The Sarge's Naps

Good afternoon,

Here, in all their rebased-for-DBA-HX-and-possibly-Volley-and-Bayonet glory are the Naps that were gifted me by JackSarge.

First up, a shot of the whole shebang...


Next, the lights. I especially like the dead Frenchie!




Then the line infantry. Note the detail on the Scots.









And last, but by no means least, the cav and command elements.



He's also given me a heap of unpainted French to oppose them. As Stan has some French already based up for DBA-HX, they will slot in the painting cue somewhere...low...

Thanks again mate,

Nick

For the Sarge...

Good evening,

A while back JackSarge asked me how I base my elements. Well, this is how I do it. Please keep in mind I did not paint these! These were given me by the Sarge hisself...

First up, I glue down the figures with PVA and paint the element (and figures) base(s) with an earthy brown.



This is actually a mix of two browns - one that was too dark, one that was too red.

Then I PVA some coarse sand in a semi-randomish way...so long as the sand goes up to the edge of the figures' bases.




Next, paint the sand in a lighter brown (Beasty Brown, to be precise. Not the most economical use of model paint...cheap poster paint would be more cost effective...)



Highlight with an off white...



...then apply more PVA, this time mostly between the mounts of sand (spread thusly with an old brush)...





...before dunking the base in a container of flock...




...and PVAing on the artillery piece.













Cool.

Thanks again Sarge for the minis, they are fantastic.

More tomorrow - the whole army, no less.

Nick

Crossfire Kiwis Complete

Good evening,

Here they all are. Two full infantry companies with mortar (including FOs) and HMG support (and a squad of SMG infantry for each), as well as six Shermans (two 75's, a 76, a 105 and two Fireflies - painted as Kiwi tanks for the Italian campaign by Andy Gorman), two Company Commanders, six Platoon Commanders and eight suppression markers. That'll do for the time being.




Just gotta get me back that Jug (Thunderbolt) from Andy.

In the meantime I have begun re-basing Jack's Naps - this time on 60mm by 30mm bases, not the 60 by 20s that I thought they should be on.