I like the shinny coats, they protect the paint job like a sealer.
BTW you have the most aesthetic set. Not the most accurate, but pleasing to look at.
Very cool - you are inspiring me to do some painting this winter…
Yea, they are sealed and protected well. I’m sure they are water proof, hehe. The gloss does change the colors though and makes them look much darker. Thanks again for the comments and Der Kuenstler I am glad I could inspire you :)
Now onto USA and some special facilities that I will be painting after the last set is done. I hope to get the Amerika set from HBG by the end of this month but who knows it may be another 2 months, lol
I plan to paint some of the Amerika set so that I can use the Meteor Jets for UK and Heavy tanks for US, UK, Germany and Japan. Lots of nice pieces in that set.
Then we also have the US expansion set from HBG. I am eagerly waiting for that set because of the Persing tanks, Shooting Star jets and Long Tom Artillery.
Hey Cyanight… If your familiar with any modelling paints at hobby shops the Tamyia paints have a good flat sheen protective spray. I use it on my pieces and have found it works well… 2-4 coats and your nice and protected and your paint colors aren’t altered!
I too have ordered HBG’s Amerika game… Mostly for the AMAZING sculpts! Do you know any news on when it’s supposed too be shipped?? You said this month I haven’t heard this?? But then again it’s getting close too a year I think from their estimated delivery time so your right could be next month… Or well into 2015 haha. I do hope that US set comes out sooner tho. I really want to paint those p47 jugs and liberty b24 bombers!
I saw an email from HBG that they said Amerika would ship by the end of November. Before that they said it was going to be released in November and no later. I fear it may be December but hope they ship before then.
Here is the stuff I purchased from the War Store. I hope it works :)
http://www.thewarstore.com/product39108.html
What a cool product! Keeps the shine on things like chain mail and such very cool. You use a metallic paint or silver on most of the centres of your ships right? So you will retain your shine on the bridges of the ships! Also great news about the Amerika release date for end of November I hope that’s true. We all have Christmas time off perfect for painting up some units.
I just got an email today from HBG saying that the Amerika is being shipped from China today. I don’t know if that’s good news or bad news, hehe.
Here are some new Carriers I painted.
I found the Akagi Japanese carrier and the legendary Russian Kostromitinova Aircraft Carrier from the A&A 1941 set… The Russian carrier is legendary because it was never built. I painted it based on the blueprints for the project. The old Akagi carrier(with Shinano scuplt) was converted to the Taiho. I also added 2 new escort Carriers for USN, the Casablanca and the Bataan. I also converted the old Casablanca to the Ticonderoga
This is the new UK Cruiser. In the picture you can see the UK Battleship next to 8 new* cruisers, the old cruiser and the UK destroyer.
Some more new pieces from the 1941 set.
Superb job on all these pieces. You are getting better, all the time. Great job, Cyanight! :-D
What are those white blotches?
I think those white blotches are just the lighting glare coming off the high gloss coat cynaight uses to protect his pieces. I really like the grey scheme you used on your fw 190’s! they look fantastic… I went with greys on my focke-wulf’s as well. I think you and I might be the only two guys here that used the OOB fw190s from the 41 set. All other painted 190’s I ve seen on here have been the HBG versions.
I hope the news Amerika is shipped from china is good news lol! I’m a backer too and I didn’t receive this email notification.
also what are these new uk cruisers? who did you end up going with these aren’t panzerschiffe ?
I think those white blotches are just the lighting glare coming off the high gloss coat cynaight uses to protect his pieces. I really like the grey scheme you used on your fw 190’s! they look fantastic… I went with greys on my focke-wulf’s as well. I think you and I might be the only two guys here that used the OOB fw190s from the 41 set. All other painted 190’s I ve seen on here have been the HBG versions.Â
I hope the news Amerika is shipped from china is good news lol! I’m a backer too and I didn’t receive this email notification.
Jwo1984, I will be using the OOB ones as well, so make that three of us. :-D
Alright John Brown, looking forward too seeing spitfires paint schemes for em !
Imperious Leader - those white blotches are glare from my camera. I’m using a Nikon dx40 SLR camera for the pics. I use the camera mostly for taking pictures of my saltwater aquariums. I should have used the manual mode.
I like the OOB 1941 FW-190s because they are bigger than the HBG versions. If you look though my Germany pics you can see them in the Luftwaffe section. I also painted some P40’s from the 1941 set too but I will post them with the USA set which I’m finishing up.
I bought the cruisers from Shapeways. These ships are not even UK, they are the German Scharnhorst class BB 1/4300 scale. I had bought one earlier this summer and thought it was too small for BB and decided not to use them. But for a cruiser I think they are perfect size just have to keep it a secret that they are stolen from the Germans, haha.
https://www.shapeways.com/model/1768316/scharnhorst-class-bb-1-4300.html?materialId=6&li=ostatus
Thanks again for your comments!
Not much into painting pieces… but can’t ignore these, they look fantastic. Great Job!
Guys,
I think you and I might be the only two guys here that used the OOB fw190s from the 41 set.� All other painted 190’s I ve seen on here have been the HBG versions.�
**––Not quite,…as I came to this same conclusion a long time ago,…immediately after HBG’s 1st set that included a Fighter unit,…and my OOB FW-190’s were finished a year or more ago.----HBG some time ago apparently made the decision to make thier Fighters smaller than their Tac-Bombers as to aid thier type identification. This is a good idea,…but for me the difference is too much and I prefer the OOB Fighters, sometimes modified/detailed or,… SHAPEWAYS units which are the ultimate in detail!**
Jwo1984, I will be using the OOB ones as well, so make that three of us. :-D
**––That should be at least FOUR,…as I made this decision some time ago and they’re already painted.
**––Also, I used the OOB c.202 Fighters from the A&A-Europe, 2nd Edition for my primary Italian Fighter. (see below for examples)
----Another OOB Fighter that should interest ya’ll is the P-40 Kittyhawk. IMHO it has a much better proportion than the one from HBG.Tall Paul**
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Those are really nice Tall Paul. I love the detail!
Sorry I missed your post YG, thanks very much. Remember, its your video that inspired me to build this set :)
I should have the Americans posted this evening or next.
USA is finished and ready for war! The set is completely magnetized and painted now. I didn’t repaint some of the USA pieces because Im planning to replace and add many more pieces to USA, Japan and Germany when I receive the pieces from HBG’s Amerika set and USA expansion set. Also plan to update the Germans with pieces from their set which should be in production after the USA expansion set is released. I really love the pieces HBG has made for this game. I just wish the China factory was a bit more quicker in their production.
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