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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: James Morris on November 25, 2013, 09:26:18 PM
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Having had most of these models sat around for 2 years, I finally got them painted and photographed in the summer. The armoured car is very obsolete by WW2 but still saw service in East Africa!
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/11055510203_e8a2421fb0_c.jpg)
Here's a Lancia IZM armoured car - with a paint job perhaps worthy of an ice-cream van - accompanied by the slightly more deadly L3 Lanciaflamme light tank. The armoured car is by Force of Arms (though may now be owned by Warlord); the tankette is an Empress model.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/11055431344_c7e8885c12_c.jpg)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/11055431374_36c354fc78_c.jpg)
Next up are a pair of Empress Italian artillery pieces (Canone do 75/27) from their Abyssinia range. I have never seen quite so many tiny pieces in a metal kit - being a recent convert to gaming with guns in the modern era, these defeated me on more than one occasion. Fortunately an email to Empress secured a quick reply from Paul Eaglestone who has recently put a step-by-step assembly guide on his blog (down the bottom of the page):
http://pdesplace.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2011-07-08T03:40:00-07:00&max-results=50&start=26&by-date=false (http://pdesplace.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2011-07-08T03:40:00-07:00&max-results=50&start=26&by-date=false)
Without this, I would have been sunk! Thanks Paul. They are not for the faint-hearted, which is a shame, as they make up into super little models.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/11055430614_244c452c3b_c.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/11055431284_79213983b3_c.jpg)
I've left a space on the bases as I'd like to add some ammo boxes and general rammel at some point!
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3812/11055431304_bd7317097d_c.jpg)
Paint-job-wise, I went for a grey-green on the guns, as I don't think many were painted in sand colours at all, at least not in 1940-1.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/11055431334_a4e7cee6d2_c.jpg)
When I was assembling the two guns, I found this in my bits box; it's a Force of Arms 75mm gun of some description sold for the SCW. While not an exact match for the Canone da 75/27, it was close enough for me to assemble and paint up as a smashed-up piece for a little extra scenery.
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Lovely work James yet again.
I've ordered the Perries Tankette so I would be interested in seeing how this compares with all the other Italian tankettes on the market.
Cheers,
Helen
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Both these and your infantry are looking great. :)
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Excellent stuff James,
I have all these models in the painting queue. Your high contrast paint style really lifts the detail on the models...very nice.
What is the link to Paul's blog so I may use the gun model description as well?....I'm sure it'll be useful.
Cheers
Happy Wanderer
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Sorry, you're right, I've added the link to the post above in the right place. I'm surprised there isn't a link on the Empress website, really.
Helen, it would be fascinating to compare Empress and Perry L3s, but as I already own 7 of the Empress ones I'm not going to be buying any more at the moment! I'll see if I come across some in my travels. :)
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Beautiful painting.
The Lancia was used by the Germans for anti-partisan duties when they captured one off the Italians. What's not to love about it?
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Amazing pictures!!!! That Lancia is probably the Armored car with the longest service yet !
Really like the colors and atmosphere is just right!!!!!
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Super looking figures.
Love them and the guns.