Hello - time to come in from the cold!
In Real Life, I'm a high school teacher here in the UK, so the last month has been almost comically busy with the return to the new normal. This has meant that the batch-painting of vehicles has had to take a back seat.
Frustrating? - yes.
Insurmountable? - NEVER!
Please find here a modest collection of vehicles intended to act in loose support of my US 92nd Buffalo Soldiers as they move up through Italy...and a little something extra, too, for the Sherman 105 doubles-up as a British Firefly IC!
I've claimed 90 points for this, as it's really three full vehicles (20 points each) plus two hulls and one chassis (10+10+10) - that seems a fair bid to me.
Firstly, we have an M8/M20 Greyhound (Rubicon):
(The non-turreted version isn't pictured here - I forgot!)
Next, to work with the sneaky recce element above, an M18 Hellcat (Warlord Games):
Now this is an M4 High Speed Tractor (a beautiful model from RKX Miniatures with additional stowage from Rubicon):
And finally, the US Sherman 105mm, which (due to the awesomeness of Rubicon kits) can be re-hulled as a British Firefly IC, which here I've painted up in Polish colours. After a LOT of thinking and planning, I worked out that the differences in shades of green could be mitigated by a cunning combination of blended weathering and some artistically arranged Warlord Stowage on the glacis plate, necessitating a shift of the Firefly's insignia to the upper hull:
Here's to the sprint finish, eh?
Thanks for all of the inspiring work, Everyone!
- Chris K
