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Hi Everyone!
First off, I hope I'm not bothering people with these posts about my painted
GZG stuff, if I am, please let me know and i'll stop!
Now, on to my next painted GZG vehicle, the 8-wheel MICV. This is for
my UNSC forces, and I have another one and the gun version inbound:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W1zArQTdaLk/UPosTvpttLI/AAAAAAAADz8/rapONg6mLb
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At:
http://clearhorizonsalvage.blogspot.com/2013/01/painted-gzg-8-wheel-micv
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Any suggestions for the UNSC paint scheme? I was thinking a rust color, but I
don't know.
Thanks!
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Nope, Harold, don't mind at all. Nice to see some well-painted stuff
(mine....are passable at a distance of about 10-15')
Mk
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Harold Crossley <h37864@gmail.com> wrote:
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W1zArQTdaLk/UPosTvpttLI/AAAAAAAADz8/rapONg6mLb
4/s1600/tank.jpg
> At:
http://clearhorizonsalvage.blogspot.com/2013/01/painted-gzg-8-wheel-micv
.html
> Any suggestions for the UNSC paint scheme? I was thinking a rust
> On 19/01/2013 05:25, Harold Crossley wrote:
Dinna hold yer breath waitin', as a Scottish acquaintance of mine once said.
Seriously, have you seen anyone complain about your posts? I doubt
you will, because it's just that sort of thing that this list is for! And
since you send links rather than actual pictures (which I don't
think you can on this list anyway), would-be complainers can't even
accuse you of wasting bandwidth! Heck, I'm a vacc-head, and I enjoy
looking at examples of other people's work (like yours), so the guys and
gals on the list who go for the ground games ought to think it's great.
> Now, on to my next painted GZG vehicle, the 8-wheel MICV. This is for
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W1zArQTdaLk/UPosTvpttLI/AAAAAAAADz8/rapONg6mLb
4/s1600/tank.jpg
> At:
http://clearhorizonsalvage.blogspot.com/2013/01/painted-gzg-8-wheel-micv
.html
> Any suggestions for the UNSC paint scheme? I was thinking a rust
Nice work. As for what to do next, my initial reaction on seeing UNSC vehicles
to expect them to look like stuff that's been seconded to UN
command these days -- white overall with blue patches, etc. -- but then
I remember that those forces are deliberately high-visibility because
they're peacekeepers, and that in the GZGverse, the UN is an armed power
in itself, all of which means that UNSC ground forces will most likely have
the same kind of camo as anyone else. As to what colours to use... well, where
are they based or fighting? Again, using modern practice as a basis, vehicles
are camouflaged to match the terrain they'll be operating in, and are
repainted to suit if moved.
Now, Granny has already glared at me to indicate that she knows how to suck
eggs and has done so since before I was born, but the point stands:
are you creating a complete force to fight as a whole, in which case the
camo should match; or do you want a variety of schemes to indicate the range
of camo used by the UNSC, in which case do what you like! Heck, given the
possibility of vegetation that uses an alternative to chlorophyll, you could
uses all sorts of colours and claim they're appropriate for various worlds.
One book I read (can't remember title) had worlds with vegetation that was
black rather than green because the chemical in question was more efficient at
absorbing solar energy than
chlorophyll, so you could have black-and-grey camo, possibly with some
brown to break it up. Not much good out in the desert, say, but great in
temperate climates and maybe even in urban areas.
Your choice. Have fun.
Phil
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DEFINITELY don't stop, Harold! Aside from the great publicity (which I
appreciate enormously and find very useful!), I really enjoy seeing
what people actually do with the minis they buy from me - and you
work is always of a great standard!
:-)
Jon (GZG)
> > Now, on to my next painted GZG vehicle, the 8-wheel MICV. This is
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Thanks guys! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't spamming the list!
And good points about different vegetation on different worlds. I was thinking
a rust color for my troops, I'll have to do a couple of test paints and see
what you guys think.
Thanks, Harold
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 4:40 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
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On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Harold Crossley <h37864@gmail.com> wrote:
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Definitely appreciated here, Harold! Hey, anything that contributes to the
list is fine by me!
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I personally go for a deep ultramarine or royal blue for mine to match what I
do for the ships. On the one hand I figure troops in hardsuits have a
reconfigurable chameleon skin, so the paint job I give them is more to
represent their nation/origin than a practical camo scheme. On the
other hand, my image of the GZG UN troops is that they're hardcore enough that
they don't need camo - I use the UN as proto-Imperial forces and figure
that they want to announce their presence as a scare tactic.
And it makes it easier to identify the different forces on the table. It sucks
when you've done such a good job at painting camo that you don't realize where
your troops are when you're playing.
Randy
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Harold Crossley <h37864@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:01:28PM -0600, Randy Wolfmeyer wrote:
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When the UNSC ships first came out, there was some discussion as to whether
they should be pale blue with white ("peacekeeping force" motif), or black
("helicopters").
R
He's not kiddng!
I am vacchead as well, but remember posts from folks who found they'd missed a
unit or two for several turns because the camo was THAT good.
Of course, if you remember, and but your opponent misses 'em....
Doug
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I had something like that happen with 1/285 WW2 micro armor about 20-25
years ago. The two tanks involved were not only forgotten during the game they
were moved into cover, but were MIA for a week until they were discovered at
the next game when someone exclaimed, "What are these 2 Panthers doing here,
you were suppose to set up over on the other side and I thought we agreed to
run a '42 game and not a '43 game."
Kevin
> On Jan 20, 2013, at 5:05 AM, Douglas Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:
> He's not kiddng!
It sucks when you've done such a good job at painting camo that you don't
realize where your troops are when you're playing.
> Randy
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> paints and see what you guys think.