"The Klingon Empire Makes Use Of Several Classes Of Starships."

"The Bird-of-Prey is one of the most common Klingon ships."

This Kurgun F-3A Frigate was created using some "Bambu Lab" Matt White PLA (Polylactic Acid) on an A1 Mini 3D Printer, and can be purchased as an STL (Standard Triangle Language) file by "Fat Dragon Games" as part of the company's "Battlefront Valkyrie" Starter Set. The single-piece spacecraft has been printed using a 0.2mm nozzle, with a 0.1mm layer height in order to minimise any striation lines on the finished model.

The vessel was initially undercoated using a couple of layers of "Vallejo" Heavy Green and shaded with "Citadel" Biel-Tan Green. I then carefully dry-brushed it with (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Green, before 'picking out' its warp nacelles and (forward-facing) antimatter-based photon torpedo launcher with a combination of "Scale 75" White Alchemy and "Citadel" Flesh Tearers Red.

"The bloody loss at the battle of Austerlitz (1805) was the catalyst for change."

In addition to my latest acquisition for my (not) Klingon Defense Force, I have found the time to finish another Napoleonic figure by "Wargames Foundry". Taken from their Austrian range's blister AN002 German Infantry Marching set, the 28mm scale metal model was primed using a couple of layers of "Two Thin Coats" White Star, and shaded using some heavily watered-down "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade.

I then applied a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Red and "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson to the infantryman's collar, cuffs and waist-band - which apparently signifies that the unit originated in either Budweis or Leitmeritz. Furthermore, I 'picked out' one of the shoulder straps using "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna and "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade to show it belonged to the soldier's leather encased water bottle.

"Wargames Foundry" WIPs - One of four Austrian Grenadiers currently being progressed

Lastly I applied a little "Vallejo" Gold over a Heavy Sienna base layer to the bottom of the Austrian's sword scabbard and helmet plate. These areas were later shaded with some "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade. Of course the underside of the miniature's plume should also have been treated to a thin line of "Vallejo" Gold. But frankly this looks really difficult to achieve without making a considerable mess, so in the end I decided to settle for a straightforward, tabletop standard, and simply leave it pure "Citadel" Abaddon Black.

In between 'chipping away' at both my backlog of 3D printed starships and Austrian fusiliers though, I have also made a bit more progress on one of the figures from the "Wargames Foundry" blister AN026 German Grenadiers 1805-15 Marching too. I'm currently trying to tackle four of these identical sculpts simultaneously. However, as I need just one of these models for my Austrian "The Silver Bayonet" warband, I've been primarily focusing upon just a single miniature...