John Brown's Painted Axis and Allies Pieces

John Brown

**Update:**I’m giving you an update on my painting.

I’ve steadily been painting almost everyday, but it is taking me a lot longer than I thought.

Unfortunately, they will not be done in time.

I’m on the striping phase and this has been a job, because I’m painting my old nemesis, yellow, and I can’t rush it. It has taken several coats, like you all have told me.

After this I have the cockpits and the engine casings.

After this will be protective coat, then decals and finally protective spray again.

I also miscounted how many planes, I was doing. I counted and the total came to exactly 70.

There will be over 400 decals that I will have to be put on these planes.

What I’m working on is the last phase of the Luftwaffe, I’m repainting some of the night camo planes, half of the green camo scheme, which involves the yellow stripes and engine casings, but the surprise of this group is I painted them the correct German green camo this time.

I also am painting a squadron of German seaplanes, transport planes for all camo schemes, and last but not least I did another winter pattern on a couple of planes.

So, you see what I’m up against.

I will no longer give a timeline, because I failed this timeline, and it puts too much pressure on myself.

Guys, sorry I haven’t got anything to show you, right now, but I really think you will like what I have done with the finished product, because I have taken more time on it, and I’m taking all of your advices, about being patient and not rushing it.

What I’ve decided to do is, instead of waiting till all planes are complete, I will show you as I finish a group of planes.

That way, I can give you something to look at, while I try to complete the next group, because I know you all have been waiting awhile.

Once my Luftwaffe is finished, I will be starting another thread called, “John Brown’s Complete Painted German Forces.”

I will still have this thread, and it will contain my complete Global set and will always contain current work, but many of you have asked me to put all these planes together in squadrons with all the camo schemes, so I will be starting a new thread once the Luftwaffe is complete.

That way if you just want to look at my German forces, it will be in one place.

Cheers guys and stay tune for the finishing of the Luftwaffe! :-D

John

Spitfire38

Don’t worry about it, John! Giving timelines is a slippery thing, because things happen and plans change. I’m glad that they are turning out well. I will be excited to see the pieces!

John Brown

@Spitfire38:

Don’t worry about it, John! Giving timelines is a slippery thing, because things happen and plans change. I’m glad that they are turning out well. I will be excited to see the pieces!

Thanks buddy! I just wanted others to know that I am still working on them, but it has taken me longer than normal, especially 70 planes, LOL. It has been a tremendous undertaking, but will be well worth it in the end. :-D

John Brown

I know it has been a long time coming, but here is my first eight planes of 70 to show you. These weren’t originally a part of my Luftwaffe plans, but HBG made them, and I had to have them.

These are German Do-X sea planes in silver with three different colored gray camos.

I hope you enjoy these. I had a lot of fun painting these. :-D

When the going gets tough, these planes are the last defense, when it comes to your sea bases. They will hold out as long as they need to. They are like sharks or a praying mantis. They will either take a bite out of you or sting you!

John Brown

More pictures! :-)

John Brown

More pictures!

John Brown

Last pictures of these planes! :-D

jwo1984

Sea planes are looking great here John brown! Your lines are getting smoother … And you tackling that trickey yellow nicely! You must be applying more thinner coats to build up the coverage now instead of painting thicker ! These birds look sweet

John Brown

@jwo1984:

Sea planes are looking great here John brown! Your lines are getting smoother … And you tackling that trickey yellow nicely! You must be applying more thinner coats to build up the coverage now instead of painting thicker ! These birds look sweet

Thanks Jwo, I think I’m getting much better and more patient. I’m glad you like them. :-D

John Brown

Update: Guys, I’ve got good news! I’m almost done with the Luftwaffe.

I have 22 planes left to decal.

If everything goes according to plan, I will be posting pictures, Thursday night, if not I will have them by Tuesday, because I have to go out of town this weekend.

I’m working, extra hard this week, to get them done.

I think you all will be pleasantly surprised at how much better I have gotten on my painting.

**If you haven’t seen my sea planes, check them out on the above posts. They were a lot of fun to paint! :-D

Cheers Everyone,

John**

cyanight

Excellent job John. Sorry, I missed these. Your really getting the hang of painting minis. :)

John Brown

@cyanight:

Excellent job John.Â Sorry, I missed these. Your really getting the hang of painting minis. :)

Thanks buddy! I appreciate it. With everyone’s help, I do think I have gotten better and more patient over time, and that has helped tremendously.

I can’t wait for you all to see the rest of the 62 planes, I have been working on. :-D

John Brown

Update: Guys, I either got computer or router issues on my home computer. If I don’t get my computer fixed tonight, I will have to wait to post pictures when my computer or router is fixed.

Sorry, I will post the pictures when I can. :-(

John

John Brown

Phase Five of Five Camo Schemes of the German Luftwaffe

**Guys, I was able to transfer my photos to my business computer. I didn’t won’t to do that, but you all have waited long enough.

This group of planes is done in a silver camo with two kinds of gray camo tones, so it is not exactly historically accurate, but it is close enough, and is my favorite camo, of all the planes I have painted.

It is a bright sunny day, and the English Channel’s waters are quite choppy. The Allies are hoping that today will be a better, but as hope seems just within reach, a fiery explosion with black smoke, soon afterwards, fills the skies. Several ships lie in ruins, within minutes as the Luftwaffe has struck again.

This first photo is with all the planes.

The second photo is the bf-109’s.

I hope you enjoy these.

John Brown

The next picture will be the Fw-190’s and Me-110’s.

John Brown

The next picture will be the Me-262’s and the Ju-87’s.

John Brown

The next picture is the Ju-88’s and Me-111’s.

John Brown

The next picture will be the Do17’s and the Ju-488’s.

John Brown

The last of this group of planes is the Ju-52 and Me-323.

John Brown

As you can see there are really to different camo schemes with this group. Now the next set I will be posting is a redo of the green camo scheme with the yellow, however it could be a different camo scheme altogether itself, because it will be the historical green camo, not like the green camo I did before with the yellow and red.

Look back at those I did before, and you will tell a difference in this green camo versus the green camo, I had done previously.

Enjoy! :-)

John

John Brown's Painted Axis and Allies Pieces

Featured Topics

T-shirts, Hats, and More

Suggested Topics

[Global 1940] What do you use for new game pieces?

AlphaKappa's improved G40 map graphics

Dom's Decals

Painted A&A Global 1940 pieces

Counters to replace "Battle pieces"

Background to Axis and Allies music

HBG infantry height compared to OOB pieces?

Rammstein's Custom Vinyl Maps - The better way to play

55

17.9k

40.6k

1.8m