Wagons and town folk completed,

Finally completed the second wagon and the two blister packs of civilians. Very pleased with how these turned out, the moulds are superb as you would expect from Perry Miniatures.

Some shots of the covered wagon. I did manage to add the traces and tack, using fuse wire for the ropes.

The covered top has been left removable. 

I based both wagons at the same time.

Street entertainers blister pack.

Market Day blister pack, plus the man with the sack was with the covered wagon kit.

On the painting board now is the final unit of my Wars of the Roses project. A unit of twelve Scurrers, Prickers, Hobilars, whatever you wish to call them. A poor man's light cavalry.

Perry ox drawn wagon, nearly complete.

I managed to get the ox cart close to completion during the Paint & Chat session last night. It still needs the base doing, but I shall do that when the second wagon is completed. The set is the Perry Miniatures metal range code number WR24, for those who are interested.

Here is the drover and cart minus its load. I didn't glue the load on as it gives me more options.

Here with the load slipped into place, the kit does come with the wife holding a baby and the young boy, both in sitting positions and look pretty good sat on top of the wagon load.

Next up is kit number WR27, which is a horse drawn covered wagon. It looks reasonably straightforward, but once again does not come with any instructions for the build. I shall have to check the Perry site for a completed wagon, especially for the traces for the horse tack. I haven't got a clue where they go.

Finally, for my Wars of the Roses project, are two blister packs of period figures. These are the Market Day figures. 

Street Entertainers, this group should make an interesting vignette.

Once that little lot are painted up, the WotR project is finally complete. I shall then move back to finish off the War of the Three Kingdoms (ECW) figures I have.

Oxen hauled wagon and load.

Something a little different, I am working on a cart and load, pulled by four oxen. This is a Perry Miniatures metal set, it had very little flash and although there are no instructions, it looks pretty straightforward to build.

All the components laid out on the board, the only thing I have done, apart from priming of course, is to super glue the oxen heads on as they come separate, this is for a reason as the two yokes at the top of the photo should be slipped on first. However, this would have caused problems in the painting stage as well as having the two models joined together and hanging from the yoke. I shall simply snip the yoke at the bottom of the curve and place it on the completed oxen.

The set comes with a drover, woman holding a baby and a young boy. The two latter models are in a sitting position and will eventually be placed on top of the wagon load. The load is a resin cast.

The wagon parts, the ladder like pieces are the side of the wagon and the odd curved shaped pieces at the top of the photo, with forked ends are to slip over the wheel axles/hubs and join with the top of the wagon sides.

Painting the oxen, nearest the camera is flesh, then yellow and furthest away two in brown sand. 

I used some left over paint to highlight a few of the sacks on the load.

A dry assembly of the wagon, nothing is glued in place yet, but shows how all the parts go together.

Without the load and with the two seated figures shown.

The oxen have now had a coat of transparent burnt umber ink, the original colours now give a subtle difference in hide colour.

I also gave the load and wagon a coat of the ink too, this will make it easier to paint up once assembled.

The work will hopefully be completed tonight on the paint and chat, I can then move onto the second wagon, which is a little more complex looking, a covered wagon. Although these models as described as Wars of the Roses, they could be used for many periods.