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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Dags on February 26, 2020, 12:06:37 PM

Title: Aden - update 12/04
Post by: Dags on February 26, 2020, 12:06:37 PM: Small project for myself to make a slight change from Olive Drab!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49587425521_c57c539307.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ixSw1r)

Figs from Eureka
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Post by: Ash on February 26, 2020, 02:12:57 PM: Very nice.
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Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on February 26, 2020, 06:19:25 PM: Very nice.
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Post by: flatpack on February 26, 2020, 07:50:50 PM: Nice figures. Good positions and proportions. And very clean painting technique. Great stuff.
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Post by: flatpack on February 26, 2020, 07:52:09 PM: Nice figures, well painted.
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Post by: gamer Mac on February 26, 2020, 08:35:45 PM: Lovely :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: carlos marighela on February 27, 2020, 12:07:34 AM: Beautiful! :-*

Of course if you fancy a bit more olive drab, then you can, as photos show British forces in a mixture of khaki and JG.

If you fancy a dash more colour, there's always the Argyll's in their glengarries.
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Post by: Dags on February 27, 2020, 12:47:32 AM: They're next ;)
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Post by: carlos marighela on February 27, 2020, 07:34:52 AM: I wish you luck and much patience, the chequered border on the glengarries is a pain in the arse to paint. That said, they are lovely sculpts. I only wish Kosta had done a few personalities. I’d love a Mad Mitch figure.

Some painting inspiration...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOfF7gjE-IU
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Post by: steve501 on February 28, 2020, 09:11:08 PM: Hi love the painting and the figures can I ask for a painting guide I really like the paint scheme

Many thanks
Steve
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Post by: Dags on February 28, 2020, 10:01:09 PM: Quote from: steve501 on February 28, 2020, 09:11:08 PM
Hi love the painting and the figures can I ask for a painting guide I really like the paint scheme

Many thanks
Steve

No problem...

Uniform is a base of Vallejo Panzer Aces (VPA) British Tanker with Vallejo Model Colour (VMC) Khaki Grey and VPA British Tanker Highlight added for highlights

Webbing is a base of a 50/50 mix of VMC British Uniform and VPA Canvas with VPA British Tanker Highlight added
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Post by: has.been on February 29, 2020, 08:09:05 AM: Thanks for posting. Wonderful work.
I have some of the figures & Vodkafan is preparing old
Dinky toy vehicles for me, but I haven't been brave
enough to start painting them. Looking forward to
seeing the A & S. Especially the Glengaries.
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Post by: steve501 on March 02, 2020, 05:17:22 AM: Thanks for the uniform painting guide, I've just ordered a few packs for myself - I'm sure yet another small project is about to commence

Many thanks
Steve
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Post by: manchesterreg on March 02, 2020, 07:10:57 AM: My Regiment were in Aden in 1964 on Centurions plus Chieftains , yellow/sand and black colour.
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Post by: carlos marighela on March 02, 2020, 07:44:28 AM: 16/5 Queens Royal Lancers? No Chieftains in Aden just Centurions. Black ‘n’ sand is how I painted my Cent and photos bear that out but....beware.

What appears in many b&w photos to be black camo on a sand base on Land Rovers, Ferrets and Saladins etc is more likely sand over Bronze Green. Plenty of colour photos show it to be so and you can still make out the shine of the BG paint which was a satin finish post war. Even some of the colour ones that look black are just showing the tonal change between bronze green, which is a very dark colour and sand. I have a couple of Saladins to repaint.
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Post by: manchesterreg on March 02, 2020, 11:36:25 AM: My Bad, there's pictures of lads on Chieftains in the desert in our Aden file. But your right just Cents.
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Post by: Dags on April 12, 2020, 06:06:18 PM: Found time for a few more - simplified the dicing for the sake of sanity...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49765548496_ea0989b364_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iPBrLd)
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Post by: traveller on April 12, 2020, 07:14:11 PM: Well done! :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: Ash on April 12, 2020, 08:05:40 PM: Check out 'The Last Post' on Netflix

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5133742/
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Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 12, 2020, 08:16:27 PM: Nice painting.