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2021/04/25 01:45:53
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2021/04/25 21:52:10
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Had big plans for this month, but other hobbies got in the way.
I thought about building a Leman Russ with Escher crew just for fun (a group drafted from Necromunda?), but will most likely do that for some other challenge.
Instead, I decided to take part with a Haemonculus kitbash from my current Drukhari project.
Either she is flying or hovering, but definitely not walking!
A quick WIP from today.
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I wasn't sure that I would be able to compete this month, but I was able to bang out this Astra Militarum Taurox in a week and a half. It's painted in the livery of the Necromundan 8th Regiment, the "Spiders."
Proof:
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Rear:
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2021/04/26 07:36:09
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2021/04/26 13:26:10
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Time to call it a day. This has been possibly my most ambitious project yet, and I'm pretty impressed that I managed to get it all done on time:
'No Surrender', (1st Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers at Tobruk, 1941)
A bit of history for those so inclined:
Spoiler:
After the astounding success of the British Army in Operation Compass, wherein 36,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers routed the 150,000 strong Italian 10th Army, German High Command dispatched Erwin Rommel to Libya to push back the British Army. This he did with some speed, forcing a retreat to the Egyptian border with Operation Sonnenblume. Tobruk, the deepest port in North Africa, was left surrounded and under siege. For the next 241 days, Commonwealth troops tenaciously defended their position, throwing back odds that were, at times, 2 to 1. The role of Commonwealth troops cannot be understated here - with magnificent service from the Australian 9th Division, the Polish and Czechoslovakians of the Polish Independant Carpathian Rifle Brigade and numerous Indian units.
However, the unit who stayed the longest was the 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Arranged as a Machine Gun Battalion, the Fusiliers held their positions for the entire siege, providing overlapping fields of fire that inflicted heavy casualties on the assaulting Afrika Korps and Italian Army units. Perhaps the highest praise they could have recieved was from the Australians, where the diary of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion reads 'We still have the 1/Northumberland Fusiliers with us, and our fellows swear by them'.
It was the words of the officer commanding the Tobruk Garrison, Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie James Morshead, who voiced the feelings of the men who endured the siege: 'There will be no Dunkirk here, there will be no surrender, no retreat'.
For those less inclined, this diorama depicts the final breakout from Tobruk, with a Bren gun team of the 1st Bn, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and a Matilda of the 32nd Army Tank Brigade breaking out from Tobruk during Operation Crusader, supported by a Tomahawk IIC of 112th Squadron Royal Air Force.
And just a proof pic for the extra dudes I included:
Jamie Shred wrote:Yeah that cracking warpig and great use of the palm tree to support the plane
I hate bare metal or plastic stands, so I had to get a bit creative with it. Fortunately, I've always been fascinated with desert scenes and wilting palms, so it seemed a natural method of doing it. Thanks for the kind words!
Tallandra wrote:
Almost makes me a little hesitant to post my entry, but here's it is
Not at all Tallandra, your marines are simply a different genre, and they are an excellent effort in themselves! Don't hold yourself to anyone else's standards, because painting is a journey not a destination .
I love the RAF WW2 desert scheme; one of the first Airfix kits I can remember building as a child was a cannon armed Hurricane with desert kit and you’re now making me want to take a break from Warhammer models to go get one of those again!
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2021/04/26 16:42:31
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Jadenim wrote:I love the RAF WW2 desert scheme; one of the first Airfix kits I can remember building as a child was a cannon armed Hurricane with desert kit and you’re now making me want to take a break from Warhammer models to go get one of those again!
Also, Para, do we have a poll for next month yet?
Aha! It is my intention to convert Dakka person by person to doing at least one historic model a year! And I recall a brown and blue daubed hurricane from my childhood too
Flinty wrote:@Warpig - that pilot is clearly showboating, or just had a serious adverse emotional event all over his flight suit
Amazing work.
Have you ever seen the original low flying Spitfire? If not, have a goggle at this. Talk about skin of your teeth experience...
I’m still a bit off on my entry but I’m “at” a Zus-based conference for the next three days so I will multitask and hopefully finish it up. Some impressive stuff so far, well done to those who are more organised (and talented!) than me.
2021/04/27 11:36:41
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Here is my final submission. Really fun model but I should have painted in subassemblies, trying to get the boys painted in the cab was pretty frustrating.
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2021/04/27 17:18:53
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
These are made from various bits to create the last three in my series of nine, you will find an Eldar Guardian torso, plastic Jetbiker legs, scratch built back-banner one one, the bikes were cobbled together from five damaged ones, and the lances are Archon 3D Smiths. I even added buckles to the lance arms to have them fit the look.
Shining Spears Travel in Style (and like all Elves, they look good doing it).
Painting total as of 3429/2024: 56 plus a Deva King statue
Painting total as of 12/31/2024: 107 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain and two walkers and a quad mech and five giants
2021/04/28 07:08:41
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2021/04/28 15:51:44
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
Finished my entry.
Gaslands car toting a rear mounted flamethrower although "style" might not be quite the right word for neon green and black flame stylings.....
"But me no buts! Our comrades get hurt. Our friends die. Falkenburg is a knight who swore an oath to serve the church and to defend the weak. He'd be the first to tell you to stop puling and start planning. Because what we are doing-at risk to ourselves-is what we have sworn to do. The West relies on us. It is a risk we take with pride. It is an oath we honour. Even when some soft southern burgher mutters about us, we know the reason he sleeps soft and comfortable, why his wife is able to complain about the price of cabbages as her most serious problem and why his children dare to throw dung and yell "Knot" when we pass. It's because we are what we are. For all our faults we stand for law and light.
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2021/04/28 20:37:39
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
I'm done too and early for a change! As always feedback is most welcome and appreciated here or in the vote thread. I had a go at applying some decals for the first time after last months feedback, definitely improves the look i think even if some are wonky and/or torn.
2021/04/28 20:37:47
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 74 April 2021: Travelling in Style
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Cadre Coronal Afterglow w1;d0;l0 
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Finished Forge World Elysian Army 
Alaitoc Eldar Warhost 
Finished Order of Our Martyred Lady - Sisters of Battle 
Finished Necromundian Imperial Guard Regiment 
