Draco's Cruel Seas - Italians
Mare Italia
When I first saw the starter sets for each of the nations, the Italians caught my attention immediately – I suppose it can also be somewhat for my liking of the Italians in Dystopian Wars, but the Gabbiano Corvette just grabbed my eye immediately. And reading the flotilla list just cemented my liking of them…even if they basically define the term “glass cannon”.
As with the Germans, the first step were some standard troops – the dog…sailors, the boat with only numbers. And for the Italians, those were MAS boats.
I was surprised to see them in full metal – I thought Warlord would at least have the hulls in resin, as metal ones would tend to chip if stored incorrectly. Still, they were relatively, quick to paint up, with the only real complicated part being the aerial recognition markings.
These boats won’t be the last ones I paint – I’m planning on having 6 MAS Boats, and maybe 8, backed up by a pair of CRDA 60t’ers. Although the latter haven’t been shown yet, some recent reveals of German R-Boats having been completed makes me think they’re not far away.
But even so, the factories do no stop…
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