I'm not sure why, but over the years I've painted a lot of different miniatures in a lot of different camouflage patterns. The pictures that follow show just some of the many examples.
This is the very first figure that
I ever painted in a Camouflage scheme, and he's also one of the first three
or four figures that I actually completed. The (rather blurred) picture
at the left makes him look much better than he really does. I think that
it's the angle, frankly. And the blurriness probably helps, too.
The miniature is an old Ral Partha 25mm figure, from their miniscule line of post-apocalyptic figures. He's never been used in a game of any sort, and probably never will be. I just keep him around for the nostalgia value.
This was the very first 1/300 scale tank that I ever painted in Camouflage. All things considered, I'm pretty happy with it. If I was painting it today, I'd do a lot of things differently, but I'm not going to be repainting it any time soon. I'm afraid that I don't know the precise name of this tank, but it's one of the hovertanks from Ground Zero Games "Future Wars" range. Like the guy above, this tank has never been gamed with. Unlike him, this is likely to change.
This is a Fortress Figures "Heavy Hovertank" that I've painted in a simple desert camo scheme. The tanks are cast in some sort of plastic resin that's very easy to deal with -- it has a problem with acrylic paints, but an enamel primer will solve that pretty quickly.
The right barrel of the turret gun is actually about twice as long as the left one, but I snapped off most of it. I think that it looks better this way, and to be honest? It was going to happen anyway. This way, I was able to control the process.
Another GZG tank, this time from their Dirtside II range. This is the "Slammer" hovertank, and it's based on a very nice 25mm resin model that I do not (yet) own.I wanted to try something different with this one, so I painted in what I'm thinking of as "Martian Camouflage". It may not be very realistic, but I think that it's a striking effect.
Two views of a now OOP "Paneuropean Heavy Tank", produced by Ral Partha for Steve Jackson Games, for use in the "Ogre Miniatures" wargame. The idea here was to paint a real quick and dirty camo scheme, to act as a contrast to my bright red and black Combine force.
I think that the result is pretty good. It enabled me to paint an entire army of about 150 miniatures in a little over two weeks. Considering the amount of unpainted lead and pewter that I own, this is a Very Good Thing.
And finally, there's this guy.
This a Ral Partha Battletech Battlemech (an Archer, I think) painted in
what I was thinking of as "Skyscraper Camo". You know, blue sky,
white clouds.... Sure, the clouds are square, but they're science fiction
clouds.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. I won't be repainting this fellow any time soon, but I'm probably going to try a more elaborate version of this scheme with some other mechs, with an attempt at clouds that look something like clouds.
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