PostcAARds from Australia

[Wolfhound]

EDIT: You can download entire AAR in .pdf file (2.25 MB) here!

Part I - Army Training


2nd Jan 1936 - It´s me and Scrappy. I'd just woken up after a New Year's party and Scrappy scared the shit out of me. I should say that Scrappy belongs to Carl's pub and he probably brought me home that night..

PS: and it is not the worst thing that happened...


4th Jan 1936 - ...because during my 30 hours blackout, I volunteered for the newly established Australian Imperial Army. The picture shows me and drill sergeant MacCraigh.


7th Mar 1936 - Night movement exercise. 20 miles with full pack.


2nd Apr 1936 - Training Completion Celebration. Abel Company, 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of Australian Rifles has new corporal - me, cpl. Henry Michael Stanley Wolfhound.

[Wolfhound]

some things I want to say about this AAR:

I am playing CORE 0.82, very hard/furious
My postcAARds will follow the course of the game, but I am not going to stick to the facts only

I am not trying to offend anyone with my drawings, please remember it

[Korppi]

Nice start

[Sir Humphrey]

Intersting start. Keep it up!

[A trooper]

This is a rather unique AAR.Good work keep it up.

[Lord G. Q. White]

Good show I'm hooked.

[PB-DK]

whooo hooo nice start there! keep it up!

[Mettermrck]

Wow, so you're drawing all those pics? Real impressive. This kinda has that 'Sad Sack' feel from the old GI cartoons....I think this is really a cool idea I look forward to more.

[Sultan Of Swing]

Looks good

[Wolfhound]

I am glad that you like my pics .
Yes, I am drawing them by myself...

The 2nd part is already in progress... and as a little teaser, I can tell you that it will show you what is happening all around the world

[Wolfhound]

Part II. - The Years before the War


18th Jul 1936 - Civil war outbreak in Spain.


2nd Sep 1936 - Last Ethiopian troops surrender to Italian Army. Italy annexes Ethiopia the same day.


10th Jul 1937 - After series of border incidents, Japan declares war upon China.


28th Sep 1938 - Australian army gets new weapons and equipment. The picture shows me posing with Bren MG, Owen SMG and 2inch mortar.

[Zuckergußgebäck]

ah... the advanced Abbysinian army...

[Korppi]

No Wonder those Japanese started war after those border incidents

[A trooper]

Your pictures are fantastic! How long do you take to draw them on average?

[Wolfhound]

Your pictures are fantastic! How long do you take to draw them on average?

thanks

10-30 minutes to do hand drawings...
then it takes some time to scan the images
and another 15-30 minutes to clean and color the scans, apply effects, make background etc...

but it is just rough guess... in fact I don´t have a clue

in general it takes more time to think up something than to draw it :-)

[Valdemar]

This is most intertaining, I have a strange feeling this private, oops sorry Corporal , will see plenty of action

V

[Semi-Lobster]

The Owen sub machine gun is IMO one of the coolest infantry weapons of WWII

[Backfire]

Coool!

[A trooper]

Heres one i made earlier:This is my fav gun, you can all see whay it is.

[Semi-Lobster]

Cool! Now all we need is a Finn to come in here and start talking about the Soumi SMG and we can have small arms debate!

Also Wolfhound, great SCW picture!