Friday, 21 August 2015

Steam tugboat from HLBS

The latest addition Soerabaja Harbour is this steam tugboat from HLBS. They’ve got quite a good range of boats and ships, mostly military, and this one is perfect for my little harbour.
It’s made of six pieces of resin and everything fits well. 
A 28mm figure to get a feeling for the size. It is unfortunately a bit cramped for based figures.
I looked at photos of older tugs and found this paint-scheme – black, red and yellow - that I quite like.
I weathered the boat heavily as it is, in my mind, having a hard time in the Dutch East Indies colony. Where ships go to slowly die of neglect.

A fun piece to paint.
The algae bloom is severe in the harbour this time of the year :-)
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17 comments:

  1. Black Powder21 August 2015 at 10:43

    Now that is impressive! Love the harbour area you've constructed too, perhaps I'll skip taking a swim though :0)

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    1. Joakim Ström21 August 2015 at 11:56

      Thanks!
      I'm doing some more work on the harbour now. A big crane and another quay.

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  2. Evan Hughes21 August 2015 at 10:53

    That's a nice bit of work there, Joakim! I'm off to take a look at HLBS' other offerings, thanks for the heads-up.

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    1. Joakim Ström21 August 2015 at 11:58

      Good to be able to point you to a good company. They really have some very nice boats

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  3. Mallius Vane21 August 2015 at 10:58

    Looks superb. Love the weathering. You're building up quite a collection!

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  4. Jonas M21 August 2015 at 11:03

    Great painting! The weathering looks excellent.

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    1. Joakim Ström21 August 2015 at 11:59

      Thanks Jonas.
      I'm rather pleased with the result

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  5. A J21 August 2015 at 17:37

    Nice work! The tug has the authentic hard-worn look. The algae bloom wouldn't look out of place in Lake Erie this year.

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  6. Joakim Ström21 August 2015 at 18:08

    Thank you!
    Unfortunately the Baltic Sea looked something like that the other week :-(

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  7. Phil21 August 2015 at 21:21

    Great looking boat...and harbor, creative and excellent job!

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  8. Dalauppror21 August 2015 at 23:30

    Impresive!

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    1. Joakim Ström22 August 2015 at 00:14

      Thank you
      It will be fun to have everything on the gaming board

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  9. Frank O Donnell23 August 2015 at 01:07

    Very nice it seems to be all coming together very well.

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  10. Frank O Donnell23 August 2015 at 01:07

    Very nice it seems to be all coming together very well.

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