This weekend was quite productive: 80+ miniatures painted, including two towed anti-tank gun teams.
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| GZG Towed Anti-Tank Guns |
I have been meaning to paint these for years; not sure what finally made me get around to these. The scheme was simple: ESU camo pattern on the crew and a color modulation green on the guns.
- Vallejo NATO Green Primer
- Vallejo Camo Black Green over the whole model.
- Vallejo Camo Green on all upper gun areas.
- Vallejo Camo Light Green on exposed areas
- Vallejo Light Green (from the Russian modulation kit) as a final highlight on exposed areas).
- Vallejo Matte Black on the wheels.
- Vallejo Gun Metal on ammo cannisters.
- Washed in thinned Minwax Polyshades Tudor
- Tamiya Weathering pigments (Light Green and Sand)
The crew are removable. They are held in place with blue tac. I struggled with the decision on whether to base the crew permanently to the base along with the gun. In the end I decided that the gun was more akin to a vehicle rather than an infantry support weapon. By making the crew removable I could accommodate both the rules from Tomorrow's War and allow different crews (i.e. non ESU troops) to man the guns.
Overall I am pleased with the outcome. I have another two guns to complete, but they will likely be im the field artillery versions rather than anti-tank guns.
Good job Dan.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you that crew should be seperate.Sometimes I do that with mortars etc.also,especially since I scratchbuilt quite a number of hy wpn systems.(you check them out on my blog)
Thanks for sharing
Z
Thanks Zune. Usually I just go with the crew that comes in the packs. I use GZG robots for extra ammo bearers when/if I feel like it. With crew served infantry heavy weapons I dont worry about it as much though. I assume that not every crewman needs to be modeled in all cases. I would just allow for the model to take an extra "hit" in these cases.
DeleteYou are the scratch building king I think. OMG.
Thanks Dan.
ReplyDeleteYou're too kind, 🙃🙃🙃
That's a good idea about the Gzg robots.
Why not try your hand at some plastic sprue scratch building? I did some easy to follow how to's.... you won't know until you try...
Z
You can see a couple of the robots in my ESU platoon. They are hiding but they are there.
DeleteSadly I don’t have temper for scratch building. I am by nature quite impatient. It’s a miracle I can even paint. Perhaps nice my projects are done I will give it a try.