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Author Topic: 28mm Ardennes- Building - page 4!  (Read 13599 times)

Offline .:Gunslinger:.

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28mm Ardennes- Building - page 4!
« on: June 19, 2015, 10:05:10 PM »
Hi,

here are some miniatures I painted today for my Ardennes project. I'm planning on painting a squad of Germans and a squad of Americans for Operation Squad. I'm completely new to the whole WW2 miniature realm (having painted only fantasy stuff before), so please excuse the mistakes in terms of colour choices ;) The oakleaf pattern turned out too dark unfortunately, I have to tweak that in the future.

Anyway here are the miniatures:



I hope you like them!

Cheers
« Last Edit: February 28, 2016, 10:07:33 AM by .:Gunslinger:. »

Offline Truscott Trotter

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2015, 04:22:28 AM »
Nice work - even at 28mm I find you need to use a bit of 'artistic licence' to make camo look right and / or visible
Are the Artizan minis?

Offline Youngster

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 06:11:07 AM »
Agreed, very nice work.

Cheers
Paul

Offline Silent Invader

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2015, 06:56:39 AM »
Very nicely done  8)
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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2015, 08:26:00 AM »
Good start! Can't wait to see more! :-* :-* :-*

Offline Juan

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2015, 08:48:50 AM »
Very nice painting work, really clean.

Offline Ballardian

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2015, 04:46:25 PM »
Nice job!

Offline Jim Jess

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2015, 06:56:23 AM »
Look great

Offline alcal

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2015, 08:11:18 AM »
Hi

They would fit nicely into my games ,lovely paint job,i wouldn't worry too much about  the cammo being to dark , with the amount of realism you've painted in just think how worn and wet they might be , so a bit subdued is ok on some if not all.

Cheers AL

Offline .:Gunslinger:.

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2015, 09:43:05 AM »
Thanks AL!

I just discovered your thread...absolutely fantastic and definitely motivating!

More minis to come here - stay tuned!

Offline alcal

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2015, 03:02:09 PM »
Theres another thread with all the figures on it.

Good luck with the painting.

Cheers AL

Offline batu

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - first Germans
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2015, 12:23:26 AM »
They look fantastic !

Offline .:Gunslinger:.

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - Merry Xmas!
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2015, 10:00:17 AM »
Hello LAFers,

after a long time, there's finally an update. I completed a squad of "Paratroopers" for Operation Squad. The machinegun section is in progress. I guess I don't have to introduce them and why they are wearing coats... *cough*Bastogne*cough* (I know that's an old topic and BoB isn't really historically accurate...but I love this particular part of the Series so much I couldn't help myself...) All miniatures are Artizan, I mixed regular Paras and Winter troops to give them this rugged underequipped but bad-a$$ look >:( I tried to look them even more 'battered' by painting dirt and mud. I will go over my Germans (which were way too clean in the first place) to make them look equally muddy.



I hope you like them! More pictures just after the holidays, when I've got the time to put together some terrain.

Merry Christmas (and/or other winter holidays) for you all! ::)

Offline TaskForceTerrain

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - Merry Xmas!
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2015, 12:09:59 PM »
Stunning work, they look really nice. And nice photo, very atmospheric and cold looking!

Offline Arrigo

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Re: 28mm Ardennes project - Merry Xmas!
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2015, 12:55:56 PM »
Stunning work as other said, and BoB is quite accurate. Winters is getting coat from other units, he said he was able to get some, plus acter the siege was lifted (by the time of Foy fo example) more supplies had gotten into. If you do not believe dick Winters there are pictures of Paratroopers in winter clothes (my source is Mark Bando...). By the way in Bando there is a picture of people from 2/502 PIR marching in the snow in January and they are similar to yours...

if you want to be picky... you have the M1943 airborne uniform (for Normandy) but in august the units received the green M1944 in time for Market Garden.

Merry Christmas and plenty of Miniatures under your Trees!
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