Selling off some 15mm WW2 figures

I am selling off some 15mm WW2 figures in mixed "bags" of 50. The figures are from the Command decision range. There are American, British, German and Russian to choose from.

Details here

http://reinforcementsbypost.com/content/special-offers

15mm WW2 German tanks camouflaged

Here are some 15mm German tanks which I have airbrushed. This time I used vallejo's airbrush paint, together with airbrush medium to dilute it. I also had the compressor produce the right pressure (I'd always had it too high before).

First I airbrush the tanks, then I ink them, then I dry brush with pale sand, to bring out the edges. I paid on the tracks lastly, and ink over them.

I am going for a battle worn look. The Panthers are all in three colour camouflage. Some of the stugs are in three colour, others in brown over a base coat of desert yellow. I painted "kill rings" on some tanks. You can click on a picture to get a larger image.

New Panther picture with diffuse lighting

Following suggestions from http://www.theminiaturespage.com I tried taking a picture of my tanks with diffuse lighting. The lighting in my light box comes from four 2' tube lights mounted in a square box that you generally see in an office ceiling. To make the light diffuse, I taped thin packing tissue under this box, so the light has to pass through this. I think the tanks look better. I may now be able to fool around with the image to accurately depict what the tank really looks like.

Command Decision 15mm Panther tanks

I've actually painted, and repainted, these tanks a few times. I gave up on my harder and Steenbeck airbrushes (two!) and ordered an Iwata. After fooling around with the Iwata I got terrible results until I realised that the nozzle was clogged. Doh!

This present incarnation of my tank tactics has the vehicles base coated, then ink washed, and then "highlighted" in parts again with the base colour, which is desert yellow in this case. The over sprayed camouflage colours were sprayed quite faintly (except on tank A where the brown came out a bit heavy) as this is what I've seen from most period photography. This could have been as a result of wear and tear.

I've lettered the tanks to make commenting easier. Any thoughts?

Finished Ultra Modern Soviet vehicles

I have finished the Soviet Ultra Modern 15mm Command Decision vehicles. Once again I 'dusted' the vehicles by over spraying them on the sides, and slightly on the front, with a light mist of vallejo pale sand. The effect was wiped out by matt varnish the last time I did this. So I will dust at the end.

I am not sure that the painting is reflected in these images. I will have to look at my camera setting after this weekend (which is Friday in Bangladesh.)

Ultra modern Soviet vehicles - after 'dusting' and matt varnish

Here are the same vehicles after they have been 'dusted' (sprayed with pale sand to simulate dust) and then matt varnished, with Vallejo varnish. The effects of the dusting were wiped out by the matt varnish, as was a lot of the contrast. I planned for some of the contrast to go at this stage. The models have turned out as I wanted, but I think that I should dust them after varnishing, so that this effect can be seen.

The colouring is now quite subtle. The vehicles attract the eye; I find myself trying to work out what colour they are. I don't know if I have expressed that very well. They look more interesting than an object which is flat.

When I have a chance to 'dust' the vehicles again I will take a few more photos from a slightly higher angle. I hope that will give you more of an idea what they look like from a gamers eye view.