Spanish Civil War Project (Update Page 6)

[David]

Hi Iain
could you do a quick painting guide and the paints colour or numbers
Cheers
David

[Happy Wanderer]

Just make sure you don't have purple socks on, otherwise you could be accused of being a Republican 5th columnist

..Good point!

[Happy Wanderer]

..They are gorgeous flags Lluís.

Hopefully Ian can get them down and send them along with the rest of the flags I have ordered soon.

Cheers

Happy W

[flags_of_war]

Check out Empress Tanks and Armour car. I got Andy from Volley Fire Painting Services to paint me some of my SCW Armour. I’ll never get time to paint these. Also painting tanks is way different to figures so I can't be bothered learning all the new techniques 

Andy has done a great job on these i think and ill be him to do all my Armour from now on. Ill need to get a Panzer I from Empress and i also have two more Armoured cars from Burns Miniatures to get done.

They will be used in a large SCW game next year at Carronade.

[Arlequín]

Yep, no argument here, those are damn fine-looking vehicles! 

[flags_of_war]

Yep, no argument here, those are damn fine-looking vehicles! 

I'm loving the weathering Andy has done. They certainly have a rolling about in Spain look to them

[Phil Robinson]

Fantastic, the painter has done you proud there.

[flags_of_war]

I have a few commanders that Im painting and they will be popping out of the hatches

[NickNascati]

Excellent work on the figures.  You do realize though that you have Loyalist armor done with Rebel markings, right?  Except for what was captured, Rebel armor was supplied by Germany and Italy, Loyalist armor by Russia and France.

[flags_of_war]

Excellent work on the figures.  You do realize though that you have Loyalist armor done with Rebel markings, right?  Except for what was captured, Rebel armor was supplied by Germany and Italy, Loyalist armor by Russia and France.

Yeah mate I know Found a fair few pictures of Republican Armour with Nationalist markings, So I wanted these to be the captured. It's basically because there is nothing available for Nationalists that will pierce my mates Republican T-26s. The Panzer I should keep the balance of the world

[NickNascati]

Sorry, didn't mean to be a rivet counter.  Just wanted to be sure your painter didn't mess up.

[flags_of_war]

Sorry, didn't mean to be a rivet counter.  Just wanted to be sure your painter didn't mess up.

Not at all. Didn't take it that way on any other forum i might have but not LaF

[Arlequín]

Excellent work on the figures.  You do realize though that you have Loyalist armor done with Rebel markings, right?  Except for what was captured, Rebel armor was supplied by Germany and Italy, Loyalist armor by Russia and France.

My turn to count those rivets...  

By Late '37 the Nationalists had virtually as many T-26, BA-6 and FAI as the Republicans*, only continued shipments kept the balance in the Republic's favour. They captured so many that the programmes to upgrade some of the Panzer I and CV-33 with the Breda 20mm was abandoned after only a few prototypes were made.

By Mid-'38 each Nationalist tank battalion had at least one company of T-26 tanks.

* Okay I may be exaggerating slightly, but they had a lot.

[flags_of_war]

My turn to count those rivets... 

By Late '37 the Nationalists had virtually as many T-26, BA-6 and FAI as the Republicans*, only continued shipments kept the balance in the Republic's favour. They captured so many that the programmes to upgrade some of the Panzer I and CV-33 with the Breda 20mm was abandoned after only a few prototypes were made.

By Mid-'38 each Nationalist tank battalion had at least one company of T-26 tanks.

* Okay I may be exaggerating slightly, but they had a lot.

Fountain of knowledge mate.

I used to have a CV-33 but i got rid after i read that the Republicans used to topple over haha.

[NickNascati]

Wow, I didn't realize that the Rebels had been quite so successful in capturing them.  I may have to re-think my next order!