15mm... Road to Normandy... with a 20mm detour - 22/04/24 - 20mm Baddies WIP

[Seb]

First post in the new year! And I can report some first finished models this year!
Huzzah!

And surprise, surprise, I managed to do some work on 15mm stuff



I think I found the easiest and the quickest way to paint those wee tea-loving lads. I'm still experimenting with the webbing colours.

I'm also painting another batch of my 1/72 Airfix DAK (boy, I love those models), and I have two more 1/72 AFVs (Stug IV and another Sherman) on my workbench. We will see if I manage to finish them this month .

Cheers,
Seb

[frank xerox]

Oh those are nice!

[BeneathALeadMountain]

Great work sir! Off to a good start 

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[LouieN]

They came out great.

[CapnJim]

Thay do indeed look good!

[Seb]

Thanks lads!

SHOCK! A bit more progress, and even more shocking, it is progress on both fronts this time.   

First, the 15mm

Once the basic colour scheme is set up, they are pretty straightforward and quick to paint. I still did not decide about basing them. But I think I will go for multi-basing them and use them for IABSM or 'O' Group. But there is still the temptation of CoC and single bases. We will see



After this batch, I plan to hit the 15mm British Paras, intending to build both sides for Kampfgruppe von Luck PSC and some action around Arhnem.

Glorious 20mm

Well, I'm almost finished with the basic DAK platoon. The last batch of minis are now on the workbench. I added another colour to the mix for uniforms to experiment and see how they would look.
 


Stug IV - It's waiting for a wash, but due to the freezing weather, I needed to postpone any work, as I don't want to spray varnish at below-zero temperature. But the weather is getting warmer, so fingers crossed. I also need to finish the insides of the schurzen, but that should not take too long.



Till next time

Cheers,
Seb

[CapnJim]

More good progress - well done!

[Seb]

And another batch of 15mm Brits is now done.



I'm planning to finish the remaining 20mm DAK later this week, along with a few last tanks, so who knows, maybe I will have two updates in one week

That said, I have a weird suspicion that I will get distracted soon by some 28mm minis. Again.

Cheers,
Seb

[BeneathALeadMountain]

They look great Seb. I need to finish my British platoon (3/4s done) but have totally lost my painting mojo - the moment we get some dry (ish) and warm (ish) weather I can base coat the last few supports and try and force myself into some kind of progress. Seeing yours really help motivate me as I’m getting slightly tired of Germans vs Americans/Russians.

Looking forwards to seeing your Paras (especially as I have KGVL and its cobbled tanks sat in my painting queue holding pattern). I can recommend Von Luck’s memoir/book for an interesting view on everything they did (and an interesting man).

Oh and if you fancy getting the KG Von Luck vehicles Battlefront are releasing plastic versions so you’ll have nice options available in 15mm soon(ish).

Keep up the good work,

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[CapnJim]

I like those.  I see you went with the individual bases...

[Seb]

Thanks!

I hope you get going with your mojo back soon. I often switch form one scale/topic (as one can see in this topic).

Looking forwards to seeing your Paras (especially as I have KGVL and its cobbled tanks sat in my painting queue holding pattern). I can recommend Von Luck’s memoir/book for an interesting view on everything they did (and an interesting man).

Yeah, I got my paras with KGVL in mind and some Market-Garden games. I believe Lardies are working on a CoC supplement to cover it.

I read von Luck's memoir many, many moons ago. I'm currently re-reading a book about Monte Cassino by Matthew Parker. But I will probably switch to "A Bridge Too Far" when I start working on the paras. It seems odd, but I read a lot about Market Garden but never read "A Bridge Too Far" .

I like those. I see you went with the individual bases...

Thanks. Yeah, I still can't decide, but my current working plan is to do one "single bases" platoon and two multi-based ones, so I have the force to be used for CoC and IABSM/O Group. At least that's the plan for now, but don't quote me on that. D. 

I hope to hit the remaining DAK later this evening, so fingers crossed .

Cheers,
Seb

[Seb]

Not much work was done over the weekend, as I was under the weather for most of it. But the first batch of 15mm paras are now on bases and are waiting to be primed.

On the 20mm front, however, I can report a big success, as I finished the last batch of the Airfix DAK minis. I will need to look for some support options for them and maybe take a better shot at the whole lot.



I'm really itching for some tanks to build, but I think I'll get my act together and finish some of the models I've started before going on the shopping spree .

Cheers,
Seb

[CapnJim]

You sure do those figures justice.  Nicely done!

[frank xerox]

Yeah those have turned out nice - I like the mix of newer & more sun bleached clothes, very effective

[Seb]

Thanks guys!

Yep, I'm pleased with them myself.

In the meantime, I managed to prepare the first squad of 15mm British paras for painting. 


But I also dug up my 20mm German paras, and there are always some 28mm minis around, so we will see how it goes.

Cheers,
Seb