Time for an update on what I have been painting this year so far. Starting with figures for the Trebia project:
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| 4 bases of Spanish Heavy Cavalry. All figures are 6mm Baccus, 10 figures to a 40mm x 30mm base. A base of Italian allied cavalry was also completed having discovered I was one base short! |
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My focus had been intended to remain solely on the Punic Wars, but as ever, other stuff encroached! There are several 1/3000 scale WW2 ships in the inventory painted decades ago in dire need of attention. And sure enough a quick glance drew me in and I thought, 'well, just one painted in slow time alongside the Carthaginians will not impact on the Trebia project'. Did not quite turn out that way!
'Defending the Malay Barrier' is on the tabletop and Japanese floatplanes were required:
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| 5 x Mitsubishi F1M2 'Pete' floatplanes and 1 x Nakajima A6M2 'Rufe' floatplane. The latter is standing in for a 'Jake' floatplane. All are Tumbling Dice 1/600 scale. |
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| Two of the refurbished ships. HMS Queen Elizabeth on the left and HMS Malaya. All ships on this post are Navwar 1/3000 scale. |
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| 6 x Tribal class destroyers some of which will be used in a future Narvik game. |
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| 3 x Castle class corvettes. The successor to the Flower class. A little random but these, as with the Tribals, were lying around loose among the old veterans and begged to be painted. |
The painting of Carthaginians has not stopped and I am pleased to say reasonable progress is being made. The end is in sight as an added incentive to keep going alongside the ships.
Wonderful work Jon. The shields on the Spanish cavalry are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Ben
DeleteExcellent work on everything shown Jon. While I respect the work done on the Spanish cavalry and their shields, I really like the Japanese aircraft and the refurbished vessels.
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Many thanks Richard
DeleteGreat paint job, as soon as I saw the shield patterns I guessed they were Spanish and scrolling down a little further the caption confirmed it. That's pretty good going to make such small figures so instantly recognisable.
ReplyDeleteAlso much taken with floatplanes and ships, using larger scale aircraft with smaller scale ships always looks good (IMO).
Many thanks for that Rob. I do have some 1/3000 aircraft to populate decks but otherwise I agree, better to have larger aircraft.
DeleteSuperb work all across the board Jon:). I do like the Japanese planes, but I don't fancy the idea of applying those decals with my shaky hands! Those ships do look good with their new upgraded paint jobs too.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Steve. Yep, the decals are something of a challenge!
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ReplyDeleteYou do have a way of making these tiny scales look good! I think, apart form your application skill, that part of the secret is to go for light and bright colours. I long ago decided that small scale figures tended to make colours seem darker. So I went for a couple of shades lighter. My one effort at 1:600 scale were Macedonian (Alexander) and Indian (Poros) armies (WRG 7th ed, as I recall). I was fairly pleased at how they turned out. They didn't tend to 'disappear' into the table when deployed. That is what I like about your amies and navies: their 'presence'.
Cheers,
Ion
Many thanks for that Ion. When I started painting micro scales I made the mistake of painting them the 'correct' colours with the result that they all looked like dark blobs on the tabletop. Some of my Prussians are a little like that but so far have not drummed up enough enthusiasm to lighten them up a little. With the ships I also attempted painting camo with a poor result so settled on generic greys. As you say, it is more about the look of the figures and once you get your head around that they become more satisfying to paint.
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