Thursday, 3 March 2022

From DallasE: Tentage and Stowage (30 points)

OK, so this week we're wheeling out some more oldies - some tentage that's been sitting unpainted for nearly 15 years. I got this set in a trade I think, it came with a bunch of sandbag walls that were themselves painted years ago, but I never got around to the tents.

Man they were easy to paint too - prime back and a basecoat of XV-88, drybrushed up with a couple of lighter tones. I reckon they'll be good for pretty much anything from the Great War onwards, and maybe even earlier, if you just use the smaller windowless wall tents.


As far as points, this is about 6"x6"x6" (the ruler in the pic is 6" long more or less) so 20 points.

In addition, I painted a whole mess of AFV stowage bits. These are destined to stack up on the decks of the AFVs I'll be doing up for the Western Desert, and probably on some Shermans and such for NW Europe as well. They're from a company called "Value Gear" on eBay and are pretty great. I reckon these are worth about 10 points, there's something like 40 pieces of stowage there. 

Tentage (1 cube) = 20 points

Stowage (40 pieces) = 10 points

Total = 30 points

Thanks and take it easy all!


Looks like you've let these tents mature just right. Don't want to do them too soon! Useful pieces for many settings, as are the stowage bits.

Barks

11 comments:

  1. Nice work Dallas, I think they likely now count as vintage retro.

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  2. Nice terrain Dallas! It is alway a nice surprise, when something old can be finished quick and easy and the results are good. "If I only did this earlier..." :)

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  3. I think the tents look great, and the stowage items are very useful too, well done!

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  4. Nice tents and stowage, Dallas! :)

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  5. Great looking tents and stowage!
    Best Iain

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  6. Great work on these essentials

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  7. very nice, these will make your tables look really good and provide decent cover and los blockers.

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  8. Nice work on the tents, Dallas! Don't lose the stowage as scatter terrain while building the vicks!

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  9. Great work on these Dal!

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