Thanks to the motivation (and limited choice) provided by “The Tray” (don’t worry, I’ll shut up about it eventually) I managed to get enough focus to sit down for an evening and complete these long-neglected models from my Flames of War DAK force.
The first set of models on show are my final four status markers – these ones are to represent the troops being “dug in”. I didn’t have tiny little sandbags, and ultimately felt that a pile of sand in front of them would represent it well enough without going all 15mm diorama on a 25mm base. Rather nicely, that concludes that little side project.
The other four bases represent the Command and Light Support stands for my second and third platoons of Panzergrenadiers. They’re not that exciting without their platoons, of course – and those are in a right state still. But I figure I’ll add a few of them to the next Tray and use that to work my way through them. Because painting these little bastards might not be that hard, but since I made the boneheaded decision years ago to paint them in “more realistic” rag-tag campaign clothing, with different shades of jackets and pants to represent resupply, scavenged Commonwealth equipment and so forth. I mean, I decided on this after reading some accounts of and from the time, but I guess it goes to show that inspiration isn’t always the best thing for productivity…
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Those look really great. Status markers like that always look good on the table. Much as the ragtag colour scheme is slow it does look very nice.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete. It does look good when I look at them. I guess it’s a balance thing of how good they look versus how long they’ve taken to get done even to this state. The next FoW armies I paint will be much more uniform in their …uniforms!
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Wow, they look superb. Especially considering the scale.
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Thanks mate. I’ve got WAY too many more of these little mans to go, though…
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Very nice indeed and something rather different from you of late. Excellent stuff.
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Cheers, TIM. The plan at present usinmg these trays to get stuff done will be to have a nice variety of stuff on them, as I’m not exactly focusing on a specific army or force right now so much as trying to get stuff done!
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Very nice! 🙂 The markers you’ve done have always looked very good and I still find it hard to believe they’re 15mm!
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Thanks John – that’s high praise coming from yourself!
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I always enjoy seeing your FoW updates. Everything you paint looks really cool and I can only imagine what a finished army or a battle report would look like with what you have painted. These new little guys look great and I love the basing. It is very realistic and brings the setting to life!
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Thanks Kuribo. I think the sand is a bit out of scale, but then it does look like rough arid ground at least. I’ll try and get a few more stands onto the next tray and hopefully get another platoon completed.
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Very impressive. I had to reach for my glasses though hehe
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Bifocals on the tip of your nose, I hope!
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Is there anything else…? Maybe a monocle
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Noice!
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Cheers, Alex!
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Nice work!
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Thanks Mike!
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Those look great! I know a lot of non-hobbyists would say the same thing about 28mm scale but it always impresses me to see really well painted models at that scale. I’m sure once you get into the swing of it it’s not that tricky but as someone who’s never worked at such a small scale there’s something particularly impressive about seeing it done well.
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As with so much else, the important things are being neat, magic wash and a subtle drybrush to draw it all together… 😁
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Impressive stuff – very realistic look, and those bases are fab!
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Thank you 🙂
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