Last year or was it the previous one? anyway the sinews of war in other words - logistics, hove into view and its the same again this year. In fact it is the same 1/60 scale? Corgi lorries liberated this time at a toy fair bin ends sale, and subjected to a wargamers paint job.
Last time it was my Rugian (french) colours while today I offer up my Gombardian (italian) colours for these commercial lorries pressed into war service.
The basic colour is a common dark green - docrafts jungle green in the uk, while I have tried a pale green from vallejo to create a white dusty environment. Think limestone. As you can see all headlights are blinkered and identification plates are suppressed. One vehicle is actually straight out of the paint shop heading to the front for the first time.
so I game 20-25mm or 1/72 i.e. not 15mm nor 28mm. So I am claiming
3 x 15 points = 45 points for the 3 vehicles.
Here are a few pictures using my currently favoured "Painting Portrait" approach to displaying my wargames figures and vehicles.
Best of luck everyone especially those starting on this road for the first time!
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Welcome back to the Challenge, John!
Great work on these 'Gombardian' lorries. As you say, its great to be able to reflect the logistics of war on the tabletop, and for the 20th century this usually means trucks, and lots of them. The blinkered lights are a nice touch but I have to say I quite like your photo setup and background - very nice!
45 points for your climb to your points target - well done!
- Curt
A nice set of soft-skins for bringing the supplies up to the front lines.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stuart once you get beyond tanks proliferation tanks on whole new meaning!
DeleteYou can never have enough transports. So often overlooked in favour of the cooler stuff yet they should be seen much more. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Millsy yep I have discovered it’s a whole new way to look at ww2. And it gets me making and painting to.
DeleteA brilliant mix of fresh reserve and veteran wheels. We spend a lot of time in this hobby obsessing about making perfect copies to the detriment of realism.
ReplyDeleteThanks DaD! I have found that I experiment more with logistics stuff and also because I have stuck with 1/72 which is relatively low cost.
DeleteThanks Curt I am pleased to have made it into the free for all stage for the first time - not faster painting but actually painting more and this was because we didn’t cook Christmas dinner this year - ha ha :)
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I always like seeing supply vehicles for and in Wargames. These look really good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Adam they are growing on me to
DeleteAmateurs study tactics. Professionals study logistics. It's always nice to see some supply vehicles on the paint table. There should be a lot more scenarios that make use of them. Very nice work on converting these. They look grand.
ReplyDeleteThanks AH logistics and production are a fascinating part of mechanised warfare
DeleteGreat to see some transport. Nice work on these softskins.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter - hopefully I will do some more later in the challenge
ReplyDeleteI do appreciate logistical minis. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteHow wars and battles are won. Beans and bullets, with the ability to get them to the troops. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteLovely mate, great to see some Lorry Love ❤️
ReplyDeleteGreat painting John.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff John
ReplyDeleteI love the trucks, John! nice to see a tanker in the column too! I did a LOT of trucks for my Italian campaign. I can't help but think of scenarios for their use raids, convoy ops, and just pure table dressing. ;)
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