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  1. Posted

    Maine said:

     

    Kuzao said:

     

     Hi,

    first of all i would switch to the sturm grenadiere platoon. the versatility of their special order is just too good to not take them. also bear in mind that if you put a monkey squad in this platoon you dont even have to utilize the radioman to givem them the blitzkrieg order.

     

     

    I thought Apes can't be given Orders, and even if they can, the Blitzkrieg Order still has to be issued by radio if out of range regardless if the unit is in your platoon or not.

    If you want to reduce to 250, I'd cut 2 Apes and the upgrade from the Battle Grenadiers:  dust.mainecoon.net/#EkDJuTSVYhmpNPswwz2Z8/A

     

     

    hi,  i think you are miss informed there.

    the entry for blutkreuz ape on page 53 says: the unit can be given orders in the command phase as if it were in command range regardless of its position". they have to be in the same platoon thou.makes the apes quite able to go of alone. however i tried that once and found that if you dont have anybody to surpress possible targets, the lack of assault means you get shot down before even initiating close combat.

     

    best regards

    alex

     

    edit: @maine looks like you type faster then me ^^

  2. Posted

     Hi,

    first of all i would switch to the sturm grenadiere platoon. the versatility of their special order is just too good to not take them. also bear in mind that if you put a monkey squad in this platoon you dont even have to utilize the radioman to givem them the blitzkrieg order. 

    as for cutting down the lists to 250 points: in the first list i wold remove the luther and one combat squad. im not a big fan of the luther to be honest. this comes mostly from the fact that you cant fire the ranged weapons while performing a close combat attack. i feel that then just a single kampfzange isnt enough.

     

    in the second list i would drop the ludwig because with two upgraded battle gren squads you should have enough anti tank. 

     

    @khib yusa "Only 2 using all of the rules correctly (I think…)."   well… does both of us forgetting to field a squad which we paid for, count as getting the rules right? ^^

     

    regards

    alex

  3. Posted

    TBaileySr said:

    I don't see any pics on the first post and only a white square on the others.

    I suspect they are blocked as I am "at work".

    the pics are hosted photobucket. can you see pictures on their main page?

    thanks cortez.

     

    saw how others painted their gorillas and am now thinking about adding some blood stains. what do you all think   keep em neat or make em bloody?

     

     

  5. Posted

     hi, i would like to share my gorillas with you. very simple paint scheme:  Black basecoat with airbrush followed by light grey again with airbrush on the back and belly. eyes painted yellow followed by a red wash. teeth and face drybrushed white. tongue painted red. panzer gloves painted brass and silver. washed the brass with gryphone sepia and the silver first with badab black followed by a green wash.

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    CnC welcome :)

    regards

    alex

     

    p.s. how do you convince this forum not to cut pics on the sides? 

  6. Posted

    Cannor said:

    That's a lot of effort for a battle grenadier, and it shows. Great looking mini!

    You could explain away the lack of a belt using fluff. The Axis were trialling a new belt-less uniform and that grenadier was selected as one of the first to try it. :)

     

     

    LOL great idea.. might do that ^^

     

    @all thanks for your kind comments.

    @cannor: effort wise it was quite ok because i used airbrushing for preshading and all the ready mad e products like the mud, snow and black lava. 

    its my first time using all that stuff and it is, in my opinion really worth it. especially the zenithal lightning is great ( well i might feel like that because my attempts to paint clothing with a layering method always turned out horrible).

     

    @strombole

    i totally love that mud stuff, im however not sure that they sell it outside of korea already. looks like its till now their only product. you can find their homepage here: marutechnics.com/ 

  7. Posted

     Hi, i wanted to share my battle grenadiers progress and paint scheme. im not entirely sure if it is a work in progress or if im finish. i could go back and try to highlight some parts on the weapons and armor but i dont think that with my crappy highlightning ability it would turn out better then it already is. however as soon as i find a suitable pigment / weathering paste i might add some rust to the armor and base. 

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    i used an airbrush with vallejo air black and vallejo air light grey to do a zenithal lightning and shading respectively.

     

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    Thais was followed by a basecoat of snakebite leather for the leather areas elf flesh for skin and black (still got some from tamiya left over) for the googles and belt - well now i noticed that this is the one miniature where i forgot the belt ^^ ooops… the metal color is laso from tamiya.

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    The boots and armor were washed with badab black - or nun oil or whatever its called now. the skin areas with ogryn flesh and the pockets and gloves with abrax earth shade - the new devlan mud. 

    for the base i wanted to try something new and got my hands on some vallejo black lava. wanted to try the dark earth but was not available in korea, where i live. the black lava paste was applied with a modeling knife and took quite a while to dry but saved a lot hassle with loose sand and also was already black so no priming anymore. good stuff - will continue to use it.  the base was then drybrushed with scorched brown and a grey. 

     

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    the base of the rim was painted metal and washed again with badab black. the googles were painted with the same metal and got a blue wash (i belive its called azuremen blue and is also from games workshop). for weathering i tried a new domestic korean product called easy mud from marutechnics. its dirty cheap (5500 won or a bit less then 5 $) and works like a charm. its a heavy paste which dilutes well with water and applied straight gives the muddy effect seen on the boots and when diluted with water the effect seen on the pants. 

    The snow is tamiya snow effect straight from the bottle. also a first for me. that stuff also is very hassle free. get some on a heavy brush or modeling knife, dab it on the base, let dry… and finish. but that stuf is expensive. a small bottle which is suposed to be good to cover the size of a B4 sheet for around 10$. for bases i feel its ok but for larger dioramas or gaming tables i woldnt use it. it is however very strong and looks quite realisitic. 

     

    thank you for reading and CnC always welcome. 

    regards

    alex

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