#ba-6

[nightbringer24]

Had a little extra time before I needed to leave for work, so I decided to do a bit of a repaint on my Warlord Games’ BA-6 Armoured Car for the Communist/People’s Assault Column forces in 1938: A Very British Civil War.

Not a huge thing really, I just painted some bits in fully as red while also putting a big red star on the top rear of the turret so it works as an aerial recognition flash.

[nightbringer24]

Dear lord, but that star is... man, I really need to practice painting things like that.

But still. Here’s my People’s Assault Column BA-6 armoured car, sitting at... I’d say 80% complete. Have some environmental stuff to add in, i.e. mud and dust from the road on the lower part of the vehicle, scuffs and bangs on the hull and small bits of peeled paint on the edges, etc.

[nightbringer24]

Not sure how easy it is to tell in this photo, but I applied a wash of Agrax Earthshade to the BA-6. Just need to let it dry now, then I’ll drybrush some highlights, then some weathering, paint up the wheels and then I’ll paint on the details.

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And that’s the drybrushes done. Now I just need to wash it, either with Agrax Earthshade or Nuln Oil.

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So I think this is a good green to start with as a base for my Soviet given BA-6 armoured car. The colour used is the Angel Green primer from Army Painter.

Now I’m unsure whether I would need to buy the Guide to the People’s Armies to figure out what insignia to paint or whether to just go with my idea of a simple red star on the turret and paint PAC (People’s Assault Column) on the rear of the hull.

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And she is complete! Well, sort of. Just as I put the photo up, I just realised that the two bits sticking out diagonally above the wheelguard are resin flash, so I’ve just gotten rid of them now.

Now just to figure out what colours to paint it in. Maybe just block Soviet green with the PAC iconography on it.

[nightbringer24]

Russian-built BA-6 armoured car from Warlord Games for the leftist forces of the People’s Assault Column (PAC) in 1938: A Very British Civil War about... I’d say 95% complete. Using this does fit in with the lore of the game since the PAC Is described as having T-26s and BT-5s that were shipped to them from the USSR along with Soviet advisers.

For the model itself, the wheel axles are a wee bit hit and miss since the bit where the wheels are glued to seem to be at an angle.

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(via BA-6 Armored Car - Walk Around - Photos - English)