My last submission for this year's AHPC consisted of two squads of German Kradschützen for a total of 28 men on 24 motorcycles or in sidecars for Bolt Action.
Kradschützen, vorwärts!
These are all 3D prints using STL files purchased from MyMiniFactory of German motorcycle troops either as single bikes or bikes with sidecars.
Of the various sources for 3D prints I have seen, I thought these did
an excellent job of rendering the Mauser Kar98k rifles and the M35
helmets. Where they fall down a bit is in depicting the standard German
ammo pouches, which look more like the German Army flashlight. A few
figures even had them positioned where the flashlight was often hung
from the Y-straps. There was one figure that had pouches for MP40
magazines (yeah!) but was still equipped with a rifle (boo!). Also the
motorbikes don't quite look like either a BMW or a Zündapp, primarily in the position of the muffler.
All the bikes were mounted on popsicle sticks using PVA glue. They were then primed with Vallejo German Panzer Grey Surface Primer using an airbrush. Painting was done primarily using Vallejo acrylics (Army Painter colours indicated by AP) as follows: faces and hands - Flat Flesh; jackets - German Fieldgrey; trousers - AP Uniform Grey; canteen covers - Flat Earth; gas mask canister - Luftwaffe Camo Green; helmets - Charcoal Grey; belts, jackboots, ammo pouches, and bike tires - Black; rifle stocks - Beige Brown; rifle slings - Mahogany Brown; metal weapons parts - German Grey; motorbikes - German Panzer Grey; motorbike seats, and goggle straps - AP Leather Brown. When all was done, the figures got a coat of Army Painter Strong Tone Quick Shade. Once the Quick Shade was dry, the bikes were mounted on bases that are either Warlord Games cavalry bases, or larger ones cut from old plastic restaurant gift cards.
Thus concludes my painting challenge projects. Thanks for stopping by.
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