Hands, eyes and The Great Patriotic War

[Ithoriel]

A company of pioneers with transport in the form of Hannomags with bridging sections and support in the form of a (Pithead) Sdkfz251/16 Flammpanzerwagen.

They will also be using an "Axis & Allies" Goliath, nominally 15mm but small enough to look reasonable. Need to get another Sdkfz251 to act as it's "mothership" before I can complete the base. Oh dear! I feel another order coming on

Painting of the dug-in version of my infantry battalion now under way.

[Techno]

T'riiffic !
Like those lots !
Cheers - Phil.

[Hertsblue]

Ah, are those the "three men in a trench" items from the catalogue? They look really good. 

[Ithoriel]

Entrenched version of the motorised battalion now done.

9 stands of GR113 (3 men in a trench) to represent the landser platoons in hastily dug foxholes.

2 of GR4 (MG42 team) in scratch-built MG nests of rather more solid construction

1 of GR15 (8cm GWR34 mortars with crews) with a pair of GR199 (Sandbagged mortar pit) providing protection

With some bits from GR44 (Boxes and sacks) decorating the heavy weapon stands

[Ithoriel]

... and a couple of shots from a slightly different angle

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice.

[Ithoriel]

... and finally, proof that I'm a gamer as well as a collector

2nd Battalion dug in and awaiting the Red Tide ... and reinforcements!

[Ithoriel]

And, of course, at this point the Soviets started to deploy and I forgot all about taking pictures .... doh!!

[Techno]

 
Cheers - Phil.

[petercooman]

They look great on the table!!

[Hertsblue]

And, of course, at this point the Soviets started to deploy and I forgot all about taking pictures .... doh!!

Nothing like your opponent starting to move to concentrate the mind wonderfully. Handsome game, Ithoriel. 

[Albie Bach]

They look great on the table!!

Just what I thought. Very effective on table.
I want to use on-base dug-in positions like those for some of my Japanese machine guns rather than use separate dug-in mouldings.

[Ithoriel]

Thanks for the kind words - nothing like a little encouragement to keep one painting!

The latest Pendraken order to arrive contained a PzIII command tank and I decided I could paint it up this afternoon and have it available for our next campaign game, tomorrow.

It's set up with a senior officer giving the "tankies" some last minute instructions as his bodyguard watches for approaching Russians and his aide leans nonchalantly against the rear of the tank.

[Techno]

Very, very nice I.
Cheers - Phil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Brilliant!

[petercooman]

 

[Hertsblue]

Nice little vignette, I. 

[paulr]

Very nice "mini-diorama"

[kustenjaeger]

Greetings

Must look out my 10mm Ostfront over Christmas and paint up a few add ons for them (as well as one of the Soviet 76mm infantry guns purchased at Warfare which the rifle regiment gun company needs).  I try and paint up more for it when I am readying for a game but I haven't played a miniatures game for ages.  I've also got to focus on the SYW to get those forces to a reasonable sized force per side and paint some more desert stuff....

Regards

Edward

[Ithoriel]

Finally back to painting after a hiatus over Xmas and the New Year and a January largely spent trying to organise to get a new kitchen fitted.

Some armoured and tracked artillery to give on-table fire support.

Three StuG IIIG assault guns, a StuH42 and finally a SiG33 (I'd actually intended to get the earlier open-topped SiG but this will do).