Yavasa's Team Yankee

Hello friends,

so this is my second project OnTableTop. First one is my Warmachine & Hordes project that mainly focuses on the Cygnar faction. Sadly, Warmachine is almost dead in my region so I decided after several talks with my friends to take up Team Yankee and what is more to take the French forces.

First of all, this is my first voyage into 15mm scale. I was quite happy to take the path of a smaller scale because it allows me to paint more and faster as it turned out. Plus, the models take a lot less space in the cave lol.

Secondly, I was a little bit afraid of the, as I like to call it, historical colour scheme accuracy or simply your hue of green is not correct so you cannot play. I must admit that it took me a month ot two of research and looking for the paint colours that I thought would match the French Vert Otan colour from the 1980’s. After that time I said to myself: man you are nuts. Who cares whether the green will be more NATO green or French paler one? So, I said F&*^ it and started hoarding models and painting them. Yet, I admit… I did buy Battlefront’s painting guide when it came out 🙂

What is more, if you have seen some of my painted models they are usually clean and neat with little or rather I should say no weathering. I decided to change that a bit and started to use some simple yrt effective techniques like pin washing with enamel washes and simple drybrushing.

For now, the project will focus on the French forces but I will not limit myself to that army only and from time to time you will probably see some other armies. I must say that I am thinking of painting some Brits, plus I have the two player starter set with US and Soviet tanks.

I can only hope to be regular with the posts but I cannot tell you that I will. 🙂

Anyway, keep the brushes wet and play it painted.