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  • 14/04/2018 at 09:49 #88677
    Avatar photoAbwehrschlacht
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    Taking some advice from here (taking advice off the internet!? Am I mad!?) I bought some 3mm tanks for a try out of Rommel in 3mm. I finished myfirst battalion of Panthers in very quick time and here they are:

    There’s more information on my blog, so please have a look here:

    http://stormofsteelwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/rommel-in-3mm-first-battalion.html

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    14/04/2018 at 13:21 #88679
    Avatar photoThaddeus Blanchette
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    That is damned good! I wanted to say “for your first time painting 3mm”, but it’s just damned good, full stop!

    Great use of basing against color and an oversized red flash to make the figures pop out. Just about the perfect amount of flocking, too, and the paint job on the figures themselves is very nice! The only thing I’d maybe do differently is dull down the label a bit. Make it a darker grey or a green that matches the base, just so it doesn’t distract from your superb figures. But, then again, it bcomes a balance of legibility versus discreetness. Thankfully, you can print up a bunch of different labels and see which suits you best, which may well be this!

    Over all, a great job!

    Also, intriguing use of flocking to mark off the sectors!

    We get slapped around, but we have a good time!

    14/04/2018 at 13:37 #88683
    Avatar photoAbwehrschlacht
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    Thank you! I really appreciate the comments! I found the 3mm very easy to paint, so thanks for your reccomendations in the first place. These were painted with middlestone, reflective green and chocolate brown camo blobs, then washed with Army Painter Strong Tone. Finally I did a very light drybrush of Buff. I also undercoated them in white, which may have helped with lightening the colours as well. I used the flocking to break up the shape of the base as there is quite a bit of space on there.

    I’m afriad, you’re right, I did try out other colours for the base, but I prefered this. It’s easier to see from a gaming distance and I have to bear in mind the guys I play with, as they won’t be so used to different units and numberings as I am.

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    14/04/2018 at 17:50 #88691
    Avatar photohammurabi70
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    Very impressive although I think I will stick with 6mm; the old eyes can only take so much!

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    14/04/2018 at 18:44 #88692
    Avatar photoAbwehrschlacht
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    Ha ha, thank you, but these are even easier to paint than 6mm, honestly!

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    15/04/2018 at 02:56 #88701
    Avatar photoThaddeus Blanchette
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    I always use whitenor light grey as a basecoat for 3mm. As we can see here, it makes even camouflage look luminous.

    We get slapped around, but we have a good time!

    15/04/2018 at 09:45 #88708
    Avatar photoAbwehrschlacht
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    I was a little uneasy about using white, as I am hardwired to use black or brown usually, but having seen the results all fears disapeared.

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    15/04/2018 at 16:11 #88721
    Avatar photoMcKinstry
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    Thank you. I bought some 3mm for Rommel and this will drive me to get cracking on painting. Your work is genuinely inspirational!

    I certainly agree on priming in white. My 1/6000 ships are simply too dark otherwise and that applies to most of the smaller scales.

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    15/04/2018 at 16:34 #88722
    Avatar photoAbwehrschlacht
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    Thanks McKinstry, much appreciated, I wish you good luck with the Rommel project!

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    15/04/2018 at 17:03 #88726
    Avatar photoMr. Average
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    I’m super thrilled with the quality of your work! Really superb! And the base labels also read nice and sharp – personally I’d leave them as they are but I see what Thaddeus is getting at.

    These really show up the visual aspect of 3mm scale in a lovely way!

    Incidentally, I, too, recommend priming in white. I primed a bunch in grey some time ago and the result is that lighter colors require much more work to build up. Flat White primer is the way to go at this scale.

    15/04/2018 at 18:02 #88735
    Avatar photoAbwehrschlacht
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    Thanks Mr Average, very kind comments! I understand Thad’s way of thinking too, but I also want to make it easier for my mates to read the labels. One of them is a graphic designer and always complains he can’t read the Blucher bases I produced, so this was with him in mind…

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