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South of Cherbourgh¶
Some progress on the Wehrmacht: The models got a basecoat with black with "VA74602 Vallejo Primer Black Acrylic-Polyurethane" applied through my Airbrush, followed by German Fieldgrey WWII. I then drybrushed the models in lightened up Fieldgrey.
Next I painted the Zeltbahnen, both the rolled up and worn as a poncho types.
Reinforcements top left area.
Reinforcements basecoated in Fieldgrey.
Highlighted Fieldgrey and Zeltbahnen painted.
Published 2014-11-16 20:57:00
15mm | 1940's | Airbrush | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | Wehrmacht | WWII
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[15mm IABSM]¶
North of Caen¶
The British got completely based, basecoated in "VA74602 Vallejo Primer Black Acrylic-Polyurethane" with my Airbrush, and then sprayed from slightly above angles to create the first shading with 70.921 English Uniform from Vallejo.
Published 2014-11-08 11:34:00
15mm | 1940's | Airbrush | British Army | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | WWII
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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourg¶
The US Army models got basecoated in black with "VA74602 Vallejo Primer Black Acrylic-Polyurethane" applied through my Airbrush.
The bare metal models I de-flashed and (temporarily based) two days later, being part of the reinforcements I orderd from Peter Pig.
Published 2014-11-03 20:00:00
15mm | 1940's | Airbrush | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | US Army | WWII
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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourgh¶
I removed the flash from the German reinforcements and based them.
The top two rows of the unpainted models are MG42 gunners. One is needed for the last squad, the others are in case I want to use the models as Panzer Grenadiere, where each squad had two machine gunners instead of one as with the Grenadiere.
The next two rows are additional riflemen, but these are all armed with the G43 instead of the more ubiquitous Kar98k, to get some variety.
The models glued to the wood sticks are additional crew for the mortars and tripod mounted machinge guns, to get the crew up to the number of models suggested by the rules.
Published 2014-10-06 20:55:00
15mm | 1940's | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | Wehrmacht | WWII
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[15mm IABSM]¶
North of Caen¶
After life was quite busy the last days, I found some more time to continue work on miniatures. I started to work on the missing bren gunners, when I noticed something strange about the base size of the British models I did so far:
I chose the wrong size of wahsers... facepalm
So before removing the flash from the new minitaures, I first debased the old ones. Here you can see them glued to the intended size of washer next to my mountain of stupidity...
Here you can see the models including the 8 new ones organized into squads.
Published 2014-10-06 16:44:00
15mm | 1940's | British Army | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | WWII
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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourgh¶
All the models got their helmets painted in 70.995 German Grey.
I then sorted out some models, painted the helmets in 74.604 Dunkelgelb and then added random shapes in green and brown (splotches, lines, etc.) to create some "Normandy Helmets". I let the grey on the underside of the helmet as some sort of blacklining and also let it shine through the dunkelgelb here and there.
I then sorted out all the models which had greenery on their helmet, and painted it in 70.967 Olive Green. This is quite a harsh green, but a more subdued tone would not be discernible, especially from the Normandy Helmets.
Finally, the officer models got painted:
Now all the models are drying, after I sprayed them with gloss varnish. This is on the one hand to protect the paint job done so far, on the other hand the varnish will help the flowing of the washes.
Published 2014-08-30 22:55:00
15mm | 1940's | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | Wehrmacht | WWII
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[15mm]¶
Corporate Marines¶
Having seen a news item on The Miniatures Page, I thought these would fit perfectly well for the door gunners of my VTOLs. So I ordered the gatlings and machine guns from Brigade Models:
Now I need to recreate them as 3 models in OpenSCAD and play around with them on my cabin model.
Published 2014-08-30 22:16:00
15mm | Brigade Models | OpenSCAD | SiFi
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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourgh¶
I painted all the skin areas on all the models.
I then painted the ammunition belts on all the models. I used 70.801 Brass and 72.059 Hammered Copper for the shells/bullets, 70.821 German Camo Beige WWII for the belts themselves.
Published 2014-08-26 00:05:00
15mm | 1940's | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | Wehrmacht | WWII
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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourgh¶
I painted all the metal parts of the weapons on all the models.
In reality, the metal areas were mostly black, with only worn off edges showing 'real silver' metal. But painting the weapons black would have been too drab on the models. So I decided for 71.073 Gunmetal Metalizer, a very dark, blackish metal colour.
After the all the models are fully painted, I will add some washes; then the Gunmetal will receive a black wash probably.
Published 2014-08-24 22:40:00
15mm | 1940's | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | Wehrmacht | WWII
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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourgh¶
I painted all the wooden parts, spades and grenades in 70.876 Brown Sand, rifles in 70.940 Saddle Brown.
Next step is painting the metal parts.
Published 2014-08-23 21:48:00
15mm | 1940's | IABSM3 | Peter Pig Miniatures | Too Fat Lardies | Wehrmacht | WWII
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