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Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:47 pm
by chrisswim
Those infantry look great!
Very nice.
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:17 am
by rhabstclair
Great job, Gazza!
Questions: which brand are those infantry and how are you taking such good pics? Not an iPhone I’m guessing…
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:53 pm
by Mortis57
Thanks chaps!
rhabstclair wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:17 am
Questions: which brand are those infantry and how are you taking such good pics? Not an iPhone I’m guessing…
The infantry are by Adler Miniatures. Unfortunately due to the owner's age he's phasing out his 6mm ranges (amongst others). Hopefully someone else will pick them up.
As for taking the photos, it's not an iPhone no. I currently use a hand held Google Pixel 7a phone - so nothing fancy. I do try to brace my wrists against the desk to try and prevent too much shaking but I'm not always successful. There's a number of photos here that are out of focus for example.
A small update...
Some time back I posted the first of my US Armored Infantry Companies sans the anti-tank platoon. Well, I finally got around to ordering both the guns (H&R) and the crews (Adler) and have finished painting them up. I just need to do the infantry elements from the other two companies, BHQ, and support company - I did the vehicles awhile back. The Adler infantry will be replacing the old style H&R infantry (which might be the start of a second Combat Command).
US Armored Infantry Battalion - A Company - M1 Anti-tank gun Platoon
Close-up of M! Anti-Tank Gun
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:08 pm
by 7.62
Beautiful work on the figures.
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:30 am
by redleg
Great looking guns and crews Gazza!
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:14 am
by Mortis57
I rearranged the drawers of my (and others) micro aircraft and then took a 'few' photos. As there's 101 photos in total, instead of embedding the photos as images here I've decided to just give a link to the album that they're in -
https://ibb.co/album/6cHndK
Although most of the aircraft are mine, I must point out those owned by other people. The early WWII RAF, desert Hs 129s, and most of the USN aircraft belong to Ian Sanderson (Although I painted them for him). All the post WWII RAF and some of the WWII RAF aircraft belong to Keith Jones (and were painted by him). There's also some models that just belong to 'the club'.
Hopefully, I've correctly identified the the various ownerships in the filenames.
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:01 am
by Mortis57
Now that I've finished the (Adler) US Airborne Battalion for a friend, I've turned my attention back to my (Adler) US Armored Infantry Battalion.
I'd already finished one company (sans the anti-tank platoon - although as seen from the photos a few days back I've since finished that platoon) before starting the Airborne. I've completed the second company (along with it's anti-tank platoon). So I'm, currently two companies down, with one (plus the BHQ and supports) to go. There's also a battery of 4x 81mm mortars (for a motorized infantry battalion) on the go as well. Lurking in one of the finished companies is a battery of 4 Land Mattress for my Brits and a few 57mm anti-tank guns in the towed configuration.
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:48 am
by redleg
That's a very impressive unit Gazza!
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:32 pm
by Mortis57
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:52 pm
by redleg
That's a great looking battalion Gazza! I particularly love the mortars. You can never have too many mortars!
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:08 am
by Mortis57
redleg wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:52 pm
That's a great looking battalion Gazza! I particularly love the mortars.
Thank you.
You can never have too many mortars!
Hmmm! Are you sure about that? (LM= circa 50-60mm, MM= circa 80mm, HM= circa 120mm)
Although that 18 Heavy German Mortars is wrong, it should read 20. 4 each for 5 of my 6 Panzer Grenadier Battalions - I may have a few more ready to paint. I also have some Russian heavy mortars thats I really should get around to painting.
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:02 pm
by Mortis57
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:08 pm
by redleg
Great looking battalion, Gazza!
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:53 pm
by Mortis57
Thank you!
There's still a few things that need painting to add a couple of options.
US Armored Battalion - Optional Stuff
.30cal MGs moving and Infantry Elements
I have enough Adler .30cal MGs advancing for all the deployed .30cals in my battalion.
According to the army lists I'm using the crews of the 57mm Anti-tank Guns were sometimes used in an infantry role. So I've based up some spare infantry figures to represent this option. It's a shame Adler don't offer an advancing .50 cal team too.
Deployed and Advancing Bazooka teams
Although each of the battalion's infantry squads has an integral Bazooka, I thought I'd paint up some separate teams just in case a player wants to detach some. The three to the bottom right are H&R rather than Adler. I don't have enough to detach them all - I thought I had more but on closer examination they turned out to be Panzershreck teams - Oops!
Those pesky Panzershreck teams
The 24 to the left are Adler whilst the rest are H&R.
<EDIT>
I found a few more moving Bazooka teams that I'd put to one side because they'd lost the bazooka from the figure's back. I may try to fashiion them out of a bit a thin pastic rod. I've also rebased the moving teams to the same size base as the deployed teams.
Re: Gazza's Stuff
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:46 am
by Mortis57