I've had a break from painting turnips this week with a group of inter-war armoured cars.
This beast, a Garford-Putilov, will join the Freikorps I painted in 2016.
A year or so ago I also painted a bunch of Poles for the Polish-Soviet War of 1920, and the next two armoured cars will give them a bit of punch. The diminutive Ford with its colourful camouflage was a Polish design, hastily thrown together in 1920. The Austin-Putilov is based on a well-known photo of a Red Army vehicle that was captured in May 1920. The Poles retained the original Bolshevik vehicle name, cheekily adding their own with the date of capture.
Finally, here are a couple of vehicles for the Red Army in 1920. I don't have any other figures for that particular army yet, but I'm sure that can be remedied at some point! The hal-track is an Austin Kegresse, and it's joined by a Izhorsky-Fiat. I've deliberately left it without markings so I can use it for a few different armies.
I was trying to remember who made these models. The Polish Ford and Austin-Putilov are from Company B. I think the others are from Brigade Games, but I could well be wrong. Hope you like them! five vehicles plus the Under Construction bonus should give me 120 points for the week. Thank you Tamsin!
That's a great set of armoured cars, Alan. Good to see you return to your inter-war stuff.
Tamsin
Lovely 1920s sorta armour Dux! More please.
ReplyDeleteFabulous armoured cars, Alan. I wonder if any of those may be Copplestone designs as he did a few for this period. They all look wonderfully whacky and a mechanic's nightmare.
ReplyDeleteInter/early war armoured cars are terrific and you have done well painting them.
ReplyDeleteA fine beastie of vehicle ..
ReplyDeleteThere is something about interwar military vehicles that looks like they are just about one rivet away from being post-apocalyptic vehicles...fine work Alan!
ReplyDeleteExactly. :)
Deletethese are fantastic
ReplyDeleteThose are cool and a must do for VBCW I think, thanks or tankee for showing these :-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent brushwork Alan.
ReplyDeleteLovely work mate - looking forward to seeing them on the tabletop soon! I'm working on some stuff for them to shoot at :-)
ReplyDeleteO yes, I fondly remember your armoured cars from earlier Challenges, these again look absolutely fabulous! Great work.
ReplyDeleteOhh the look fabulous I must say
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MattW
Fantastic work! I love all these early armoured models, including the frankensteins so abundant in the Spanish Civil War (at least the first few months)
ReplyDeleteLove these vehicles, great work
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff - love seeing these kind of vehicles!
ReplyDeleteCheers JezT
I love armoured cars, and your weathering on these is excellent!
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff! Love the paintwork.
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