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RedLeif · Post by **RedLeif** » Wed May 07, 2014 12:23 am

That phantom looks Great! Very nice work.

My friends dad flew one during the war. They were touring the Boeing museum of flight not to long ago and there was his dad's old plane.

Bezmozgu7 · Post by **Bezmozgu7** » Wed May 07, 2014 8:19 pm

I just completed my first 8th Army infantry unit; here are a few photos of some of the stands:

Platoon HQ Stand

Rifle Squad Stand

Vickers Gun Team

2" Mortar Team

Whish · Post by **Whish** » Sun May 11, 2014 3:02 pm

These figures would look good on a 15mm forum.

Whish · Post by **Whish** » Sun May 11, 2014 3:03 pm

These figures would look good on a 15mm forum.

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Tue May 13, 2014 2:56 am

Those desert rats look great!

Are they mounted on pennies? That's how I do my infantry these days. I use acrylic gel medium for mounting my bases. What have you used?

I like the texturing you have done on the stands ... it makes the cast-on base of the figures much less prominent. That's an issue I fight with on my figures. It's easier to manage when the stand is grassy -- the flocking can help to hide the cast-on base (provided you get some flocking to stick on the cast-on base!).

Another technique I use is to sprinkle a bit of course sand as part of the flocking process. This winds up looking like scattered rocks and stones at micro scale.

Here is a stand of my French Armee d'Afrique infantry manning a 37mm trench gun (done by a bit of kit-bashing on a GHQ Romanian heavy weapons SG-43 HMG) .

And here is a command stand from my Armee d'Afrique infantry.

Here is the uniform I was seeking to represent:

The 37mm trench gun was one of the first stands I did for this force. I think I did a better job on the helmets with the rest of the formation, including the command stand. The goal was to make the Romanian Adrian helmet look more like a French tropical sun helmet. I effected this on the latter stands by sanding down the front a bit (so the long-tail on the helmet was not quite so asymmetrical), and putting a drop of different color on the crown.

Bring your Brits north into the Levant, and you'll get a taste of French fury!

catseye72 · Post by **catseye72** » Tue May 13, 2014 5:56 am

Those infantry stands look great! I wish I had the eyes I used to have, I just can't get details on my guys done right. They look fine until you take pics!!!

Great work.

Clint

Bezmozgu7 · Post by **Bezmozgu7** » Fri May 16, 2014 4:21 am

Mark 1,

Thanks for the feedback, your stands look great. I use 20mm diameter acrylic bases that are 1.5mm thick -- they are only slightly larger than a US or Canadian penny. I glue the painted and weathered figures directly to the acrylic base and then texture it by applying fine pumice gel with a thin painter's palette knife. The ground base coat is an acrylic mudstone, followed by a dark brown wash and dry-brushing with a pale sand. I flock the stands in patches and then seal the stand with a spray matte lacquer.

Cheers,

Bez

ferret701 · Post by **ferret701** » Fri May 16, 2014 1:31 pm

OK, I haven't posted anything new in a while, but I've put a lot of models up on my site (www.microarmormayhem.com).

Among them, the ex-Soviet 2S19:

The Alouette II (of which I need some better photos)

and the Stug IIIG with sideskirts

Bezmozgu7 · Post by **Bezmozgu7** » Fri May 16, 2014 4:39 pm

I finally finished my first German DAK infantry unit:

Company HQ

Platoon HQ

Light Mortar Team

MG Team

ATR Team

Infantry Squad

Infantry Platoon

sPzB-41 Team

BTW, in my preceding post I misidentified the base color I use for the stands -- it is an acrylic Sandstone rather than Mudstone.

WWIICentral · Post by **WWIICentral** » Mon May 19, 2014 1:58 am

These were painted by my wife... yes, you read that correctly

Let me know what you think. More photos on my Site
Tanner

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Mon May 19, 2014 2:51 am

wrt: Let me know what you think.
1. Your wife does a great job painting miniatures.
2. Your wife is very understanding about your hobby.

Don S.

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Mon May 19, 2014 2:52 am

Sorry; hit the 'submit' key twice.

Don S.

Whish · Post by **Whish** » Mon May 19, 2014 6:23 am

Wow these are much better painted than my 15mm vehicles. She is a very talented lady. Would be good to see how she goes with some infantry miniatures.

Ivan · Post by **Ivan** » Fri May 23, 2014 6:01 pm

Hello, Comrade very nice airbrushing and painting of those Russian and German tanks the panthers are cool great stuff,winner winner chicken dinner. Your wife appears to be a very diversified woman. Keep posting,can't wait to see more of both of yours work. Later Comrade, Have a nice day Ivan

Ivan · Post by **Ivan** » Fri May 23, 2014 6:02 pm

Hello, Comrade very nice airbrushing and painting of those Russian and German tanks the panthers are cool great stuff,winner winner chicken dinner. Your wife appears to be a very diversified woman. Keep posting,can't wait to see more of both of yours work. Later Comrade, Have a nice day Ivan

Show us yer stuff!

First Completed WWII UK 8th Army Infantry Unit