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23 January 2017

United We Conquer (Part 1 - test scheme)

As the title might suggest (to some), I worked a little on my first WW2 Commando fig for the small 500 point force I got for Xmas. This mini is produced by British company Wargames Foundry and was a simple piece to work on and a relatively well sculpted figure with minimal mold-lines to have to (mostly) clean up. (More on that below)

This fellow will represent my Forward Artillery Observer, calling in bombardments from ship-bourne guns - a free addition to most all British forces in Bolt Action.

This fellow is graced with a large nose. 

Unit and rank markings were swiftly applied and not at all in any effort other than to represent the black & red badges of the commandos. On the tabletop no one can see them properly anyhow.

I've no idea what the black/grey thing wrapped about his chest is supposed to be or which colour I should have painted it. I looked through my small WW2 library and searched Google and could find nothing on them. Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Remember when I mentioned mold lines? Yeah.... I missed a crap load on this piece and for some reason didn't even see them until I took these pics. Bah...
This paint job was fast and dirty and I think the other 25 Commandos in the force will paint up quite quickly like this. It's a bit sloppy but good enough for gaming. I like to think of these boys as being a 1940-ish Channel Isles raiding force!

As an aside, these boys got dunked into the stripping fluids this weekend. Blood Bowl fever has caught me - though I'll be saving my $$$ and not buy the new edition, instead, I'll play my old 2nd Edition rules. My son seems eager to play too, so that's a bonus. :)

Got these when 3rd Edition came out. As you can see, their paintjobs leave a lot to be desired. :/ New and improved Orcland Raiders coming to a blog near you soon!

22 comments:

  1. Lovely work, man - I really dig how he turned out!

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  2. You say 'fast and dry' but that guy looks awesome. Blood bowl should be a laugh.

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    1. Fast and dirty = strict lack of multiple highlights or blending! :)
      But kind of you to say so sir, thankyou.

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  3. Looks pretty good to me Dai, looking forward to seeing the rest of the force now.

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    1. They'll be a "bits done here, bits done there" project to break up the bigger projects. Hope they won't disappoint!

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  4. Looks good. I do really like the WGF WW2 set a tad smaller than most 28mm stuff. I have pick up the German Fallschirmjager to make a Bolt Action Force of and they are fab minis. If your after extra stuff to convert then take a look at Perry Miniatures who sculpted the stuff for Foundry. They have there own ww2 range which looks like it would scale well.

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    1. I love the Perry's WW2 stuff, though it's mostly for Northern Africa, which is not a theater I'm collecting/painting for right now.

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  5. He looks decent Dai, can't wait to see the BB team, might have to dust off my high elf team!

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    1. Cheers mate - the BB orcs are going to be a fun small project to get done. Hope you get the energy to work on the elves, those sculpts were cool.

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    2. Mine aren't GW but are from an Aussie company called Shadowforge, they are really good sculpts but all female

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    3. I've seen their BB teams. Some really nice minis in that range too.

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  6. Dirty and done! Could the grey thing be some kind of weird life vest? I now have a project in addition to my Inquisimunda band, a Blood Bowl team, or 3.

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    1. 3 teams! Perhaps you could have Bloodbowl as the theme of a future Oldhammer mag?

      Cheers.

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  7. Great stuff Dai, and good call on using the mini as a fao; he looks just the job!!

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    1. Thanks! Just hope he does better when called upon ingame than my previous efforts with Bolt Action FAO's!

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  8. Great looking commando, blood bowl does look good and I have got 3 old teams but that would ruin the painting schedule!
    Best Iain

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    1. Wait, there's a painting schedule?! ^_^

      Cheers Iain.

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  9. Lovely - quite slavic looking with that nose.

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    1. I'd not thought of that until you mention it. Yeah, he definitely has that look to him, nice call.

      Thanks mate.

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