Here's
my entry for the "Armour" bonus round a Blitzkrieg Miniatures 28mm
Matilda Infantry Tank with Commander painted in Desert Caunter Scheme
for my 1941 Desert British.
The
name is of course fictitious but stand by for explanation. This is my
second Matilda, the first painted a couple of three years ago, that tank
was named "Fat Badger" after a local restaurant and the fact that the
tank looks like, well, a Fat Badger.
So
when it came to Tank two we brainstormed a theme and the Wind in the
Willows, Toad, Badger, Ratty and Mole came out in the lead, so Tubby
Toad it was, stand by for the Rotund Ratty and Mole.
So there it is, back to trying to the paint table to avoid the 28mm AWI Cavalry!
Very nice Ken
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave.
DeleteSmashing work Ken :)
ReplyDeleteCheers Tamsin, must do some SYW next;-)
Deletequality in the painting here
ReplyDeleteVery kind roma
DeleteNice to see some Caunter camo in the mix - you'll have to give us the rundown on how you did it back on your blog!
ReplyDeleteGreat work, Ken!
Cheers Evan, I did a tutorial on the Caunter Scheme on Yarkshire Gamer a while back, will link to it when I put this up.
DeleteI saw your piece on the A13 - great job there! Is there a slightly different choice of colours on the Matilda?
DeleteThere is Evan, I went for the light blue grey on the A13s whilst it was the more greeny Slate Grey on the Matilda. With exposure to strong sunlight lots of different varieties are possible.
Deletetop job on this
ReplyDeleteNice one Martin, cheers
DeleteLove the Matilda and this one looks great!
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat a good Matilda Adam, unless your trying to go quicker than it, then you can !
DeleteNice Matilda. Great inspiration for the name.
ReplyDeleteCheers Jonathan, Rotund Rat here we come!
DeleteI like the Caunter scheme!
ReplyDeleteThanks Barks, all hand done, no masking tape and airbrushes here ☺
DeleteThis really nice. Love the camo.
ReplyDeleteTa Rod, the Caunter Scheme really sets of models for this period.
DeleteIf you have not seen the Matilda in Bovington tank museum it's really worth a look. Splendid tank in RL and just as good a version presented for us by you!
ReplyDeleteI have Clint, it is a thing of beauty.
DeleteHoly cow, another fantastic Matilda - great work on this.
ReplyDeleteMatildatastic ! Time to set up a new Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge Matilda Fanciers Club ?
DeleteWhat a great job you've done on this Ken.
ReplyDeleteTa muchy Michael
DeleteLovely Matilda. Great Caunter camo and weathering. Great posing too. A definite fave.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter, she has come out nice.
Deletegreat piece of hardware Martin!
ReplyDeleteIt's Ken but hey I ain't fussy when it comes to compliments.
DeleteOh, she's a beauty! Wonderful work Ken, love that early cammo.
ReplyDeleteCheers Curt, I feel a WW2 Desert game coming up.
DeleteGorgeous tank here Ken, and I like the naming convention!
ReplyDeleteThanks it's always good to have a bit of fun with tank names
DeleteBeautiful iron beastie, Ken! Very clean camouflage on the toad too! I like the crew hand-painted name, waaay better than stencils!
ReplyDeleteThanks David, that's the look I was after.
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