Author Topic: Tactical Painter's Second World War in 20mm (updated 19 05 24) (Read 34567 times)

MaleGriffin · « **Reply #150 on:** October 26, 2023, 05:52:03 PM »

Fantastic work! I'm stealing the half figure prepared position idea!

TacticalPainter · « **Reply #151 on:** November 13, 2023, 06:11:46 AM »

The Crossfire revival project continues and now it's the turn of the Russians to be rebased and have a bit of a refresh. I think one of the good things about multi-basing is that the eye is drawn to the unit rather than the individual figure, in the case of this project that's a bit of a godsend as these figures are some of the first I painted when returning to miniature gaming. They are passable, but not my finest hour!

CapnJim · « **Reply #152 on:** November 13, 2023, 05:09:52 PM »

You sure do those 20mm chaps justice. Well done!

Freddy · « **Reply #153 on:** November 13, 2023, 06:01:54 PM »

A great looking force for sure!

TacticalPainter · « **Reply #154 on:** December 12, 2023, 10:28:57 AM »

Despite many additions to existing units, it's been a little while since I added an entirely new platoon to my collection for Chain of Command. It was well over a year ago that I bought a number of Fallschirmjager. Mainly from AB Figures but I added a few more MG42 LMG teams with others from Wartime Miniatures. I seem to recall being inspired by talk of a Market Garden supplement for CoC and rumours of a few campaigns set on the Dutch/German border in late 1944/45. It was definitely time to add a Fallschirmjager platoon to the collection. It's taken a while to get them painted but they are now finished.

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #155 on:** December 13, 2023, 02:36:45 AM »

Lovely stuff. Looking forward to seeing these in a battle report sometime soon. Would also work for Carentan etc?

TacticalPainter · « **Reply #156 on:** December 13, 2023, 08:00:21 PM »

Quote from: Shahbahraz on December 13, 2023, 02:36:45 AM

Lovely stuff. Looking forward to seeing these in a battle report sometime soon. Would also work for Carentan etc?

Thanks. Yes, these should be good for NW Europe and late war Eastern Front. AB do a nice set in tropical kit for Nth Africa, Sicily and Italy but I’m not going down that rabbit hole just yet!

Basementboy · « **Reply #157 on:** December 14, 2023, 06:04:25 PM »

They look fantastic! That camo pattern is particularly impressive for sure. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

CapnJim · « **Reply #158 on:** December 14, 2023, 06:50:39 PM »

Great job on those Germans!

Norm · « **Reply #159 on:** December 14, 2023, 07:58:20 PM »

Lovely ….. as always :-)

TacticalPainter · « **Reply #160 on:** January 03, 2024, 03:19:35 AM »

I needed a new bridge and fancied the idea of a lift bridge (needed? Actually, no. Wanted? Yes). While MDF kits make a great starting point the tell tale features of laser cutting like sharp angles and smooth surfaces are best disguised in some way. Gave a simple lift bridge a bit of a facelift and was happy with the end result.

has.been · « **Reply #161 on:** January 03, 2024, 11:34:57 AM »

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(needed? Actually, no. Wanted? Yes).

In our house we don't do 'Needed', just 'Wanted'
My wife doesn't NEED any more handbags &
I certainly do not NEED any more Wargames stuff.

Lovely job on the bridge by the way.

CapnJim · « **Reply #162 on:** January 06, 2024, 05:45:54 PM »

I'm with has.been. Only with my wife, it's cookbooks, not handbags. And we take the same approach to buying books - me with wargames rules and scenario books, and her with cookbooks. If they are (even vaguely) in oru areas of interest, are well-produced, and have a bunch of pretty pictures, we buy 'em. Whether or not we actually ever use them is beside the point...

And great-looking bridge, by the way...

TacticalPainter · « **Reply #163 on:** January 08, 2024, 10:04:36 AM »

A few extras for the Far East. I picked up a few of the Foundry 20mm sets and the Australian weapons group really took my fancy. I liked the idea of mixing up the range of poses that I currently have which are all from Eureka, it's always good to add variety. These will also work well as Chindits for my Burma games. The set includes three Bren guns with a loader and two Vickers MGs with a loader.

When I bought the Japanese in spider holes from 172 Scale Miniatures which I posted earlier I also added a few from their Chindit range including a few leaders, a media and a radio operator.

They are slightly shorter than the Foundry figures, but not enough that you would really notice and otherwise mix well.

And the first trial of one figure for my new project for 2024, a platoon of US Marines. He is from Eureka Miniatures and was sculpted by the same person as the Australians and Japanese. I really like the look of these and this first figure is one I received from them a year or two back as a sample in one of my orders.

The rest of the Marines are in the process of being based ready for priming.

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #164 on:** January 08, 2024, 10:55:55 AM »

Looking good. Whats the orange stuff you are using to build up the bases?

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