tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83056442500017373752024-02-07T21:47:54.815+02:00Painted Figures by George Hatzopoulosghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-62739097848140990252017-02-06T19:36:00.000+02:002017-02-06T19:36:10.269+02:005th NY Zouaves Reg. (Part 4)The work on the 28mm plastic zouaves from Perry Miniatures continues with three more Zouaves to fill in the ranks.<br />
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More to come soon.<br />
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Cheers<br />
George<br />
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The first is the drumboy.<br />
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With no ref about the drumboys of the 5th reg. i ve decided to base mine on a photo i found on the net of a drumboy of the 165th zouaves reg<br />
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http://www.civilwarbadges.com/cgi-bin/Print_Item.asp?2295<br />
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I m very pleased with the final result.<br />
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The second one is a regular.<br />
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Four finished thirty two to go...<br />
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Cheers<br />
Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-1584533434488389932017-01-28T00:44:00.000+02:002017-01-28T00:45:35.990+02:005th NY Zouaves (Part 2)Here is the second figure i ve managed to finish today.<br />
The plan is to create a 36 figures Regiment and allthought one third of them are nearly painted i finish them individualy.<br />
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Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-1912377983619002582017-01-26T13:38:00.000+02:002017-01-26T13:38:16.626+02:005th New York Zouaves (PART 1)Anerican Civil War always have been one of my favoured periods of military history.<br />
In tha past i was somehow reluctand in having to paint "Big Battalions" but this changed just before Christmas when i was introdused to a Black Powder ACW game at our local club and saw the beauty of them.<br />
I was fortunate to find a box of Perry's plastic zouaves at a local store so i didn't had to wait for Santa.<br />
The plan was to paint them in a tabletop standard but things don't always go as planned...<br />
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One finnished ,thirty five to do so stay tuned...<br />
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Cheers<br />
Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-30510779036713845682016-03-26T01:52:00.001+02:002016-04-07T15:21:37.509+03:00MYCENEAN WARRIOR No.1Dear Readers,<br />
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A week ago i paid a visite to Andreas Panagopoulos (a.k.a. <a href="https://kaiserbillincolor.wordpress.com/">Kaiser Bill</a>) and had long - splendid talk about miniatures painting and wargaming surounded by his beautiful collection of miniatures and uniforms.<br />
Andreas was kind enough to give me some static grass turfs he makes for some local shops to test them on my bases.<br />
Although i was thinking of using them on my late war Germans on the way home i desided that they were better suited for a "mediteranean" themed base. Luckily two of the figures i had taken with me for Adreas to see where unfinished Mycenaen Warriors from Foundry so what a better excuse to have them finished.<br />
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And here is the first one:<br />
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As for this figure:<br />
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The sword blade was replaced by hand made metal one made from some left over realy thick photoeched frames ( from the construction of a ship) since i found that the original one was too fragile.<br />
The shield was also hand made from plasticard ( since i had only the figure with me) .<br />
For the N.M.M. Bronze i was inspired by the illustrations of the Late Agnus McBride and Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena.<br />
The colors i used are:<br />
822 German black brown<br />
921 English uniform<br />
814 Green ochre<br />
858 Ice yellow<br />
Black and White<br />
All Vallejo Model Color<br />
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Finally the Turfs<br />
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I had never used turfs in the past so i dont have any experience with other manufacturers but i have to say that the turfs Andreas makes are perfect, not only for display bases but and espesialy for wargaming ones. These turfs are extremely tough and i expect them to withstand any gaming - transportation hardness.<br />
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Thats all for now<br />
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Cheers<br />
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Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-67907043576290057682016-03-21T10:55:00.000+02:002016-03-21T10:56:27.890+02:00Tiger I (Part 2)Done a little more research on the "last Tiger in Berlin" and found out that this particular vehicle was build around March or April 1943.<br />
The second picture in my previous post shows what i believe to be TWO holder for the spear track links on the loaders turret side. Plasing it in late April acording to Jentz and Doyle:<br />
http://www.missing-lynx.com/panzer_facts/pftiger.htm<br />
This ment that i had to do more work in order to have a late April build Tiger, especialy on the engine deck.<br />
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Started with the rear ventilation screens, from early April 43 these changed from two differt (cast as mirror-images) to two of the same ( left side screen).<br />
Another change was the new triangular plate (on the middle plate of the engine compartment) instead of the screwed one.<br />
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As i was checking for the correct angles for the mountings of the Fiefel filters i managed to break the dumn thing so desided to improve them too. Now i have to fill the gups with some putty.<br />
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Finally i finiched the exhausts by plasing the uper covers and made the base for the track tool box from aluminum foil.<br />
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Next time i will have finished the hull modifications and move to the turet (hopefully) but in between i will try to finish painting two figures of another era that i have unfinished for so long.<br />
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Cheers<br />
George<br />
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When i go away for work i live in my parents house were most of my old stuff are so looked for something else to do.<br />
I could do some modeling and the choices were a 1/48 Panther ausf G by Tamiya and a 1/56 Tiger I diecast by Hobby Masters bought a few years back when i couldn't decide what scale to use with my figures. Back then the 1/48 scale seemed a better choice with better quality and greater availability over the 1/56 but now with the intoduction of so many models in resin and plastic espesially the choice is deferent, so i went with the Tiger.<br />
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Now the problem was that my force is focused arround 44 - 45 while the H.M. model is that of an early vehicle with the drum cupola but while searching i found out that Panzerabteilung Muncheberg in Berlin 1945 had some Tiger I and that at least one of them was of an early type.<br />
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Then i looked for an apropriate camo scheme, searched again and came across this beautiful beast:<br />
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And while i was looking for a camo ref. to just paint the model i decided to strip the beast naked and do some modelling work.<br />
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I broke the model upart and removed the track fenders and the track cabels from the sides.<br />
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And started working on the rear armor so now it looks like this<br />
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The best part of modeling in 1/56 is that there no after market assecories sets yet so it feels like the pioneer modeling days of the 70s, 80s, and early 90s when modelers had to do most of the work by themselves and since you are modeling a wargame piece you dont have to be too focused in scale just represent correctly and most importantly firmly the details.<br />
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Cheers<br />
Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-65762266321714615872016-02-08T11:17:00.002+02:002016-02-08T12:10:26.352+02:00MG Gunner (part1)As i've already mentioned the next figure i'll work is an MG gunner in an advancing pose.<br />
It took me a while to find the correct placement of the upper torso and hands and involved lots of cutting, twisting and shaving.<br />
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The pose was losely based on this picture.<br />
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Now it'time for some putty work.<br />
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Cheers<br />
Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-5808020608504233512016-02-07T16:10:00.000+02:002016-02-07T16:10:07.477+02:00OSTPREUSSEN 194X (Part Three)The third German i wanted to be an officer so i searched the net for inspiration and i found these two.<br />
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A Tom Meyer sculpt for Fox Miniatures (unfortunately never published).<br />
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And a simple but very efective conversion of a Britannia miniature made by Rob (sorry i don' know his last name) aka <span style="color: red;">panzerfaust200 </span>an esteemed member of "the guild" forum (www.guildwargamers.com)<br />
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So after some playing around with hands i came up with this pose:<br />
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From the beginning i had desided that he would be most experienced of the lot as so he would wear a Palmenmuster camo smoke and an early style peaked cap:<br />
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I've kept the field gear minimal in order not to interfere with the painting of the complex camo pattern.<br />
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Here he is painted:<br />
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This post brings my blog up to date with what i have done so far.<br />
The next figure, an MG gunner, is under the butchers knife at the moment so stay tuned...<br />
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Cheers<br />
George<br />
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<br />ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-12087425282756062562016-02-07T13:02:00.000+02:002016-02-07T13:02:23.101+02:00OSTPREUSSEN 194X (PART TWO)Ostpreussen 194X is the name of my new project, it will cover my adventures at the eastern front.<br />
And by adventures i don't mean conersions of figures only, they will also include scratchbuilding of houses, trees<br />
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The second German is posed as firing his STG44. I have tried to depict him as wearing a zeltbahn over his greatcoat a common use in 44 or 45.<br />
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And after some putty work became this:<br />
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Now the figure looks like this, waiting to be based.<br />
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Next post a German Officer.<br />
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Cheers<br />
George<br />
<br />ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-7787084102708574692016-02-06T17:17:00.000+02:002016-02-07T13:12:01.536+02:00Back AgainIt has been far too long since my last post life prevented me from having something finished to share with you.<br />
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So firstly i would like to thank all of you who have visited my blog over the years of abandonment.<br />
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My new adventure in the world of miniatures started just before christmas<br />
with my visit to our local club (after i don't remember how much time)<br />
There on a table of Bolt Action i was introduced to Warlords plastic figures.<br />
Immediately i realized their potentials for conversions. After a little search at local stores i was able to purchase one box of panzergrenadiers and ... found my mojo back.<br />
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The first German:<br />
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A simple conversion in order to change the way zeltbahn was worn and adding some minor details.<br />
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That's it for now.<br />
Two more Germans in the next post<br />
Best regards<br />
George<br />
<br />ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-18011875941555041912009-01-22T11:04:00.000+02:002009-01-22T11:18:25.975+02:001/48 Creations (part 3)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqv8d9j_Q1YaRfa5tbX1pI2fPO6aIBl3a6UegqQVX-_b0ewSkBTkPWYcy2VdrmsjkpMQ9eLlwXzBcLl_R-uuboW_fpgLOiEeWVgv5bGd0BJadcS8S_owOWvQZJXVuVx7zMX8npD0kxQFdl/s1600-h/Pz-Crew-1a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294041990601288530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 243px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqv8d9j_Q1YaRfa5tbX1pI2fPO6aIBl3a6UegqQVX-_b0ewSkBTkPWYcy2VdrmsjkpMQ9eLlwXzBcLl_R-uuboW_fpgLOiEeWVgv5bGd0BJadcS8S_owOWvQZJXVuVx7zMX8npD0kxQFdl/s320/Pz-Crew-1a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>As this is my first post for 2009 I wish you all a happy new year, my latest sculpt is a Panzer Officer in Winter Uniform and I hope you like it. </div><div>The figure will be available from <a href="http://www.ysmasterpieces.com/index.htm">YS Masterpieces</a> in mid February. </div><div>Now I can’t wait to paint him for the box art. </div><div></div><div>Cheers George</div>ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-40459467168862392432008-07-19T15:39:00.000+03:002008-07-19T15:43:16.468+03:001/48 Creations (part 2)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqyKJySXLGMm7m6phYUbCx5Er7Y6TpfvkR3iRmwfSz0bChdv_dQBI4vRfiAGAKK_Z3HxL729qw5Uf6Y1-ABb-JgrOWbiJCW55DjMRPGPCu__yhBsMIgi4tvp0QrRFGFXHv7OE7zaWTgUm/s1600-h/DSCN1813.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224704308914129970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqyKJySXLGMm7m6phYUbCx5Er7Y6TpfvkR3iRmwfSz0bChdv_dQBI4vRfiAGAKK_Z3HxL729qw5Uf6Y1-ABb-JgrOWbiJCW55DjMRPGPCu__yhBsMIgi4tvp0QrRFGFXHv7OE7zaWTgUm/s320/DSCN1813.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The second bunch of figures are a continuation of the first one, 2 more Fallshirmjagers with what I call a “Cretan Ambulance” this way a small vignette can be made, due to be released like the first ones by <strong><a href="http://www.ysmasterpieces.com/index.htm">YS Msterpieces</a></strong>.<br /><br />Cheers<br /></div><br /><div>George</div>ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-39998367566285761502008-06-30T10:21:00.000+03:002008-07-01T10:07:38.977+03:001/48 Creations<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qTqWZ1mEgeSuXb9SZWyO9U0Bi4JK_mHsDP2rhriS7enRq9wACwCK6bVfFsyJPrTBHSPn9MloiBYKQ8SYbXAU3o7ZV7gFm0RcxGQguO5SmR0KXyuaBdVItH0AuDk8yjTYkACCfdJz-5e8/s1600-h/DSCN1839.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217571970037565650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qTqWZ1mEgeSuXb9SZWyO9U0Bi4JK_mHsDP2rhriS7enRq9wACwCK6bVfFsyJPrTBHSPn9MloiBYKQ8SYbXAU3o7ZV7gFm0RcxGQguO5SmR0KXyuaBdVItH0AuDk8yjTYkACCfdJz-5e8/s320/DSCN1839.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>It has been a long time since my last post, it was around that time when a friend of mine asked me if I could sculpt for him figures in 1/48 scale, I wasn’t sure if I could do it because I had made some attempts of sculpting 28mm figures for my own but they were all left unfinished. A few days ago the first two sculpts where released by his company <strong>YS Masterpieces</strong> with a few more for future releases and on my workbench. Things are starting slow mostly because I m not the most experienced sculptor in the world and the 1/48 scale is one of the hardest (especially with the standards set so high by Mr. Meier) but I feel that we are having a good start…<br />Unfortunately due to a problem I lost most of my photos of the first two figures but what was saved are now in the new gallery of 1/48 Creations<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />George</div>ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-7795927673709828912007-11-15T14:45:00.000+02:002007-11-15T14:49:51.235+02:00<div><br /><br />Here are the latest photos, things are moving slowly on this one since I m mostly trying to finish my first sculpting commission.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133047565746149618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEHlNkHU4TwVFLfcJMH17YQZqP-0eMBTRwA87XqzkO1AUbBRH7RlMXOGqdXaXG9TpKp3M4Par-Sd_rzEyu1MsTmzsp9I-vYEzb_ByvkwVpCrkBgdS1T08UYpIi0jiDYJNfMFX3YCkoeMW/s320/DSCN1769.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133047570041116930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEWoiCR38Jnv58vt_Ef56jHahplpwie4HOnAXcEuOkcP33ZVr4vzfMXZU-Z3I0eQ8sx2zwGZcBOU7Z6xwizR0lqXsHl5NGUmFnUwbwwmdZvsa12FM51qfjuG94OYyJW-jYVvPfBZp8472/s320/DSCN1768.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>A Closer look on his face</strong></div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133048373200001314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrCFaN6G9rMzw5lsQ0FaMwpRSWnga7KF25CCLDgMyAtKQtAY-S-qW34RdN5o76xPV7-M88ffP-08JCHfLSW_XybLPH33obmOTpFJptBF4qZixd9A103nCx3ryt01vB4pCmvGjDtnd9x82/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Cheers<br /><br />George</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div></div>ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-27079100790507066092007-11-09T18:34:00.000+02:002007-11-09T18:44:31.815+02:00A small preview of the next figuresThis is the next pirate, half finished at the moment…<br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130881593071323538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgip6ThBVwHFCzFItwElzGosIF_C7YMuhV_mMNyRLg8x7J9O274Qmd1IFkEppfp6RV2l-XhvDyyCaLe6FfwoQuqNS18gCdr3CBDkPQkkrrHiTerPgu0OB0ozaIyYD5ama113T2aK2ANMUpq/s320/DSCN1671.jpg" border="0" /><br />And some conversions I have made on my next Fow platoon in order to create a FJ Sky troopers Platoon Leningrad winter 1942 </p><p></p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130881597366290850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnZ_jmixK9IWWMGOJta3EVpgZ-8FuHjQEN9GKPDgeOXcXPnAwub8aMx0w82B2RLfLIWhyphenhyphenKyVy7aUttFL25s19vCw4vhlTDlNWL6CKXMtmVWVlbApKsY7AuQvCzh6qyOFnVg9t5TDf7gii/s320/DSCN1603.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130881601661258178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMa3FtgNGRmQD41J8vjfih_SxQBaiqGGEiwFcLcauEJ6uWb345fYoHYrNdkGp_3w4BJVVARByRomM1LtAKObcrAlS1sCU_T6vKIcwxLY-SFBMpS0OUwr9mi-1PyqxnaD2nUrOI_8-edCe/s320/DSCN1606.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130881601661258162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjct5dS1MxFr757LdI_gnWTPaL1oQ9V9dWjYekYXkvMsAi87IoyPS9bUM9paujjnwnu9bKwaGawxwpJDddX2GZ5wbLunR2cBq4dwzJM-t3fjlCw6qZe-RKiErXAiaUO1RB4cy6hX7wwrERm/s320/DSCN1604.jpg" border="0" />ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-33935959228581930502007-11-06T18:47:00.000+02:002007-11-06T18:55:54.855+02:00Anne Bonny is on ebayJust to let you know that Anne Bonny is on eBay now<br />Here is the link:<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280169295116&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling">Anne Bonny by GHpainting</a>ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-38853639242710276122007-11-01T09:24:00.000+02:002007-11-01T09:33:28.486+02:00Blackbeard's first shipmate Anne Bonny<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWHcFuKR6bi_nb24uMLTJpCp3HNPdk5ukQUeHLdckqt6Ca4dDK5zMf42Do99UcfW5vZ2xkX6NqOQPy7Oes6RhntgycFZ5qPFg5nBA_ShBDB-vIGbH75WTIzCAfXuEBoGfi9_nWtvp1hku/s1600-h/pirate-woman-1a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWHcFuKR6bi_nb24uMLTJpCp3HNPdk5ukQUeHLdckqt6Ca4dDK5zMf42Do99UcfW5vZ2xkX6NqOQPy7Oes6RhntgycFZ5qPFg5nBA_ShBDB-vIGbH75WTIzCAfXuEBoGfi9_nWtvp1hku/s320/pirate-woman-1a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127771569166660834" /></a><br /><br />The travel on the High Seas continue with Blackbeard’s first shipmate Anne Bonny<br />More photos at “the Pirates” gallery<br /><br />Cheers<br />Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-75027687936213675142007-10-30T12:30:00.000+02:002007-10-30T12:32:41.464+02:00New Album FOW Germans.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPTAMXNbZTjbuthnp7jtnoVktg1bsCCu_WSotOL2W-xBU1NJ5U75Q3RVDU-WUAjLu5g5VXdu1R_XnV6G3YJ4MgYwY2HOv1aWPxx-OYr8AlXdW0NfFS7cWXa7q2zg_3sMDeeKw32OcmNPR/s1600-h/pzgren-1b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPTAMXNbZTjbuthnp7jtnoVktg1bsCCu_WSotOL2W-xBU1NJ5U75Q3RVDU-WUAjLu5g5VXdu1R_XnV6G3YJ4MgYwY2HOv1aWPxx-OYr8AlXdW0NfFS7cWXa7q2zg_3sMDeeKw32OcmNPR/s320/pzgren-1b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127075775874774226" /></a><br />It has been a wile since my last post, in the mean time I was able to visit Strategicon Club in Athens and to my surprise I watched a FOW game. When I came back I started searching under the piles of metal and found some 15mm Battlefront Figures and started painting them. The result was a 1943 Pzgrenadier platoon.<br />Hope you’ll enjoy the photos on the New Albumghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-10402334637318412142007-09-04T12:48:00.000+03:002007-11-01T09:34:35.958+02:00The BLACKBEARD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLFHehwMNCrhoWD5qMMxGxZQz-8GG6_LHG6fKV2bVGQgbiknugpi122kDGr1jR739qQ-4-A3sJX1RTKip3HKtX80ZDNAq-DNpqcof-KMTSkUT9vcHtVyvxVhTydJv9S7MHpv-M0aocyv9/s1600-h/teach1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLFHehwMNCrhoWD5qMMxGxZQz-8GG6_LHG6fKV2bVGQgbiknugpi122kDGr1jR739qQ-4-A3sJX1RTKip3HKtX80ZDNAq-DNpqcof-KMTSkUT9vcHtVyvxVhTydJv9S7MHpv-M0aocyv9/s320/teach1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106285145817610210" /></a><br />When I learned that a new Warhammer Ancient Battles Supplement is coming up, this time for Pirates, I thought that it was time to start painting some.<br />My First Figure is from the Foundry range, Captain Edward Teach better known as BLACKBEARD, and as you can see in my WIP album the rest of his Pals are to follow. My goal is to collect Pirate figures from the following companies Wargames Foundry, Brigade Games, Black Scorpion, Artizan Designs, Crusader Miniatures and Musketeer Miniatures.ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-67089647683977960182007-08-28T19:23:00.000+03:002007-11-01T09:34:15.816+02:00A New project Pirates!!!Since I received the first three Pirates Blisters on last Thursday I couldn’t help my self I had to start painting them I tried not to for three days but yesterday I started cleaning them up and undercoated them so here a new additional project in my WIP Album <br /><br /><a href="http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2862980720101163444HtzBAH"><img src="http://thumb4.webshots.net/t/16/16/9/80/72/2862980720101163444HtzBAH_th.jpg" alt="dscn1231"></a>ghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-69220336976646362162007-08-23T17:42:00.000+03:002007-08-23T17:44:04.135+03:00Work in Progress albumI have created a new album where I will upload pictures of WIP for the new and future projects.<br />Currently I m working on two single figure projects, the first is Richard the Lionhart and the other Slaine and in the WIP album you will find pictures of what I have done so fur.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-82819071924401373422007-08-19T12:34:00.000+03:002007-11-01T09:35:00.769+02:00Fallshirmjager Squad FinishedI finally found the time to finish and publish the photos of the finished Fallschirmjager Squad so I have created a new Gallery for them hopefully in the future I will be able to add more Fallschirmjager squads from other WWII theatres where the Fallschrimjagers had fought.<br />I hope you’ll enjoy them.<br /><br />Cheers<br />Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-23675033660532382962007-07-21T11:36:00.000+03:002007-07-22T08:59:53.190+03:00WIP Fallschrimjager Squad Part FourThis time I have painted the remaining trousers, bandoliers, knee protection and bread bag in Luftwaffe blue grey, the gasmask bag in a more greenish light olive grey, the belts and Y straps in light red brown leather and the canteen felt cover in red brown the uncovered helmets and everything that should be painted in Field Grey I also have tried to take photos with more light in order to better see the LW Splinter Camouflage.<br />It has been two weeks since I’ve started this unit and I think that it starts to look like Ronald’s Volstad illustrations of German Fallschrimjagers at Crete from witch I has inspired, don’t you think? <br /><br />The colors I have used for the Lw Splinter cammo are all Vallejo Model Colors<br /><br />Field Color<br />a) German Field Grey <br />b) Khaki<br />c) Ivory<br /><br />Brown Pattern<br />a) German Cam. Black Brown<br />b) Flat Brown<br />c) Desert Yellow<br /><br />Green Pattern<br />a) German Cam Dark Green<br />b) Dessert Yellow<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlMhHLjw2CO7FLaKCdnB2uvjnzN0aPpJENAkUn5IUF_x2YctoqKOVnTZhKDG_DB8ZH49B83lQmun7VkgpsgqEFTbhP51JtjtPQQPaFKwiYG5XG37rCa7Uti3PA65PdCRCPlRHPRHNJhAz/s1600-h/FJ-megamix1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlMhHLjw2CO7FLaKCdnB2uvjnzN0aPpJENAkUn5IUF_x2YctoqKOVnTZhKDG_DB8ZH49B83lQmun7VkgpsgqEFTbhP51JtjtPQQPaFKwiYG5XG37rCa7Uti3PA65PdCRCPlRHPRHNJhAz/s320/FJ-megamix1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089567285483532770" /></a><br /><br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305644250001737375.post-5473790675317528202007-07-14T17:46:00.000+03:002007-07-14T17:52:30.189+03:00WIP Fallschrimjager Squad Part Three<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPphT9370JEtZfa3pPuwxFlA5gMFjJ95GII5hCMdXZyj7hX3odZtlL5C0hB-VJrl1zcu23IeBECKumSEk0DtF6QfM_ko2RCUPxue232U42AE7NIv-uAVscCtAUYvl33GIqYOZjcDQKJ8E/s1600-h/fj-mix-c1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPphT9370JEtZfa3pPuwxFlA5gMFjJ95GII5hCMdXZyj7hX3odZtlL5C0hB-VJrl1zcu23IeBECKumSEk0DtF6QfM_ko2RCUPxue232U42AE7NIv-uAVscCtAUYvl33GIqYOZjcDQKJ8E/s320/fj-mix-c1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087064629200316626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NAgE64qud-FfICxDhyphenhyphenDxoX-rglW41XlSeYhg1oaRzW39PmgYWwA1EyM0F5B-whEiCjuiJZ8OJ6MVoAXKIMyKlj_7gX_EKv86o9OoE2GKbm_ARLavAc631oRbDRNLS2_VdTf7VuSY_9I-/s1600-h/fj-mix-c2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NAgE64qud-FfICxDhyphenhyphenDxoX-rglW41XlSeYhg1oaRzW39PmgYWwA1EyM0F5B-whEiCjuiJZ8OJ6MVoAXKIMyKlj_7gX_EKv86o9OoE2GKbm_ARLavAc631oRbDRNLS2_VdTf7VuSY_9I-/s320/fj-mix-c2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087064633495283938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2Hx4UZ2ha-iNAzsCxAMTVSGW2JGNIcmowtPoLQmoyULq7nDbCAhPbffo3rQe7oEoDZrLberqJ2mCZSOQ_RE3H4g7zeBETOn86a_YIqm7V6tD0iLQIww4z7J-zuLSKMYYENX97h54PxxW/s1600-h/fj-mix-c3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2Hx4UZ2ha-iNAzsCxAMTVSGW2JGNIcmowtPoLQmoyULq7nDbCAhPbffo3rQe7oEoDZrLberqJ2mCZSOQ_RE3H4g7zeBETOn86a_YIqm7V6tD0iLQIww4z7J-zuLSKMYYENX97h54PxxW/s320/fj-mix-c3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087064637790251250" /></a><br /><br /><br />Well I think these are the pictures you all expected to see so was I. The Jump Smokes in the Luftwaffe Splinter Camouflage are finally finished…<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Georgeghpaintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433914598814131028noreply@blogger.com1