My first entry proper following the Armour round. These are models I've had laying around for a while and that fit in with my 'Gunuary' theme for this month.
It also has the bonus of having no gun crew to paint!
Being the... odd... person that I am, I have a thing for seeing limbered guns on the table top. I already have a unit of 4 deployed 17 Pdrs, as well as the halftracks used to tow them. But it always looked a bit odd having the deployed guns sitting behind the vehicles when they are moving around the table. So following a chance find on Ebay (and some help from Skytrex) I ended up with 4 limbered guns.
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| The actual entry for this week! |
As mentioned, these are Skytrex models - and Skytrex allow you to order specifically Limbered or Unlimbered guns. I'm severely tempted to do the same for my 6 Pdrs...! Like I don't have enough actual battlefield units to assemble and paint!
These guns were carefully superglued to the base at an angle.
The angle allows me to do this:
The half tracks were painted some time ago, so the basing colour has either faded over time, or was a slighlty different blend. However, I'm quite pleased with the result.
Thanks!
A very tidy entry, James!
I rather like the limbered guns. It does help to immerse in the game a bit better if the gun crew isn't running behind the truck with a deployed gun. It makes it seem like they are screaming at the driver to "Wait up you, !@!#!&@$!$"
There is a shift in turf hue, but isn't the grass always greener.... ;)
Nice 17s James :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tamsin - one more thing to take up storage space!
DeleteYou are going great guns, James! These look very good.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteTerrific guns James, and I like the way you can limber them up. the basing is very nice too. Great stuff :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon - these will only be used as limbered guns, I already have models for them deployed with crew!
DeleteGreat idea for the limbered guns. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter!
DeleteNice guns! Might have to do something similar with my 88s
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul. I've a spare pack of 40mm Bofors guns that I've been tempted to try this with as well. I've never seen any bofors guns being towed at 15mm.
DeleteNice work there James! Limbered guns is something you don't see nearly enough on the tabletop! It's always a bit silly that the small diorama base with all the crew gets pulled around by a truck (and I'm guilty of that as well). Doing separate limbered gun bases is definitely a good idea! Looks so much better.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I do like the look of it, but as with everything there is an expense/time element. Is money better spent on actual 'active' units, rather than what are basically markers? Is it better to spend time painting actual units? That sort of thinking is what's stopped me developing this idea further with my collection. I guess these fall into the 'nice to have, but not essential' category!
DeleteNice guns.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clint!
DeleteVery sharp, the colour looks right as well
ReplyDeleteIan
Thanks Ian. I've stuck to the same base colour throughout but changed the washes a few times - from army painter dip to army painter wash, and now my own 'magic wash'. I use an 'ultra matte' varnish as my final coat as well, which helps I think.
Deletegreat job James.. and of course you need to do it to the 6lbers!
ReplyDeleteOf course I do... And the 25 Pdrs...
DeleteYou're going great guns, James - do I detect a theme emerging here?
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Thanks Evan - Yes, January is my 'Gunuary' month, so I focus on all things artillery related!
DeleteExcellent work James. Not very necessary in most games, but I always enjoy seeing the added touch of limbered guns.
ReplyDeleteLooking good!
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