1914 Belgium - UD 18/12 - news re German infantry paint scheme

[Malamute]

See above 

cheers

James

 

Stark raving bonkers!

Well done Steve, cant wait to play and get my revenge on Captain Blood

[Silent Invader]

 

They done now, including varnishing.

Photos soon.

[Captain Blood]

Yay! That's been one heck of a forced march. Well done indeed Steve.

[Silent Invader]

  but you haven't seen them yet ! 

[Elk101]

but you haven't seen them yet ! 

Steve mate, from what I can see they look great.I'm really looking forward to this.

[Silent Invader]

 

Close up images of the Germans to follow but in the meantime some taster images of all of the minis and vehicles assembled for the game:







The British and German infantry will definitely be in play whereas the British crashed biplane and Belgian armoured car might appear.  

EDIT:
As mentioned previously, this isn't the 'finally completed' force as next year I'd like to add another section to the British infantry platoon, beef up the German infantry sections that are short, give the Germans another Maxim team, incorporate some dismounted minis for the 4 Belgian armoured car crew, and add British and German cavalry (with alternate dismounted men and horses). So still plenty of life in this yet!!!!

[tin shed gamer]

All that hard work is being paid back with interest,looking great,
 I've a few things coming out before Christmas,that might scupper your plans though .(its your own fault this project has inspired me to take a second look at early war bits and bob's)
Mark.

[Mason]

 
Absolutely amazing output to a great standard.
 

Ya mad bugger!
 

I can't believe you can paint that many in one go and still remain sane.

Sane???
Really?
Has he gotten you completely fooled??
 

[Dr. Zombie]

Naturally in this company sane is a very relative term.

But painting that manny in one go might lead to something completely bonkers like building a castle brick by brick or something.

[Mason]

 

Now THAT would just be MENTAL!
 

[Captain Blood]

Wunderbar 

[Silent Invader]

Thanks all 

Hope to get the table set up later today for a test and better photos - am just crunching through the rules at the mo 

[Malamute]

Awesome stuff Steve. It really is going to be a feast for the senses. A BLAM highlight to be sure.

[Eric the Shed]

Thanks all 

Hope to get the table set up later today for a test and better photos - am just crunching through the rules at the mo 

Don't you need the table to test out the rules...

just jesting the whole thing looks fabulous - I think this tops your SSS of two years ago and last years Winter game (mind you both these were great eye candy)

[Silent Invader]

Thanks Giles    After two winters, it's now time for summer!

Images of the completed Germans follow.  They're not the best Iphone photos as the natural light was poor and the lamp added some glare.

First up though, the sandbag emplacement to give the British Vickers MG team some hard cover.  Its mostly from bits that came with a plastic kit, with greenstuff to fill spaces:



The two German Maxim MG teams with their Officer (an MG Platoon actually had 3 guns and one more will follow next year):





And some close-ups:



The platoon has too many men to make an 'en masse' photo worthwhile but for completeness the component parts are as follows:

The Officer and Sergeant:



And from the rear, with apologies for blurriness:



The 1st section:





Some close-ups:





The 2nd Section:





Another close-up, this time showing soft cap variants:



The 3rd Section:





The 4th Section:





And some 'in terrain' shots:

















And given the shine from the lamp, some in B&W:











The colour scheme was guided by Mark Hargreaves (Over Open Sights) but with Vallejo substitutes where necessary.  I'll add my interpretation to my project website idc.

I did attempt a fire marker for the destroyed Minerva armoured car but it just looked wrong so if the vehicle gets taken out in-game I think it'll just be a matter of removing it from the table.  I guess I better add another Minerva to next year's list, for converting to a wrecked alternate.    

This evening I'll be testing out the rules.............. hope they work