Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[majorsmith]

Nice work and rest pictures!

[Volleyfire!]

If you photoshopped the edges of the bases out a la Perry twins photos you'd almost believe they were the real thing.

[armchairgeneral]

It all looks amazing 

[Dr. The Viking]

Thanks fellows 

Yes Thorbjorn. Still persevering with the unloved Iron Cross. Although haven’t played for several months. Once the Vichy force is complete, I shall make sure to organise a game or two...

The boards are 600mm styrofoam squares, and I’ve done six so far, so that’s basically 1200 x 1800, or 4ft x 6ft in old money. But I have some more boards to do...

Unloved, eh?

I recall being quite fond of them.  Shooting could become a bit of an impotent clubbing with boiled sausages that would drag on,  but other than that..

[Captain Blood]

Unloved by the people that produced and promoted them at any rate, with no further development, promotion, support or even much in the way of interest after an initial flurry.
They don’t really seem to have landed well, and appear to have therefore been just left to meander along until they die - even though anecdotally, most of the people I’ve heard from that have played them, say they like them. Not without a few problems, but generally liked.

Well, there’s a lot of fierce competition out there in 28mm WW2 ruleset land, with several big beasts that are very vigorously promoted and supported.
I guess to make a dent in the market takes determination, and either a decent budget or a lot of chutzpah. None of which seems to have been in evidence with this particular ruleset. Pity.

[Lysandros]

Unloved by the people that produced and promoted them at any rate, with no further development, promotion, support or even much in the way of interest after an initial flurry.
They don’t really seem to have landed well, and appear to have therefore been just left to meander along until they die - even though anecdotally, most of the people I’ve heard from that have played them, say they like them. Not without a few problems, but generally liked.

Well, there’s a lot of fierce competition out there in 28mm WW2 ruleset land, with several big beasts that are very vigorously promoted and supported.
I guess to make a dent in the market takes determination, and either a decent budget or a lot of chutzpah. None of which seems to have been in evidence with this particular ruleset. Pity.

Iron Cross has a great command order system which should give a fun , unpredictable game
Sadly everything else is clumsy especially shooting.
There could be a great game there but it's a mess.
I have always wondered if anyone has used there Command system and strapped it onto another set of rules with success ?

[tomrommel1]

very very nice

[NurgleHH]

Well, there’s a lot of fierce competition out there in 28mm WW2 ruleset land, with several big beasts that are very vigorously promoted and supported.

So, I never understood why they were released by a company with an existing WW2-System. So they had to make a decision to support one or the other, but they never really supported Iron Cross. But Richard, you will buy the rights and push it, right? I think it is a clever system with a lot of tactical elements.

[Redmist1122]

Well...this multi-page topic has inspired myself to jump feet first into some Perry plastic action.  I look forward when my box of goodies arrive this week from Perry to start and explore some of your conversions.

Tank you for posting.

[Captain Blood]

Well...this multi-page topic has inspired myself to jump feet first into some Perry plastic action.  I look forward when my box of goodies arrive this week from Perry to start and explore some of your conversions.

Good luck with it.

[Rommel]

Hello Captain Blood,
Lovely painting, just bought me a DAK and Desert Rats army from Perry, inspired by your painting. The shirt and shorts of the Desert Rats were mainly with colours? The numbering of the tanks, did you do research?

Cheers,
Dirk

[Captain Blood]

No, the tank numbers are all purely random - whatever decals were available in the various kits. All very random. As long as they look nice 

The Desert Rats shorts are mainly Vallejo Khaki and Iraqi Sand.

[Rommel]

Thanks

I ordered Crowood's ww2 german painting guide and the ww2 desert painting miniatures from Andy Singleton. In the Crowood's one are pictures with your miniatures if i'm not wrong?

Cheers,
Dirk

[ARKOUDAKI]

No, the tank numbers are all purely random - whatever decals were available in the various kits. All very random. As long as they look nice 

Richard's not a purist but a creative type!  Heck, rather then be sucked in like many of us - me included - to buying fancy paints that claim to be color matched to the real thing, he opts for Craft Paints and other items. Richard then adds in vivid imagination and talent with a brush to create his masterpieces that make us all droll with envy!

So keep up the great work me Captain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Rommel]

He’s right, i’m always breaking my head to be as historical as possible, wich most of the people don’t give A damm when they see the painted stuff!