| Guthroth | 15 Jun 2012 12:09 a.m. PST |
Hi Does anyone make decals for 10/15mm models of Soviet WW2 graffiti ? 'On To Berlin' – in cyrillic – that sort of thing ? Pete |
| GeoffQRF | 15 Jun 2012 2:03 a.m. PST |
i have a whole bunch drawn up, but not printed yet… |
| Guthroth | 15 Jun 2012 2:04 a.m. PST |
Guaranteed order waiting here Geoff …. I need some more figures as well. |
| Andy ONeill | 15 Jun 2012 2:43 a.m. PST |
I would think they'd be so small you would have great difficulty making em out.
Wouldn't just some white squiggles be near enough? |
Marc33594  | 15 Jun 2012 4:10 a.m. PST |
Yes, I-94 Enterprises, among others, makes them:
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| GeoffQRF | 15 Jun 2012 4:17 a.m. PST |
Oh, you'd be amazed how small you can print and still read them. :-) These flags, for example, are only 3mm x 2mm.
link |
| GeoffQRF | 15 Jun 2012 4:34 a.m. PST |
Ah, mine are going to be less formal than that, much more 'scripty'. |
| troopwo | 15 Jun 2012 5:12 a.m. PST |
I thought this would be about scratching the names of metal rock bands in AK magazines. |
| GeoffQRF | 15 Jun 2012 6:47 a.m. PST |
But as we are talking about it… Black, white, red or all 3 on a sheet? Any specific requests? |
 John the OFM | 15 Jun 2012 7:47 a.m. PST |
Battlefront has has a pack or two of patriotic slogans.
Unfortunately, 25% of them are "Fighting Girlfriend". That can be problematic when you have 10 tanks in your company. I have found that with a brand new paintbrush, a clean pallette and good white paint, all combined with boundless patience, one can paint the more obscure slogans oneself. It's rther satisfying.
I tried this first on some IS-152s to give me a nice large "canvas", and soon started on smaller turretted tanks.
I actually like the look better than the professionally printed ones (which are a lot less work!  ). |
| Grinning Norm | 15 Jun 2012 8:40 a.m. PST |
Care to share some of your more obscure slogans? I do agree that patience can give quite pleasing results. Painting pixel by pixel, sometimes making corrections. |
| John the OFM | 15 Jun 2012 9:04 a.m. PST |
Mostly "famous Russians".
I named the Voroshilov, Nevsky, Suvarov, etc. |
| von pumpernickel | 15 Jun 2012 9:28 a.m. PST |
there's a decal supplier on ebay that has loads, lots of Ukranian ones on the sheet he sells – do a search for 1/144 decals and his shop should come up |
| Timbo W | 15 Jun 2012 11:32 a.m. PST |
I remember seeing an article showing Soviet tank slogans in MW or WI some years ago, no idea which issue offhand though! I think 'Crush the Facist Vipers!' was my favourite. |
| number4 | 15 Jun 2012 2:00 p.m. PST |
Useful DIY guide here link |
| John the OFM | 16 Jun 2012 7:20 a.m. PST |
If ypu Google "Russian tank slogans", and go to Images, you can find a nice variety for those willing to try it by hand.
The paperback "Ostfront" Flames of War supplement had a nice Russian glosary.
there is a TMP thread on this, but it has a lot of dumb suggestions like "My other tank is a tractor!". Use with caution. Avoid the inane practice of using Cyrillic letters that "look like" our familiar letters. You only look like a … iinane person when you do that. |
| wargamer6 | 21 Jun 2012 2:53 p.m. PST |
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| Clays Russians | 16 Jul 2012 9:48 p.m. PST |
I painted "ti*ties and beer" in cyrallic on a t5485. doing a breakfast cereal theme company , Lucky charms, Cherrios, nut=n=honey, corn flakes, cpmmanded by captain Kruncz (crunch) silly I know, but its just a honny right? ------RIGHT? |
| Clays Russians | 16 Jul 2012 9:48 p.m. PST |
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| number4 | 17 Jul 2012 9:31 a.m. PST |
Shouldn't that read "ti*ties and vodka"? |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 20 Jul 2012 3:37 a.m. PST |
Yeah paint them on by hand, the original daubers did! |
| jpflumignan | 29 Jul 2012 5:32 p.m. PST |
Shouldn't that read "ti*ties and vodka"? I believe it should :P |
