John Brown's Painted Axis and Allies Pieces

@Spitfire38:

Wow, very creative camouflage schemes! Those are a lot of planes :O

Thanks Spitfire, I wanted mine to be unique with a little historical flair, but with my own twist on some of it. :-D

@dangermouse650:

Cool schemes, great work. Hoping that the enemy has left my mancave so i can resume work this weekend……

I appreciate it, it was fun for sure!

I would hope it is gone. That is bad when you are fighting a two front war, trying to paint and getting rid of a snake, LOL.

The closest thing that can get to me is the brown recluse, and in the summer, they are very bad, in Texas. :-D

**Update:**Guys, because of spring break, taxes, and the fact I’m having my kitchen redone, I have to put the my painting on hold.

I will have the final phase five of the Luftwaffe, the gray camo scheme done, plus redo’s of some of the first two sets, and will try to start the German Navy in April.

Sorry, but real life sometimes interferes, and I kept putting off my taxes, but can no longer put that off, LOL. I could use a break, so I will resume painting soon. :-D

Cheers,

John

P.S. In the mean time, check out Spitfire’s awesome Flying Tigers, on my painted set from him, on his thread. :-)

@IWillNeverGrowUp:

Excellent improvement there Mr. Brown!  kudos!

Thank you!

You guys have really helped me improve my painting, and the mentality and the patience it takes to paint. Each of you have helped me tremendously, and I greatly appreciate it.

The key for me, was the patience factor, because I am rewarded with a better paint job.

The last test is the yellow noses again in with the grey, black and green camos schemes.

Counting the last phase and redo’s will be 72 planes, but I’m up to the challenge.

Then the Navy, will be my next challenge, LOL.

Thanks again, my friend! :-D

@toblerone77:

Here’s a tip for your noses. If you prime in white or gray paint the nose first and mask it with a very thin layer of after it has dried. If you lay the blue tack on thin you can even trim it to precision with your exacto knife. Then paint your darker colors over the rest of the plane. This also works well for masking smaller deatails in other areas.

What is the blue tack you are talking about?

Is it some kind of tape?

Is that what you are talking about?

I’m just trying to make sure I’m following you. :-)

@toblerone77:

The stuff you hang posters with

Oh, OK, I used push pins or thumb tacks, back in the day, LOL. Thanks! :-D

@toblerone77:

Lol JB blue tack is great for masking stuff as well as the blue painter’s tape. There is also a way to use silly putty. Some guys will use silly putty when airbrushing camo schemes but that’s on larger models.

Cool buddy, you got me up to date. Thanks! :-D

@cyanight:

Very nice camo there John.

Thanks Cyanight, I appreciate it! :-)

Did you see the Flying Tigers Spitfire38 painted on his G40 thread, of my painted set from him?

If you haven’t, check them out. He did a superb job on them.

**Update:**Guys, I had to stop in the middle of my painting two weeks ago, because life was interfering, and due to the constant weather change, I’ve been getting many migraines.

I, unfortunately will not have the Luftwaffe done till sometime in April, hopefully in 2 weeks, but will see.

Sorry about that. I attended to have it done in March, but it just hasn’t worked out that way, but I have enjoyed everyone’s paint jobs in recent weeks.

Hopefully, I will get back on track.

Thanks for your patience! :-)

John

@jwo1984:

Hey John Brown!

It has been a while for me since I been on here or have had any time for AA stuff.  Noticed your thread and that you have picked up a brush! wow great job on your aircraft!  love the different varieties in squadron colors and your overall vision! looking forward too seeing you snow camo Luftwaffe! its a big task too take on isn’t it? but once you get all those squadrons together it will look soo damn cool! ill keep my eye on your thread…when you get back too having the time to paint some more! great job on them so far!

Hey buddy! I was wandering what happened to you.

I decided to join, with you all, in painting my pieces. :-D

Everyone has been inspirational in helping me learn how to do this.

You said your looking forward to my winter camo Luftwaffe?

It should be the last planes I’ve done on this thread.

All I have left is the gray camo scheme, and I’m redoing some of my first two groups I did with the night camo and the green camo with yellow.

I also adding a few more planes, about five to the winter camo, another transport plane in the desert scheme, as well as transport planes for all five camo schemes and last but not least sea planes in the gray camo scheme.

**Just to update everyone, I’ve been dealing with life interfering with my painting and migraines. It has not been a good month for me. Sorry, I haven’t been able to finish painting my air force, but will eventually finish it when I can. I have jury duty next week, so I don’t know what is going to happen next. Will see!

Thanks Jwo1984 for your comments! I hope I will get to paint soon. :-) **

Thanks again!

John

@jwo1984:

oh yes I see your winter camo now JB.  very sharp those planes are ready to fly deep into Russian and operation Barbarossa! I like the winter camo they are fun too paint aren’t they?  I have only done some infantry a few tanks and support vehicles.  Need alittle airforce for the winter definetly! Never worry about apologizing I think JB.  Id say most of the people on this customization forum…we’re all in the same boat.  We all get busy, or “bogged down” with life.  And come on here and paint when we can! Its cool to take a leave of absence for a while and come on and see new and old artists re-emerged with new painted pieces for our viewing!  Keep up the good work when you are back at it JB.

I love doing the winter camo. There were so many variants for Germany. It was really hard to pick from.

Thanks for your words of encouragement jwo1984. Hopefully soo, I will be able to finish my air force.

Thanks again, buddy! :-)