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Belgians…Preparing for war!
Well, I’ve finally got round to doing a photoshoot of my gathering Belgians. I wanted to wait until I’d got a few more done before posting. I’m basing it around the 17th Armoured Brigade which had two...
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Voici venir les éclairs!
In other words – allowing for the language limitations of Google – more Belgians! These are the continuation of the support elements for the 17th Armoured Brigade: First up are the M75s that will...
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CWC – Soviet 2nd Echelon units…
Had these sat around for ages waiting to be based. They are pretty well the last of the Soviets that came with my big purchase last year. I’ve touched them up a little and weathered them and based...
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Soviet Offensive ends in disaster!
Commander Petya Sergetov Executed Initial TASS Report LD281720 Moscow TASS in English 1717 GMT 8th June 1986 Following the disastrous attack against American forces in West Germany on 7th June 1986,...
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Soviets Throw Back British Offensive! – CWC AAR
4th Combined Arms Army repulse British Offensive Preliminary Report to Front Command Following the recent debacle of the 4th Combined Arms Army as they valiantly threw themselves against the strong...
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Syrians and basing woes…
Have finally finished another Syrian unit and couple of HQ units. Have still to finalise a proper list to work to and add to the Painting Master Plan. So, here are the chaps so far: I finally finished...
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WIP – More Soviets
I had intended finishing off the pile of Soviet AFVs and APCs that needed basing before I posted the results but inevitably I realised I needed more little bits to add to them to make up ‘proper’ units...
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WIP – Even more Soviets!
You can never have too many! Finally finished off the basing of my T-80s and BMP-2s along with the support carriers and HQ bases for the latter, and the final HQ for the T-80s using a spare model from...
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WIP – Just a few more waffer thin T-80s!
I had planned to move onto something different for a week or two just to give myself a break from the micro armour so I don’t burn out. But having taken delivery of the large batch of T-64s et al I...
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Russians – Have I got enough now?
Well, the final batch of my Russian micro armour arrived today courtesy of Martin (aka Slug Balancer on TMP). They were, as expected, very well packed and not a single item or barrel was bent never...
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A little something to be going on with…
…or something little… I’ve been trying to sort out my masses of microarmour and actually FINISH some! I have a LOT of British waiting to be based but no infantry. I had done a few Challenger 1s ages...
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More Belgians…
A slow month but some progress in filling the gaps in my developing Belgian force. Still quite a few more bits to do but getting there… So these are the new additions: GepardsJagdpanzer KanoneM109s...
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6mm DPM Tester
I’ve been wanting to paint some infantry to go with the pile of British armour I’m gradually painting/basing but have put it off and off as I couldn’t decide how to paint them. Various people have...
View ArticleA Modern Dilemma…
Well, not a dilemma as such, more a bit of a shock as I delved into the 1/300th lead pile… The last week or so has seen lots of posts about the big Cold War Commander game in Grimsby. Andy M’s blog...
View ArticleFirst proper post of the year – more Poles!
I had less time over the holidays to work on stuff than planned but this last week has seen a bit of activity as I’ve pushed on with finishing and basing the next batch of Poles for my Cold War forces...
View ArticleMore Poles and stuff…and coming up next.
Another batch finished. First up my Poles needed some artillery support so three batteries of 2S1s with HQ. I think these are Skytrex models. Not huge amounts of detail but clean and tidy and paint up...
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