Thursday, 19 February 2015

489 - Painting the Black Bull at 28mm

This is what worried me most about approaching historical gaming at 28mm: painting unit markings.

 It turns out (and thanks to those of you who punted me in this direction) that freehanding the Black Bull of 11AD really isn't too bad - at least with my trusty '005' fineliner pen to help with the black!

 I thought I'd practise on my spanky new Bren Carrier crew:
Mmm...unflattering, garish flash!
- sans flash -
In my head, THIS is how one gets in and out of a Bren Carrier...
Top view, naturellement.
And yes, I do know there's more yet to be done...

 Cheers, 

 - Drax.
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9 comments:

  1. Cameron19 February 2015 at 06:23

    Looking good!

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  2. Paul W19 February 2015 at 09:21

    Looking good so far! You can get away with fudging details in 15mm, but there's not many places to hide at 28mm! Good on you for diving into it :-)

    I've had a ride in the back of a bren carrier. It was extremely uncomfortable. You feel every bump in the ground and you just about get your backside cooked by the heat from the engine!

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    1. Admiral Drax19 February 2015 at 22:02

      Ooh, jealous!

      I did get to fire one of the King's Troop RHA's WWI 13pdr guns once - that was fun - but I really need to get myself over to the Bovington Tank Museum and do some tank riding...

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  3. Dai19 February 2015 at 18:01

    Patches look great to me. Imagine had you gone with the 4th Canadian Armoured Division all you'd have to paint on your infantry is plain green squares. :)

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    1. Admiral Drax19 February 2015 at 22:03

      Yeah...and they'd have access to wasp flamethrowers too. Canuck gits.

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  4. Zzzzzz19 February 2015 at 18:55

    Have got Patrick DelaForce's Book "The Black Bull" ? Well worth the read.

    http://www.archertransfers.com/AR77029.html

    Lots of good stuff from Archer but I could not find much in 1/48 or many Div Markings.

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    1. Admiral Drax19 February 2015 at 22:06

      I've read it - I suppose I ought really to get myself a copy of it for keeps too, given that I'm fairly committed to 11AD now in two bloomin' scales...

      Cheers for the link too, although 28mm is a weird scale: 1/56 or 1/58 or something...

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  5. SinSynn20 February 2015 at 01:55

    You don't get out of those.
    You die in 'em.
    :D

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