Just a last update for now, entered these two into the IPMS Modelpalooza 2009 yesterday (and camo managed to find pictures already!). While they didn't place, they were up against some amazing looking figures- everything from WW2 American's and Germans, to Cowboys, Knights, even a 2 foot tall Clint Eastwood figure that looked just like the little wanted poster provided with him.
I had a great time, spent most of my day there, didn’t get any pictures unfortunately, however apparently they’re on the internet already- also! I got a great deal on the new 105mm Howitzer kit from Dragon, with the 4 Battle of the Bulge figures included in their winter dress. Not that I had a clear bench for a new project, I had however told redleg that I was planning on getting the kit a while back and had yet to find it online as they are all OOS etc. The kit I did pick up though saved me shipping and a few bucks off of the MSRP.
There was some amazing armor there, some of the airbrush work looks way too in scale, it’s unbelievable- in fact I’d sooner believe someone went back in time, stole a King Tiger from some Nazis, then shrunk it down to 1/35. I now know I’m going to have to put in a lot of work on my tanks, figure faces, and even dioramas to an extent. While I didn’t enter any dioramas (as I have non finished lol) I did get a chance to look at the winning (and 2nd/3rd place) dioramas and I feel as if with a little extra hard work and patience, that I could compete with them at least.
Anyway thanks again for checking these two out and following me through the long drawn-out WIP!