My chum Dennis got frustrated hand-painting a P-47 model so asked me to bail him out
Steps involved were:
Cover old paint job with black primer:
Black bars on top of fuselage:
Mask the black
overspray white
Yellow tail and red nose
Mask the yellow and red flare
Spray chrome all over
remove masking
pick out details and touch up
gentle black wash to bring out panel lines
Decals - these were a total nightmare - very fragile and very stubborn to get off the paper
Some additional bits of helo support for my 10mm Cold War stuff:
Gazelle scout helicopter
Lynx attack helicopter:
Recon Sdkfz 250s
A Royal Warden for my 40k Crusade army
88mm ATGs for Flames of War
Recon platoon for Flames of War:
Well, almost a full month since my last post - in that time I finished off Jonathan's Ancient Britons:
And the British starter for BattleGroup Northag - these are 10mm scale by Plastic Soldier Company:
As well as the Soviet starter with some extras:
These models I would describe as cheap and cheerful - the material is a rubber-plastic-resin which holds reasonable detail, but is also prone to carrying some flash and mold lines which are hard to remove - but by the same isn't noticeable at 2-3 feet.
I am looking forward to trying out the Northag rules, I think they have some nice crunch (like the WW2 version does) but they are also more streamlined, which I like even better.
Again - a long lag since the last post, but stuff is coming off the table regularly.
Ten more Celtic warriors for Jonathan - 30 more to go!
A battery of 20mm Newline French artillery and a General for the Lasalle project
Another artillery battery and a regiment of line infantry - these are the last units to complete my French Peninsular Lasalle army, and I have reached the bottom of the barrel for figs. Yes these are venerable Airfix bros!
And finally, a couple of test figures from Mantic - the middle dude is a Northern Alliance clansman, flanked by two spectres from the Kings of War starter set.
I have been lazy about posting, but lots of stuff painted over the past few weeks while I took some time away from work.
Bolt Action US Paras:
Grenadiers
A Hanomag with magnetized MG or PAK36 options:
An early war Panzer IV - I think I am getting better at this weathering thing.
A Puma
Warlord French support group - the start of an early war Bolt Action French army!
Nice figs - I especially like the officer with the Gauloises!
Wargames Factory British chariots for Jonathan
A regiment of Dragoons (20mm Newline) for the Lasalle project
And some of the goodness that is the Invictus box set for 40k 9th edition! The models are fantastic, the Skorpekh destroyers and Lord are pretty hit hitters in melee
And another batch of vehicles - early war Krupp truck, Pz38t and a later PzIII.
And early war German infantry with a few more Airborne weapons teams
