Welcome back,
Well it’s been a long time in the making but I’ve finally got another update ready and this time there are even pictures to prove that there has been progress (I must apologise for all the picture free posts recently but without a reliable computer it has been difficult to get them sorted).
I’ve made progress on three new units, first of all I began by continuing with the 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire and Lancashire regiment, this unit has frustrated me since I started it before Christmas, the Baccus marching strips were a lot more work than I originally thought and left me severely de-motivated, however they are finally finished and are looking decidedly splendid.
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| The 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment flank the HMLS Defence |
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| The 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment flank the HMLS Defence |
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| Four companies from the 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment escort the HMLS Defence |
The second unit that I began was the first of my Landship’s, based upon a Pendraken 10mm Mk V Tank it turned out even better than I imagined, the size of the model fits quite nicely with my Baccus and looks quite convincing (in my eyes at least) as a Landship. I was in two minds about the colour scheme, I was initially drawn to a predominately white scheme that I’d seen on some 28mm VSF tanks but I’m not really that confident painting white and so I considered painting them in the same scheme as my British aeronef’s but I felt there was too few areas that I’d be able to paint buff, that just left me the scheme that I finally settled upon, not too much white, a little brass and a little colour.
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| HMLS Defence |
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| HMLS Defence |
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| HMLS Defence |
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| Ad-hoc British Brigade supported by the landship HMLS Defence and naval brigades from HMS Atropos & HMS Panther |
The third unit that I have made progress on is the 17th Lancers, no pictures of these at the moment as all I’ve done is paint the horses, I do hope to have them done within a couple of weeks though.
Haarken
Fantastic work! That picture of the whole force is great - 10mm coming into its own in a VSF style. Loving the Landship too, great colour scheme, and some top work on the base - how did you achieve the track imprint in the churned up ground? Really effective.
ReplyDeleteThats a really good looking landship. Just great all round really.
ReplyDeleteThe infantry is 6mm but the Landship is from the Pendraken 10mm range. To make the track impression on the base, I applied a thin layer of green stuff on to the base and then basically just pressed the tracks down on to the green stuff. Since I wanted to make more of deep rut I built up the middle of the track impression with some more green stuff, then it was just a case of applying sand and flock to further enhance that effect. Pretty simple really.
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