Author Topic: mrtn's muddy puttees (Read 11389 times)

mrtn · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 February 2014, 05:24:06 PM »

@marianas_gamer: Thank you!

@former user: VMC is Vallejo Model Color yes. I have a few Vallejo Game Color as well. Thanks.

former user · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 February 2014, 06:06:54 PM »

THX
will have to try VMC green brown

mrtn · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 February 2014, 02:52:33 PM »

A French company called Forgotten and Glorious was kind enough to send out free tester models to people. I asked for one of their 1916 French. The model came with a loose head, and very little in the way of mould lines and flash. It's quite tall, 28 or 28.5mm from foot to eye, but not very bulky (looking at the pics on their website I thought they would be bulkier). Here it is with a Great War Miniatures German to the left, and two Warlord Games (WWII) Frenchmen to the right. Especially the Warlord officer is shorter, but I'd still let them join the same army.

mrtn · « **Reply #18 on:** 05 March 2014, 12:56:27 AM »

These are the last of the current batch of French, though I just ordered some Senegalese Tirailleurs from Woodbine.

They'll get their baptism of fire tomorrow in a 700 point Bolt Action battle.

tomek917 · « **Reply #19 on:** 05 March 2014, 08:17:47 PM »

Nice! Great colours!

mrtn · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 March 2014, 11:55:47 AM »

Thank you!

mrtn · « **Reply #21 on:** 11 March 2014, 02:45:38 PM »

Here's a WIP, conversions of Warlord's Blitzkrieg Germans into WWI late war Germans. Not totally finished, the kneeling guy needs some personal equipment for example.

mrtn · « **Reply #22 on:** 29 March 2014, 05:35:16 PM »

This is a batch of old Foundry early WWI French I picked up for a few quid. Unfortunately some of them had been attacked by lead rot, so I started by trying to remove as much of that as I could before painting. They also had some broken off rifles and so on...
Since I already have late war French I didn't want to paint up yet another era, so I hit on the idea of painting them as the French Foreign Legion. Yes, there are probably a few things wrong, the slouchy type of kepi for example, but on the table top it should be pretty obvious what they're meant to represent.

No, I don't know why I have a lone machine gun loader either...

former user · « **Reply #23 on:** 29 March 2014, 08:04:08 PM »

as far as I can tell, they are perfectly OK, up to 1930 north africa, and possibly even longer

Bryanbowdell · « **Reply #24 on:** 30 March 2014, 02:45:18 PM »

they are looking good, I like the white/khaki mix.

Marine0846 · « **Reply #25 on:** 02 April 2014, 02:52:42 AM »

Quite a nice collection you have.
I too like the guns.
Would like to see the French with some field guns larger than 75s.

former user · « **Reply #26 on:** 02 April 2014, 03:27:37 AM »

which models would You suggest we use?

mrtn · « **Reply #27 on:** 02 April 2014, 12:47:49 PM »

Quote from: former user on 29 March 2014, 08:04:08 PM

as far as I can tell, they are perfectly OK, up to 1930 north africa, and possibly even longer

Thanks.

Quote from: Bryanbowdell on 30 March 2014, 02:45:18 PM

they are looking good, I like the white/khaki mix.

Thank you.

Quote from: Marine0846 on 02 April 2014, 02:52:42 AM

Quite a nice collection you have.
I too like the guns.
Would like to see the French with some field guns larger than 75s.

Thanks.

Quote from: former user on 02 April 2014, 03:27:37 AM

which models would You suggest we use?

I don't know if that question was for me but I'm using 105mm/155mm (same chassis, replaceable gun barrels) cannons from Bob Emmerson.
See http://madbobminiatures.blogspot.se/2014/03/the-big-update.html

Anyways, more Germans. First some bombers: