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Essex Boy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:18 pm Willz,

The troops on the far right with a reddish sort of coat. What are they please?

Iain

Here's a close up.


Willz.

Hoping to finish my Gerry rifle squads over the weekend. Done the first figure (pic in gallery) All part of my attempt to paint much better 28mm stuff. Sploshing paint on large shinies dumbs your painting skills after a while Ive found.

In the past I've just blocked in colour, washed with sepia ink and dry brushed with a buff yellow and that worked fine. I'm now dry brushing in lighter shades of the origional block colour mixed with a wee bit of white. Also using sepia on flesh and nun oil black wash on the rest of the figure. Taken tips from Vonketteringhams youtube videos and I've been pleased with the first figure.

The greatcoated Gerries are very quick to do, very little about them in terms of colour. I've had these on my radar a while to dumb down my super Germans with more regular troops. Playing a small bunch of elites tends to swing either way dramatically in a game I've found.

Willz the Wargamer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:34 pm

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:18 pm Willz,

The troops on the far right with a reddish sort of coat. What are they please?

Iain

Here's a close up.


Willz.

Fantastic detail! Love those!

That's a workbench and a half.

Nice work Willz, those look the dogs dangly bits.

Cheers Willz.

Warrior Miniatures with Irregular muskets?

That's a very good match.

E

Following today's Coastal Patrol bash at VL4, several 1:300 resin vessels (initially accompanying the Cruel Seas rule set) have rather rudely elbowed their way to the front of the glueing-and-painting queue.

Yes, a good game tends to have that effect. I find myself dusting off ideas of a Spearhed Norwegian campaign again.

I’ve become good mates with Olve over lockdown, and following his Norwegian stuff and speaking with him about it has become really fascinating.

His knowledge of the Narvik campaign is encyclopedic. He also has enough PT Barnum to be a brilliant scenario master.