Operation Paintskrieg

@Rammstein:

Very nice work indeed. I’m jealous, if I had the time I’d love to paint all my sculpts.

More pics would be great. I’d like to see more closeups of the various theaters.

Just curious, what’s with the Chinese setup?

Next time i set the game up ill take some more snaps

As for China, we changed the setup after China got wiped off the board in j1 5 games in a row. Our setup is 1 china infantry per territory, and move the fighter back 1 territory. China also gets 1 infantry per 2 territories controlled rounded up.

China still gets wiped off the board, but usually not until j3 now.

@coachofmany:

Nice job!
What infantry and bases did you use?

Ummm?

The infantry from Axis and allies 50th anniversary edition? It’s just the regular game models painted, nothing more. Oh, and some flock PVA’d to the bases.

@coachofmany:

Now you just need one of IL’s nice maps to put your painted AAA figures on!

That would be both epic and cool……

I will be looking into it  :-D

@miragehunter:

Captain Kiwi, are you familiar with Testors paints?  When I was a kid I use their paints for my plastic models.  I was wondering if that was a good set to use as an economical choice.  Those paints that you were talking about sound expensive.  Thanks again for sharing your lovely art work with us.  Oh by the way I remember seeing someones painted playing somewhere else and they used decals on their big ships.  The AC’s and the BB’s had them I think.  I cant remember where I came across them.  Do you or anyone know where those kind of decals can be obtained?  Thanks

Sorry my friend but i’ve never heard of testors paints. Any acrylic paint should be fine though.

As for an economical option, I have no idea. In NZ we have limited amounts of suppliers due to our small market size. I got the only supply of WWII paints i could find. Transfers, again I only used what was in store, or painted them on myself by hand.

Sorry I cant help more

@miragehunter:

Thanks for the info. I guess I take things for granted living in the states.

Heh, at least you didn’t ruin a TV series ending for me  :-D

Some people forget that stuff screens in the US before it does overseas sometimes. We had to wait 4 months for the end of Battlestar Gallactica. Spent quite some time avoiding forums due to that

@Brain:

Hey Captain Kiwi, how about painting my pieces? You said you like to paint, am I right? I would be your BFF

hehehe, got a spare 1000 bucks :)

When i consider the time it took to do, i think thats about the right amount to charge if I bill myself at 15-20 bucks an hours  :-D

@Rammstein:

Hi

I love the finished product you have created. It’s inspiring.

Could you please post more pics of the fully set up board, closeups and the 42 setup would be great.

What did you use to prop up your planes? Could you explain the process you used.

Thanks

I’ll take some pics next time i setup to play.

we don’t play the 1942 scenario, but if im bored one day I may set it up just to have a look.

As for the plane bases, they are made from a small washer for the base, miliput resin formed into a blob on the base. A thin bit of metal wire is then plunged into the base before it dries. drill a hole in the bottom of the plane with a modeling drill and super glue the plane onto the wire. Trim the bottom of the washer with a knife to remove all the miliput that has pushed through so that it stands flat. It’s a pretty easy process, just takes about 3-4 hours for the miliput to dry. Oh yeah, glue the plane on once the miliput has dried. then paint the national base colour.

Most of the stuff do do that can be easily obtained from a modeling store. Washers, Drill, Metal wire the size of the drill, Miliput or other modeling resin and a craft knife.

I hope that helps.

@Brain:

@Captain:

@Brain:

Hey Captain Kiwi, how about painting my pieces? You said you like to paint, am I right? I would be your BFF

hehehe, got a spare 1000 bucks :)

When i consider the time it took to do, i think thats about the right amount to charge if I bill myself at 15-20 bucks an hours  :-D

Does that include the pieces?

Nah, probably just labour. I don’t even know if i could get a second copy these days anyway  :-D

Well while waiting for the FMG pieces project to roll along I found another painting task to do.

Not A&A related, but hwo im keeping occupied until the FMG untis become available

http://s458.photobucket.com/albums/qq305/ithkrall/40k/