Thursday 10 March 2016

From AlanD - Fallschirmjaeger Test Figures (15 points)


It has been a busy start to the school year, with my marking load literally doubling compared to last year. That combined with all the compulsory start of the year fun has meant painting has taken a back seat over the past three weeks or so. I even had 12 days without picking up a paintbrush at all, which did nothing for my mental health.


It is pretty good to be able to make a little submission this week. At Cancon I bought a Fallschirmjaeger army box from Warlord Games, destined for Chain of Command, and have been enjoying putting together the plastic figures. They really are excellent, my only criticism of the box being that it includes an overabundance of FG-42 assault rifles (which were always rare), but no StG-44s, which were much more commonly found by the end of 1944.


Of course, the downside of painting Fallschirmjaeger is the need to tackle the infamous camouflage pattern referred to in hushed tones by pale wargamers as 'Splinter B'. These three figures are my test figures for the camouflage pattern. I'm very happy with how it turned out, although I might make the background shade of the smock a bit lighter next time. These should give me 15 points, along with another 100 points each for painting Splinter B :)
I both pity and respect anyone willing to give splinter camo a try Alan. The fact these are test figures and hint at lot more to come makes me want to adopt a foetal position in the corner. 
It's clearly already had an adverse affect on your reasoning as you need to bribe a minion for extra points. Simply suggesting you should get a bucket load of loot isn't going to cut the mustard I'm afraid. 15 points for your total. Next time don't forget the case of beer mate. :-) Cheers, Millsy

19 comments:

  1. Excellent work mate. My 28mm Yanks look forward to facing down these chaps.

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  3. Really great work on that camo, Alan - that takes some serious dedication!

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  4. Nice effort Alan. Splinter is so very hard to make it look right. I think you just about have it too.

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  5. The "Splinter" camo does look good so kudos for that at least. An extra 100 points was optimistic but I feel a couple of extras would have been fair and just. Good job mate.

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  6. Don't know diddly about camo patterns, but I like the figures! Looks good to me.

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  7. nice work on the splinter camo Dux :)

    As for the extra points - you need to bribe Millsy for those. Apparently with sexual favours...

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    1. beware wof where he wants to put the shovel..

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  8. cracking - now i would have awarded minion bonus points - that Millsy is just too cruel...

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  9. Wow, great work Dux. I really like the way you've approached the fragmented colouring of the camo. Very effective.

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  10. Argh, what madness made you think splinter camo would be a good idea? Looks great, but you'll be craving a drab Russki horde before long!

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  11. Pretty realistic poses and paintwork!

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  12. Great camo work Alan. Rather you than me!

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  13. I really dig the camouflage, Dux! I'd call your test figures a great success....now get cracking on the rest of the company and be sure to include some vicks and arty for em too! ;)

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  14. Excellent work on these! The camo looks spot on to me.

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  15. Nice job mate, but these look even better IRL !

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