"28mm WWII Afrika Korps by Warlord" Topic

All,

Greetings, hope all is well! You've by now seen a bunch of Germans out of me, so what's a few more between friends? ;) Here are my Afrika Korps troops from Warlord, plastic multi-pose infantry with metal crew-served weapons teams; I have a number of vehicles as well, which you'll see in a separate post. These figures are really great, easy to put together, great detail, good proportions, plenty of options, just really cool figures, but… some of you shall no doubt soon be muttering "what the hell was Jack thinking?" under your breath. I've grown to love them, but the color scheme is sure to throw some of you. What happened is I did up my British 8th Army troops, very simple khaki colored force. Then I did my Italians for North Africa, very simple khaki colored force. When I got to the Germans all I could think was, "it would be really easy to do these guys up as a very simple khaki colored force," but I wanted them to stand out, so I started experimenting with different Contrast colors and finally settled on a light green. As I understand it, the Afrika Korps uniforms actually were a green color (or varying shades of green, depending on time/location of manufacture, much like their Field Gray), which often quickly faded to varying khaki, brown, or olive colors. My guys are definitely bright, brighter than I imagine most of you would accept on your table, but for my part I don't even notice it once they're on the table.

A couple officer types, with your first glimpse of the paint schemed.

Couple dudes chucking grenades.

A few guys reloading.

A pair of MG-34s.

And a 37mm anti-tank gun.

To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
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Well, I hope you like them, and if you're looking for some 28mm Afrika Korps troops, I can't recommend these guys highly enough, really fun set to build and easy to paint up.

V/R,
Jack

Inspired by your posts, I have started painting my evzones with contrast colors, since I didn't seem to have appropriate shades of brown, and they look very good. Thanks for the information!

Eleftherios e thanatos!

Grelber

That's awesome, glad to be of service! It takes a minute to get used to; they dry quickly so DO NOT try to go back over something that's dried, and decide quickly where you want stuff to pool and drag it across to there in a smooth motion. I absolutely love them.

V/R,
Jack

They've come up OK, mate. Besides, the Indians will sort them out. :-)

Thanks, I appreciate it. They're a bit too clean looking, but it will be fine on the tabletop.

And yes, that's the plan ;)

V/R,
Jack