| Abwehrschlacht | 06 May 2015 4:24 a.m. PST |
I have completed a German artillery piece for Stalingrad, it's a 15cm sFH 18, plus an extra halftrack 20mm AA gun. There's more pictures and details on my blog: link Thanks for reading!
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| Who asked this joker | 06 May 2015 5:03 a.m. PST |
Shouldn't your screen name be "Sir Mix-a-lot?"  Great looking model! |
| VonTed | 06 May 2015 5:40 a.m. PST |
I hope the second floor is missing from that building, otherwise they are about to have a bad day. |
| Sajiro | 06 May 2015 6:11 a.m. PST |
Excellent work, but they really stand out against that terrain. What a beautiful set up to game over. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 06 May 2015 6:39 a.m. PST |
Cheers guys, Von Ted, I would assume that the top floor will be gone within seconds of the gun firing… Sajiro, the cobbles were bought, the buildings were painted by me and a friend. |
bracken  | 06 May 2015 10:18 a.m. PST |
Big guns or should that be called the most fun you can have doing demolition on a big scale! nice work as always Alex, inspiring as always |
| Abwehrschlacht | 06 May 2015 10:59 a.m. PST |
Ha ha, that's true Russ, thanks man! Glad you liked it! |
| 4th Cuirassier | 06 May 2015 2:18 p.m. PST |
Excellent work, but how do you get a 15cm howitzer into a game? That kind of artillery I usually have firing from off-table! |
 Yellow Admiral | 06 May 2015 3:47 p.m. PST |
Easily fixed with a little scale distortion.  - Ix |
| tuscaloosa | 06 May 2015 6:43 p.m. PST |
Looks very nice! Question, should the gun be that dark? My own German artillery pieces are a lighter shade of gray, not so black. I have no references handy, though, and I have no idea where I sourced the color. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 07 May 2015 2:23 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys, yep, I had a debate with myself as to whether the guns should be on table or not, but with Rapid Fire being a Battalion level game, I figured it would be a reasonable leap of faith. tuscaloosa, they are painted in Vallejo's German Grey which is a very dark shade of grey anyway. I'm no expert on the exact shade of grey for German guns, but this looks OK to me:
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 optional field | 07 May 2015 12:40 p.m. PST |
Looks very nice! Question, should the gun be that dark?
A lot would depend on the weather that day. I've taken up photography (because clearly I need another hobby) and from it I have learned to appreciate how much lighting influences things. A light gray object on a sunny day can be nearly black on an overcast morning. |
| tuscaloosa | 07 May 2015 1:15 p.m. PST |
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