Have had very little time over for painting lately, but managed to do this German officer. I painted him in a early war style uniform but a 1943 style of camo helmet cover. I have prepared a few more figures in a similar style and hopefully will be able to finish them in the comingContinue reading “German officer”
Category Archives: WW2
Pz III command tank
I finished a third panzer III intended for the 1943 setting. The tank model is by Waffenkammer and the commander figure by Empress. I left out the side skirts around the turret on this one, but added some of the hull skirts, which is the opposite of what I did with the other two tanks.Continue reading “Pz III command tank”
Trees
A quick update on my terrain making. I mounted some trees -i recently bought from a Polish maker, https://drzewamodelarstwo.pl/en/ These trees are rather expensive, but at least they are in the EU, so no import fees (!), something one is becoming used to when it comes to hobby supplies these days. And considering the qualityContinue reading “Trees”
A crazy idea
For my last set of tank riders, I thought of a crazy idea. One of the officer figures I have for my Soviets is a bonus figure that comes with the Warlord Games army book. The bonus figure holds a flag in one arm. I though this was silly at the time, and just removedContinue reading “A crazy idea”
More T34s
These are T34/76s of the model 1943 version, and with the commander’s cupola; basically the very last version of the 76mm gun tank. As far as I understand, this version was first used in the summer of 1943, which is a perfect match for the rest of my stuff. The tanks are resin kits byContinue reading “More T34s”
Terrain making
I generally spend much too much time on painting figures, and too little on doing the terrain for my game board. Ive been trying to change that, doing some river sections, roads and railroad sections. I am also working on expanding the gaming board itself, with a couple of additional smaller boards (not seen inContinue reading “Terrain making”
German lmg team and nco
Another addition to my very slowly growing collection of WW2 Germans. This is a lmg team and a nco, figures are by Warlord Games. Originally, these were sculpted to look like cavalry, but the only thing I needed to do was remove the spurs on their boots and they pass for regular infantry or panzerContinue reading “German lmg team and nco”
Game markers
These are some markers for WW2 gaming. Casualty figures are from Great Escape Games, pin markers were made from Warlord Games’ old markers for Bolt Action with some extra bits, mounted on bases from Warbases. Lastly, fire/smoke markers, mainly for marking knocked out tanks or destroyed buildings. All work for both Bolt Action and ChainContinue reading “Game markers”
Basing Red Army tank riders
The old Warlord Games tank rider figures are pretty cool. However, anyone who has tried using them in a game will probably agree that they are not very practical, especially the ones standing up. They just fall over and off the tank all the time. And the whole idea is that they will ride onContinue reading “Basing Red Army tank riders”
Back to Bolt Action
Tonight a game of Bolt Action was played between a panzer platoon with panzer grenadier support and a red army tank platoon with tankodesantniki, set ca 1943. The fight was over three objectives spread out evenly across a wide but quite narrow field of battle. Bolt Action makes for a quick and simple game andContinue reading “Back to Bolt Action”
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