The Beauty Can Come Through

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:35:00 -0600

NEW CAMERA

We just got a new camera for the store – one that can take great zoom and close-up shots as well as a host of other neat features. I need to get some special lighting equipment to take the best shots, but here are a couple of pictures just to test it out.

The first is a close-up of one of the 1/72 scale British paratroopers I painted a while back (see the previous post on painting these). The shots I had of the fig’s then left a lot to be desired. While this one still needs some lighting work, you can get a much better idea of how they turned out. He is Sten gunner from the Red Devils:

The other shot is of some 15mm WWII German paratroopers that I just finished up. They were painted in the camo smocks that were issued in North Africa, and more importantly for my purposes, in the Italian/Monte Cassino campaign. Again, the lighting isn’t the best but you can see a lot of the detail. (Note: These guys were base coated with my airbrush and then speed painted in the same fashion as the paratrooper above using the “Magic Dip” method):

I have thrown out a challenge in the shop for someone to paint up a matching New Zealander, Indian or Polish force to take on the Germans in a Cassino mini-campaign, but so far no one has risen to the occasion. I still have hope though…

Until next time…

Happy Gaming!

Dan

1/72 Scale Growing...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:15:00 -0600

ANOTHER FOLLOWS SUIT

After my going on about the success of my experiment with 1/72 scale figures, one of our regulars – Mike Z. – decided to give it a try with some Imperial Romans. Now bear in mind, Mike hates painting figures – he will only play games with vehicles or prepainted figures. After his efforts though, he is sold on the idea of the 1/72 scale figures!

Mike’s Romans are from Caesar Miniatures which have a nice mix of poses for skirmish armies (Mike’s goal with this first batch). Mike painted 22 of the figures intermittently over a couple of nights at the shop. He used the same techniques I outlined in my blog entry about the British Paratroopers I painted. Unfortunately my camera can’t do justice to his paint job, but suffice it to say that given the little time and effort it took Mike the results were spectacular! Mike is very proud of how they turned out, and rightly so for his first foray into figure painting:

You will notice in the background are some German WWII Infantry that I painted up using the same techniques. I now have someone to skirmish with my Brits! Now onto the next group…

Until next time – Happy Gaming!

Dan

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The Beauty Can Come Through

1/72 Scale Growing...