North Africa Project

[Stephen May]

Hi everyone,
Long time lurker on here, but seeing as I am starting a couple of projects I thought posting my progress here would motivate me!
Im completely new to WW2, but the 8th army plastics have grabbed my attention.. so I have decided to paint some smallish sized British and German armies.. and make a 8x6ft table.

Anyway, here's the first section. Eagarly awaiting the tanks.. 

[Nightmask]

Nice!!

Nightmask

[Furt]

Really nicely done - they look great altogether. 

[Centaur_Seducer]

Way to make an entry! Well done, Stephen

Close-ups?

[Wilkins]

Looking good man, very impressive! Would love to see some more!

[grant]

Superb!

[carlos marighela]

Wow! Those are lovely! Very nice work.

[Mason]

 
That is some way to introduce yourself.

Cracking work!
 

And welcome aboard.
 

[grant]

I recognize your name from the Perry site! Your article on painting skin http://www.perry-miniatures.com/pages.php?page=painting-dark-african-skin
was terrific. 

[carlos marighela]

Of course, Plynkes will eventually point out that the SMLE foreguards are wood all the way round and the barrel isn't exposed.  I think there's a prize awarded on LAF for getting it right or wrong, I forget which. 

[Kingscarbine]

It's not too late to paint the rifles. Here are some examples of SMLE: http://www.enfieldresource.com/home/all-smle-3

I would love to do the Italian East Africa campaign some day.

[Dave C]

I could live with SMLE paint job. Inspiring stuff!

Any thoughts about which rule set you'll be using, Stephen?

[Captain Blood]

Welcome to Lead Adventure, Stephen 

I really like what you've done with those - they look suitably dusty, and you've achieved some lovely natural looking poses.

I found them quite tricky to paint in places. Hard to get at the detail on the fronts of the figures once the weapons arms are in place, and I guess, just very small detail. How did you find them compared to all the other stuff you've painted for the Perrys?

[Blackwolf]

Nice work and welcome

[Stephen May]

Of course, Plynkes will eventually point out that the SMLE foreguards are wood all the way round and the barrel isn't exposed.  I think there's a prize awarded on LAF for getting it right or wrong, I forget which. 

D'oh! Thats me getting carried away - force of habbit from painting too many Napoleonics! I'll change it and post some close ups!

I could live with SMLE paint job. Inspiring stuff!

Any thoughts about which rule set you'll be using, Stephen?

Im probably going to be using Force on Force. I've read throught the rules and I think it will work quite well with a few mods 

Welcome to Lead Adventure, Stephen 

I really like what you've done with those - they look suitably dusty, and you've achieved some lovely natural looking poses.

I found them quite tricky to paint in places. Hard to get at the detail on the fronts of the figures once the weapons arms are in place, and I guess, just very small detail. How did you find them compared to all the other stuff you've painted for the Perrys?

Thanks! It was nice to meet you at Salute.

They were quite 'different' the most modern stuff I had painted before were the Ansar, so it took a lot of thinking about how I was going to do them. The greatest challenge I found was making sure all of the pieces had defined edges after painting. When you are painting sand on sand on sand you have to be careful it doesnt all blend into one!