Visiting my dad this weekend on my own, and I thought I'd take advantage of not being distracted by my children or needing to be sociable with Mrs Drax, I brought a toy along with me to paint.
As I fancied a change from painting the PBI, I brought along my new, desert-y armoured car: the Humber Mk II (WiP):
I have decided - contrary to all my years of painting uniformity - to use the Desert Rats Sikhs project as a chance to experiment a little more with not only my painting techniques (see Post 570) but also the variety of the schemes.
As there seems, essentially, to have been absolutely no regularity or cohesion in the markings and colours of desert vehicles, I'm just going f to be a big, brave Drax and actually embrace some variety!
Wish me luck...
- Drax.
Good luck. I always take a box of something to paint during the week away at work, sometimes it gets progress, sometimes not. But the option is there.
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Cheers, Siph. Pompey is glorious this morning in late summer sunshine!
DeleteIt's been too long...
Cheers, Siph. Pompey is glorious this morning in late summer sunshine!
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You should try the early desert war scheme with a geometric go faster stripes. I'll have a look I think I have a copy of WI with it in. I'll have a look.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! Yes - I think I'm going to try this with the Crusader. It'd be a shame not to!
ReplyDeleteColour me interested in the WI if you find it...
...and I don't mean Jam and Jerusalem either...!
Have a nice weekend with some relaxing painting away from "most" distractions :)
ReplyDeleteIt was grand - cheers!
DeleteQuite apart from anything, my dad's house - unlike my dingy, damp cottage - has some decent light to paint by!
I thought you tried to hide your nerdy hobby from your Dad?
ReplyDeleteEarly war Brit tanks were often painted up in Caunter camouflage. It's very striking when painted correctly, but looks an absolute pigs arse to apply and look right.
https://www.google.com/search?q=british+crusader+in+caunter&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib6Zz5z4rPAhXIGT4KHWIaDkoQ_AUICCgB&biw=1280&bih=909
O, and Wee Humber looks great! Do love Brit desert Armoured Cars. What markings did the Sikh ones have? Will it get the roudel painted on it's roof like the trucks? (Come to think of it, will the Crusader?)
Ha! Quite right: I do! Don't tell him, but I actually stayed up late to do it - his lack of mobility also means he couldn't just wander into my room, so I could leave all my stuff set up (luxury; unlike in the cottage!) and I nipped upstairs and did a bit more whilst he had a mid-afternoon nap!
DeleteI assumed that Caunter was what Zzzzzz was referring to when he mentioned 'geometric go-faster stripes' - that is indeed the look I'm going to attempt, time-permitting.
And thanks. You're right, of course, to appreciate Brit armoured cars. :D
Honestly, without reference books I've not been able to unravel which armoured units served with the Sikhs in '41, so I'm ditching my habitual fastidiousness and keeping things generic. If rivet-counters want to moan at me, let 'em. It also gives me a little more generic flexibility for playing some units through into Italy.
As for roundels, most of my digging around has shown them mostly used on soft-skins, so I shall save them for such.
Cheers, mate!
'Rivet-Caunters'?!
DeleteCaunt live with them, Caunt live... never mind, I'll fetch my coat.
Delete"Taxi?!"
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