Well if you're creating an Afrika Korps force for battles in the Western Desert, there's kind of one thing that you HAVE to have, and that's Flak 36 88mm anti-aircraft/anti-tank guns, full stop. The 88 is so synonymous with the DAK it would be odd to have a game without them. So as a quick couple-day project I decided to paint a couple for the game this week.
These are excellent plastic models from Battlefront. The crew models are that kind of soft-ish resin models you get on sprues from BF, not injection molded hard plastic.
A couple of the crew figures were standing at a crazy angle on their bases but a hot water/cold water dip and plunge straightened them out. The crew are really characterful and detailed.
The sprue also contained some extra bits like ammo cases and shell casings which look cool on the bases.
I painted the guns with a base of XV-88 and painted them over with a mix of Tallarn Sand blended with Deck Tan just to lighten it up a bit. I then washed with Agrax and chipped with German Camo Black Brown.
The crews were painted in my standard German way - base Khaki, wash Agrax, then tune up some random jackets and pants with lighter tones.
These should do some damage in the game on Thursday, so anyway...
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