Wednesday, May 21, 2014

M8 Greyhounds and some Jeeps


I haven't posted anything in a few weeks, but I have been busy painting and have accumulated a backlog of units to post which I'll be catching up on. These here are 15mm FOW and consist of M8 Greyhounds and some Jeep's that constitute my recon elements for my American Tank Company.

I painted them up in a grimy, dirty and slightly damaged look to show them in full campaign mode which is how I prefer my vehicles to look. Painting Americans is pretty relaxing and fun compared to Germans which are demanding to do.

I have a friend who is pretty crazy about FOW while my feelings are it's a fun game as long as you don't try and view it as a simulation game and instead just view it as a game with a WWII background.

Painting 15mm isn't my favourite scale as I vastly prefer 28mm and even more so as my eyes get older, but it does have it's advantages like quicker to do and easier portability plus occupying less space. So, I'll continue to have 15mm projects mixed in with my 28mm ones.

Thanks for viewing!:-)
Miniature Company- Battlefront FOW


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  1. Neil ScottMay 21, 2014 at 3:56 AM

    Great work on these. I love the battered and campaign look to vehicles

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  2. Black PowderMay 21, 2014 at 4:00 AM

    Really nice, love the rust-effect you've achieved on these!

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  3. Jonathan FreitagMay 21, 2014 at 5:35 AM

    This was a surprise to me after seeing so much of your excellent 28mm work. These models are all nicely executed and look perfect! Beautiful!

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)May 21, 2014 at 6:43 AM

      Thank you very much Jonathan! Indeed I do occasionally delve into 15mm albeit a lot less then 28mm.

      Christopher

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  4. Phil CMay 21, 2014 at 5:47 AM

    now these really look awesome! two thumbs up!

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  5. FurphyMay 21, 2014 at 5:52 AM

    Nice work, have you thought of the Two Fat Lardies I ain't been shot mum rules. I will be useing battle front basing and mostly their miniatures but useing the above rules as I'm not a fan of points driven gaming .
    Regards Furphy.

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)May 21, 2014 at 6:50 AM

      Thank you Furphy. I do in fact have the Lardie rules and the Battlegroup rules, but trying to get my friends that play 15mm WWII to try a different rule set is the the problem. The people at that club are pretty dogmatic about their rules. Luckily, I have another WWII group, but that's for 28mm WWII.

      Christopher

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  6. Michael AwdryMay 21, 2014 at 6:53 AM

    They look amazing Christopher, especially the weathering - excellent work Sir.

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  7. The Angry LurkerMay 21, 2014 at 6:59 AM

    Lovely work Christopher!

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  8. Ubique MattMay 21, 2014 at 7:41 AM

    The campaign look is far more interesting that the 'factory fresh' approach. Lovely examples as usual.

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)May 21, 2014 at 7:43 AM

      Thank you kindly Matt and I agree beat up vehicles are more interesting.

      Christopher

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  9. PhilMay 21, 2014 at 9:03 AM

    What a beautiful set of vehicles! Love the rust effects...

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  10. PanzerKaputMay 21, 2014 at 9:35 AM

    I say these are rather nice, good reece section

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  11. DalaupprorMay 21, 2014 at 2:21 PM

    Very nice looking vehicles !

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  12. MontyMay 21, 2014 at 3:56 PM

    Excellent work, Christopher. They do look like they've been long in the field!

    I'd love to see a FoW AAR some day. I've never gotten to try these rules so I'm still curious.

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)May 22, 2014 at 9:17 AM

      Thank you very much Monty! It's a fun game if you always remember that's just what it is.....a game that happens to use WWII as the background, because if your looking for simulation then you would be better off with IABSM or something like that.

      Christopher

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  13. CyrusMay 21, 2014 at 5:20 PM

    Great looking vehicles Christopher!

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  14. RodgerMay 22, 2014 at 2:59 AM

    They look fantastic Christopher! Really impressive weathering etc!

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  15. Jonas MMay 22, 2014 at 3:59 AM

    Great work on these Christopher! The painting and weathering are excellent.

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  16. Moiterei_1984May 23, 2014 at 4:15 AM

    Excellent work Chris! They really look impressive. Must have a closer look next weekend.

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)May 23, 2014 at 6:30 AM

      Thank you very much Nick! Looking forward to a game!

      Christopher

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  17. Silver WhistleMay 23, 2014 at 9:12 AM

    Superb painting and weathering effects on the vehicles Christopher. Now get back on those 28mm.

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  18. The DocMay 25, 2014 at 2:26 PM

    Regardless of scale, great painting, Christopher! Great stuff indeed!

    Just going through your last couple of posts as well. Jeez, I missed quite a bit

    Dimi

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)May 25, 2014 at 4:01 PM

      Thank very much Doc! Always nice to hear from you.:-)

      Christopher

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