Round 6 - Grenzers and Hussars of Vorlund and Hinterland vs. MiGs in your Six

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[Blackwolf]

Nice work WC,neeaaarrrrahhh,dakka,dakka dakka etcetera.

[D@rth J@ymZ]

The photo composition of both entries is excellent but I really like the blurred foreground 'action' in the first entry

[carlos marighela]

Hardest one to choose so far. Lovely work and composition in both. Tough choice.

[argsilverson]

Again a tough choice!
My vote went for the first entry, just for the reason that I am recently planning some 7YW project!

[Maksim-Smelchak]

Westfalia Six,

Where did the mat come from?

It's really cool and conveys the feeling of high altitude.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

[Westfalia Chris]

Westfalia Six,

Where did the mat come from?

It's really cool and conveys the feeling of high altitude.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

The "mat" is actually two sheets of A4 Paper which I printed from a photoshopped screenshot. They show a satellite picture of the Yalu river covered with clouds to save printer ink and, as you said, convey some altitude. It was quite tricky to position and light them so the cut line doesn't show, and the horizont line didn't work out as planned, but the overall effect is nice - I had to do them so big because of the numbers of planes involved. Just a flight of six Sabres would have fit onto a single sheet, eliminating most of the problems, but that would have been booo-ring...

[Poliorketes]

Greywolf, please tell me more about the miniatures.

[Blackwolf]

Greywolf, please tell me more about the miniatures.

   Alright Polioketes,it would be a pleasure.The minis are for my Imagi-Nations army,Vorlund und Hinterland,pretty much The Holy Roman Empire circa The War of the Austrian Succession. Luckily I succeeded in this part of the the campaign and am now the Emperor Seigfried.However I'm finding the beastly Brussians (Prussians) a pain as did the Empress Maria-Theresa in real events.
     The minis are a mixture of Foundry (the hussars and the pandours),Crusader (grenzers) and the solitary lady an Eureka pirate (my LPL signature,all my entrys have ladies). I do have a regiment of the famous 'Sandras (all female musketeers),from Eureka,perhaps one day I'll post them up. In general I stick to historical uniforms,however some of my musketeers are in shall we say fantasy uniforms. The Vorlund flag ? A wolf on one side the Venus de Milo on the other. And finally my hero Loudon is the Feld Marshal of my army (as well as my user name on the Ne Plus Ultra forum of which I am a moderator,along with a whole bunch of rogues).

     Regards

   Guy

[flooglestreet]

WC Where did you get the aircraft?

[Westfalia Chris]

WC Where did you get the aircraft?

Bought them from Tumbling Dice at the Leeds Fiasco show in November 2009. Erm.  All 1/600th scale, but at least the fighter planes all have just the right level of detail to look convincingly realistic in that size. The B-29s lack a bit of definition in the cockpit area, but all the American planes have very good proportions. The MiGs are a bit awkward, I think it is the tailfins, but their hulls, wings and cockpits are very nicely done.

I actually started painting the Panthers and Skyraiders I had also bought (for a Marines or Navy contingent), but never finished them, and then developed a hankering for bare metal finishes in early March, so I painted the Air Force and North Korean craft first... X-D

I also got the "MiG Alley" rules, which I've only read so far, but which sound promisingly suited for "air battles", i.e. you can have a dozen or more planes on each side.

[flooglestreet]

Thanks for the tip. They have the F-80 Shooting Star from Earth vs The Flying Saucers and several episodes of Science Fiction theatre, not to mention the box art for Glencoes UFO. Watch the skies!