Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time wargamer. I am mainly painting 28mm figures at the moment. But there will be other projects .I have created armies in 6mm and one off figures of 120mm , so anything in between is fair game.Wargaming has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3!

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occassion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of wargaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy. Sharing hints and tips with the masters has really helped my own style over the years. I will share some hard won hints and tips where I can. My style and preference is certainly "old school". My main interests are the Napoleonic period. I also have an interest in the Colonial Wars of the 19th Century, surely sparked by seeing "Zulu" at an early age. I also enjoy AFV modelling - a chance to get the airbrush out. I will be doing some of that again.

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Airpower!

A little diversion from normal here. 15mm WW2 Luftwaffe & Red Airforce. These are for Gerry over at the his "Situation Room" project. A truly tremendous commitment to his hobby. 400 square feet of playing surface, 1000's of trees, 100's of buildings , and 1000's and 1000's of figures. All good fun & great to see the progress he is making expanding the collections.

So it has been out with the airbrush to do this little lot. So here is a little aircraft recognition test for you - ok I have named them for you. Models were 15mm by Command Decision.

 Me109
 Fw190
 Me109
 Me110
 Ju87D

 Mig 3
 Polikarpov I-153
 Polilarpov I-16
 La5
 Yak 9
 LaGG3
 Pe2
  Il2

Took a deal of work , and the waterslide transfers took a fair bit of time, but very happy with the end results. Looking forward to seeing the results of the aerial battles at the Situation Room

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20 comments:

  1. Rather you than me Dave! That's a lot of airpower and that's an impressive amount of gaming space Gerry has! :)

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    1. Er yes - it was moment of madness volunteering for it

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  4. Nice stuff. Airbrush makes for some smooth camo.

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    1. cheers - sometimes its just the best tool for the job

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  5. Those are sweet. Well photographed as well!

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    1. thanks - .I am put a bit of effort into the photo's glad to see it paying off

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  6. Absolutely brilliant stuff Dave!

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  9. Awesome show of airpower Dave!

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  10. Really, really liked these; stunning Dave.

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    1. cheers Michael - nice to do something different

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