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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Prof.Witchheimer on September 07, 2007, 08:10:24 PM

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on September 07, 2007, 08:10:24 PM

must have!

(http://www.artizandesigns.com/images/sww532.jpg)

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: Big Guy on September 07, 2007, 09:49:07 PM

Nice as they are my big problem is their smocks, I HATE painting camoflage.

might have to get one for display though...

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: Plynkes on September 07, 2007, 11:51:02 PM

Not wanting to be Mr. Picky, but I'm not overly impressed with the jeep itself. The proportions don't look right, it seems stretched or squashed.

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: revford on September 08, 2007, 12:27:50 AM

On the Artizan mailing list Dylan mentioned that the photos were taken with the masters of the crew, not the better fitting final models.

There should be some pics where it all looks the right shape and fit soon.  :)

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: xeoran on September 08, 2007, 03:01:14 AM

Quote from: "revford"

On the Artizan mailing list Dylan mentioned that the photos were taken with the masters of the crew, not the better fitting final models.

There should be some pics where it all looks the right shape and fit soon.  :)

Plus Mike accidentally primed it with the wrong primer. That said it still isn't really Artizan's best.

Big Guy- if you're having camo problems check out Dom Goh's tutorial of denison smocks on the NapNuts site. It's excellent.

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: Boggler on September 08, 2007, 08:26:08 AM

I hope the crew are available as a seperate pack too. Actually, what I'd really like is some US and German crew figures! That would sort out my Corgi M3 half tracks nicely. 8)

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: revford on September 08, 2007, 09:07:22 AM

Quote from: "Boggler"

I hope the crew are available as a seperate pack too. Actually, what I'd really like is some US and German crew figures! That would sort out my Corgi M3 half tracks nicely. 8)

Yep, crew are available without the jeeps:

http://www.artizandesigns.com/details.asp?code=SWW533

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: CompanyB on September 10, 2007, 07:29:26 AM

We have crews casting right now as well...I should pick up one of Artizan's jeeps and see if our crews fit (they should, our jeep is in the same scale).  But if I do that, I'll end up buying all his new packs as well...

We only have LRDG, US Marine and US Great coat crews right now...but more are in development...regular US army is on the way...  All sculpted by Paul Hicks.

http://homepage.mac.com/brentdietrich/companyB_greens.htm

Not trying to hijack the thread or anything...just keeping folks aware of all the choices.  Mike Owen has down a couple of WW1 drivers for us as well, and they are real beauties!

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: Hammers on September 12, 2007, 11:24:41 AM

How come you so often see vehicle seated miniatures starring up in the sky? Intentionally looking for FW-190s? I doubt it. Is it something with warping of the metal of seats and miniatures?

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: revford on September 12, 2007, 12:48:44 PM

Quote from: "hammershield"

How come you so often see vehicle seated miniatures starring up in the sky? Intentionally looking for FW-190? I doubt it. Is it something with warping of the metal of seats and miniatures?

Trying to get an even tan?

Maybe on the lookout for carrier pigeons?

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: Helen on September 12, 2007, 02:32:35 PM

I'm sure we will see better photos of these fine chaps to come. :)

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: CompanyB on September 12, 2007, 03:38:41 PM

Mike stated on another forum that the feet need to be trimmed a bit.   That is what is making them look as if they are looking up.

Once trimmed. they will be facing fwd.

Title: Artizan British Airborne Jeeps
Post by: ArtizanDesigns on September 12, 2007, 06:47:34 PM

My fault- I supplied Mike with 'fat' masters instead of the normal sized production castings so the figures were too large to fit properly.

I'll be putting up photo's using the normal sized figures as soon as I can :-)

Dylan