It's been quite some time since I finished painting my Hammer's Slammer's blower tanks from Old Crow, but we haven't gamed with them yest as I lacked any infantry to go along with them. Yes, I'd painted some test models, but once a platoon's worth of GZG NAC Royal Marines had been acquired, the project stalled...
Well, with a burst of energy I completed the platoon this weekend and turned them out for a celebratory photo shoot!
Lots of heavy-weapon toters but that's what I got in the mix of models I bought second-hand ;-)
Note two-tone static grass... embarrassing. I'd done the first group of six using a railway-brand "dead grass" static grass mix which looked fine. But when I finished this group of 26 models I mistakenly grabbed (and used) GW's dead grass mix which is noticeably lighter in colour... [insert curse words].
Solution: go back to the original group and add some lighter grass to their bases; them add some darker grass to the 26 I'd just finished. Sorted! (and I kind of like the mixed colours too)
A couple of sets of missile launcher crews to make opposing vehicles uneasy.
Love the guy checking his iPhone at front right...
I painted the berets red/orange as nod to the Slammers' Dutch/Friesian heritage.
The real power behind the Slammers is, of course, the blowers...
...but there's no reason why these guys can't help out a bit too.
Looking forward to seeing them in action in the near future!
7 comments:
Nice painting, like the idea of two tones of static grass
Good stuff! The figs have just the right atmosphere.
Great force Dallas. Another faction for our unsettled future times! I can see them taking a number of security and "special assignment" contracts from Binary Petroleum, Future Gazprom, AT&T&T and the like.
Nice work! (as usual)
Something I've seen other people do for Grav/Hover tanks is to mount them on a sheet of 1/8" black foam (about 1" smaller all around, than the 'footprint' of the tank). Then you get that "hover" effect! Worked pretty good on the models I've seen.
Thanks Kev! I like that idea.
Hi looks Super may I ask what scale are they? Thanks
Thanks Greyson! The figures are "true 25mm" models from GZG.
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