Martian War Cylinder & Machine

A Martian cylinder falls half-way to Pomona.

It skids to a halt and begins to unscrew.

The endcap falls off and what is to come?


A Martian war machine walks out of the cylinder.

The first war machine walks away to defend the site from Earthmen.



The war machine is only the first of many!

WOTW

A pretzel jar, from Wal-Mart, made by Utz sold for about $5.00.

The lid has the name of the pretzel company on the lid.

I had to peel off the sticker. It has a plastic film over it and then I had to peel off the paper, then use WD-40 to dissolve the glue.

A wire brush from a Dremel tool to scuff off the name on the lid.

Finally the model is painted with primer gray inside and out, then with Fleck Stone for texture on the outside and finally Nickel Silver to give it the metallic color. Then you have a Martian Cylinder. From here they can invade the Earth!

WOTW

In the book "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells and in the 1954 movie by George Pal the Martians come to Earth in cylinders projected by a giant cannon.

I took a large jar that originally had pretzels in it and painted it over with Testors Gray Primer and then Fleck Stone over the primer.

Fleck Stone makes a nice texture on the surface. I had to use a wire brush on the Dremel tool to cut off the pretzel label molded on the lid. I used WD-40 to help lift off the paper / plastic label on the sides of the jar. Once off, I wiped it down with rubbing alcohol to prep for the primer paint.

Fleck Stone comes in lots of colors and since I was painting over it the color did not matter much. You can get Fleck Stone at craft stores.

The cylinder painted with Fleck Stone. Next I will paint it with a metallic color to reflect the metal nature of Martian War Cylinders.

Wagon

This is the new WWII HaT supply wagon. It is hard plastic.

While the Germans were working on a mechanized army, they still used thousands of horse drawn wagons.

Like the WWI counterpart, this model fits together perfectly. It has no flash.

The horses are the same ones as the WWI wagon. Again the horses are on the small side, but perfectly usable for late war.

Since this is a pre-production set, expect the production versions to be different. At least a different color, perhaps even different horses. Thanks to HaT for providing this sample. I know I would buy a ton of them just like this, even with small horses and blue plastic!