I wanted to do a platoon of from the Italian Coastal Regiments charged with the defence of Sicily in 1943 after I saw this image of really nice light blue fatigues.
(https://puu.sh/CwcXD/edc9e358b0.jpg)
The Platoon + Breda MMG and AB41 armoured car
(https://puu.sh/CwcT7/a0f83363c6.jpg)
Painted them a bit more blue than in reality to make them stand out better at tabletop distance, but maybe went slightly too far - they look reasonably good.
Close up of the AB41
(https://puu.sh/Cwdfe/e80430f650.JPG)
I put together an antiparatrooper truck from the Nuclei antiparacadutisti units using a British naval 20mm mounted on the back of a French truck some crew (2 Italian officers and 1 German 20mm crewman sat on the side) along with a 3 person Breda LMG team which I'm overall pretty happy with.
(https://puu.sh/CwcTn/88ca8b3216.jpg)
White balance came out a bit wrong due to the artificial light in this image - the uniforms should look a bit more blue - like in the rest of the platoon.
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Those are beautiful! 8)
Great work, loving the armoured car!
Lovely, got a soft spot for the eyeties, my father in law fought them in the last Great Disterbance, and was always fond of Italians.
Those look great. Always nice to see something out of the ordinary being modelled.
Particularly like the AA (or should that be AP?) truck
These are super nice looking.
Lovely stuff ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
=D> =D> =D>
Just as a matter of interest chaps.
What colour do you see the uniform, at the top of the thread ?
I know we all see colours slightly differently......But to my sad old eyes, that looks more of a light/faded khaki, than any shade of blue.
Cheers - Puzzled of Wales.
Hi Techno
Light grey with just a twinge of light blue to me.
Cheers Paul
Thanks, Paul :)......But I genuinely can't see any hint of blue in the top piccy.
Like I said earlier....I know we all see 'colours' slightly differently. (And, of course, it depends on what each of our PC's/phones/tablets/whatevers is set up to reproduce on screen.)
The number of times when Mrs T (Von) and I have disagreed on what colour something is. ;D
Cheers - Phil :)
Yep, a faded grey-blue to me too.
They look brilliant
Take care
Andy
Great work 8). The image looks more like a stone grey to me, but I too painted a Battalion in blue grey to make them stand out more.
Thanks for the compliments.
To me it looks blue in the top image - but colour's a funny thing. Either way given the supply situation for the Coastal Regiments I don't mind blaming any inconsistencies on "it's all the quartermaster had available" =)
Great work as always Xccam! I just wonder what else you've got in the works?
May I ask why some of the officers are on square bases instead of round ones, out of curiosity!
It all depends on your screen type and settings. To me it's grey...
But they are a lovely set of figures.
Great work on the figures, a really good looking and unusual unit.
To me the real uniform looks grey, perhaps slightly blue/grey, pretty close to the background colour of the forum.. It certainly dosen't look khaki.