Posts made by Viracocha

Oops - yeah, thanks Variable… haven’t played either Diplomacy or Supremacy in many years.

LHoff - hmm… well, 15mm being the largest.  Though having said that, it depends what you’re working on.

@Yavid:

I have no words. I just look wide-eyed and blinking. Amazing seems to be an understatement. Breathe taking seems to fall short of a good discripition also. I do have two questions. Where did you get the mushroom cloud and Where did you get the Nuc. missle?

Cheers Yavid!  I recently brought it to a gaming session where I didn’t know the players - eh eh eh… they were really, really surprised.

I believe the cloud is from an old copy of Diplomacy.  The missile is from a Table Tactics set, I think discontinued as well but perhaps still being sold from FMG or HBG (note: HBG have a missile that looks more appropriate for a nuke…).

:mrgreen:

@LHoffman:

I assume you use acrylic paints Viracocha…

Do you have any wisdom with enamels… specifically on A&A pieces?

Yeah, I use mainly water based paint, though I have used enamel for some parts - if I want them shiny.  From my experience, enamel doesn’t seem to adhere as well.

Thanks fellas!  8-)

They’re holding up really well sgt, but I took a lot of time to do a thin layer of clear coat, let it dry… repeat process.  A little “shedding” (loss of terrain) happened for awhile, but that stopped eventually.

Nice paint jobs  :-D

Eh eh eh - thank you sir.  The Louvre - hehehehe, much obliged.  I’ve been working on some FMG’s, I actually think they’re more detailed - there will be some posts of them up soon.

Sweet!  :mrgreen:

Ah!  Coolio van hulio.

You only have one and you’re selling it Gar?  I think it’s the best edition to date - I’m surprised you’re selling it…

WHoa.  Those came out a little too big on the zoom.  :roll:  But you get the gist.

I must say sir, you have some fine minis there  :-D  Love the collars and your terrain turned out pretty cool.  I’d suggest trying the terrain material labelled as ‘fine’ as well, has a dust - like appearance.

Interesting that you used a glue mix, how’s the finish look on that?  Something that can’t truly be gleaned from photos online…  I haven’t tried that because I was worried it would come out too shiny.  No?  Wondering because I just sprinkle directly on the base paint and it seems to hold.

Hope you don’t mind me posting these here, but I think images of the ‘threads’ kinda terrain exhibits better than my previous explanation.

Yeah, honestly, hands-on is the best way to go.  Judging from the splendid detailing you’ve already done, should be a cake walk for ya with some cool looking results.

Hey man - those look awesome!  Love the BB especially.

In regard to the terrain basing… I use any and every (mostly for train sets, from turf to fine gravel) I try to stick to limiting certain types/colors consistently with one nation, makes it easy to ID at a glance (ref. my AA50th).  But I do mix them up for ‘spotting’, these I haven’t posted yet.  I call it spotting when I take some larger clumps/higher scale(?) of terrain and only put a bit in one spot - gives it the look of a bush or small tree.  As far as applying any terrain, I simply sprinkle it on when the base paint is still fresh, the base paint being a color close to the nation’s color.  No worries when/if you apply a clear coat, it helps.  If you decide to try out some of the ‘thread like’ grasses that say… Gamesworkshop puts out, it’s a little more involved (well, at least I make it that way).  After you sprinkle the threads on you do one more step, hold the mini upside down and tap it, I also brush the threads upwards around the base with a finger or a brush.  This way the majority of the threads stick up like real brush.  On my AA50th set I covered even the sides of the bases (and I didn’t use any thread grasses on them), but I kinda prefer to leave the sides of the bases their original color now (hindsight :| ).  Hope that helps… let me know, I can try to explain further if need be.

Awesome!  Ready-for-the-desert scheme, sweet.

The tri was on tanks as well…

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/2-Italy/08-ArmoredCars/AB-41/AB-41.htm

http://www.italeri.com/scheda.asp?idProdotto=1086&idSottocategoria=25&idCategoria=3

Well, the above are drawings but I have the impression they modeled them after the real deal.

But there’s also this photo, I think that’s the flag not a divisional marking…
I’ve seen other photos of tanks featuring the flag as well (and have looked at one in a museum once that had the flag - but that wasn’t an armored car).  :-D

If the photo doesn’t appear:
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=Autoblinda+Fiat+SPA+AB.41+photos&start=155&um=1&hl=en&biw=975&bih=526&tbm=isch&tbnid=nELyGfybSHHbsM:&imgrefurl=http://minimaniaks.canalblog.com/archives/blindes/index.html&docid=5gupqxY2n3LH5M&imgurl=http://storage.canalblog.com/56/61/509450/53793328.jpg&w=450&h=307&ei=9iLfT8amM8iM8gPNuKjECw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=664&vpy=13&dur=1694&hovh=185&hovw=272&tx=94&ty=98&sig=109198008159597658805&page=14&tbnh=149&tbnw=194&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:155,i:227

Mussolini’s regime also sported the flag pictured.  The Autoblinda frequently had a flag on the side as in the photo as well, but as far as all the other parts with the flag’s colors - yeah, that looks like pageantry I think…

Those are some pretty snazzy results, love that German armor  :-D

@suprise:

Yes, I think my message was sent

Negative.  Message intercepted.

Know what you’re say’in, anymore I paint the minis far, far more than have a chance to play.  Hey… you’re in the Midlands - throw me a PM Chag, where you located?  I’m in Londontown but if I ever was in your territory, it’d be nice to squeeze in a game.

Yep - I’m with Jeff, they look awesome!  Must be a pretty impressive sight during your gaming sessions!