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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #600 on: June 21, 2023, 09:04:46 AM »
Boris Karloff lol

Just as well I didn't paint in the eyebrows...

Here's the last of the current batch.











Bipod and barrel just didn't quite want to line up, and I didn't want to bend the MG.
Also need to remember to brush all the crap off prior to taking pictures, loads of loose bits of basing stuff on the gun group.

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #601 on: June 21, 2023, 09:24:41 AM »
... a few more. Officer looks more Boris Karloff than Boris Karloff...






Well you did Fat Bob from The Cure, now you've given us Boris Karloff. Ten points if you can find a suitable Bela Lugosi-like figure and get that Bauhaus reference in. :D

Very nice work btw. Been playing with your Denison recipe this week for a post war sniper. Very handy it was.
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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #602 on: June 21, 2023, 12:02:30 PM »
Well you did Fat Bob from The Cure, now you've given us Boris Karloff. Ten points if you can find a suitable Bela Lugosi-like figure and get that Bauhaus reference in. :D

Well the chap giving the cheery wave would possibly pass for Lugosi in a dark room...

...and the coat could be a Goths favorite piece of kit... he's got a definite occult Vampire vibe, and once the Paras are finished with him it'll be 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'..!

Very nice work btw. Been playing with your Denison recipe this week for a post war sniper. Very handy it was.

Cool, glad it's of some use.
I've only used those AK paints (red brown & gunship green) on these Airborne since the PIAT special figure.
So far, whilst it's (the AK) a bit thinner than Vallejo, I'd still thin it down. The last batch I went pretty much straight from the bottle, goes on nicely but I'm sure it gets a bit darker as it dries.
The Al Murrey with the PIAT, I thinned it down and think the end result looks better.

Offline CapnJim

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #603 on: June 21, 2023, 10:18:11 PM »
I love that guy with the black long coat.  I have him done up in a similar scheme - he's usually my Hauptmann or Major....
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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #604 on: June 21, 2023, 11:06:09 PM »
The facial expression and hand gesture really does spell 'what the fuck ref!' as a free kick is unreasonably gifted to the opposite side.

Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #605 on: June 21, 2023, 11:53:13 PM »
I said "Trim my hedge this high, and look what you've done!"

And Christ. That other bloke's face would melt the arc of the covenant, not the other way around. Scary.

Apart from that, great paintjobs. Just some of the Warlord facial sculpts look... bizarre. 
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Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #606 on: June 22, 2023, 02:49:52 PM »
The facial expression and hand gesture really does spell 'what the fuck ref!' as a free kick is unreasonably gifted to the opposite side.

Or Ivan the linesman (who's dad was at Stalingrad) waving for a goal in a certain World Cup  Final!

 lol
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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #607 on: July 01, 2023, 10:14:41 AM »
Got hold a some Warlord SS decals.

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Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #608 on: July 01, 2023, 09:05:15 PM »
They do look great, bit cheeky to hide one of the Bogdanoff twins among them though.

Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #609 on: July 02, 2023, 08:12:32 AM »
They do look great, bit cheeky to hide one of the Bogdanoff twins among them though.

I remember those two, same plastic surgery look as Jocelyn Wildenstein. Hopefully she wont make an appearance in a Pea Dot ball gown...

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #610 on: July 02, 2023, 11:10:06 AM »
Definitely max points if you can slip Pete Burns into that lot. lol

Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #611 on: July 02, 2023, 12:03:50 PM »
Definitely max points if you can slip Pete Burns into that lot. lol

Mmm... Challenge accepted... Although, are we talking pre or post?
I could go for a GS eye patch, however the later version would require repurposing a Milliput sandbag, or two...

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #612 on: July 02, 2023, 06:53:38 PM »
I think Warlord would only do Pete in his latter days. His mum was German so you know it makes sense.  :D

Offline CapnJim

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #613 on: July 02, 2023, 10:16:11 PM »
Nice job on those.  They look good.

Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #614 on: July 03, 2023, 08:13:01 AM »
Thanks Jim.
Currently got an SS MG42 team and a Para 6 pounder team on the go.

 

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