Far from being a post related to the recent movie based on the waaay back '28 days/months later' skits, previous chat related to naval and 'Shipwreck', reminded me of the 1:3000 Navwar 'Moderns' (1980s) that I purchased 28 years ago...aaand painted yesterday.
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| A USN Battle-Group. Painting the eyes on the captains on their bridges, was a nightmare... |
Now granted some work to do on the bases (including some labels), but once more, contrast paints work their wonders.
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| Not a painted deck |
For anyone without their glasses on, who thinks I painted that deck detail on the carriers! - thanks, but they are printed on paper and stuck on.
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| 1980s Soviet Naval 'Aircraft Carrier Group', led by Admiral Kuznetsov |
Pics include US:
OHP Frigates, Nimitz, Spruance(s), Knox, Kidd and
Bunker Hill. Soviet include:
Kiev, Admiral Kuznetsov (currently at the bottom of a dock in reality, being scrapped),
Udaloy, Berezina, Kresta, Sovremenny, Kynda and
Kresta classes
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| It's not rust Komrade! |
A game of 'Shipwreck to follow. Now I have to find the ww2 ships that I bought 20 years ago also; Nimitz is calling too...
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| Proper wargames packet art |
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Very nice and the pre-printed paper decks is a superb idea that I have not come across before.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm. I tend to be the laziest painter in the world - no way I was actually painting those decks :)
DeleteBy coincidence, 28 years is the average length of a turn in Harpoon.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I just bought the 1997 PC game on Steam - which should speed things up a bit for a fiver - 29 years later...
Delete(Also have 40x40 plastic bases i found if you want 'em for your WSS)
Cheers, but no thank you. I use mdf because I have a patent non-slip system in my RUBs: I line them with foam sheets and it seems to grip the mdf well.
DeleteExcellent stuff Darren!
ReplyDeleteNeil
Cheers Neil - now I have to play a game with them - hopefully not another 28 years later ;)
DeletePrinted deck art a great idea
ReplyDeleteIt came to me as I thought about how to get out of actually painting anything.
DeleteBetter late than never!
ReplyDeleteI know right? Hopefully it doesn't take 28 years to get 'em on the table...
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