Nice work Peter, thanks for sharing.
Nice work Peter, thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work Peter, I love seeing these Jasta photos, thanks for posting this bunch, it would be great to see them all on the table at the same time.
Lovely work Peter. Doesn't matter that the whole Justa isn't there, as you said there are enough for a good showing!
Look what you've done: now I'll use the two Valom Albatros together with WGF Hippel and Böhmer to start a Jasta 5 collection
So many to paint, so little time.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
A 3 Halberstadt CL.II unit based on the ARES Schlasta 21 plane. 2 easy repaints that give the original a very distinctive look. I did these on my own with no historical thought at all. I just want players to have an easy time knowing which plane is theirs. If I can get any more of these they will follow in kind.
Way too cool.
I think I remember seeing this Schlasta depicted with different stripe colors than the Ares model's - perhaps on the Wingnuts page with their CLII models, Peter...you may be on the right track here! Regardless, the variety makes for excellent eye candy
All the best,
Matt
What-a-great-idea!
Damn and blast, MORE repaints to do!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Nice idea Peter.
"He is wise who watches"
The Wingnuts site shows a blue striped Halb. The yellow is wood, not the ARES bright yellow. I also found another profile in green. The wings also have camo in these profiles so I'll do that to my new colors.
Very cool ideas - glad it was worthwhile looking at the Wingnuts profiles... Your Schlasta will be even more spectacular...
All the best,
Matt
I love your trio of Halberstadt's Peter. Very nice!
Peter I missed these first time round, just lovely. Especially the green stripped one with the black outline to the stripe. Tremendous.
Here are the 2nd set of three Halberstadts in case I filled the game with 12 pilots.
From what I have read the unit had their numbers in a blue diamond. The official plane is with black or very very very (x many) dark blue to where I couldn't tell if it was blue. I overpainted the diamond in white, then again in a dark blue. Some rub on numbers and now 3 different planes that can be identified.
Then modified a card I found (but I don't remember where), a little 'paint' and the cards now have the proper arcs and #s.
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Beautiful Peter - really nice work Like the card too.
Very well done. Great camo look.
Here's to them what are like us. Damn few and they're all dead.
Great ldea the sponge,my wife uses thar te chnic on furniture and paper/fabric . Never thought of using it on minis
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
I don’t do enough stuff for which one would use an airbrush to justify buying an airbrush....hence the hand tool version.
Btw in word working there’s this question / answer thing....what’s the difference between a power tool and a hand tool? The power tool allows you the ability to ruin a piece of wood quicker than a hand tool.
Here is my 'mythical' Jasta prepared for this year's Origins gaming convention (whose theme is MYTH) - based off Jasta 71 (red and white striped tails) combined with red and white fuselage coloring. The planes are two Fokker DVIIs, one Siemens-Schuckert DIII, and three Fokker EV/DVIIIs. The griffons are D&D figures 'repurposed'...
All the best,
Matt
Very prettily done Matt. I love those stripes.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Can't wait to see them in action at Origins.
Here's to them what are like us. Damn few and they're all dead.
Nice looking aircraft Matt. Looking forward to seeing them on the table next week.
Very purdy Matt. What? No red and white stripes on the griffon tails?
Look forward to seeing them next week.
Great job Matt
"He is wise who watches"
Superb job on that Jasta, Matt!
Very nicely done!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
These are fantastic I'd love to have a go but where do you source the colour scheme information?
I was able to pick up five Fokker E.Vs at Origins. Thanks you Ares. I started repainting to do them up as Jasta 6. I was able to match the camo colors without too much problem and painted out the black band on the planes. I than made up some decals and the results came out pretty nice. The planes represent those flown by the following pilots.
Black band Oblt. Erich Loewenhardt
White Band Ltn. Richard Wenzl
Lighting Bolt Ltn. Emil Rolff
Straight Arrow Unknown Pilot
Diamond Ltn. Wolff or Gefreiter Kurt Blumener
No markings Unknown pilot
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Here's to them what are like us. Damn few and they're all dead.
Excellent job! Might have to do a few too!
These turned out really nicely, Jim! I look forward to flying with them soon...
All the best,
Matt
Very nice Jim. Looks like a unit many of us will have to paint up.
Very nice work Jim. They look very swish.
Sweet looking Fokkers Jim...
"He is wise who watches"
nice! your squadrons always look so tidy.
Dammit!
Didn't want any more razors.............now I do!
First rate work, Jim!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Wow they are really sharp paint jobs. Well done
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
I thought I would share what paints I used to repaint these planes. I used all Vallejo paints. I did not go with a set ratio but mixed till I thought it looked right.
First step was using German Camouflage Dark Green 97 and I used this to cover the black band on the fuselage and the top of the vertical stabilizer.
Next I mixed yellow ochre 121 and German Camouflage Dark Green 97 which I used to make the lighter camo splotches on the fuselage. I tried to find the pattern in the lozenges and copy the pattern. I was not perfect in the pattern but it gave a good effect. I should have mixed a little less green but again it still works. I used this color to paint out the black edge on the lighter color on the wings.
After this I next mixed hull red 146 and German Camouflage Medium Brown 145. These colors I used for red brown lozenges on the fuselage and the top of the vertical stabilizer.
The last mix I did was ochre brown 127 and German Camouflage Medium Brown 145. This mixture I used to paint the black on the wing edge next to the browner area.
The final touch was painting the edges of the horizontal stabilizers edges black. This made the tail stripes look like they wrap around the stabilizers in a much more natural fashion.
I am no Picasso but you see by playing with the paints a little you can get a great result that looks nice on the your planes. Don't get hung up on this being absolutely perfect
Here's to them what are like us. Damn few and they're all dead.
Great work, Jim!
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