Big guns!

I've done a few batches of painting for Flames of War books this year, and here are some of my favourite items.

We also had a fun painting challenge at work. We gave ourselves the task of painting a tank from a training regiment in 12 hours. Was a fun afternnon/evening and there were some cool tanks that came out of it. The articles about it all are here (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4), and here are some more shots of my Ausbildungs Tiger I E.

Lastly, I pimped out a Jagdtiger for a painting guide showing some easy ways you can individualise your tank.

-V-

Brandenburgers: Part 2

Long time no post. FlamesCon has been and gone. I've been meaning to post how my painting went but it didn't happen, and the Flames of War website has covered it pretty well. So instead, I'll just post some links.

The lead up to the event:
http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=2972

After the event:
http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=3021

A neat video about FlamesCon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqs3_YpvHdg

And another specifically about the Iron Painter event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dARQiFmLngI&list=UUh8SouwQ46VGBbvTursaitA&index=3&feature=plcp

And lastly, the studio having a go at Raiding Aces:
http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&art_id=3080

Now to finish the trucks and the support options!

With X-mas almost here chances of posting again in 2011 are slim, but I'll still hopefully be getting some modelling done. There's my Cryx, Skorne, Han Solo, Brandenburgers, and maybe even some new US Shermans if they arrive from Malaysia.

But I'm most excited to start working on a posse for Legends of the Old West!

Chris ran me through a game a couple weeks ago, and I've since given his rule book a decent read, and ordered some figures from Black Scorpion miniatures, which should arrive this week.

Yee haw!

-V-

Brandenburgers: Part 1

This years Flames of War Late-war GT is going to be like a mini-convention, with display games, painting competitions, and events running into the evening on the Saturday. One of these events is a display painting challlenge involving some of the Battlefront staff.

We're all going to paint a small 500 point raiding force from Burning Empires in preparation for raiding aces. The challenge is to finish the force in 24 hours. The figures can be assembled and undercoated before hand (Luckily!).

I've chosen to do a German Brandenburger force, mostly because I think the DAK figures are some of our nicest but I won't find the time to do a full DAK force. And they get captured Crusaders! The enemy disguises rule could also be fun to play, but I'll find that out later.

This is everything I have to get ready before the event (19 Nov).

HQ, and 2 combat platoons (one with disguises) all with trucks gives me 500 points. I'm also going to paint some HMGs at the same time since it's only a few more things and I'll need them for the next point level. The crusaders and some AA half tracks will get done later.

I'll post pics in the week before the event once they're all assembled and undercoated, and then after the event weekend to show off my speed painting skills... hmmm.

-V-