"Tall Paul's" ITALIAN units, detailed & painted by the "WARMACHINE Team"

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––And to finish out the Italian C.202 Fighters we have the Red stripe, Brown nosed “Squadron colors”. Note the “F” decal denoting a Fighter unit. Enjoy.

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Cyanight & others,

@cyanight:

Very nice!  Those have great detail.
––Glad you enjoyed them. These are the Italian Fighters from
O.O.B. 1940 2nd Edition-Europe.

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

John and others,

@John:

Those are sweet for sure and with the correct roundel. :-)
**––Well, I want to say THANKS to R Johnson from over in Tyler as HE is the one that put me on to these decals. They are from PICO ARMOR if I remember correctly.

Tall Paul**

[John Brown]

@Tall:

John and others,

@John:

Those are sweet for sure and with the correct roundel. :-)
**––Well, I want to say THANKS to R Johnson from over in Tyler as HE is the one that put me on to these decals. They are from PICO ARMOR if I remember correctly.

Tall Paul**

Cool, thanks Paul. :-)

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––Here are the Finished pics of the Italian BA.65 Dive Bombers in the Desert scheme . These are FMG units in the “Squadron colors” of Green Stripes w/Green noses. Notice the “D” decal that denotes a Dive Bomber. Enjoy!
––NOTE: I made a conscious decision to slightly compromise historical accuracy in order to improve Unit Identity by painting the leading edge of ALL Dive Bomber wings Yellow. This really aids unit identity even when the map is very cluttered, or the units are 5-10 feet away. We play on a much enlarged map and this small compromise helps players a LOT, especially my 90-year old Dad, a WW-2 vet.

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––And here are the Italian BA.65 Dive Bombers in the “Squadron colors” of Red stripes w/Red noses. Note the “D” decal that denotes a Dive Bomber. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––And here is a “group shot” of ALL of the Italian BA.65 Dive Bombers in the Desert scheme. Notice the “D” decal that denotes a Dive Bomber. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[John Brown]

Those Dive Bombers are pretty sweet, Paul! :-D

[cyanight]

Those are awesome…  Love how they used two colors for the camo.

[Tall Paul]

John and others,

@John:

Those Dive Bombers are pretty sweet, Paul! :-D
**––Glad you liked them, John. You’ll have to come and use them in one of our games again one day. Did you take note of the Yellow leading edges of the Dive Bomber’s wings in order to identify them as such. It’s just like the White wingtips on my Air Transports that mark them as such.

Tall Paul**

[Tall Paul]

Cyanight,

@cyanight:

**Those are awesome…  Love how they used two colors for the camo.
––Glad you liked them. I always enjoy seeing YOUR paintjobs and I’m looking forward to seeing more of them.

Tall Paul**

[John Brown]

@Tall:

John and others,

@John:

Those Dive Bombers are pretty sweet, Paul! :-D
**––Glad you liked them, John. You’ll have to come and use them in one of our games again one day. Did you take note of the Yellow leading edges of the Dive Bomber’s wings in order to identify them as such. It’s just like the White wingtips on my Air Transports that mark them as such.

Tall Paul**

Is the yellow represent dive bombers or something else?

[Tall Paul]

John and others,

––ALL my Dive Bombers will have a Yellow leading edge on their wings, whatever their nationality and/or if it was historically acurate for the paint schemes. I decided to do this for MY dive bomber units
in order to increase their IDENTIFYABILITY as dive bombers,….just like I had MY Air Transports painted with White wingtips and stripes (the ONLY a/c painted w/White details). This might not be a solution that anyone else likes or adopts,…but it works for me and my group. We ALL can now easily identify a Dive Bomber unit from a good distance away, especially my 90-year old WW2 veteran Dad.

Tall Paul

[John Brown]

@Tall:

John and others,

––ALL my Dive Bombers will have a Yellow leading edge on their wings, whatever their nationality and/or if it was historically acurate for the paint schemes. I decided to do this for MY dive bomber units in order to increase their IDENTIFYABILITY as dive bombers,…just like I had MY Air Transports painted with White wingtips and stripes (the ONLY a/c painted w/White details). This might not be a solution that anyone else likes or adopts,…but it works for me and my group. We ALL can now easily identify a Dive Bomber unit from a good distance away, especially my 90-year old WW2 veteran Dad.

Tall Paul

I got you. I guess I didn’t remember that. :-)

[cyanight]

Great idea on painting the wings to identify them as dive bombers.  I like that a lot.

[Tall Paul]

Cyanight and others,

@cyanight:

Great idea on painting the wings to identify them as dive bombers.  I like that a lot.
**––Well, in this case I made the consious decision to INCREASE the gameplay identification of units and slightly DECREASE the historical accuracy of paintjobs.
----We usually play on a custom enlarged (4’x9’) G-40 gameboard and you might be surprised at how far some units are from the viewer, especially if you are “strategising” when it’s not your turn. Add to that a large group of units,…or how well the camo paint schemes actually work to make it more difficult to identify unit TYPES quickly, and well, you get the picture.
----I’ve found that sufficient PLANNING makes almost any task better in the end and my A&A gaming certainly falls into this category.
----I’m glad you liked my idea, and please feel free to adopt it. IMHO it simply seems a logical step taken to “better” a situation, like the White painted Air Transports.

Tall Paul**

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––Well, to continue with my organising and renaming of the pics,…here are the COMPLETED pics of the Italian BR.20 Medium Bombers in the Desert scheme in two “Squadron colors”. These aircraft are in the “squadron colors” of Green noses and Green fuselage stripes.Notice the “M” decal that denotes them as Medium Bombers. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––And here are the Italian BR.20 Medium Bombers in the Desert scheme with “squadron colors” of Red noses and fuselage stripes. Notice the “M” decals that denote them as Medium Bombers. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––And last but not least, a “group shot” of all of the Italian BR.20 Medium Bombers in the Desert scheme doing a parade group flyover. Notice the “M” decal that denotes them as Medium Bombers. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[John Brown]

@Tall:

Guys,

––And last but not least, a “group shot” of all of the Italian BR.20 Medium Bombers in the Desert scheme doing a parade group flyover. Notice the “M” decal that denotes them as Medium Bombers. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

They look like they are ready for a bombing run! :-D