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

[Vanvlak]

That Matilda is just stunning, polka dots and all! 

[Iván kopets]

Great job

[Captain Blood]

Thanks  

Last update for a while. These are the final DAK figures from the LPL.
The collection is now more or less complete, although I do have quite a few metal crew figures to complete, and I daresay I will paint a few more Rubicon vehicles as they get released, because they are exceptionally nice kits.



























The Marder and the SdKfz250's were painted for me by Queeg  
All the figures by myself  

[Silent Invader]

Awesome. I especially like the prone LMG operator. 

Great idea to use clear bases for the vehicle crew

[Phil Robinson]

Very tasty.

[Mason]

Lovely work all round, figures and vehicles both.
All the different colours used on the 'uniform' so that it is not uniform, is one of my favourite aspects of this force.
 

I bet an eight year old Captain Blood would have loved to have played with these fellas*.
 




*And imagine the present day Captain Blood's face if he was to witness said eight year old getting his mitts on them.
 

[Dr. The Viking]

Before you know it you're doing eastern front!

[von Lucky]

Eastern Front Italians!

[Keith]

Beauties Captain - the figures and vehicles are a brilliant combo.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Excellent. As mentioned above the different coloured uniforms are great.

[tomrommel1]

very nice additions

[Captain Blood]

Thanks gents 

I think one of the reasons why almost everyone likes the Afrika Korps so much (apart from Airfix, of course) is that they looked rather un-German in their slightly casual, higgledy-piggledy appearance. Much more human and normal seeming fighting men.
Not at all like the faceless field grey Blitzkrieg machine of popular imagination when it comes to WW2 Germany. (Nor the late war, fundamentalist, pea-dot 'glamour' of the Waffen SS... ) Just ordinary guys at war in fact... I wanted to reflect that in the look of the figures. Certainly Michael Perry has captured that character in the figures themselves.

[Vasa]

A brilliant work, it looks very good! I really like the side cap, did you just use the field cap from the set and cut the sun blender? And the whole setting - perfect. I really enjoyed watching the pictures. Keep it going!

[Captain Blood]

Hi Vasa 
Yes, that's just the field cap with its peak cut off, and the top of the cap shaved quite a lot to make the ridge shape of the side cap. It's not quite right, but I think it gives the idea.
I hope you are still creating more of your own Perry DAK miniatures 
Richard

[Andym]

Brilliant stuff Richard! A visual feast for the eyes!