With the release of the Far East Handbook I have started to work on more terrain and spent this long weekend putting together a Belford QLD truck, cleaning up sprues on Lanchester Armoured car and painted them both.
The Belford QLD truck is a Rubicon plastic product while the Lanchester Armoured car is a OTP 3D print I purchase many years ago. The Rubicon model is a sturdy, well detailed model, quick and easy to put together while the Lanchester is sturdy, it does lack sharp detail, however is workable on the gaming table.
I have also started painting up Australia troops in Tropical uniform for the Far East and early days of the Pacific theater. I choose 28mm 8th army Desert Rats plastics from Perry Miniatures for this task. The added benefit of their Khaki uniform does allow them to be used for the North African theater hopefully when Chain of Command starts to cover that period.
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| The truck has a 2 tone camo while the Armoured car is mono toned. I followed the painting technic and colour guide listed on my blog. |
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| The Lanchester Armoured car was used by the 2nd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in the Far East. |
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| A bit of trivia for those curious why the crew name their vehicle "Arethuse" "......Arethusa is a girls name is of Greek origin from Greek mythology, Arethusa was a nymph pursued by a river god, who was changed by Artemis into a stream to avoid a fate worse than death....". |
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| The cargo is removable so I can also use it as scatter terrain. |
As a longtime fan of the Malayan campaign I can only applaud this first step in what will undoubtedly be an incredible collection. Though the one common mistake by gamers is to paint their helmets sand instead of OD, contrary to a host of documentary evidence ranging from the colour photographs Life Magazine published to the wonderful artwork of survivor Murray Griffin.
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Thanks Veroo for the comments, in regards the helmets, I was in a bit of dilemma as I wanted the Perry miniatures to be able to be used both for the Far East and North African theatre as well, so its a bit of a compromise but I have made the helmets look a bit darker. Also thanks for the images and your blog is very detailed.
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Any chance of getting a Tutorial on how you painted that chap in the Khaki drill?
ReplyDeleteI am currently painting the Brits and when I finish I will also include a painting guide .
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