Accurate Miniature Equivalents for Custom Painting your 1940 E&P

[Guest]

@allworkandnoclay:

@Brain:

Awesome again. How many sets did you paint?

Everything I painted is in that last shot.

I meant how many games did you pull your pieces from. Those didn’t all come from one game. Did they?

[allworkandnoclay]

@Brain:

@allworkandnoclay:

@Brain:

Awesome again. How many sets did you paint?

Everything I painted is in that last shot.

I meant how many games did you pull your pieces from. Those didn’t all come from one game. Did they?

Ah… For all five base nations, I’m doing double what comes in a Spring 1942 set (plus tacts and Mech Inf of course).

Also for this set, (as requested) I used fighters from both P1940 and Guadalcanal.

[Guest]

Yeah I thought that was a lot more planes than WOTC gives you.

[finnman]

Hell Cats look great.

[allworkandnoclay]

By the way, next up is the US Navy. Those will take a while, as there are 48 total ships.

In the meantime, you guys can duke out what nation you want to see next: UK, Germany, or Russia.

[squirrelfox]

The planes look amazing.  Can’t wait to see the USN!

And I vote UK next.

[allworkandnoclay]

@cminke:

hey all cly make a poll for this!

Eh I dunno… Like a new thread or something? Not really sure if that would be the best thing to do.

[finnman]

You should paint the pacific UK just so you can finish the pacific game.
P.S. I saw your picks on board game geek.

[Guest]

I am looking forward to Germany, but maybe you should save the best for last.

[allworkandnoclay]

@finnman:

You should paint the pacific UK just so you can finish the pacific game.
P.S. I saw your picks on board game geek.

If any of you are on BoardGameGeek, make sure you give any images of mine a Thumbs up. I get a gold badge if I get at least three on each image, which makes me look important and feel special.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/boardgame/55829/axis-allies-pacific-1940-edition

[Guest]

@allworkandnoclay:

If any of you are on BoardGameGeek, make sure you give any images of mine a Thumbs up. I get a gold badge if I get at least three on each image, which makes me look important and feel special.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/boardgame/55829/axis-allies-pacific-1940-edition

You can count on me, but what’s in it for me? :-D

[allworkandnoclay]

@Brain:

@allworkandnoclay:

If any of you are on BoardGameGeek, make sure you give any images of mine a Thumbs up. I get a gold badge if I get at least three on each image, which makes me look important and feel special.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/boardgame/55829/axis-allies-pacific-1940-edition

You can count on me, but what’s in it for me? :-D

TWO thumbs up.  :-D

[Variable]

@allworkandnoclay:

By the way, next up is the US Navy. Those will take a while, as there are 48 total ships.

In the meantime, you guys can duke out what nation you want to see next: UK, Germany, or Russia.

Can you post pics of each type as you go? I put some up of my carriers tomorrow. Can you do a different ship?

[allworkandnoclay]

@Variable:

@allworkandnoclay:

By the way, next up is the US Navy. Those will take a while, as there are 48 total ships.

In the meantime, you guys can duke out what nation you want to see next: UK, Germany, or Russia.

Can you post pics of each type as you go? I put some up of my carriers tomorrow. Can you do a different ship?

I actually do all the ships at once (IE I do the base coats, then all the decks, then all the decals, etc) so it’d be a bit difficult to do this. But they are coming quickly - don’t worry.

By the way; miscounted… There’s actually 60 ships hah.

12 subs, 12 transports, 12 destroyers, 8 cruisers, 8 carriers, and 8 battleships.

[Variable]

As promised, pics of my carriers with their Hellcats. Also for a bonus, my B-17s at the end…

[Variable]

[Viracocha]

Fantastic!  Really like your touches to the aircraft carriers!  Huh - wouldn’t have thought I’d like that shade of blue on the cats… but I actually like 'em a lot.

[Variable]

@Viracocha:

Fantastic!  Really like your touches to the aircraft carriers!  Huh - wouldn’t have thought I’d like that shade of blue on the cats… but I actually like 'em a lot.

I tried the darker Navy blue first, but it was overpowering. I used it for the base of the roundels instead. If I ever get some Corsairs though, the dark blue will look great on them.

Got the number decals from your guy at I-94 Enterprises.

[Variable]

@cminke:

how do you paint it?  do you ues enamal, acrilic?  water or oil based?  do you paint it all at once or do you do half than the other half?  :? i want to re paint my old pieces. i will post some of my old panted pieces from when i was 9, tomarow :wink:

Let’s see if I can answer a few of your questions:

I use water-based acrylics. Mostly Ceramcoat brand. I hold the pieces by hand so, yes, basically paint half the base coat, then the the other half. Washes are done all at once since uniformity is key. Once that’s dry, I go back and paint the details. After everything is done, I coat them with a satin finishing spray by Krylon. I like the semi-gloss look.

Anything else I can help with?

[allworkandnoclay]

Good stuff Variable! By the way, make sure you switch your paint jobs on the Guadalcanal Japanese and US cruisers… The molds were switched and the plastic colors are wrong. Compare them to other sets and you’ll see what I mean.