Author Topic: WW2 (and SCW) Italians (Read 3567 times)

Happy Wanderer · « **on:** May 14, 2015, 03:23:21 PM »

Gents,

I've finished a good number of troops and have a selection of pics on my blog for your viewing pleasure!

Enjoy

http://agrabbagofgames.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/italian-troops-spanish-civil-war-and-ww2.html

Helen · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2015, 06:36:35 PM »

Lovely work on your collection. Your brushwork works well with the miniatures.

worrywort · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2015, 09:04:40 PM »

Nice paintwork !

Could you tell me which colors you use for the green ?

Happy Wanderer · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2015, 10:42:12 PM »

Thanks Helen,

GREEN COLOR
UNIFORM
Coat is Foundry Paint SAND colour (10B). then given a army painter light wash with soft tone. Then dullcote the entire model before painting the rest. Then paint in the equipment with the usual mid-browns etc. Helmet and Pants are Green (27C), this is a good representation of Italian green-grey after the army painter has been put on to my eye and gives very good coverage. I then use Dark tone goop on the rest of the model, except the flesh which is strong tone...I regularly mix army painter shades on the one figure, sometimes all three shades!

There is a thread on this on the Interwar page

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=78564.0

Sendak · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2015, 02:48:42 AM »

Excellent, by the dictionary definition thereof.

I also like the models and how you have done such superb work on them.

Best,
Sendak

worrywort · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2015, 12:53:38 PM »

OK

Thank you for the tutorial

folnjir · « **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2015, 03:15:07 PM »

Nice work

flags_of_war · « **Reply #7 on:** May 19, 2015, 03:23:56 PM »

awesome work mate

JohnBoo · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2015, 12:50:20 PM »

These are fantastic! Thank you for sharing - they have provided so much inspiration for my Italian army, which I am just about ready to paint.

Happy Wanderer · « **Reply #9 on:** May 20, 2015, 03:41:46 PM »

Thanks chaps!

if hit helps someone else pick up the brush...mission accomplished!

..now onto the support equipment and Blackshirts

Cheers

Happy W

archiduque · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2015, 02:37:59 PM »

Excellent stuff!!

Happy Wanderer · « **Reply #11 on:** May 26, 2015, 01:45:13 PM »

Gents,

A quick update on some completed Italian armour....interwar design though used in WW2...

These M11/39 tanks come from Blitzkrieg Miniatures who do very nice stuff. The models comes in one piece with a separate turret and long barrel gun. The do require a bit of clean up work scraping away the resin material but overall this was pretty easy.

If I have one criticism it is that the gap between the ‘return’ track and the hull is no pronounced and in spots looks like its attached. I have painted a dark line in spots to give the illusion of shade there but overall its not a big deal though separate tracks might have been a better option instead of the one piece cast.

Anyway, I’m quite happy with them. They are painted to represent the M11/39s at Sid Barrini c.1940. They will see action in the early western desert and Abyssinia in 1941.

All in all they high marks!