WW2 Chindits

[Cubs]

Bolt Action Chindits, my mighty force ... numbering five thus far. The Medical Officer and wounded officer are the latest additions (both with added bloody hands!) but I thought you'd appreciate a group shot. Ferns courtesy of garden moss, jungle floor courtesy of tea leaves and mixed herbs. Actually, there's a superb article in the current issue of 'Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy', written by some sort of genius who explains exactly how the effect is achieved.

[Atheling]

Goodly work sir! 

  Those spectacles are amazing 

Darrell.

[M Blakey]

Absolutely jaw dropping what colours did you use for the uniform and webbing?

[Cubs]

Those spectacles are amazing 

Those bloody things were nearly the death of me. To start with I tried to put shine marks and slightly magnified iris' on them, but it all just looked like a big cartoony mess of white splats.

Funny enough, as my mind was chewing it over on the back burner, I was watching 'Fringe' on the dvd and there was a boke wearing big glasses. I completely ignored the plot for a couple of minutes to study what my eyes were telling me it looked like, not what my mind told me it must look like.

There was no reflection at all on the lens, just on the frames. There was shadow all round the rim and then the lower eyelids and a bit of the cheekbone were poking out within the frames, catching the light. Ta da!

[Cubs]

Absolutely jaw dropping what colours did you use for the uniform and webbing?

Now I always feel guilty giving this answer, but it's the truth. I blend my own colours and keep them in labelled pots in 4 (well, mostly 4) stages. This one is 'Jungle Green' that I mixed up specially to do the Chindits. It's got a definite blueish-grey tint compared to a standard khaki green or olive shade.

[Helen]

Very nice work Cubs, thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Helen

[M Blakey]

That's a fair enough answer  again beautiful work!

[Paul Hicks]

Fantastic work Cubs. The work on these along with the Paras makes me very proud indeed.

[aircav]

Superb stuff

[Gibby]

Those are some of Warlord's best additions to the Bolt Action range. Amazing painting there!

[Cubs]

Fantastic work Cubs. The work on these along with the Paras makes me very proud indeed.

That's a pretty big thing you've just said there. As a painter, my aim is always to bring the models to life how the sculptor saw them when he created them.

Hopefully I can put a smile on your face with your superb Gurkhas when I get hold of them.

[moonshado]

Those are very nice, I'm not a fan of the Bolt Action figures, but your paintwork has made them look rather splendid. The shots of the rears of both the medic and officer show your painting of the jackets off very nicely. The garden moss you have used looks very effective, it appears to be fresh, will it keep or will you need to replace it?

[Cubs]

The garden moss you have used looks very effective, it appears to be fresh, will it keep or will you need to replace it?

It's been preserved with glycerine and water, which slows down the decomposition greatly. It does usually brown after a few months (which doesn't look any worse for the colour change) but I've got some on a base I did years back and it's still there!

[grant]

Bolt Action Chindits, my mighty force ...

After the war, Tommy became a bit of a celebrity, man...

[Goosegog]

Very, very nice. The shading on the uniforms is second to none.