Flames of War - US 2nd Armoured Company (Cobra)

timewizard · by **timewizard** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:21 pm

Looking nice KInG, I especially like the artillery bases.
Coming along nicely!

mattjgilbert · by **mattjgilbert** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:29 pm

I like the tanks.

Are you painting them with proper colours and markings or are you approximating?

KInG · by **KInG** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:03 pm

Poper colours I hope... I have already progressed from these images a little. What I have done to date is undercoated them black and then prayed them with their base colours, as supplied by FoW in their coloured sprays. I believe US base colour is Brown Violet (vajello 887). This is the tanks and transports I'm talking about.

The infantry, I am currently on with. So far jckets and trousers are done on most of them. Need to crack on with faces and webbing/belts etc. Then decide on a scheme to base them. Decals and finishing touches will be last.

timewizard · by **timewizard** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:24 pm

Just looked at the vallejo site here and the 887 brown violet just doesn't look right.
US uniforms and equipment in WWII were olive drab, more like vallejo 889 or 922.
Might look okay in person though.
Looking forward to seeing them done.

KInG · by **KInG** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:40 pm

Funnily enough, I was looking for that name I quoted, I thought it was Olive Drab. But it says here on the bottle Green Violet.

*goes off to check the spray tin*

Tin is from FoW range made by Army Painter andjust says US Armour.

I've used that Green Violet though to touch up slpashes and its the same colour.

WolflordHavoc · by **WolflordHavoc** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:41 pm

timewizard wrote:
KInG wrote:Well let's be honest, they did win the war But don't tell TW I said that.

Actually, it was the war in the Pacific we won alone.

In Europe, it was a combination of the US, Brits, Canadians, French, Poles, and various other nations that won the war! But thanks for the accolades!

Cough*The Russians might have had something to do with it as well*cough

The Russians killed 2 German Soldiers for every German soldier killed by...pretty much everyone else combined.

Hitler forgot the first rule of warfare - don't get involved in an Asian land war!

PS nice Ronsons

KInG · by **KInG** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:44 pm

Yes yes, coz they light 1st time, I know

but I have alot of them

timewizard · by **timewizard** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:46 am

WolflordHavoc wrote: Cough*The Russians might have had something to do with it as well*cough

Thought I covered that under the "various other nations"! :wink:

mattjgilbert · by **mattjgilbert** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:40 am

timewizard wrote:I don't know if they will, but I will certainly root for you.

Even when we play each other in our first game of the tournament!?

timewizard · by **timewizard** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:52 pm

mattjgilbert wrote:
timewizard wrote:I don't know if they will, but I will certainly root for you.
Even when we play each other in our first game of the tournament!?

Admittedly, it would be tough to do it then!
In any competition I play in, I always wish my opponent good luck and to do well on their way to a second place finish!