More painted pieces for consideration

John Brown

I am definitely looking forward to this set for Heavy tanks, jets, SPA, new inf, etc…Japan will finally have an SPA that doesn’t look like a tank. Also they have the T28 tank as well as the meteor jet, Gotha, Horton and more of the Kikka from the Japan expansion set. I was originally interested in this set because it was the only place I could find a Meteor jet. Doug at HBG said they would release in about 7 weeks. The UK set is 4 weeks away so it looks like Sept and Oct will be booked for painting, Smiley

Yes, it will be exciting, the more pieces we get, the better it will be. Did you see my Japanese Navy, Spitfire36 did for me on his first page of my set, he is doing for me?

If you haven’t check it out. :-)

jwo1984

Cyanight, yes these pieces are gonna be unreal to have. I bought the game HBG created these pieces for Amerika which has been heavily delayed unfortunately. I can’t wait to paint these German stealth bombers. Have you checked out there American forces expansion set? They have he b24 liberator bomber and p47 jug fighter bomber which looks exciting !

cyanight

Yes John I have been following Spitfire’s painting of your pics. Very good job. I love to see the variation between painters.

JWO - I just pre-ordered the US set yesterday when it opened up. Looking forward to the French and Axis set as well. I wish HBG was faster at making these available. Cant wait to see how you will paint the sets as well as others. I already know how I’m painting my Gotha though (hint- look at my avatar) :)

jwo1984

@Spitfire38:

No problem - I have it bookmarked for obvious reasons :)

Also, those Boomerangs look sweet! Where did you get your sources Jwo?

And what’s your storage solution for all of these, especially the planes? I’m always on the lookout for innovative ideas to copy!

hey spitefire, thanks the boomerangs were fun too paint. I got my sources from a sweet database site that has every squadron of every type of fighter bomber or transport used in ww2 ww1, called Wings Palette http://wp.scn.ru/

bellow are some of the schemes I had painted. Storage solution is still in the contemplating stages. I have seen guys on here use big fishing tackle boxes for there units which I think I might use as well, dividing up the different types of pieces. Do you use anything special, or John Brown??

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@cyanight:

Yes John I have been following Spitfire’s painting of your pics.Â Very good job.Â I love to see the variation between painters.Â

JWO - I just pre-ordered the US set yesterday when it opened up.Â Looking forward to the French and Axis set as well.Â I wish HBG was faster at making these available.Â Cant wait to see how you will paint the sets as well as others.Â I already know how I’m painting my Gotha though (hint- look at my avatar) :)

Ahh yes Vive la French! those will be fun too paint as well. Do you play HBG global? I only play A&A so far so I will never get too see like a painted Jean Bart French battleship, or any of the cool med tanks fighters and bombers. Cant wait for the axis minor set too, finally a panther tank with some detail, I dislike the OOB panthers, and replaced them all with HBG tigers, panzer IV, III, II’s, stugs, and the hummels. I like that the America set has a Sherman tank with the 76 mm barrel on it as well, rather than the short flame thrower barrel HBG Sherman tank has currently. In fact I wanted a 76 mm barrel so bad I cut off a t34 barrel off one of the Russian tanks and attached it too one of the HBG Sherman flame thrower tanks. I think you can see it in one of my pics earlier in this thread.

Also I saw your magnetic Chinese infantry and artillery! very cool. Any chance you’d showcase more of your painted units cyanight?? unless you have another thread I have missed?

cyanight

JWO, I’m slowly repainting most of my set and will post pics of my other pieces as well. Installing the magnets sometimes damages the pieces. In the future I will be installing magnets FIRST. Right now I’m working on the French.

cyanight

Hey I noticed HBG now is selling packs of 5 of the pieces from the Japanese set. One of the items they are selling are the J9Y Kikka Jet Fighters which were only included with preorder sets.

http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/5X-J9Y-Kikka-Jet-Fighters–Pumpkin-Orange_p_1796.html

Spitfire38

@jwo1984:

@Spitfire38:

No problem - I have it bookmarked for obvious reasons :)

Also, those Boomerangs look sweet! Where did you get your sources Jwo?

And what’s your storage solution for all of these, especially the planes? I’m always on the lookout for innovative ideas to copy!

hey spitefire, thanks the boomerangs were fun too paint. I got my sources from a sweet database site that has every squadron of every type of fighter bomber or transport used in ww2 ww1, called Wings Palette http://wp.scn.ru/

bellow are some of the schemes I had painted. Storage solution is still in the contemplating stages. I have seen guys on here use big fishing tackle boxes for there units which I think I might use as well, dividing up the different types of pieces. Do you use anything special, or John Brown??

Wow, that site is perfect. Thanks for sharing.

Well, if you look in my tutorial thread in the stickied posts at the top, you can see my storage solution I created out of a plastic box and some balsa wood and felt. It works great, but it’s getting too full, so I need to either make another or switch to a new storage solution.

John Brown

@jwo1984:

@Spitfire38:

No problem - I have it bookmarked for obvious reasons :)

Also, those Boomerangs look sweet! Where did you get your sources Jwo?

And what’s your storage solution for all of these, especially the planes? I’m always on the lookout for innovative ideas to copy!

hey spitefire, thanks the boomerangs were fun too paint.Â I got my sources from a sweet database site that has every squadron of every type of fighter bomber or transport used in ww2 ww1, called Wings Palette http://wp.scn.ru/

bellow are some of the schemes I had painted.Â Storage solution is still in the contemplating stages.Â I have seen guys on here use big fishing tackle boxes for there units which I think I might use as well, dividing up the different types of pieces.Â Do you use anything special, or John Brown??

I use those Plano fishing tackle boxes from bass pro shop to protect my pieces. I really don’t know of anything better and less you build something and unfortunately, I’m not a builder, LOL. :-D

cyanight

Same here, I use small clear tackle boxes. I customized them with large 4" stickers representing the countries roundel.

One of the pieces I’m waiting for out of the Axis expansion set is the Graf Zeppelin. The OOB sculpt is smaller than it should be compared to the other CV’s. They are remaking it in this set.

John Brown

@cyanight:

Same here, I use small clear tackle boxes. I customized them with large 4" stickers representing the countries roundel.

One of the pieces I’m waiting for out of the Axis expansion set is the Graf Zeppelin.Â The OOB sculpt is smaller than it should be compared to the other CV’s.Â They are remaking it in this set.Â Â

Yes, it is a pain for sure trying to keep Stukas on such a little piece of plastic, LOL! :-D

jwo1984

Evening painters and customizers,

Just wanted too share some capital ship “flags” I have been working on for some of my painted battle ships. A few months ago John Brown had found someone who created some union jack stickers in some really good AA sizes. Spitefire had tried them out and had reported much what I had discovered using them aswell. They are difficult to peel off…set up, and leave a raised ridge on the surface where as a decal is flat and ominous. However I have found a use for these stickers (which john brown sponsored me in sending me a sheet…thanks buddy) and I have found they make for excellent ship flags! The scale variety was perfect, and they have the ability to bend and shape them as though they are blowing in the wind passing through sea zones. They are a pain to stick together to get both sides of the flag…but if you have the surgical steady hand it can be done. Bellow are some pics. Please let me know what you guys think and if any other customizers would be interested in capitol ship flags to scale, maybe I can convince this manufacturer to do more sheets for the Japanese, Italians, and Americans.

Thanks guys

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now these, Yamato and Nagato, are hand painted flags. I painted the rising sun on decal paper, wet it then bent it into shape. Clearly the hand painted to that scale just isn’t as nice as the cleaness of the stickered prints.