2018 painting challenge: reduce the mountain some more!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice work

[Techno]

Ditto ! 

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Based on Sharpe, those Voltigeurs are a bit out numbered

I think Sharpe always bent the barrels of the opposition in their sleep the night before the battle 

Song of drums and shakos is based on the song of blades and heroes engine, so I'm pretty sure it will be pretty balanced.

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[petercooman]

Didn't get that game of drums and shakos going, but started up a bunch of fantasy miniatures for SOBH. Making cards for all of them is pretty time consuming, but I hope it will pay off in the end. All cards have a brief explanation of the special rules for that model. Should speed up gameplay!

[petercooman]

These mage knight minis are starting their new life, no more sitting in the closet!





And some reaper guys as well!

[Techno]

They look really good, Peter.

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Thanks!

41 done 40 to go.

Then onto the next two boxes! 

[petercooman]

Had a bit of a pause in painting, but now have a week off from work. Hope to get the IJA done now!

After that, us airborne and panzergrenadiers. Anyone got a suggestion for the airborne fatigues? Bit stuck on what colour to use. Should be lighter than the uamc.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Depends when they were issued! They changed between dday and Arenham, olive drab, brown-violet or even green-grey depending on which variant you need.
Try this rather useful article: https://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=737

[petercooman]

Thanks for the link!

[petercooman]

So what was supposed to be a week of progress and vacation became a week of feeling sick.

Don't read if you still need to eat 

So i caught a cold right at the start of my week off from work, and the first few days just felt a bit sick. A few days ago i started to have a really foul taste, and i went to the doctor yesterday. Turns out i blew my nose a bit too vigourously, and one of my sinuses got damaged. This got infected, and the "fluids" from that wound were trickling down my throath, producing the foulest taste ever.

So i'm on strong antibiotics right now, hoping those will get me through, otherwise i'll be sent down to a specialist after the weekend.

Only positive thing is that the IJA got finished this afternoon, doing little bits over the week, when i had the spirit 

Here they are:

light mortars


LMG's


sniper team


squad leaders


soldiers pretending to move tactically


Soldiers in the "bayonets fixed" banzai -style



So,adding 29  models means: 129models painted and 5 forces done:

1) pirates   20
2) privateers 10
3) British forces to battle the pirates 19
4) bolt action USMC  33
5)  bolt action IJA 33
6) bolt action germans 21
7) bolt action US airborne 30
8 ) deadzone marauder warband 8-9?
9) deadzone plague zombies mob 30
10) unknown

Half of my target for this year already done!!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Really well done Peter.
I've stalled halfway through a batch, but they will get a kick tonight as the next batch arrives tomorrow! 

[paulr]

 

The red 'patches' are a nice touch, is it a branch or unit marking?
Only the Japanese would have bayonets on their LMGs

One small point, there appears to be some white on the edges of some bases, filler perhaps?
Based on advise I got here I now do a final paint of bases edges, it tidies them up

I hope you get better soon, can you convert your vacation into sick leave?

[petercooman]

The red ‘patches’ are a nice touch, is it a branch or unit marking?
Only the Japanese would have bayonets on their LMGs

The red patches are rank insigna:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Army



They usually are red with a symbol or stripe in yellow to show their rank. I thought the red woud be the only one you could see from a distance, so i didn't bother with the yellow.

And yes, the type 96/99 was fitted with a mount for the bayonet.

"A standard infantry bayonet could be attached to the gas block below the barrel, but on the battlefield this feature proved inconsequential due to the weight of the gun and the fact that the blade was largely obstructed by the flash hider when it was fixed on the muzzle."

One small point, there appears to be some white on the edges of some bases, filler perhaps?
Based on advise I got here I now do a final paint of bases edges, it tidies them up

No, that's actually a light bone color. I do my bases with vallejo dark earth texture paint, drybrush with light brown, and then drybrush with the bone colour. I just drybrushed a little bit more heavy on the edges. I used that colour more heavily on my pacific models to help them blend in with potential beach terrain! i must admit it looks very white in the pictures!

I hope you get better soon, can you convert your vacation into sick leave?

Nope, we can't do that! I think you can if you get sick BEFORE vacations, but not during.

Really well done Peter.
I've stalled halfway through a batch, but they will get a kick tonight as the next batch arrives tomorrow! 

No need to stall Lemmey, i won't be catching you anytime soon 

I believe i'm also stalling because i haven't had a game in 2 months. No motivation to get things done fast!