wow! nice DVII!!!! i like the contrast between the lozenge camo and the checkering.
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wow! nice DVII!!!! i like the contrast between the lozenge camo and the checkering.
Nice D.VII, Bob. What style printer did you use for the decals. (I might ask for the file of the Bavarian field colors ;)).
Karl
Superlative effort on the Fokker D.VII Bob, simply first class.
I am trying to clear old half finished projects. I currently have four 1/200 Shapeways FUD Polikarpov I-15s on the workbench which I primed in 2013! I think it's time I finished them off. After that I must attend to a couple of 1/200 Fiat CR.32s. And of course I have more Battle of Britain squadron packs arriving every week. With my Battlemech painting as well that will likely do me for March.
Spanish Republican I-15s are coming on, I might actually finish them this weekend.
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Thanks Carl. I have 2 of them sitting here right now. Just waiting to paint them.
For a plane like this just a straight up paint job. Nothing special.
Aah, you're a fellow snail then :sAprvd::clap:
cheers,
Guus :salute:
Chatos done, results posted here - http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...918#post437918
Just primed a couple of Fiat CR.32s.
Checked your other post and great job on them. Have to finish mine.
Thanks Bob. I painted up two I-15bis back in 2013 to go up against my Legion Kondor Bf 109Es.
My massed Republican fighters over Guernica, four I-15 Chatos, two I-15bis Super Chatos, two I-16 Ratas and a lone Boeing P-26.
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Awesome Carl. I also have 2 I-16's to do. As you had them for some time. Again thanks for the inspiration.
A few projects finished off from last year, and a couple of Blenheims from last week
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I will be uploading a couple of pics to each of the relevant Painting Showcase pages in a bit
Nice collection of RAF bombers there John.
Now I have finished my last Spanish Civil War fighters.....
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...297#post438297
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....I have eight bombers on the workbench, two Vichy French (Martin 167F) and six Regia Aeronautica (BR.20 and SM.79).
Very nice work!!:sAprvd:
Nice work on these bombers John.
Yellowstone was my workbench this month. This is what I created, Jackson hole is awesome!
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/att...2&d=1489800229
Ian
This was on my workbench this week:
Guynemer's Spad VII is the donor.
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Repainted with GW paints - screaming skull, snake bite leather, black,
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Finished off with some of Dom's decals.
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a whole lot of masterpieces again this month, what a feast :sAprvd:
and REP for you Dave !
cheers,
Guus :salute:
I managed to finish painting the Great Ape from Crooked Dice this weekend - it's a beautiful miniature with loads of detail and character, even down to Kong's broken left lower canine tooth!
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Now I've begun working on a 3-D building top to perch him on, one that will let him 'move' around during the game to vary where he's standing and attacking/defending from against those pesky flying things...more on that as it coalesces. I have the paper template for it but will be cutting it out of plastic card stock this week.
I look forward to running a King Kong scenario at our next Wright Flight gaming day in April.
All the best,
Matt
That really is a "great!" ape!
Very well done, Matt! :clap::clap:
Making progress on the building top from which the Great Ape will swat planes 'outta tha sky'...
I had some plastic stock sitting around, waiting to be useful, so I cobbled together a design and started cutting and gluing. Here is an 'upper' view of the building top - still need to add to the spire and put a few more details on before priming and painting.
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Here is more of a side-on view to show the angle of the roof sections - I figure these will make it look like the beast is climbing around, given the pose the figure is originally in. Each panel will have a pair of holes drilled in it to allow Kong to be moved and 'inserted' securely as his position changes throughout the game.
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Here is Kong's 'home base' for resting in the display cabinet when he's not carousing around the building top during a game - I angled it to approximate the building's top to show him 'in action'...it, too, has two holes into which the figure fits securely.
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I went with a 5-sided building top so that I can use a D6 (I know, Tim, NO DICE!!) to determine where he moves each phase. I plan to use two different colored dice - one will determine whether he goes clockwise or counter-clockwise, and the other to determine how many 'spaces' (roof panels) he moves. If Kong rolls a 5 or 6, he stays put; any other number takes him that many panels in the appropriate direction.
Thanks for looking!
All the best,
Matt
As always great stuff by all.
Worked on some other things but nothing special so waiting for an order from AIM to start next month off with some planes.
That is really COOL:thumbsup:!!! Wish I could be there to play that game...
A couple of Shapeways planes in the pipeline nearing completion. My first time working with them - they have their advantages and challenges.
First up, an Se5a portraying 56 Squadron Arthur Rhys Davids' mount at the time of Voss; final battle:
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Second, the first successful Zeppelin hunter, Leefe Robinson's BE2c:
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A few more details, some flat spray to seal it all in, and they'll show up on the gaming table soon!
The month is nearly over, and all of a sudden yet more WGS appears
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the Hurricane is a Mk IIb Tropical by Foz
Bf109f also by Foz
Fw190a by Ugrim
All FUD
Looking at April to finish them, as I have to source Decals yet.
FUD is much smoother, and semi translucent but it is quite brittle compared to WSF.
I tend to get my WGF planes in WSF for its resiliance, I don't trust FUD struts not to shatter if dropped.
As WGS planes are mostly monoplanes, but do have full canopies I go FUD and don't paint the glass.
FUD left bare gives a good enough window effect for me, but everyones tastes are different.
Very INTERESTING! I have a clear coat epoxy resin which makes frosted plastic clear . . . I wonder if the clear coat we use on plastic models or the optical clear resins would render the FUD even clearer? Must assign an elf, one who is transparent . . . hmmmmmmm
I recently got a couple of AE Models J2M Raidens in FUD; Foz's single seat prints usually don't have a lot of surface detail (panel lines, prominent canopy frames, etc.), but a steady hand with a green fine point Sharpie worked fine for canopy frames on the Jacks--the marker's color is dark enough to match Tamiya IJN Green perfectly.
Work bench is full. Want to get 30 done in 30 days. Finished a SSW D.III and 2 Fok D.VII for Jasta 15 bringing a total of 6 planes for J15. A blue fuselage 38 ESC Spad XIII. Now to knock out some Brits for Bloody April started painting 2 FE2s, 2 BE2s, 1 Elephant, 1 BE12, an older Vickers Gunship, just need to decal 3 Fok Es and 2 Fokker D.I/IIs.
Similar to John I intend to clear my backlog before Briscon on 28 April. Projects are as follows:
- 2 Vichy French Martin 167F bombers (Shapeways FUD)
- 3 Spanish Civil War Savoia-Marchetti SM79 Sparviero bombers (AIM)
- 3 Italian Fiat BR20 Cicogna bombers
- 2 Polish PZL.11 fighters (Shapeways FUD)
- 4 Australian Curtiss P.40E Kittyhawks (AIM)
- 4 Australian North American P-51D Mustangs (AIM)
- 1 Luftwaffe Junkers Ju.88A bomber (Zvezda)
- 1 Luftwaffe Junkers Ju.52 transport (Zvezda)
- 2 Tupolev SB2 bombers (Zvezda)
Add to that about 50 battlemechs I have to base up properly and a dozen tanks to paint. I have my work cut out.