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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Agis on 13 June 2010, 01:43:25 PM
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Hi again,
I am still busy with the Back of beyond book...
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=18106.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=18106.0)
Last addition, the Copplestone British Regulars (painted by my friend Tom Weiß):
(http://www.adpublishing.de/assets/images/British_Regulars_Squad_sm.jpg)
I also added some more preview pictures of the book:
(http://www.adpublishing.de/assets/images/Preview_Page22-23.jpg)
Another pic is on my website:
http://www.adpublishing.de/html/back_of_beyond.html (http://www.adpublishing.de/html/back_of_beyond.html)
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Very nice indeed. :-* :-* :-* This book is looking like a great addition to Back of Beyond. Good luck!
(p.s. hate to point out the same mistake as I made with my British regulars: the lee enfields dont have any gun barrel visible. Is covered in a wooden casing). There was a thread on this a while ago).
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Lovely work. I really like Tom’s work 8)
I’ve noticed the painting error on the Enfield rifles too… a lot of people make that mistake ::)
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(p.s. hate to point out the same mistake as I made with my British regulars: the lee enfields dont have any gun barrel visible. Is covered in a wooden casing). There was a thread on this a while ago).
It just looks cooler with a visible gun barrel...
8) 8) ;)
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Done to try to prevent hands getting burnt from overheating barrels i believe though it did'nt work that well. Lovely paint job on some lovely figures there mate.
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I really like Tom Weiss's work. Can anyone tell me the base color he used on those WWI Tropical British? I'm trying to paint some up and I've tried Iraqi Sand, Khaki, German Camo Beige, GW's desert yellow - none look quite right.
Anyone have an idea?
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Lovely work. I really like Tom’s work 8)
I’ve noticed the painting error on the Enfield rifles too… a lot of people make that mistake ::)
Could you elaborate? It may well save daft folk like me from making the same mistake. Perhaps PM me so's not to disrupt the thread?
Darrell.
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I really like Tom Weiss's work. Can anyone tell me the base color he used on those WWI Tropical British? I'm trying to paint some up and I've tried Iraqi Sand, Khaki, German Camo Beige, GW's desert yellow - none look quite right.
Anyone have an idea?
Vallejo Buff works for me.
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Could you elaborate? It may well save daft folk like me from making the same mistake. Perhaps PM me so's not to disrupt the thread?
Darrell.
Note the upper portion of the barrel is encased in wood, which most people who haven't looked at one (or a picture of one) assume is not the case. Like so:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/leeenfield.jpg)
The upper wooden part is often painted as if it were metal. Easy mistake to make. Lots of LAFers have done it.
Didn't want to disrupt the thread, but if I PM you it kind of defeats the "so others don't make the same mistake" part of your request.
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Know the feeling :o
Painted my WW2 greeks rifle the same, then saw the top was covered with wood :'(
simple to fix, but like to get it right first time.
but thanks for the info on the british, since i will be painting some up for WW1 German East Africa soon.
need to check the german rifles to for this
David
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Part of the upper surface of a Mauser Gewehr 98 is wooden (a small section about halfway down), but not all of it. Really does help to find a picture of any gun one is going to paint. Usually you can find one in seconds on Google. :)
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At the risk of sounding pedantic, the photo above is of a WW2 era MkIV. The Copplestone chaps are carrying SMLE No 1 MkIII and there are some slight but noticeable differences, albeit not so much to the woodwork itself but to the fittings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SMLE_Mk_III.jpg
Note the the different sights and the bayonet mounting, which is actually a small metal plate that runs back underneath the woodwork. And if you want to be really anal, most manufacturers, Copplestone included, make the barrel too long, where it extends beyond the foresight, it needs filing back a little. Eureka are about the only people who don't do this. My theory? Someone looked at a real MkIII which are plentiful in Australia, whereas MkIV are comparatively rare. Probably the reverse in the UK.
This page has a useful little collection of major bolt action types as a reference:
http://warrelics.eu/forum/world-firearms/some-my-handguns-19810-2/
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Good point. Of course you are right. But in my defence I was referring to the SMLE in general, rather than any particular model. As quick guide to where the wooden bits are on one (the sole point in posting it), the photo works fine. Not everyone who finds themselves painting a SMLE is going to be faced with a Mark III anyway. :)
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What would we all do without chaps like Plynkes and carlos, eh? I'm pretty sure Plynkes is making a note of everyone seen painting gunbarrels incorrectly, and then, one day; judgement! ;)
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What would we all do without chaps like Plynkes and carlos, eh?
We would quietly be enjoying our hobby. >:D ;)
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We would quietly be enjoying our hobby. >:D ;)
lol
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That's it, go ahead "enjoy your hobby" but know that no deed goes unseen or unrecorded in the giant clipboard and that one day, like all men, you will stand before the great bearded man in the anorak, who shall call to account, every nut, every, button, every tunic facing and every mispainted rifle. He will tally and then intone your sins (in a curiously high pitched nasal acent) and ye shall be cast into the pit of collectible trading cards, Star Wars memorabilia and 1980s style GW products.
There is yet time for those who are prepared to be saved. Repent, I say, repent!
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That's it, go ahead "enjoy your hobby" but know that no deed goes unseen or unrecorded in the giant clipboard and that one day, like all men, you will stand before the great bearded man in the anorak, who shall call to account, every nut, every, button, every tunic facing and every mispainted rifle. He will tally and then intone your sins (in a curiously high pitched nasal acent) and ye shall be cast into the pit of collectible trading cards, Star Wars memorabilia and 1980s style GW products.
There is yet time for those who are prepared to be saved. Repent, I say, repent!
lol lol
Whilst I agree with the sentiment you have expressed (and founf them very amusing!)- isn't finding out all this sometimes obscure information part of what our hobby is about?
Darrell.
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Sorry that was a typo, I meant re-paint.
:D
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lol lol
Whilst I agree with the sentiment you have expressed (and founf them very amusing!)- isn't finding out all this sometimes obscure information part of what our hobby is about?
Darrell.
Of course it is. Some seem to enjoy it more than others, that's all. :)
Start a Middle Earth thread over at Fantasy Adventures on the nature of balrogs and you shall promptly see me quote lengthy passages from memory and get very snippy with people who disagree with me.
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Of course it is. Some seem to enjoy it more than others, that's all. :)
Start a Middle Earth thread over at Fantasy Adventures on the nature of balrogs and you shall promptly see me quote lengthy passages from memory and get very snippy with people who disagree with me.
What's a Ragbol? I assume their drummers wear their facings back to front? lol
Darrell.
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never mind the rifles...arent those shirts rather too blue??
nice painting, either way!
:)
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never mind the rifles...arent those shirts rather too blue??
nice painting, either way!
:)
It has almost become a tradition to paint Tommies in grayback orders in a shade which is, as you put it, 'too blue'.
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Christ, isn't the quilting on your anorak(s) getting a bit tight?
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PMSL ;)
Christ, isn't the quilting on your anorak(s) getting a bit tight?
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Is the anorak a sort of bluish-grey colour?
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Is the anorak a sort of bluish-grey colour?
No, that's the colour of your face as the anorak stitching cuts into your vital organs ;)
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mines zzzzipped all the way up to the top!
;)
love the figs and the painting and the piccy's - keep em coming in any colours you like mate! its good to see other peoples work and hear how theyve tackled the paint job. never mind the gentle ribbing which, i have to say was aimed more at the rifle commenters than the original post.
please carry on any way you see fit.
now..about their boots.....
:D
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Only the zip goes all the way to the top? lol
Love LAF banter, some of the TMP stuff gets quite nasty. :-[
Yes, great pics and commentary.
mines zzzzipped all the way up to the top!
;)
love the figs and the painting and the piccy's - keep em coming in any colours you like mate! its good to see other peoples work and hear how theyve tackled the paint job. never mind the gentle ribbing which, i have to say was aimed more at the rifle commenters than the original post.
please carry on any way you see fit.
now..about their boots.....
:D
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Love LAF banter, some of the TMP stuff gets quite nasty. :-[
It appears as banter to the uninitiated, but it's actually all in code. I wouldn't try to translate it if I were you, some of the stuff here would put you off your dinner and no mistake...
;)