Thursday 11 January 2018

Anthony O - Papuans, Germans and some Space Marines - 180 Points

This week has proven to be a good week for me. Being the last week of holidays I put in some hard yards and managed to complete a bunch of miniatures including Papuans and Germans for WW2 and some more Marines for my Wolfspear Chapter of the Space Wolves.

The Papuans are up first, these 20 troops are 28mm from the new Australian range from Warlord Games and join my Australian Commandos on the finished shelf . All of a sudden I have half of a Bolt Action army done in two weeks. I like how they came out and are great miniatures, painting darker skin was a challenge though and I have a bit more to learn here.





Next is some Germans from mostly Warlord Games but also a Panzerschrek team from Artizan. These guys are the mop up from a previous project and will be finding a home with a friend in the next few months.




Finally I have some Games Workshop Pimaris Reavers and an old school Dreadnaught. The colours are my own version of the Space Wolves however, according to the Lore the Primaris Marines with the Space Wolf gene seed were formed into a successor chapter called the Wolfpsear. There is almost no information on them so I am finding my own way. The dreadnaught was a blast to paint it I think really fits in with the new Primaris marine scale.



So that 33 x 28mm equaling 165 points and I consider the dreadnought to be a vehicle so all up that's 180 points towards my 1500.

I do like those Papuans - forgive my ignorance, but what theatres were they involved in?  They look pretty mean and really give the Aussies commandos a run for their money in the tough stakes!  Really pleased to hear you've got virtually a whole new army..... Can I suggest you now need to make the opposing army up, with some scenery, as it would all be more points in the challenge ;)

I'll admit that even as a GW fanboy the primaris marines absolutely baffle me... How would old marines feel about being replaced? Are they a slightly cynical attempt by GW to sell more stuff to space marine fans who already have too many marines?  Or has the new plastic technology finally given them the opportunity to make marines as large and imposing as they always wanted to, but couldn't do so in metal?  Whatever the answer is, these are first rate examples - I absolutely LOVE dreadnoughts and this one is humdinger, he certainly has the look of a Dread who's been round the block!  I've scored the mortar as a 28mm figure too, so 34 figures and I think Dreads are scored as Guns at 10 points, so 180 points scored in a slightly different manner!

20 comments:

  1. Lovely job here on those Papuans. I like the effect you get from the hard contrasting colours. Works great for visual effect on the table, and they look awesome

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  2. Nice work allround! I‘m not a big fan of the newer Warlord Games stuff but your painting certainly brings out the best in these.

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  3. Fantastic work as always mate. Love the "Angels"
    Your friend receiving those Germans is one lucky chap!

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  4. Great job on these. I really like your style of painting.

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  5. Awesome brushwork Anthony. I love that WWII German casualty stand. I despise the story/concept behind Primaris Marines, but these are terrific.

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  6. Great brushwork once again Anthony. The WW2 stuff is ace - and as for the “Primaris” marines, I’m never sure what is worse - the bizarre sculpts or the awful backstory...having said that, your brushes do bring out the very best in anything they touch! Well done.

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  7. Very nicely done, a real eclectic mixture.

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  8. Lovely work Anthony :)

    @ Jamie - the Papuans fought in New Guinea

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  9. Awesome work mate, a true painting machine!

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  10. Very nice job on the dark skin!

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  11. Great work and a nice variety of different minis!

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  12. I hope the Papuans do well for you on the tabletop!

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  13. Lovely work Patch! Those Papuans are a wonderful WW2 variant and you've done an excellent job on them. Love the scruffy Germans too?

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  14. Lovely Papuans and Germans, the space wolf dread is great too!
    Best Iain

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  15. Great job - a pretty diverse submission!

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  16. Thank you everyone for your kind comments, 1/3 of the way through my target now!

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  17. Oh wow, the Papuans are just amazing! I've been pondering these for some time now and this may be what tips me over the edge.

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  18. The native troops are just grand! I love the sculpts and the detail you picked out of them, they are a nicely painted addition to your comandos.
    The Germans are really nice too, the mixture of uniforms is just a great indicator of replacements and veteran force.
    The Primaris marines are my favorite, but I admit I'm biased as I really want a set of reaver marines for myself...light infantry of 40k! ;)

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  19. Excellent work, Anthony, something for everyone here!

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