Started my Americans for an upcoming campaign

[ogre44]

With the next MiniArt of War club campaign being an AE-WWII campaign, I decided I had best get to painting my forces.
I figured I'd start with the model that first attracted me to AE-WWII, the American Buffalo Powered Armor Suit.





The dry transfers for the circled stars and flags are from Archer Transfers, and I think they look quite nice.





I think the most successful part of the paintjob is the jewelling on the thingypit canopy.
I wanted an amber color rather than the studio's orange so I worked up from Burnt Umber to a very light yellow through 30 successive layers (the wife was watching something horribly boring on the TV )
A couple of layers of gloss varnish completes the effect




I know that a lot of people paint the small square panel on the front of the Buffalo, under the canopy as a part of the canopy.
However, I prefer to imagine the pilot riding inside the body of the Buffalo, with all of the extremities being purely mechanical like a Gundam or Votom, rather than wearing the armor MAK style.


Sorry for all the fingers in the photos, my photo-fu is weak.

[pikinyin]

This painting is awesome. Do you paint all your models like that?

[ogre44]

No, just the ones I like. ;D

The low model count for AE-WWII allows for more time per miniature, which in turn allows for higher quality paint jobs.

[myincubliss]

30 layers? Kudos on perseverence paying off!

[Scorpio]

Feb 23, 2010 10:59:25 GMT -5 ogre44 said:

I know that a lot of people paint the small square panel on the front of the Buffalo, under the canopy as a part of the canopy.
However, I prefer to imagine the pilot riding inside the body of the Buffalo, with all of the extremities being purely mechanical like a Gundam or Votom, rather than wearing the armor MAK style.

Oh, that's what I figured as well.

Excellent work! I wish I had your patience.

[Darkson]

I am loving the glass canopy. You should do a tutorial. I am looking forward to seeing more of your detachment. Make sure the rest of the players post here on the forum as well as posting your games.

[ogre44]

My photo skills might be a bit on the limited side for a tutorial.
I might give it a shot when I get my second Buffalo to tote the Machine Gun ;D

As for the rest of the group, many of them already post here so I would reckon you've already seen or will soon see their figs.

[Darkson]

You going to try a different color style for your second Buffalo? Most if not all that I have seen have been green. It would be cool to see an Eastern Front or Africa Vet pattern.

[ogre44]

As cool as the African desert cam might be on a Buffalo, I think I'd prefer that it fit in with the rest of the force, I'll have to see what the rest of the figs look like by the time I'm ready to paint a second one.
I don't have my book handy, but was America fielding the Buffalo that early in the war?
I was under the impression that they were post D-Day only.

[CmdrKiley]

Well the desert camo can still be used for the Middle East as Patton and Rommel have been mixing it up between Iraq and Persia.