Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Do you have any pictures of your painted Afrika Korps figures?
I have only found pictures of the builds.
Thanks
Mick

[Captain Blood]

Hi Mick - yes, page 15 of this thread 

I have painted about another 20 or so DAK since, but haven't got round to basing them yet...  Soon though.
I really need to build out a full platoon for both DAK and 8th Army - By the time I've finished the various batches I've got on the go, I should be about 80% there... Probably 8 - 10 more figures required for each side after that...

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Dear Captain Blood,
The Afrika Korps are wonderful, as expected .  Thank-you.

I am thinking about updating the painting guides that I did for Artizan and Crusader many years ago.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=97491.0

What do you use as reference material for colours?
Do you use Vallejo or another paint company?

[Casabianca]

Wow !  Very impressive wheathering on both PzKpfw II and Vickers Mk VI !
Thank you for sharing.

[Captain Blood]

Merci  

What do you use as reference material for colours?
Do you use Vallejo or another paint company?

Um... I'm afraid I make it up in the main.
I've got lots of books of uniforms, but basically everything stacks up to the Afrika Korps being dressed in a mish-mash of faded greeny/grey/sandy-yellow uniforms. So I just go for as much of a variegated appearance as I can within a strictly limited colour palette... Mixing in a bit more green or brown here or there to get that somewhat mismatched, lived-in look that seems to be what shows up most in WWII photographs. Essentially, I'm working off Vallejo Russian Uniform Green and Vallejo Desert Yellow. All the clothing and much of the equipment is sprung off those two base colours. Hope that helps  

[redzed]

nice colourings 

[Ragnar]

Marvellous project, I particularly like the armour.

[ghpainting]

Inspiring painting sir

Cheers
George

[moiterei_1984]

Top notch looking Panzer II 

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 

In the interests of full disclosure, I am sharing Brent's photo here on this thread, to show the very wonderful group of vehicles he has built and painted for me, now winging their way from New Zealand to England to join my Western Desert collection

Yes, I know, I am a seriously lucky boy.

I hope you'll join with me in congratulating Brent (Queeg) - and hoping to God they make it safely home from the far side of the world (and through HM Customs) unscathed!





His brilliant vehicles thread is here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=87407.210

[Captain Blood]

Okay, here's the Steyr 1500 - a very nice model this.
Will add the rest of the passengers in due course.
The decals are all from the Rubicon Tiger I kit. It's done for 4 DAK vehicles / AFVs so far, and I've still got 2/3 of the sheet left!
(Although what I don't have is any number plates, so will need to add these when I lay hands on some suitable decals...
Three items of Rubicon stowage plus a spare Perry Jerry helmet on the parcel shelf

Next up will be the Austin Tilly...









And a detail showing the driver...

[Ballardian]

Great looking Steyr

[Steve F]

You're really motoring through these, now.

[Earther]

Mein Gott!    Stunning!

[Hammers]

Next up will be the Austin Tilly...

Stonking Steyr. I built the Tamiya 1/35 kit, towing a 20mm FLAK many years ago and loved it. I built a whole Greek diorama around it.

Looking forward to see the Tilly.