I decided to assemble and paint all of my desert Italians, so I could claim that a complete force was finished. Progress was good at first, with all the models being assembled and primed, ready for painting. Alas, best laid plans and all that...I discovered that I did not have enough motociclisti for the 1940-1941 lists, so an order was placed with Eureka (on a Saturday, models arrived in the post on Monday). Then Christmas intervened, then we started playing The Hobbit at the store and, well, there are some Italians in a tub, waiting for colour to be added.
Anyway, the tally before Thranduil's Elves invaded the paint bench was: one battery of 100mm howitzers; one battery of 75mm cannon; five AB-41 armoured cars; a platoon of four Semoventi di 47/32; four field cars (transports for elefantino anti-tank guns); the fourth 20mm AAA gun with truck or ground mount for the Bersagliere AAA platoon and a test piece each for the elefantinos and the motociclisti.
And now the pictures - first up, the assembled miniatures:
the armoured cars:
the Semoventi:
Fiats:
Howitzers and cannon:
Paints came from White Ensign Models, Tamiya, Vallejo and Andrea. I brushed on thinned Army Painter Dark Tone dip, which shades everything and also gives a very hard protective coat. As far as I can see, the stuff is just rebranded solvent-based wood stain, which is what I will be buying when the tin dries up.
And now, back to Thranduil and company.
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