15mm scifi Pax Brittanica Pt 1, 2 & 3

[zrunelord]

Hello again all,

Here is the start of my Pax Brittanica Space Expeditionary Force.
Italaeri 1/72 Merkava, Rebel Minis Merkas & Antenocities M577 HQ Troop and last but not least Armies Army commonwealth troops.
I'll be adding Mechs next .
I decided to try out a variation of one of the camos in my other post - Grey base/ Vallejo Stone /  Gw Graveyard Earth / Gw Catachan green & black I used one of those new GW shades - Atonian camoshade I think it's called plus also the ever present WN peat brown.
All decals are home made on a clear sheet & printed on a Laser printer ,except for the aerial recognition red/white/red flag.The up pointing arrow is a variation of the present day side pointing one used today.

    For those that might be interested to do this camo - Grey spray undercoat
    Liquid mask was applied in squiggly shapes & Vallejo stone was airbrushed.
    Squigglies in green & brown & black were done
    Green wash & peat brown applied to all nooks & crannies only .
    Washed wheels & tracks with watered down bleached bone & then lightly drybrushed with black
    Decals applied., names hand drawn except for junior.
    Light drybrush with bleached bone.
    Chips & scuff marks done with sponge + 00 brush & touched with Stone + white.
    Applied Matt spray varnish ...

One of the dilemmas I have is whether to apply brightly coloured insignia to camouflaged vehicles.In my opinion it beats the purpose .I remember reading once that when the Germans invaded Poland at the start of the war ,they used all white crosses as identification on their tanks.Polish anti tank gunners used them to aim at with good effect.This forced the Germans to put a smaller black cross inside the white one to make it less visible,i.e.The Balkenkrueze we are so familiar with. On the other hand, with the amount of electronics etc the future will have , what's the use of camo and numbers if not for eye candy !!!!

And as usual may you be inspired.
Pax Brittanica Universalis et Vivat regina
Z

http://castrarunis.blogspot.com.mt/2014/09/pax-brittanica.html
http://castrarunis.blogspot.com.mt/2014/09/pax-brittania-part-2.html
http://castrarunis.blogspot.com.mt/2014/11/pax-brittanica-pt4.html

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice camo.

[zrunelord]

Thanks
I agree with you , I like how it came out .
It is one of the most time consuming, at first I was going to use the style on the Major for all the army but I would have gone insane, so I went for a simpler version.
Still took some time to do but worth it.
Z