It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Yes. Go for it Lance.
I have elements of both imaginary Allied and German Squadrons in our OTT campaign, and my new Swordfish Squadron is a complete fiction.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
This is a repaint of Coadou's SPAD XIII - my very good friend (The Blue Whale), who began gaming Wings of Glory with me and another very good friend (rhodie80), loves alligators and crocodiles, and so when looking through one of my books on WWI planes he spotted SPA 152's emblem of a croc with an open mouth, he was gaga about the design. I offered to repaint a plane for him, and we decided Coadou's would be the easiest to work with. There was a picture of a plane in the profiles in the Osprey book on the XIII, so he snapped that up when we were last at the Air Force Museum. Then he gave me the book and the plane and waited patiently for me to finish it.
This past weekend I gave it to him, and he flew it in one of the games we played yesterday, coming through without a scratch. Below are pictures of the finished plane.
The plane (with the exception of decals) was completely repainted in Vallejo acrylics, and the number and croc were also painted in the same. All three of us this weekend agreed how nifty the SPAD XIII looks in its (simple) camouflage, and I think we all want a couple more done up in similar style. The French camo has such a clean look to it.
As always, thanks for looking!
All the best,
Matt
Last edited by matt56; 02-17-2015 at 16:06.
Very nice!
Very soviet & workmanlike Bob !
"He is wise who watches"
Very nice and historically accurate, Bob!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Bob, Harry.....great looking planes!
SPAD XIII
91a Squadrigilla
Cpt. Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
Ares Games SPAD XIII model with decals from 1/144 direct - origial Nexus games plane card.
Some details are improved like the side markings and my first attempt to overpaint decals...
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Now that one has got to be worth some cred.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Great job, Sven!
It takes a brave man to overpaint decals. Well done.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Thank you comrades.
TIM - I can't respond on you rep point mail - your account has reached the max limit of mails.
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
SPA 48 Patrol
All these planes are original Wings of War Minis from Neux, small conversion from late to early version of SPAD S.XIII consisted in clipping and rounding the wing tips. Decals are home made. First two planes (De Turenne andd Roques) are historical, third one is fictional -- one of my alias when I fly as a French pilot.
SPAD S.XIII Early flown by Capitaine Armand de Turenne
SPAD S.XIII Early flown by Adj Jacques Roques
SPAD S.XIII Early flown by Adj Jacques Leprętre
Good work on the modded SPADs Ezekiel they look great.
Ares SPAD XIII - Rickenbacker converted to Baracca.
Little repaints plus home made decals.
Very tasty Kubajs.
One of my favourite subjects.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Very nice Kubajs. I've always loved Baracca's planes.
Those are all very nice planes, GREAT Work by all!!
SPAD XIII - Léon BOURJADE - escadrille SPA 152
Léon BOURJADE is the 7th French Ace and the 2nd Balloon Buster Ace (after belgium Coppens).
28 victories (27 balloons + 1 Fokker D.VII)
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/bourjade.php
This mystic pilot is devoted to a french religious woman Sainte Therese de Lisieux.
His mechanic has fixed a Sacré-Coeur banner streaming from his headrest and a Sainte Theres’s portrayal under the cockpit.
(Plane card made by Sir_Erickson)
Mmmmm, crocodile planes....must have some!
Great repaint, Monse!
With little banner!
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Well done monse, great effort.
Just looks like some old Crock to me although superbly rendered.
A tribute to your painting skills.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I think you're probably right, Rob - it's likely a croc... It was fun to paint - it looks a little rocky blown up this large in these pictures, but it looks fine on the table in play. Perhaps we could get mismini to make SPA 152 one of his sets of French decals...
All the best,
Matt
Those ALL look truly AWESOME!! Nice job!
Very nice Peter
"He is wise who watches"
Cracking repaint, Peter!
You don't see many SPAD repaints, shame that.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
very nice Peter!
home made decals? brush or airbrush?
Nice job Peter, thanks for sharing your decals.
Peter that's a nice repaint but the grim reaper decals are fantastic, well done there.
I have a love affair with SPADs. That is an excellent iteration good sir.
Attempted rep for services to SPAD-kind...but disallowed by the ref.
The Grim reaper decals are on clear paper so I painted white on the area of the fuselage I would apply the decal. The 3 on the wing is from a number decal set I got on ebay. I think the seller was in Italy? Item was a set of numbers in several colors, 'FDS AUTOMODELLI DECALS N°14 COLOURED NUMBERS H 7 MM & 8 MM'
Jim, you are amassing quite the Russki air force!
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