Accurate Miniature Equivalents for Custom Painting your 1940 E&P

[Guest]

@allworkandnoclay:

I had to go out of town for Mother’s Day. You know how it goes.

Should have the Navy finished tomorrow or so.

What gives? I have been waiting patiently right up until this moment.

[robbie358]

So I’ve noticed the inherent lack of anti-aircraft guns on this thread.
Behold!

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?ouvym1m1z2w
Even China and ANZAC have one

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?jglgnozmmzg

Sorry about the image quality.
This is just an idea.  I borrowed the “roundels on the bottom” idea from your infantry allwork.  I don’t like to use the counters unless I have to, this just seems better.
Here’s hoping the images show up ok. ACK! THEY DON’T!

[Guest]

How about some close-ups?

[allworkandnoclay]

Sorry guys - been dealing with some family issues. Plural.

Without any further personal drama:

UPDATE

US Subs

US Transports

US Destroyers

US Cruisers

US Carriers

US Battleships

US Navy - Flat Navy Blue Scheme

US Navy - Measure 12 Camo

US Navy Complete

US Complete Forces

[Guest]

Sweet! Those are some nice paint jobs. I’m feelin’ jealous, jealous again.

XXXV_II

[Viracocha]

Damns, all work has some steady hands.  Excellent stuff…

[allworkandnoclay]

UK next!

[Variable]

Fantastic! I love the later war carriers… And your camo, as always, is awesome!

[allworkandnoclay]

@Variable:

Fantastic! I love the later war carriers… And your camo, as always, is awesome!

Thanks - it was ridiculously hard to match colors. WWII “Navy Blue” is not even remotely navy blue. Most all decks were stained a blue color. And the greys ranged from all kinds of shades depending on which site you looked at. I finally found a site with some good images of paint chips and matched it from that (though going with a lighter color because size naturally lightens a color).

[Guest]

XXXIV^II

@allworkandnoclay:

UK next!

What kind of time table are we looking at?

[Variable]

@allworkandnoclay:

@Variable:

Fantastic! I love the later war carriers… And your camo, as always, is awesome!

Thanks - it was ridiculously hard to match colors. WWII “Navy Blue” is not even remotely navy blue. Most all decks were stained a blue color. And the greys ranged from all kinds of shades depending on which site you looked at. I finally found a site with some good images of paint chips and matched it from that (though going with a lighter color because size naturally lightens a color).

While I had fun doing the brown wooden decks of the earlier ones, I did do the Essex(CV 9). I used a dark German grey for the deck since, like you said, it wasn’t very “navy blue”. I’m still conflicted over my color choice on the hellcats but I have some Corsairs on the way from Trumpeter. I will try out a darker blue on a few of those.

[Variable]

@Brain:

XXXIV^II

@allworkandnoclay:

UK next!

What kind of time table are we looking at?

Like a fine wine Brain, you need to savor this a bit longer.

[Guest]

@Variable:

Like a fine wine Brain, you need to savor this a bit longer.

I am savoring it, but I am keeping my eye on the future. Okay you got me I am guzzling this 5h!+ down. Give me more, give me more…… I need a fix.

[allworkandnoclay]

@Brain:

XXXIV^II

@allworkandnoclay:

UK next!

What kind of time table are we looking at?

Usually when I start a new nation, I go through and do the cleaning/trimming part of the set all at one time so it’ll take a little extra time. But then again, the infantry are my favorite units to work on so I work a bit faster…

…Does that help?

[allworkandnoclay]

@Variable:

@allworkandnoclay:

@Variable:

Fantastic! I love the later war carriers… And your camo, as always, is awesome!

Thanks - it was ridiculously hard to match colors. WWII “Navy Blue” is not even remotely navy blue. Most all decks were stained a blue color. And the greys ranged from all kinds of shades depending on which site you looked at. I finally found a site with some good images of paint chips and matched it from that (though going with a lighter color because size naturally lightens a color).

While I had fun doing the brown wooden decks of the earlier ones, I did do the Essex(CV 9). I used a dark German grey for the deck since, like you said, it wasn’t very “navy blue”. I’m still conflicted over my color choice on the hellcats but I have some Corsairs on the way from Trumpeter. I will try out a darker blue on a few of those.

Page of interest:

http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/main_e.htm

Excellent source for color matching.

[Guest]

What colors would you use to match the standard Axis and Allies game piece colors?

[allworkandnoclay]

@Brain:

What colors would you use to match the standard Axis and Allies game piece colors?

I just painted on a few spare pieces until I found a good match.

[Guest]

@allworkandnoclay:

@Brain:

What colors would you use to match the standard Axis and Allies game piece colors?

I just painted on a few spare pieces until I found a good match.

What colors were they?

[Variable]

@Brain:

@allworkandnoclay:

@Brain:

What colors would you use to match the standard Axis and Allies game piece colors?

I just painted on a few spare pieces until I found a good match.

What colors were they?

The name will depend on the brand of paint. Use the above site that AllWork gave us to color match the paints at the store.

[allworkandnoclay]

@Brain:

I was hoping for a brand of paint and a color.

Sure:

I use Vallejo paints. They’re made in Spain and a bit more expensive and exclusive than other paints, but they’re made specifically for professional model builders and miniature painters.

Vallejo Model Color Series:

ANZAC: Neutral Grey
Japan: Brown Orange
USA: Reflective Green

Vallejo Game Color Series:

China: Camouflage Green

I’ve spent about $450 on paints so far. A lot of them I’ve ended up not using, but it’s the only way to get accurate matches as printouts, computer screen displays, and the scale of your project distort the end color.