] [German 7.6cm Minenwerfer] [British 2-Inch SBML] [U.S. M29] [French Mortier 120]
[U.S. T27] [British L16A1] [Soviet M1937] [U.S. M98] [British 6-Inch MTM] [U.S. M120]

[
U.S. M21 MMC] [British FV432(M)] [U.S. M106A1] [British "Tadpole"] [Russian SO-120]
[SPz 52-3] [V-150 AMC] [U.S M4A1 MMC]

[
Three Dwarfs and a Mortar] [Marine Mortar Team] [Catachan Mortar]
[Heavy Infantry Mortar Team] [Assault Mortar Team] [Insurgent Mortar Team]

[The Honor Roll  Page 1  Page 2]

[1/1 Photo Shop  Page 1  Page 2  Page 3]

[Site Awards] [Awards Application] [Guest Files] [Wanted] [Other Models] [Infantry Manuals]
[
Site Updates] [Other Mortar Manuals] [Viewer Comments]
[
The Author] [Links] [Disclaimer]  [Site Map] [Contributors] [Banners] [Video Clips] [BLOG]

Unless otherwise specified, all models built, painted, photographed and are owned by the author.
Mortars in Miniature, Created and Maintained by
Kevin Robert Keefe, Copyright © 2001 - 2008.
 All Rights Reserved.