One man and his brushes.: Back of Beyond

Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Thursday, 5 February 2026

Back of Beyond - The Black Sea sailors

This weeks completion is the lads of “Torpedo Odessa”. A unit of Black Sea sailors - again from Copplestone .

Really enjoyed painting these guys

I have also worked on their boat . I had the good guys from the Pendraken laser room make me up MD`f hull shapes that were clamped together to make a hull about 300mm long . I already had some armament from the paddle steamer model which is magnetised so I only needed to add some of that to enable to swap over .

I am waiting for the command set turning up for these and have designed a suitable flag

I left it with a simple open superstructure for now . The captain , cox and wheel were all from Ironclad

I have added tubing to take flag and a main mast that are removable to make it useable for various nations and also easier to store .

6 layers of full hull , with two extra on the front .

Once it was glued together it was sealed with PVA and primed with an acrylic / polyurethane primer .

A simple paint job after that .

The funnel is made from a large metal air intake from the Ironclad stuff .

I have more naval weaponry on order , including torpedo launchers . I have also commissioned mark 2 longer wider , more detailed supersctrucre etc as a result if the learning with this one .