Posted by Minuteman on 01 Dec 2020, 11:00
I know just about enough about Steampunk to know that it's an interesting and imaginative 'place' with masses of potential.
To my mind though, surely this is an opportunity to use what is there and be imaginative and creative? I am thinking in terms of steampunk military themes, using existing figures, artillery etc for various 19th century conflicts (Crimean, colonial, ACW etc). These, coupled with an excursion into hard plastic kits - to provide bits and pieces, and including components from railway model kits made by the likes of Dapol - would, I am sure, provide scope for the hardware.
I do have a project 'for the future' which I simply call '1868' and which is for an imaginary conflict a few years before the Franco-Prussian war; figures include some from existing FPW ranges (eg: Emhar) but also bits and pieces which I have picked up cheaply, surplus artillery from old and now redundant HaT Napoleonic sets etc. I was not thinking of '1868' as a steampunk project...but maybe??