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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Topic started by: fogsoldiers on 17 January 2014, 09:13:24 PM

Title: Mark IV...
Post by: fogsoldiers on 17 January 2014, 09:13:24 PM
 :) :) :) :) :)

I' ve posted on my blog a short painting guide for some WWI Mark IV...

http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2014/01/10mm-mark-iv.html (http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2014/01/10mm-mark-iv.html)

and some pictures for your curiosity  ;)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7OWe9uFlHuI/UtllHfzjRuI/AAAAAAAAIQQ/B6U-D9pGQXA/s1600/Fogsoldiers+10mm+WWI+Mark+IV-005+%2528Copia%2529.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1B_1kUE2IA/UtllIYMPe8I/AAAAAAAAIQY/FKfuypS_1wQ/s1600/Fogsoldiers+10mm+WWI+Mark+IV-006+%2528Copia%2529.JPG)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RSUwzkjINLQ/UtllKgsaq-I/AAAAAAAAIQw/D6zNJmelhzg/s1600/Fogsoldiers+10mm+WWI+Mark+IV-009+%2528Copia%2529.JPG)

:D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 17 January 2014, 09:46:15 PM
Superb! 8) (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
You should have waited until the 1st of February, these would be a dead cert to do well in the painting competition. :)

Unless you have something else up your sleeve for that!
;)
Really good.  :-bd :-bd :-bd
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: fsn on 17 January 2014, 10:13:43 PM
Very nice. I feel ww 1 calling me.
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Fenton on 17 January 2014, 10:16:24 PM
Quote from: fsn on 17 January 2014, 10:13:43 PM
Very nice. I feel ww 1 calling me.

Mesopotamia is where you want to be
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Hertsblue on 17 January 2014, 11:16:52 PM
Excellent little tanks.  8)
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Fenton on 17 January 2014, 11:18:39 PM
Nice little tanks...well done
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Techno on 18 January 2014, 08:31:03 AM
Really GREAT job on those !!
Most impressive ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Hertsblue on 18 January 2014, 11:10:17 AM
Quote from: Fenton on 17 January 2014, 10:16:24 PM
Mesopotamia is where you want to be

No Mk IVs in Messpot.  :D
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Fenton on 18 January 2014, 11:24:30 AM
Well yeah...still an interesting campaign
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Ithoriel on 18 January 2014, 11:29:13 AM
... and fsn wanted to avoid mechanised armies.
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: fsn on 18 January 2014, 11:30:45 AM
I know. It's just not fair is it?
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 18 January 2014, 12:35:37 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 18 January 2014, 11:10:17 AM
No Mk IVs in Messpot.  :D

Sorry Ray - there were 3-4, used to carry up stores.

See the New Vangaurd on the Mk IV.

IanS
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: get2grips on 18 January 2014, 12:57:58 PM
Nice work :-bd

Saw some of these at World and couldn't believe how long and narrow they were; always thought they were chunkier.  The dude with the display told me there were several different mks.

Not an area I know a lot about.  Additionally, I've always wondered how you game in what was essentially a stagnant war.

I realise I am probably going to get ripped apart for the above :-[
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: fsn on 18 January 2014, 01:56:52 PM
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-MarkIV-UnditchingExperiment.JPG)

I dunno. Looks about right to me!

The early part of WWI, late 1918 and the more exotic campaigns had lots of maneuvering. Wargaming the trenches requires more thought (and terrain) but it can be done. 
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Fenton on 18 January 2014, 02:04:35 PM
Great War Spearhead has a nice little system for recreating static warfare and bombardments ...I think with some of the battles you need to break it down into smaller actions..If you ever get a chance to go to Bovington you will see how small they are . I dont know if they still have the one you can go inside but they are rather cramped
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Hertsblue on 18 January 2014, 06:37:59 PM
Quote from: get2grips on 18 January 2014, 12:57:58 PM
Nice work :-bd

Saw some of these at World and couldn't believe how long and narrow they were; always thought they were chunkier.  The dude with the display told me there were several different mks.

Not an area I know a lot about.  Additionally, I've always wondered how you game in what was essentially a stagnant war.

I realise I am probably going to get ripped apart for the above :-[

Mesopotamia was anything but static. The campaign went from the Shatt-al-Arab in the Persian Gulf to Baghdad and well beyond and involved the surrender of one significant British force at Kut-al-Amara.
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: get2grips on 18 January 2014, 07:43:30 PM
I bow to your wisdom :)

I think this further reinforces the comments on another thread about misconceptions around WWI.

Not a period I play but one I may decide to collect.
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: fogsoldiers on 18 January 2014, 08:36:06 PM
 :) :) :) :) :)

Thank you for your kind words ;)

@Mad Lemmey...I forgot the painting competition....grrrrrrr...I' ll have to paint something else...Mark IV female?... ;D

By the way...200 Mark IV were with Allenby...

:D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: nikharwood on 19 January 2014, 02:48:28 PM
Nicely done - I always enjoy painting these  8)
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: fsn on 19 January 2014, 02:52:24 PM
Quote from: fogsoldiers on 18 January 2014, 08:36:06 PM
By the way...200 Mark IV were with Allenby...

Say whut! Anyone got a good book title for WWI in the Middle/Near east?  ~X(

(And like a sports car being driven by George Michael, FSN's plans veer off course again.) 
Title: Re: Mark IV...
Post by: Hertsblue on 20 January 2014, 09:04:48 AM
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/MESOPOTAMIA-LAST-PHASE-A-H-Burne/6687552598/bd (http://www.abebooks.co.uk/MESOPOTAMIA-LAST-PHASE-A-H-Burne/6687552598/bd)

This is an excellent book, covering the campaign from the fall of Baghdad to the Turkish surrender. It contains some really beautiful maps. A little on the pricey side, however.