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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (6/27 FOW French - pg. 3)

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This was my first Flames of War army and the first 15mm miniatures I'd ever painted. Luckily, it was also the first to win me a Best-Painted award at the Adepticon 2011 EW FOW tournament. I actually finished this just before Adepticon back in April and, through my terrible procrastination, never got around to posting clear pics of anything! So, here it is...the 59th Light Infantry Division.

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The backbone of the 59eme - a small selection of the Fusilliers-Voltiguers.

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The HQ section and its Mortar section. In an attempt to make this platoon stand out visually on the tabletop, I gave each CC team its own medic having a white helmet with a red cross. This is somewhat historically accurate, as there were dedicated medic Adrian helmets during WW1, however I could find no mention of them in WW2.
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Renault UE Carriers
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The 75mm Artillery Battery - this is probably my favorite platoon out of the entire army. The guns themselves are great little models and these troops look so happy to be far from the front line! I made a small vignette out of the Observer team - 2 snipers holed up in a partially burned shed.
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As with the Renault UEs, I handpainted small French tri-colors on the gun shield. Vive la France!
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The Renault R-35 - a nice little tank severely outclassed in the mobile warfare of the Blitzkrieg, then later outclassed by its (at that time) thin armor when used by the Italians in the Sicilian Invasion. The command tank is named "Emile", probably the commander's lady, as was customary throughout the armoured corps. Additionally, I was able to hand-paint the roundels and the "diamond" unit markings on the turret.
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The 59eme Objectives. A RR-crossing somewhere between Sedan and Boullion and a French border checkpoint. Both are built from scratch (yes, the RR tracks are actually plasticard!).
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More pics on my blog
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2011 ... ntrie.html

Also, I converted these AMD-35s from Axis & Allies minis after Adepticon:
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (6/27 FOW French - pg. 3)

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Got around to converting up some French Motocyclists. Enjoy!

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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (6/27 FOW French - pg. 3)

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Wow, that's amazing! How long did it take to paint all those?
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (6/27 FOW French - pg. 3)

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CMSheats wrote:Wow, that's amazing! How long did it take to paint all those?
The FOW French?

I did these all in 3 weeks before Adepticon, probably 24-27hrs per week.
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (6/27 FOW French - pg. 3)

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That's amazing. So did you win money when you won the award? How many other guys entered the contest?
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (6/27 FOW French - pg. 3)

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Well, finished the Arbites Ogryn yesterday, more pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2011 ... ogryn.html
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (7/25 - Arbites Ogryn - pg.

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Cool. How did you do the shoulder pad?
Sorry, if it's in the blog. Blog's blocked from work.

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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (7/25 - Arbites Ogryn - pg.

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Wow. How do you get the different tones in the skin? Is that a wash your putting on, then adding highlights or something?
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (7/25 - Arbites Ogryn - pg.

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MagickalMemories wrote:Cool. How did you do the shoulder pad?
Sorry, if it's in the blog. Blog's blocked from work.

Eric
The shoulderpad itself is brownstuff, the Arbite icon is greenstuff. Honestly, the icon was easier than the shoulderpad to sculpt!

How do you get the different tones in the skin? Is that a wash your putting on, then adding highlights or something
It's always best to undercoat>highlight>wash, as the wash tones down any drastic highlighting transitions. Basically, I undercoated with GW Tallarn Flesh, then highlighted by adding more and more VMC Flat Flesh to the Tallarn, then finally straight VMC Flat Flesh as the final highlight, washing with GW Ogryn Flesh :lol:
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (7/25 - Arbites Ogryn - pg.

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I love these Unic halftracks, esp. since they only cost $5! More below:

http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2011 ... atoon.html
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (7/26 - FOW French 47mm - p

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OK thanks for telling me man. I might try something like that on a few of mine and see if I can make it work. :)
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (7/26 - FOW French 47mm - p

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Well, finally got around to finishing the last platoon for my EW French - the Motocyclists...lost in the backroads of France. More pics below:

http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2011 ... atoon.html

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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (8/22 - French Motocyclists

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So what is the guy saying in the bubble? :lol: I can't read French.
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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (8/22 - French Motocyclists

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Well, do you have Google on your computer? :wink: :mrgreen:

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Re: Ancientsociety's Random Blog (8/22 - French Motocyclists

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Same as the Elven battle cry, "RUN AWAY!". ;-)
Heh, I was called a Grognard. ;-)
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