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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Cubs on 07 May 2023, 11:16:13 AM
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Okay, so not his KS stuff, which I will no doubt get onto at some point later in the year (or maybe next year), but some practice pieces to get my hand in ready for when they do arrive.
First off is the Limited Edition duo Paul did for DKMS, a blood disorder charity (which coincidentally I was already a donor for!), based on Al Murray and James Holland, from their 'We Have Ways of Making You Talk' podcast.
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/9828773c-6aac-425f-a425-f431837cbea9.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/9fc6a1c5-8701-48f7-ae63-dbc043bf4e49.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/6df928f9-bf74-4eac-954b-6462350e0ee5.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/1k0/e23cfc03-20c3-4d7a-8a51-90a04bf11049.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/5a259269-3093-4828-9bed-40b702be5aab.jpg)
While rooting through my unpainted box, I found a mystery loader and finally realised he was part of a pair, for a 2" mortar dude I had done years ago, without realising he was meant to have a buddy. Here they both are, reunited at last.
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/2d8c0499-5acd-4c08-9932-7cf120a30b1b.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/1938488b-e5e2-4b2c-8c9b-e64c3bed05b6.jpg)
Here's a running Bren team ...
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/518c5d5c-5576-472e-a220-80b18a7ca76b.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/8e9bca0b-3df5-49b1-970d-4bbbfc0d1f4e.jpg)
... but also with another surprise from my unpainted box - a Polish friend for the gunner! Until I was starting to undercoat, I hadn't noticed he was a Polish para with the slightly different beret, so I decided to paint him up anyway.
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/cbc327e2-33b7-405f-8c03-54e1d97dca17.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/ffca5e99-d245-4584-bf1e-0d37178447dc.jpg)
And the last of this batch was another Bren team, but this time prone, in plenty of plaster dust.
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/a3c9c6ca-e19c-4607-9c70-5c9ce39af4ca.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/e08221cc-e0c4-4de9-88b6-eef44ab0f016.jpg)
In case you were interested, these guys are only the latest additions to my Paul Hicks British Airborne, making this a rare case of me actually painting more than a smattering of any one genre for myself. Here's an old photo of a selection of those on my shelf.
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/360/6d3f94a2-535a-44cc-ab11-509fad4c7f41.jpg)
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/180/394b16ca-253a-4f76-8a2d-70c251e73dea.jpg)
And here's the howitzer.
(https://thumbs-eu-west-1.myalbum.io/photo/180/687007d3-6e8c-4160-80cd-556948ebfe1f.jpg)
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Gorgeous painting. :o
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Blimey! You've done wonderful job on those. The limited edition ones are outstanding.
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Thanks guys! I forgot to mention, James Holland's figure is taking a very relaxed attitude to uniform, in his cricket jumper, cords and dapper brown leather shoes. I've painted him in a Chalke Valley Cricket Club jumper (the team James Holland plays for) and with insignia on his battle blouse marking him as a lieutenant in an Airborne Reconnaissance unit (hence the goggles) who has been separated from his jeep. Whether he can be persuaded to act as temporary a loader for Corporal Murray's PIAT remains to be seen.
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Very nice brushwork on those excellent sculpts 👍
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Spectacular work 8)
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Very nice brushwork on those excellent sculpts 👍
I quite agree. Great work!
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Absolutely fantastic figures! Your brushwork is beyond masterful... I lack the words to describe their magnificence!
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Oh wow, I think these are probably the best painted figures I've seen. Absolutely stunning .
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Morning Cubs, mouth watering figures there matey. Can the DKMS figures still be gleaned, as I'd like a couple?
I'm thinking, the bloke in the jumper could be a base for a Major Gough. The Recce CO was well known for his cavalier attitude to uniform! Come to think on it, did I send you the Freddie Gough interview with the Arnhem bumph?
:)
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Very nicely done Paul. As emotive as ever.
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Fabulous work - I particularly like the faces, really brings the figures alive. The camo excellent too, because, like the real thing, the colours don't pop, they are subdued but still distinct. A level for us all to aspire to,
EC
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Outstanding work :-*
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Whoa, thanks guys, that's a flattering outpouring of love.
The camo excellent too, because, like the real thing, the colours don't pop, they are subdued but still distinct.
Thanks, I use washes/inks for the green and brown patches because it gives the right effect and is embarrassingly quick and easy to do. If anyone's interested in the general method I use with the British Airborne, I did a PDF a few years back and I'll add the link at the bottom of this post if anyone wants to try it out.
Can the DKMS figures still be gleaned, as I'd like a couple?
Unknown - certainly not from the regular source, because I think I got the last spare set when my first pair got lost in the post, but it's possible some people who bought them don't want theirs any more.
I'm thinking, the bloke in the jumper could be a base for a Major Gough. The Recce CO was well known for his cavalier attitude to uniform! Come to think on it, did I send you the Freddie Gough interview with the Arnhem bumph?
You know better than me then, I just painted him as Airborne Recce because of the goggles! I had to ask Paul Hicks what was going on around the belt area, because I just couldn't work out what was going on until he told me it was a cricket jumper. You may have sent him in the bumph, I forget if I'm honest.
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Did I send it you first, I can't remember either!
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The Pub Landlord in 28mm! Outstanding. :-*
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Beautiful miniatures and gorgeous painting!
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That may be the best painting I've ever seen.
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Thanks guys, lotta love for them. I'm planning to get in some glider pilots as well (usually NCO's with Stens who presumably attached themselves to the units they were delivering) since I've got a lot of the old Bolt Action guys with smg's left. The good thing about the Empress Miniatures KS Paul did, is that you get more rifles and dudes in helmets, whereas the old Bolt Action ones were about 50/50 smg's and rifles, 50/50 berets and helmets, which might look nice on a shelf or table, but is a little tricky if you're trying to be more historically accurate.
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At Arnhem (as most other actions) the GPs generally were to RV and then acted as discrete units, sometimes as a reserve (such as the GPs guarding the area of the tennis courts), but if it all went wrong, they’d be all over the place leading or otherwise being attached to a myriad of units (for example acting as gunners)…. Basically they had a mixed skill set that wasn’t to be expended lightly.
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At Arnhem (as most other actions) the GPs generally were to RV and then acted as discrete units, sometimes as a reserve (such as the GPs guarding the area of the tennis courts), but if it all went wrong, they’d be all over the place leading or otherwise being attached to a myriad of units (for example acting as gunners)…. Basically they had a mixed skill set that wasn’t to be expended lightly.
You know, now you say it, that does ring a bell, about them guarding the RV.
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So I guess what I was trying to say but not very well, was that the GPs participated as a formed up section after RV (though they didn’t all have STENS but rifles, sniper rifles, Brens too), as attachments to other units either leading or as add ons, or just transiting in singles, pairs or other combinations. :D
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Well mine are just gettin' stens, because that's what I want to get rid of!
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Well mine are just gettin' stens, because that's what I want to get rid of!
I’m sure they’ll look magnificent :D
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Glider pilot at Arnhem got bunged a PIAT, him and his mate used it to great effect, before legging it back over the Rhine. They both went back again on 'Varsity', being bunged No.4 Mk. I (T) Sniper Rifles. They used them to great effect too.
GP's... benchmark of the total soldier!
:)