This is a 15mm vehicle from Ground zero Games. (One of the vehicles I bought at Salute this year). Not so much for me to say with regard to this vehicle. It was well cast in metal, everything fitted together well and quite instinctively because there was no instructions, but it did not really need them. I did find it hard to come up with a "new" camouflage scheme. Inspired by a Giraffe's skin I simply left a lot of the splodges out in the hope that it would be simple enough to work and maybe break up the lines a little.
At this stage I have not put any markings on it and that is my dilemma. Long time members of the blog will remember I already have a FSE (Federal States Europa.) force, platoon level ground force and starter fleet space navy. And this is where it all falls apart....... a friend of mine is going to sell me his NSL (New Swabian League). fleet at a very keen price. This is great and I instantly agreed when he mentioned the price.
However I was going to have a NAC (New Anglican Confederation) opposition for the FSE. I am the kind of guy who wants matching space fleets and ground Forces. To do other than this jars with me. I much prefer the NSL fleet to the NAC fleet, but then I prefer the NAC ground forces to the NSL ones.
Yes I know it's science fiction and for many people it would not make any difference at all. Yet somehow for me it does make a difference.
Thanks for reading my waffle today. I do intend to cut my blog posts to 2 a week from now on, Mondays and Fridays. So until Friday take care and keep painting and gaming. All the best Clint
Perhaps you have a Brandenburg type company dressed up in your enemies allies uniforms. I quite like the giraffe camo it looks good.
ReplyDeleteIt's honestly only me and my hang ups about getting it "right". And I know there is no "right". Maybe it's a type of "Sheldon Cooperism!"
DeleteWhile I am nowhere near perfectionist myself, I can completely understand the idea of matching fleets and armies. Even if only thing saying one belongs to another is a label. It is your decision and nobody can help you here...perhaps decide which of those are more important to you and pick that army...or which of the "unliked" branches you like more (if you like swabian infantry more than anglican fleet, you play swabians - thats how I mean :P)
ReplyDeleteI understand you Mathyoo. I think you are right it all comes down to what I feel and it is in the end my decision. Thanks for the reply I'll ponder it later tonight!
DeleteIf it just won't work like you need it to maybe you could just use it in a vignette for a small project. Sometimes things like this can end up being the thing we need to break us out of a painting funk.
ReplyDeleteI hear what you are saying Anne. I think for now I will go back to wild west for a little while as I am on familiar ground there.
DeleteIs the main issue with the NSL ground forces the current figure range? If so, you probably only need to wait a couple of months - I think Mr T will be revamping them this year as he has already done for the NAC, New Israelis and UNSC.
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Cheers Tamsin you have put a smile on my face. Being honest it is not the infantry it is that the NSL and FSE vehicles are similar. Not the same I grant you but I wanted one hover based and one wheeled based. I'll wait till SEL:GW I think and see what happens. Another project on hold.
DeleteI rather like the giraffe cammo and I can fully understand the feeling to want to get it right.
ReplyDeleteSci Fi camo is hard because you want something that everyone will "understand" and yet be different from historical or contemporary schemes.
DeleteI have decided not to force it. I have some more apaches to do as well as my wild west zombies so I can put off making a "final" decision for a few weeks yet!
I know what's that like.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to apathy central!
DeleteGZG vehicles are so tempting. I like the look of this one a lot. and I'm with you on NSL starships- I have a bunch of them and love them
ReplyDeleteThanks ferret. GZG vehicles are very nice. And trust me I have gotten a very nice price for the NSL ships. Such a nice price it is worth the dilemma!
DeleteI remember doing some illustrations for Stargrunt and the vehicles like that were NAC so I would say NAc even though they actually remind me more of FSE
ReplyDeleteYes this is an NAC vehicle. (I believe) As both the FSE and NSL are hover based primarily. And I am still thinking through how I feel about them.
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