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| Once again photos show my painting flaws and need for touch ups. |
Exiting Treachery, I am using this Bad Squiddo Krystyna Skarbek figure to take me back out to Gluttony. Skarbek was a Polish SOE operative who at one point kidnapped a Gestapo Chief. Again read her bio. She skied in and out of occupied Poland several times and that's how she's been sculpted. The Bad Squiddo site has her in a very nice nordic sweater with I couldn't possibly match, but I added a yoke and trim to get some of the effect. She's stylishly attired for Telemarking at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, interrupted by some serious espionage.
Last fall my wife asked if I'd be interested in seeing a touring musical about Women in WW2 that was playing live at Darke Hall, a local theatre. I said sure and it turned out to be based on the lives of the female SOE operatives in the Bad Squiddo range. It's called the Invisibles, Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare and is worth seeing if it comes to your town. it was quite funny watching the play and going, wait a second I've painted her!
This may be a reach, but I am going to try claiming a Spanish American War collier for my Gluttony post. I am hoping that have a Minion who is a ranking Flag Officer will help my case, as I'm sure he'll understand the logistics involved. (Laying it own a bit thick?)
These are two 1/2400 scale ships from Tumbling Dice from their Age of Battleships range. There is the collier USS Nanshan, still in merchant livery and the cruiser USS Newark in peacetime white and buff (so much nicer than wartime grey). My pitch here is that late Victorian era warships had a tremendous appetite for coal, particularly if their machinery was in poor nick.
The Spanish Armada had a bad time getting coal for its far off squadrons. Cervera's squadron arrived in the Caribbean in desperate need after a Trans-Atlantic voyage. They were refused coaling rights in Martinique and had to go to Curacao to top up. Later at the Battle of Santiago, the Cristobal Colon would have gotten away if she hadn't run out of good coal and had to resort to inferior stuff. Camara's squadron was sent east to recapture Manilla but had similar troubles getting coal in Egypt.
On the US side, coal logistics took careful management. Dewey's squadron had the Nanshan attached to prevent such troubles and he needed to dispatch a gunboat to escort her before attacking at Cavite. For the Cuban blockade, they set a temporary coaling port when captured Guantanmo and used a whole fleet of hired colliers to keep the fleet on station.
Points wise I am hoping for
- 5 pints for Krystyna
- 4 points for the two 1/2400 ships
- 20 points for Gluttony
We only recently played a game of the Spanish American war - a board game though. Looks much nicer with real vessels.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard. The Spanish have a tough job for sure and you need to fudge things to give them a chance. FYI, see the AAR here https://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2024/01/santiago-de-cuba-1898-aar.html
DeleteExcellent stage to paint desk. Nice ships.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bruce.
Deleteanother great post, the collection of ships must be rather large these days
ReplyDeleteThanks, I’ve got most of the major ships now. Fortunately they are pretty small and store easily.
DeleteCheers again Paul. The white and buff combo isn’t historical, but just looks right (it gives the air of the Great White Fleet). It’s also handy as I did my Spaniards in the historical black and white and therefore everyone can tell what side all the ships are. The Newark does have nice lines, and I’ve been working on morphing the casting into other ships (the RNs Leander class for instance).
ReplyDeleteA grand little entry, Bad Squiddo have excellent miniatures and this one has really come to life with your paintwork!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sander. The figure has nice character.
DeleteNice work Peter, I do like the Bad Squiddo figure. Its nice to see you pushing the bounds of gluttony to the nth degree too............
ReplyDeleteI just bought a (female) bear mini, just in case...
DeleteThanks Ray. The secret is judging how far you can push the envelope.
DeleteLol
DeleteFab work. I smiled at your comment about showing off the flaws. I fine the camera unforgiving and shows things I can't see when painting. Although, you are being harsh as she looks great :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Adam. I try to use the 3 foot standard, but the camera zooms into 6 inches! It's like the zit on your nose that you notice more than anyone else.
DeleteThat play sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteIt was!
DeleteLoving those Spanish American war ships I must say, have a partially completed fleet myself, must get back to it one day
ReplyDeleteCheers
Matt
Thanks Matt. You should get back to them, it's a great period for gaming.
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