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Title: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 21, 2014, 07:19:46 AM

After receiving my first huge batch of minis, i finally got around to painting the first unit last week. Four Purple Sharks and here are the results:

http://dhcwargamesblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/warzone-resurrection-purple-sharks-analogue-hobbies-painting-challenge-entry-4/ (http://dhcwargamesblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/warzone-resurrection-purple-sharks-analogue-hobbies-painting-challenge-entry-4/)

Enjoy,

Burkhard

P.S.: The usual preview (as always more pictures, including the nose art, on the blog):
(http://dhcwargamesblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/purple-sharks1.jpg?w=516&h=268)

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: Dr.Falkenhayn on January 21, 2014, 08:32:54 AM

Ausgezeichnet!  :D Looking forward to see the Rest of your Capitol Force  :P

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 21, 2014, 08:36:22 AM

Danke!

Although I fear I will hold Capitol for now and paint Bauhaus and Mishima first. The Sharks just tempted me too much, but as a faction, I find the other two more exciting.

Cheers,

Burkhard

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: maxxon on January 21, 2014, 10:21:07 AM

Fabulous nose art! Thumbs up!

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 21, 2014, 11:00:51 AM

Thank you... although the women are decals!  lol

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: maxxon on January 21, 2014, 12:06:12 PM

Where did you get the decals?

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 21, 2014, 01:07:43 PM

Here:

Search for 1:48th scale... Those work well with 28mm.

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: Agis on January 21, 2014, 04:02:33 PM

Very nice and even better BLOG, gives a good overview on Warzone.

We received our box more or less at the dame time, I have some Mishima Hatamotos on the table atm. I just love these guys... More soon.
 ;)

How was the casting quality of your sharks? Mine are salvageable but a challenge!
Overall Warzone is hit and miss for me. Some minis are very clean cast, while others are really full of flash very bendy.
Do not get this wrong, you can get a decent model out of all the casts I received, but NOT for the average modeller, some serious experience is needed sometimes.

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 21, 2014, 07:29:11 PM

THX Agis?

Well they required some work, but I managed. I contacted Prodos to give them some hints how to improve the mould. They said they would look at it, so I assume future castings will not have this problem.

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: Agis on January 21, 2014, 07:44:53 PM

Them we have the same cast...
 ;)

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: maxxon on January 22, 2014, 07:51:35 AM

Quote from: 14th brooklyn on January 21, 2014, 01:07:43 PM

Search for 1:48th scale... Those work well with 28mm.

Thanks, I found some on eBay and ordered a sample set.

It seems these are mostly intended for guitars of all things (and too large for our stuff), but they had 1:48 and 1:35 sheets as well. Every day you learn something new...

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 22, 2014, 07:57:47 AM

Yes I was surprised by this last summer, too.

I contacted him and he told me that he had initially only done them for guitars, but had been approached by a number of scale modelers, which is why he decided to do a sheets with a selection of his decals in 1:48th scale. You live, you learn!  lol

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: rob_alderman on January 23, 2014, 08:07:49 PM

Excellent work and great rendition of them!

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 23, 2014, 08:23:06 PM

Thanks Rob... A long way from the photos I send you the other week, right?

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: rob_alderman on January 25, 2014, 08:08:50 AM

Yes indeed, you'll be glad to know that we are working on that issue right now!

Title: Re: Purple Shark flight (Warzone Resurrection)
Post by: 14th brooklyn on January 25, 2014, 03:14:09 PM

Good to hear!