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Re: [DSII] Unit Markings

From: "Tony Francis" <tony@b...>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 08:19:11 +0000
Subject: Re: [DSII] Unit Markings

John Crimmins wrote:

>How many people paint unit markings on their DSII tanks, and how do you
do it?
>
>I've begun work -- as much work as a freezing cold painting room will
>allow, at least -- on those truly lovely Brigade tanks that I won at
>GZGECC, and I've decided to go for a bit more detail than I normally
bother
>with.
>
>I've never bothered with unit markings before, but it seems like an
>excellent way to go about adding some color and detail to these
tanks...but
>I'm stuck for a good, visible, and paintable method of doing so.  GW
tends
>to paint the front left corner of their Imperial tanks with different
>stripes of color; this is distinctive and eye catching, but not
something
>that these designs lends themselves to.
>
I've used Skytrex' 1/300th aircraft decals (http://www.skytrex.com/) - 
the WWI German crosses are perfect for NSL tanks (and spaceships). They 
also make 1/144 scale versions which do nicely for 15mm

Tony

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