All,
No games this weekend, but I've made some progress on a couple projects, though neither are ready for the table. In any case, I'm waiting for the Super Bowl to start and figured I'd post an update.
Yep, there's my progress. My Soviet aircraft for Wolverines, and, because I have utterly no self control, another new project...
I'm working on the two Soviet aircraft (Su-22s posing as Su-7s) for Wolverines, my 10mm Cold War project. I would have loved to have simply painted these two metallic, but the US air support, two F-100s, are metallic, so I wanted these to look different, hence the camo. I sprayed dark yellow, threw Blue Tack on, then sprayed medium green. It worked pretty well except... I was running out of the medium green and some of the lines came out pretty ugly. But I didn't have any problems with the Blue Tack pulling paint off when I removed it, so I was very happy with that. It seems to work better on plastic than lead.
In any case, I'm working on these, trying to clean up the camo lines and then do the details, then apply the decals, but I'm having a hard time. My dark yellow paint (I'm brushing on dunkelgelb) isn't doing a very good job of covering on the medium green , and it's running all over the place. It's always something...
But I know what your question is; what's in the box, right?
Well, here it is! How about more 10mm gear, this time for modern Africa! Everything here but the helos is from Minigs UK. I received my package the other day, so this weekend I pulled them out, cleaned them up, based them, sanded them, and got everything primed. If you're wondering why there is green and tan, I'm pretty much (not totally) building two identical forces (or four, two per side, if you will), one for desert scrub action and the other for tropical. Don't act shocked, you've seen me do this plenty of times ;)
I've got terrorists (a command stand and seven rifle stands) in tan and green.
I've got modern French consisting of a command stand, six rifle stands, then support: GPMG, Milan, SAM, sniper, Carl Gustav, and mortar.
I've got modern French special forces: a direct action element with a commander (singly based) and two shooter stands, and a reconnaissance element with a commander (also singly based) and three recon stands.
And then I've got seven stands of civilians.
I've got bad guy vehicles: a T-72, a BMP, a BTR, two Technicals with HMGs, and a Technical with a recoiless rifle.
And I've got good guy vehicles: an AMX-10RC, two 4-wheeled VABs (I threw Pendraken tank commander and an M-60 from an M-113 ACAV on the AMX, and I put Pendraken .50 cals on the VABs), and two Pumas for vertical envelopment.
Okay, again I know what you're thinking: you're thinking, I've seen this before...
Yeah, I did, I had a bunch of 10mm Minifigs UK Modern French. I played a lot of games and had a lot of fun with them too (in both desert and temperate!), but then I got on this 15mm kick, and ya know what I did? I sold almost all of my 10mm modern gear (I hope it's doing well for you, Ben!). But I just can't seem to live without these guys, so I did, I placed another order and now I'm apparently back in the 10mm modern game. I even keep finding myself staring at the Minifigs UK website, looking at buying more modern USMC. This must stop...
V/R,
Jack
Ill tell yoy what the crotchedy old guy at the gettysburg miniature store once told me:
ReplyDelete"There are only 2 cures for toy soldier fever: a good job, and an understanding wife."
Looking good, Jack. Hope those Frenchies are Legionaires!
DeleteSteve,
DeleteThose aren't cures! My sweet wife has been too much of an enabler, and the good job just allows me more money to buy more toys...
Regarding Legionnaires, I'd like to say yes, and that's certainly how they'll be used, but the reality is that I'm sure I'll be folding their use into my ongoing Cuba Libre stuff.
V/R,
Jack
Nice. But you must be a machine turning out all these figures and vehicles. Looking good,
ReplyDeleteCheers, Andy
PS Hope you weren't rooting for the Patriots!
DeleteAndy,
DeleteThanks man, and I'm happy with my production, but I'm really itching to play some games. That's the worst part for me: if the project drags on just a little to much I end up moving on to something else, even though there are only a few things left to finish...
And regarding the Patriots, I HATE THE PATRIOTS!!!! Last night was absolutely glorious!!! I wasn't an Eagles fan, except for last night!
V/R,
Jack
very nice mate
ReplyDeletetake care
andy
Thanks Andy!
DeleteV/R,
Jack
So you really are a 10mm guy at heart. I believe you now. Well, mostly.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest surprise of the whole post (new projects from you, strange as it may sound, are not as much of a surprise these days!) is you got rid of those 10mm modern French figures.
Keep up the great work and don't forget to play a game here and there!
Shaun,
DeleteYeah man, I guess I am ;) 10mm is just so perfect for those little (platoon+) games on my 2' x 2' or 3' x 2' tables. I've had plenty of fun on big tables, but nothing has been quite as magical for me than just knocking out a series of twenty or thirty, like "In Country" and Cuba Libre's "Liberation," and, to a lesser extent, "All Americans," my modern Brits in Afghanistan, my Israelis, and various strings within Cuba Libre for Cronistria and South Leon.
Yeah, I had a guy pose an offer for pretty much all of my modern 10mm stuff, and getting so deep into 15mm, I took it. Not so clever of me, but it's okay, I'm used to it ;)
I've got a few games on the way, so keep an eye open on the Cuba Libre blog.
V/R,
Jack