"Tall Paul's" ITALIAN units, detailed & painted by the "WARMACHINE Team"

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    Jeremy,

    I’ve just received some “finished” pics of the FMG Italian Rifle Infantry in the Desert scheme from “Allworkandnoclay”. He also included some high-quality(6.5 MB) pics just for you. I hope you like them. Let me know how/where to send them to you as they’re of course too large of files to post here on A&A.Org. Enjoy.

    “Tall Paul”

    fmg_italy_inf1small.jpg

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    Lozmoid and Others,

    Here’s a link to the pics of my finished Major Factories. I appreciated your opinions on their painting which meshed exactly with mine. Check them out.

    “Tall Paul”

    http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=26834.0

  • TripleA '12

    Thanks for that, Tall Paul. Well, what can I say? Those Major Industrial Complexes are pretty much perfect! Very nice indeed.  :-)

  • Customizer

    Here’s a close-up of the “finished” FMG Italian Infantry. I hope you enjoy them.

    “Tall Paul”

    fmg_italy_inf2small.jpg

  • TripleA '12

    Very nice. I take it these are the Italian ‘rifle’ Infantry then? (I mention this becasue the FMG Italian CU set comes with two types of Infantry) If so, will you be getting the ‘smg’ Infantry painted as well? Thanks.

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    Lozmoid,

    Yes, you are correct. I should have mentioned this. I’m using the FMG “Rifle” Infantry as my standard Italian Infantry unit.

    I’m planning to use the FMG Italian Sub-Machine Gun Infantry for some
    Italian “Special Forces” units. They will be painted in the scheme like the
    units pictured below. These are only examples of the paint scheme,…NOT finished units!

    “Tall Paul”

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    Lozmoid and Others,

    Here’s the paint scheme that the Italian “Special Forces” units will be painted in.
    We will use the FMG SMG Infantry when we get around to painting them.

    “Tall Paul”

    italy_inf_camo2.jpg

  • '10

    The detail is amazing.  Thank you for sharing these…  can’t wait to see more.

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    IL,

    Thanks for your moving this thread to the “customizations” area.

    “Tall Paul”

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    Guys,

    ––When I originally started this project about 2-3 years ago the default national ensign(roundel) for Italy on the OOB gameboard was incorrect in that it mistakenly reversed the Red and Green colors. So when Field Marshall Games produced their Italian Infantry I decided to use the incorrect(default) map colors when my units were painted to reduce any confusion because of the different color scheme. Since that time,….second edition of 1940-global came out, as well as Global Warfare-1939 that both have the correct roundels. So I decded that my Italian Rifle Infantry_desert scheme needed to have their bases re-painted with the CORRECT roundels, too. Here they are below. Enjoy! (again, haha)

    Tall Paul

    Infantry, Rifle Italy_Desert01.jpg
    Infantry, Rifle Italy_Desert02.jpg

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    Guys,

    ––Here are a couple of “In-Process” pics of the Italian P.108 heavy bomber_desert scheme. Enjoy!

    Tall Paul

    Bomber, Heavy Italy_desert01.jpg
    Bomber, Heavy Italy_desert02.jpg

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    These are awesome! I haven’t seen many Italian units painted, and this is the first time I’ve seen this camo scheme.

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    Guys,

    ––Here are some “In-Process” pics of the Italian Breda BA.65 (Bomber, Dive)_Desert scheme.
    You’ll obviously note the absence of squadron and nationality markings. When I changed from the incorrect Italian roundel to the “corrected” version I neglected to locate and order some replacement decals of the proper type. Our normal decal supplier I-94 Enterprises doesn’t have what we need.

    **Does anyone know of a source for Italian roundel decals with Red circles, then White w/Green “dots”?

    There will be more of these Italian Desert scheme aircraft soon. Enjoy!

    Tall Paul

    Bomber, Dive Italy_Desert-x01.jpg**

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    Does I 94 not have decals in the correct roundel for your bombers?

    I noticed this is painted on, and you usually have decals on your planes.

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    John and others,

    @John:

    Does I 94 not have decals in the correct roundel for your bombers?

    I noticed this is painted on, and you usually have decals on your planes.

    ––Both “Allworkandnoclay” and I are now both very familiar with I-94 Enterprises decals and what they offer. I’m sad to say that they DO NOT have the “corrected” decals I need. Thanks anyway.

    ––I know there are about 4 or 5 other decal companies with decals appropriately sized for A&A. Can anyone give some advice, company names, or web-site addresses? Thanks in advance.

    Tall Paul

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    @Tall:

    John and others,

    @John:

    Does I 94 not have decals in the correct roundel for your bombers?

    I noticed this is painted on, and you usually have decals on your planes.

    ––Both “Allworkandnoclay” and I are now both very familiar with I-94 Enterprises decals and what they offer. I’m sad to say that they DO NOT have the “correct” decals I need. Thanks anyway.
    I know there are about 4 or 5 other decal companies with decals appropriately sized for A&A. Can anyone give some advice, company names, or web-site addresses? Thanks in advance.

    Tall Paul

    Wow, I didn’t know I 94 didn’t have the corrected Italian roundel. That is too bad. :-(

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    Guys,

    ––Here’s some **“In-Process”**pics of the Italian Air Force:
    ––SM.79 (Bomber, Medium)_Desert scheme
    ––BR.20 (Air Transport)_Desert scheme

    Enjoy!
    Tall Paul

    Bomber, Medium Italian_Desert-x01.jpg
    Air Transport Italy_Desert-x01.jpg


  • Great camouflage work.  All those little squiggles and blotches must take a lot of time compared to painting a plane with a straightforward even-toned fuselage.

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    CWO Marc & others,

    @CWO:

    Great camouflage work.  All those little squiggles and blotches must take a lot of time compared to painting a plane with a straightforward even-toned fuselage.

    ––Yes, “Allwork” is utilizing his professional artist skills to the fullest on these units. Of course they haven’t had any ‘squadron’ markings, alpha/numerics, national ensigns, or small flag decals applied to their tails yet. And the Air Transports will of course have White wingtips and engine nacelle ‘doughnuts’.

    The way that I have designed it Air Transports will be the ONLY units to use White for any coloring. Just like these previous German JU-52 Air Transports. IMHO by being VERY OBVIOUS the White coloring not only signifies that this is an Air Transport to everyone,….but sub-consciously reminds you of the White parachutes.
    What do YA’LL think?

    Tall Paul

    DSCF7906_zps167581c4.jpg
    DSCF7948_zps86138425.jpg


  • @Tall:

    The way that I have designed it Air Transports will be the ONLY units to use White for any coloring. Just like these previous German JU-52 Air Transports. IMHO by being VERY OBVIOUS the White coloring not only signifies that this is an Air Transport to everyone,….but sub-consciously reminds you of the White parachutes. What do YA’LL think? Â

    Sounds reasonable, and additionally there are WWII buffs who will also be reminded of the white-stripe invasion markings that were painted on Allied planes just before D-Day, with the first planes in action over France in the early hours being the paratroop transports and the glider tows.  So that fits nicely.

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