Hi fellow painting enthusiasts,
My name Alex and this is my first entry in my first Challenge and is a direct result of Challenge preparations. After several nights of trimming, glueing, sanding and priming I took a few hours off in front of the telly as part of a well earned break (as we all know prep is very tiring!?). As I skipped channels I came across re-runs of 'Band of Brothers', specifically episodes 6 & 7. Now as far as inspirational material goes it is pretty hard to beat and I couldn't help but paint up some U.S airborne....after a bit more prep.
The figures are from the 15mm FoW 'Open Fire!' Set and range wildly in quality from very good to absolute rubbish, but over all I'm quite happy with them. Altogether there are 24 infantry figures and 4 crewed weapons.
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First, welcome to the Painting Challenge, Alex!
I remember those Band of Brother episodes clearly and can understand how they could inspire you to your brushes. These paras are terrific, Alex. I like how distinct their webbing and gear is, and the snow bases have a great balance between desolate frozen ground and being snow-covered.
64 points for your first entry to the Challenge roster. Well done, Alex!
Good looking paras, the basing is really good too.
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Very evocative and some great work on these smaller scale figs - I would need a lot more practice before tackling something as small as that!
ReplyDeleteNice work on the airborne Alex :)
ReplyDeleteGreat brushwork Alex! You have a really clear, defined style for 15s which looks awesome, especially with the stark winter bases.
ReplyDeleteVery fine brushwork on 5he mini paratroopers, Alex! I could easily cofuse 5hem for 28s with the detail you picked out of them!
ReplyDeleteVery nice, lovely basing!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to hell Alex. Great work on those Screaming Eagles , very detailed despite the scale
ReplyDeleteNice work!
ReplyDeletefantastic work on such little figures! Great detailing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments and your warm welcomes, all are very much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteWelcome indeed! And wow these have come straight from an episode of Band of Brothers!
ReplyDeleteVery nice work on these paras! Your partial snow cover is very well done.
ReplyDeleteGreat work Alex - using 15mm figures for skirmish gaming is great fun. I'm with you on the "quality" of Battlefront plastics, but they sure seem to keep at it, don't they...?
ReplyDeleteWell done!
Your quite right Greg, we play Chain of Command in 15mm and it plays very well. With a few additions the CoC forces are quickly expanded for games of Battlegroup......I really should focus on painting what I've already got, but a box of Shermans never hurt anyone.
DeleteNothing like having lots of Winter Troops. The bases look great, I will look forward to seeing more.
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