GF9 Tanks Skirmish Game

Managed to get my first game played in some time. Check out my efforts on the report online. The Brits were sent to deal with a small force, probably a Recce German operation trying to find out how bad the situation on the beaches really is and report back. The Brits were successful.

https://dday.warconsole.com/battles/dugthefug1644-vs-peter-1572313372?block_updated=226494#block_226494

Vulnerable with the open turret, but packing a punch, this will be a tactically fun vehicle to field.

With no armour stat i will want to move or find cover to avoid being hit, but the game gives bonuses to stay still when shooting too.

Painted in the same scheme as my other British vehicles.

Will need to educate myself on the British markings system and add some freehand markings as a finishing touch over the whole collection.

Had a really rough paint job trying to use the scouring pad spray can technique but bodged it and had used cheap paint.

I didn’t bother to strip the paint i just heavy dry brushed Army Painter Desert Yellow and applied the camo pattern. The brown was mostly Fur Brown with a coat of Darkoath Flesh over the top.

The Stug is technically an assault gun rather than a tank, but i am glad it was included in the game. It was a cool example of repurposing an older chassis during wartime development, to come up with something better and to fill a gap in your current fleet of armour options.

Panzer IV. Refresh of an old paint job to tie him in with the rest of my German tank efforts recently.

I tried to make it a 60 minute makeover and it ended up being more like 80, left over night and another 40. ?

Enjoyed the markings again.

Used the same paints as before apart from a bit of Army Painter Fur Brown in with the camo here and there going over the old camo scheme.

This Tiger 1 was probably the nicest Tanks kit I have put together from the range so far. Maybe because it was larger and easier to handle, but it was noticeably pleasant to assemble. I think the camo looks better than my puma attempt.

I painted the Tiger with the same colours scheme as the Puma apart from using Death Guard Green as a base to get the camo pattern down.

My puma. Wish the camo had come together slightly better but happy with the numbers and markings.

Used the Contrast Paints, Darkoath Flesh for the Brown elements and Dark Angel Green for the camo, with the Army Painter Desert Yellow and Vallejo Dark Sand mix as the base. The rusty chips etc was the same combo as in the other tanks in the project.

Again, I didn’t have all the colours from the guide book, but I did have Vallejo Dark Sand and I used Army Painter Desert Yellow as a base colour. Black Wash again and the same weathering techniques as before.

The painting of the markings is what I am most proud of this time. The German cross isn’t brilliant but the number 12 looks pretty neat. I was going to add a third number, but I was so happy with the first two numbers that I didn’t want to spoil it by pushing my luck with a third digit.

The German wheels hubs need to be painted with slightly more care because you don’t want any sand colour on the black wheel rims, but you can wash quite heavily with Agrax Earthshade to mask any errors as part of making them look weathered and muddy.