Hi all, I normally maintain my log over on Warseer, but I have been asked to share my log on here also, so here you go, enjoy and comments most welcome

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107453


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2IC Leutenant Roman Gastager





Command Together




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Thought I would start this thread up again, have now painted several armies, using different methods.

So lets start with Afrika Korps










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Stuka!!!










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Now onto some soviets










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I don't actually have a complete army picture, will try to get one up the next couple of weeks and thanks for the comments, give me some motivation.

Ok here we go, here are the russian infantry I have done so far to date










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Up next my first go at airbrushing 15mm and to be honest I am really happy with the result.

So without further adue here are the 1st platoon of Panzer IV's for the panzer company










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Then the two command panthers










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Some American Armoured Arty










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The russian infantry platoon lieutenants










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10 T34's roll!!!










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Here are 15 of them rolling ;-)






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The four stands of infantry completed, including casualties, what do you think? I really like them










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Two full platoons










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Here we have the two smg teams and a hmg stand








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Then the destroyed T34










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All twenty of them






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As promised the three SU-152's












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1st of the five KV1's










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As promised the three KV1-e's








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Another 2 KV1-e's now done bringing the total to 5 and 2 KV2's








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Here are the four completed KV2's








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And the complete 9 x KV Heavy Tank Unit






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Up next is 4 out of 10 of the T-70 Light Tanks










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4 of 7 stands of the SMG Platoon










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All of the completed t-70's








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Here we have the repainted under bellies of the stugs any beter?








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Here is the complete platoon of 10 T70's that will be the light tanks of the Mixed Tankovy Platoon








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Complate Tank Rider Company including the extra anti tank rifle squad and two HMG's








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The AA HMG Platoon including transport








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Here are the SU85's










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Here is the IL2 in several painted steps

Step 1 Base coated




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Step 2 Base colours shaded with Army Painter Soft tone






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Step 3 add transfers




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Step 4 Matt varnish applied by spray can






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Base colours airbrushed on






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Soft tone shade added






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Add transfers




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Matt varnish




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Panzer Kompanie completed so far - 2 Panthers, 10 PzIV's and 5 Stugs










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Finished basing the IL2 today and I am quite happy with it.








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Chasing a JU87(Stuka)






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As promised the completed SU-76i's










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Here is the completed KV-85










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Three Completed KV-85's, including command tank conversion










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T-85 Command Tank








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85mm AA commisar, Command team and AT team








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Ok as promised up first 5 x KV-85's as well as the converted commisar that will be the Commander ;-)










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The completed flight of IL2's










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Not forgetting the germans, we have the completed 2IC for the Panzer Cpy








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Managed to get the early PZII's airbrushed as well








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I have now finsihed three of the PZ II's and I think they look ok, what do you think?










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All five






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All the KV-85's are done now








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Also another 2 x T34/85






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As a special treat the green tide










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Forgot to add the killer cats!!!!










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I think I will revist this panthers at some point and paint the tools on the side.

Ok up next WIP German Half-tracks






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WIP German Rocket battery








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WIP First go at SS Oak Leaf Summer










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The AA Platoon so far






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Finished the last puma








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1 of 4 of the PanzerWerfer 42's








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Completed the command and one other Sd Kfz 251\1 of the Gepanzerte Platoon












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I have now completed the four half-tracks and here they are:










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Also completed another of the Panzerwerfer 42's










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Here is the completed first stand of SS infantry

Looks amazing and so much stuff! Thanks for sharing it over here as well!

I love the russian tide, looks fantastic and very inspiring - definitely what I am going to start next after I'm done with the waffen SS.

As promised the completed Panzerwerfer 42 Battery ;-)

Only just started to get into FOW, don't know much about it.

But for the painting skill 10/10

Up next the remaining parts of the Rocket Battery and staff teams






Oh and a Panzer IV ;-)


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Also completed anohter soviet armoured car 8 to go!!!










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Ok thats about it for now, and thanks for the comments so far ;-)

Sacre-blur! Thats alot of FOW, really nice to see it here

like the Russians, nicely done....what finish did you use on the Germans...seems kind of shiny...but otherwise great paint jobs.

I use the same varnish for them all, army painter shades and then Vallejo Matt varnish after weathering.

Camera flash and lighting is not great in the gararge either.

How have you found the german army painter spray on plastics? It seems fine on resin and metal for me, but on any plastic it seems to go on thick and stay thick. I've especially had trouble with plastic halftrack wheels and guns. Have you had a similar problem with it, or has it been alright in your garage?

Those Panzerwerfer 42s are gorgeous, nice one!

I love your tanks, very impressive!

Thanks again for the great comments ;-) always nice to keep you motivated.

As for the sprays, I use the ones from battlefront, the soviet one is great, however the german dungleb and dark grey especially does not cover that well. So instead of overspraying and hiding much of the detail, several thin coats need to be sprayed.

For tanks, I spray once from the top, then stand on one side and spray, then the other, this should also allow you to spray the front back and bottom at the same time.

Got some more airbrushing done today, so thought I would share my tools of the trade






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First lot ready








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Last coat










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Part based




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First coat




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First coat for the last Russian 85MM AA.




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Having just had a read through the new tides of war, I have just seen that the Panzerwerfer 42's are a german paratrooper option now and not for the panzer company!!!! Grrrr

Guess, I will have to use the old bocage book still!!!

Holy crap thats a lot of FoW! Man o man what i wouldnt do for an airbrush. Everything looks awesome. I especially like the soviet infantry though.

Looking good as ever. I like the way the airbrushed camo turned out on the panzer IV H schurzen too.

I personally find airbrushing more fun than brush painting and am quite astounded by how much easier and better it gets with each use - a very short learning curve compared to painting normally.

Why dont you airbrush a base coat on your infantry instead of brushing btw?

Hey thanks again, I get better support here, they I do over at warseer, maybe I am wasted over there!!!!!

I tend to use my airbrush for camo only and the brush for the rest. I also find the army painter uniform grey an excellent base coater, as it sticks well and is easy to paoint over with any color.

Wow, lot's of stuff Very nice, particularly taken with that Soviet force.

Yeah, far to many armies for me to paint in ten life times!!!

I have now finished off the Rocket battery staff car and one of the spotters kubelwagon








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Also completed the German armoured infantry command stand










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WIP Tiger 1






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WIP 2IC Panzer IV

Just ordered two sheets of German reg plates from Doms decals, not to bad for £4 for 2 but postage was another £2 on top!!!!

Manged to drybrush the tiger and Panzer IV tracks today


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Shaded the tiger tonight as well ;-)

Decals and weathering on the tiger should be completed today.

So much progress! Are the tiger tracks the same as the other tracks you've painted? The base colour looks really bright in the photos. I've found I can save quite a bit of time on tracks by priming them black then painting the wheels instead of attaching them and priming them the colour of the tank then repainting the tracks. It also allows for a sloppier drybrush without worrying about hitting the main body of the tank.

The postage at Dom's Decals is harsh, I always end up ordering extra things that I'll never need just to make it a reasonable purchase. I have a drawer full of allied stars and finnish markings now as a result

No, I used to paint them boltgun metal, but they look to shiny, even after a black wash and shading. I have done the last Panzer IV tracks boltgun washed with devlan mud, not to much of a difference, but hey ho.

The tigers tracks have been painted using the early war method, which was saddle brown, then black shade washed, then dry brushed silver, then shaded!!!! A lot of effort for the tracks, but I do think they look better. I have done this also on the half-tracks and the Panzer II's.
I see where you are coming from with black tracks, might trial it on another unit!!!!

The tiger will eventually form part of the SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 101 consist of a full company of 14 Tiger I's, but I wanted to get some experience of airbrushing camo on the PZ IV's and Panthers, before starting on them.

Ah cool. I generally use the art of war 2 book method for german tracks (all Vallejo colours)

Tracks:

1. Black
2. heavy drybrush Flat Brown #140
3. light drybrush Cavalry Brown #137
4. patchy light drybrush Gunmetal Grey #179
5. Devlan mud wash

The key is just doing a tiny brush of gunmetal grey but I think the end result looks good. Should have pics of my tiger up by early next week at the latest, just need to weather it now the decals are done.

The first tiger is finished from the 101.Schwere SS Panzerabteilung, 2 Kompanie

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Ok, will bear that in mind for the future, looking forward to seeing your finished tiger.

Progress today. finished off painting the Soviet 85 AA gun and the extra crew, ready for basing tomorrow.

Repainted the Panthers tools and the wooden roll.

Nearly completed the last four Panzerwerfer 42's, painted a soviet armoured car, made a start on the two OP teams and the battery command, including the other kubelwagon

Here are the updated panthers










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Also finished the second section of the panzerwerfer 42's, give me 8 of them now ;-)










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Part based the last Soviet 85mm AA gun and it's extra crew, the kubelwagan and 2 AT Gun transports.

Should have these completed tomorrow along with, the Panzer IV 1IC, also undercoated another three tigers.

Here are some more completed transports










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Panzerwerfer 42 battery completed todate










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Finally finished the Soviet 85mm AA Battery ;-)










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Also completed another armoured car










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Also base coated and shaded 3 x T34/85, 2 more soviet armoured cars and 2 x Panzer IV's

All looking great. I broke down and bought some T34/85s the other day so looking forward to seeing yours completed. The AA look great and I really like the look of the completed german launchers as well, good stuff!

These are amazingly beautiful

Thanks guys, I think my best model to date is the tiger. I undercoated three more today, so hopefully get those finished off soon.

Also managed to basecoat and shade, the panzerwerfer 42 Command stand, one of the obs teams and the pak40, pictures to follow shortly ;-)


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Also nearly completed the Panzer IV Kompanie










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I have now completed the Pak40, Command Team and the 1st obs team for the panzerwerfer 42 battery, pictures to follow shortly. So that only leaves me with the second obs team to complete ;-)

Also arriving this week should be the SU100 tank killers, so will get these done asap. Although I have heard talk that the ROF 1 has killed these off a bit, but hey they have a massive gun!!!

Here are the pictures as promised










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Just waiting now on the last obs team and then the plates from Doms decals!!

Also the SU100 platoon arrived yesterday and they have been built and basecoated, ready for camo airbrush today ;-)

Nice, what camo are you doing to them? Brown blobs/strips as per that one soviet style or something more interesting?


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Also, SU100 tanks have a nice walkthrough video here now: http://www.youtube.com/user/flamesofwar

The two colour as normal, soviet green base and then 983 Flat Earth, here they are just been airbrushed








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Finished off three more T34/85










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All of the current 8








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Also knocked out another two BA-10's







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The platoon to date








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Lego thanks for that guide, I have decieded to give the german grey for tracks ago and see what that comes out like.

Egad that was a lot of pics to scroll through. All look pretty great, I would lose my patience over all those models if I needed to paint them!

Lol, that is the trouble with the soviets, they are a swarm army, although the other armies can get quite large if you have a lot of different options.

Ok, SU100 have now had base colours done










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Just been shaded










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For any tanks that have camo, I use the army painter soft tone, for the basic soviet green, I use the strong tone and then drybrush after it has dried. With the soft tone, there is no need to do this.

Finished four of the five SU-100 Tank Hunters










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Looking good, I wasnt sure about the quality of german grey for the tracks in the first few photos, but after weathering it looks good.

Awesome work!! Looks like you have a solid fast way to get the painting done I like it.

All those tanks look great! Thanks for posting all those pics.

This was awesome to look at soo much tanks!! ITS AWESOME! great work.

No me either lego, but I did drybrush them boltgun metal as well, so come out ok. I don't think there would have been a lot of difference if you had started with black.

No worries, my pleasure to share, the soviets are pretty easy to do.

Here are the steps

1. Undercoat soviet green using flames of war spray
2. Paint tracks boltgun metal
3. Shade using the army painter strong tone
4. Dry brush flames of war 894 Russian Green
5 . Drybrush graveyard earth
6. Matt Vanish vallejo spray

Thanks again for the grat comments, it really helps to keep me motivated.

Under the brush this week, will be a Wespe platoon and the rest of the tiger 1 ZUG.


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Finished the last obs team so here is the completed platoon

Here is the wespe battery first camo color










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Second camo color

Now completed 1 of the wespes, radio truck, Panzer III obs tank, 2 more T34/85's and a soviet armoured car.

Today was the first day that the weather was good enough to get any priming done here, so you are lucky having so much primed from before the weather went bad. Look forward to seeing more.

Also, any chance of some combined army photos - everything german and everything soviet you've done?

Will see what I can do, as it takes a while to get all the stuff out, maybe can get some more army pictures when I have finished these next batch.

Should have some more pictures today or tomorrow of the completed items

Completed another 2 T34/85's










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The ten completed so far








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Another soviet Armoured Car done










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The SU100 are done and with there cousins the SU-85's








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Wespe battery radio truck, with out the radio mast on top, as I think it looks to chunky








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Doms decals arrived at last




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Wespe battery completed so far, Panzer III obs tank, radio truck and one wespe

Someone's had a productive week! Good stuff, thanks for the group photos so far. T34s look especially good with some nice weathering. Did you do the damage to the side of the one or was it like that when you got it? Looks good as war damage either way.

No worries and thanks.

The T34's where damaged when trying to glue the tracks on or have been damaged through use and transport. I used to leave them as they where, but I have now started painting the damage and weathering it to IMHO to look like great battle damage.

I also just noticed that I need to purchase another 7 T-34/85 as I only have 13!!!!!

Also today I nearly completed another two wespes and 2 Tigers ;-) Oh and started on another two soviet armoured cars

great work

Two soviet armoured cars have been basecoated and shaded ;-)


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The first Wespe battery has now been completed










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3 Tigers have now been completed

Should have completed two more of the soviet armoured cars and made a good start on 4 Soviet Katyushas

Completed two more of the soviet roller skates, onlty two more to go ;-)









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Not sure how I missed them last time, but those tigers are looking really nice now!

Thanks, I guess the camo was just to good ;-)

At last I have completed the last two soviet armoured cars










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Finished the first Soviet rocket launcher








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Another three T34/85 are completed








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All 13 to date






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The wespe battery commander and staff car










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The second wespe obs tank








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Made a school boy error with the last tiger, was just about to matt varnish it when I picked up soviet green spray by mistake, so that one is going to my five year old!!!! Doh!!!

ouch bad luck on the tiger. Are the Katyushas as much of a pain to assemble as I've always presumed. Are you going to do infantry for them too?

There where the original Katyushas and yes they where a complete nightmare to build, tiny metal components and super glue are not your best friend!!!!

The newer Katyushas are alot easier to build, the ones in the box set.

Yes there are some crew for these that will follow shortly;-)

The rest of the T34/85's arrived yesterday, so will finsih off that list as well and do another Tiger in the same batch!!!

How do the box set ones differ? Do they have individual rails to glue together or is it all one component? I thought that they were the same as the blister ones so have held off getting any for fear of having to assemble 8 of the evil things but if they are easier in the box set that makes them very tempting!

I will have a look and put some pictures up for you mate

Great thanks, look forward to seeing. I checked out a box of them today at hobbycraft but there was no diagram on the back that I could see to give me any hint of the construction of the boxed versions.

Ok from what I can remember, the original Katyushas had to be built by gluing all the individual components together, where as I am 99% sure that the rack came as a complete component. With the rockets and the truck carriage making it a 5 piece set instead of the original 20!!!

Here are the pictures of the newer one, it also has an attached stand and crew. The old ones where seperate.







Hope that helps


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Also built up the last T34/85's




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Now working on completing the last three wespes and the staff team.

Started on some german recovery vehicles, some objectives, a few more tigers and a quad 20mm mobile flak battery.










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Finally finished the last three wespes, just got the staff team to do and they are all done

Great stuff and thanks very much for the info and pictures of the katyushas! The wespes are looking really nice too.

Thanks lego, should have some more completed soon as well ;-)


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As people keep asking, I have finally took some completed army pictures today, so up first is the Russians










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And now the germans










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Oops I missed off the tigers!!!

First off is a Destroyed Tiger I objective










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A bergpanther recovery tank










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SdKfz9 Recovery Halftrack










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Wespe battery staff








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The complete battery in all it's glory








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Finished another stand of armoured infantry








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For the russians I have done another three of the Katyushas








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Please note these are the old Katyushas, where you had to glue each rail in place, but hey they will do ;-)

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And one of the German Mobile Quad 20mm AA

Just finished off one of the soviet objective markers, even did the flag free hand ;-)

101. Schwere SS 2 Kompanie update

Ostuf Wittmann and 2IC completed










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1. Zug Ostuf Wessel update






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Completed to date










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Updated the AA gun with damage, how is that now?









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No comments since January!!!!

Thanks FBI, up next are the last three T34/85's










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All 20 of them








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Oh and two more pictures

That's a lot of T34s! On the AA guns, why did you not put on the skirting/walls of the rear of the trucks? It doesnt look bad but I am curious as to why? What is next in the painting queue?

Two reasons really, one was they are a nightmare to glue and two, they broke off to easily.

10 T26's are up next.

Nearly completed four of the T26's, just need to weather them and need to add some transfers to a destroyed PzIII objective marker.

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Destroyed PzIII Objective

Completed another four t26's, two left to go

Looking good as always. Also I forgot to comment on the complete army shots - wow! Makes me feel inadequate! Need more infantry though to balance it out as a great photo

FInished the last two T26's








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Soviet light armour packed away safely




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Cheers lego, yeah I know, but the infantry takes so much longer and I can knock tanks out a lot quicker ;-)

Will be getting more infantry done in the future

Nice packing shot there, but argh bending gun barrel risk!

Dont know if you've been following all the crap going on, but Maelstrom are having a 25% off Flames of War sale at the moment - might be able to pick up some bargains.

To be honest, I place them in there quite slowly and not had any issues yet. Yeah I was reading about that today.

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The KV-3 where actually KV-5's and I have now nearly completed two of these ;-)

Looking good as always. Cant be much left until you have painted the entire eastern front Russian forces 1:1

lol, getting that way, but then the soviets where a swarm army!!!




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Here are two of them










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KV-5 compared to a KV-1's






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the rest of the KV-1's have been undercoated and four KV-3's. Two StuG's are also awaiting shading.

These tanks are quite fun to look at.

Finished all three of them now








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I dont think it would be fun if you where staring down the barrell of one!!!!


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Finished another of the quad 20mm










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Another two StuG's










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All of them to-date

Is the stug with the broken shurzen from the open fire box set? AA guns look nice too, good job on the infantry camo.

Yes it is, I dropped it at some point, so just modelled it as battle damamge and thanks ;-)

Your stuff looks great! How long does it take to paint this compared to 40k?

I would say about the same time, maybe a little less due to the smaller scale.

Depends on the standard you want.

The last 5 KV-1's










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All 11 of them










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The captured British firefly, resprayed german grey with some of the original britsh colour showing

This is AWESOME, the Russian army is great, just wish to see it in a battle

Do you get your models from FoW? or from forged in battle? Because if you got them from FoW then this is a lot of money!

They are all FOW models hopefully will be going to action in the near future

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The finished platoon

Soviet Decoy Platoon










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This platoon will also be getting a Tiger as well at some point

Had a little battle today with the following forces

Germans

6 x Tiger 1

Soviet

5 x SU-100
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Turn 1 Soviets SU-100's open up on the tigers and destroy one of them




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Tiger return fire destroying two of the SU-100's




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Turn 2 Soviet fire does no damage, ROF 1 for all soviet tanks!!

Germans start to roll forward








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German fire sees the last of the SU100 off




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Turn 3

Soviet Fire fails to have any effect

Germans advance







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Turn 4

Soviets do no damage again

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Turn 5 End

Soviet fire does nothing

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Conclusion

Germans had a minor victory as they destroyed more tanks

The tigers could not damage the KV-5s due to there massive armour of 14 on the front and 12 on the side

The 88 has an AT of 13, so the best the germans could hope for would be a double bailout

At 795 points for three of them, they are not to bad, with the exeption of the ROF 1

Nice. The last pic showing the KV-85 next to the tigers really hammers home just how massive it is!

That is the KV-5 in the picture mate, KV-85's where a lot smaller ;-)

Finished the two StuG's










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Shaded all four of the KV-3's and added the transfers to the three American shermans.

Love these tanks but the 2 i got in my Open Fire box, the side armor was all chipped up.

Thanks, that should be no problem I dropped one of mine and then just painted it up as battle damage ;-)


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Thanks again, here are the the completed shermans










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The 4 x KV-3's are also nearly done and started on another two shermans to finsih that platoon off.

Don't drop in here often enough, whenever I do there's always a gak-load of pics up

Very nice, you really churn these babies out, that soviet force must look awesome all set out.

lol, it's a good job as there is so many to paint!!!


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Size Comparison from left to right

KV-5, KV-3 and then KV-1s

Finished the first tank rider stand what do you think?

looks pretty good but would really benefit from a matt varnish finish in those photos.

Yeah, I took the photo's before I had applied the matt varnish, as I wanted to see what they looked like, all done now ;-) More pictures to follow soon ;-)

beuautiful

Thanks

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Soviet tank riders after matt spray ;-)

Choo Choo the polish are coming!!!











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The bigs cats came out to play today and managed to get some airbrushing done ;-)










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Busy as always! I thought you would not be able to resist the train

The new german stuff is looking very promising. What force are you painting up (or is it just for the models)?

lol, bit of a beast that train and not painted polish camo before so that will be a big learning curve.

You know me there will be pure lists for Tiger II's, Jagdpanthers and Panzer IV/70's lists.

wow the Train its the first blog i have seen with it excited to see some progress!! and your german camo looks aweomse!

King Tiger II












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All five of the IS2's

Wow i love your german camo! Great work! Im guessing you use a air brush to do it?

Thanks and yes airbrush all the way, makes it so much easier to do.


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Update on the polish loco, WIP, thoughts, ideas most welcome?

ahh I wish i had one of those, they are just so dang expensive and they seem hard to use... And i love the train the camo is very well done.

Thanks, it is a bit of a beast!!!

The train is looking very cool. No idea what to offer in terms of suggestions except liberal use of devlan mud to weather it

I was going to finish the whole train, then look at weathering it.



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Finished anohter two soviet tank riders

Also finished two more Panzer IV/70's

Finished three of the American 76mm Shermans

I love the washes on those

Army painter soft tone, Applied with a brush and gives a very nice effect

Shaded two more Sherman 76s and Two 105's

Finished the USA Sherman 76mm platoon

Finished two of the Sherman 105's

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Another green tide, but of the american kind ;-)










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That's a lot of shermans! What's next on the agenda?

More shermans!!!!

The US Sherman Armoured Company is now complete, just the weapons and divisional support to do ;-).










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Theres also four Sherman 105's and a recovery tank in that lot ;-)

The Utility, jeep and carbine teams from the M10 tank hunter platoon










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12 Stuarts undercoated for the light tank company ;-)

Nice job, good to see a bit of infantry in there too

Other than the M10s, what is planned for the support?

I beleive you may have painted a representitive for every person involved in WW2. Most impressive collection

Full platoon of Priests, three sherman 105's and a full armoured infantry platoon.

lol, not far off Luke!!!

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Coming together nicely. This week, I succeeded in putting a new bit on a dremel with the hopes that one day I'll find enough time to actually trim down the turrets of some T34s that are too large. Feeling a little inadequate now he he

Even a little start is progress mate ;-)

Managed to get a 3600 point game in German Panzer Kompanie against the USA Hell on Wheels

Unlimited Pts - German Panzerkompanie List

1 Company HQ, 390 pts
2 Panther A (Wide Tracks)
1 7.5cm KwK42 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Recovery Section
1 Bergepanther recovery vehicle (Recovery Vehicle; Wide Tracks)
1 AA MG (Self-defence AA)

1 Panzer Platoon, 560 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Panther A (Wide Tracks)
1 7.5cm KwK42 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Panzer Section
2 Panther A (Wide Tracks)
1 7.5cm KwK42 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)

1 Panzer Platoon, 475 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Panzer IV H (Protected Ammo)
1 7.5cm KwK40 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Schürzen
2 Panzer Section
2 Panzer IV H (Protected Ammo)
1 7.5cm KwK40 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Schürzen

1 Panzer Platoon, 475 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Panzer IV H (Protected Ammo)
1 7.5cm KwK40 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Schürzen
2 Panzer Section
2 Panzer IV H (Protected Ammo)
1 7.5cm KwK40 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Schürzen

1 Armoured Artillery Battery, 500 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Command SMG team
1 Kfz 15 field car
1 Staff team
1 Kfz 68 radio truck
2 Gun Section
1 Panzer III OP
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
3 Wespe (Protected Ammo)
1 10.5cm leFH18M howitzer (Hull Mounted; Smoke)
1 Firing Bombardments (Smoke Bombardment)
1 AA MG (Self-defence AA)

1 Gepanzerte Panzergrenadier Platoon, 345 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Panzerfaust SMG team
1 Panzerfaust
1 Sd Kfz 251/10 (3.7cm) half-track
1 3.7 cm PaK36 gun (Hull Mounted)
1 Passenger-fired AA MG (Self-defence AA)
3 Panzergrenadier Squad
2 MG team
1 Tank-hunter team
1 Sd Kfz 251
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Passenger-fired AA MG (Self-defence AA)

1 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon, 325 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Command SMG team
1 Kfz 15 field car
3 Anti-aircraft Section
1 8.8cm FlaK36 gun (Gun Shield; Heavy anti-aircraft; Turntable)
1 Sd Kfz 7 (8t) half-track

1 Armoured Car Patrol, 110 pts (Recon)
1 HQ Section
1 Sd Kfz 234/2 (Puma)
1 5cm KwK39 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Armoured Car
1 Sd Kfz 234/2 (Puma)
1 5cm KwK39 gun
1 Co-ax MG

1 Panzer Platoon, 475 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Panzer IV H (Protected Ammo)
1 7.5cm KwK40 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Schürzen
2 Panzer Section
2 Panzer IV H (Protected Ammo)
1 7.5cm KwK40 gun
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG (Hull Mounted)
1 Schürzen

Validation Report:
Briefing: Villers-Bocage; Division: Generic
List satisfies all enforced validation rules

Composition Report:
Company Headquarters: 1 (0 - 0)
Combat Platoons: 4 (0 - 0)
Weapons Platoons: 0 (0 - 0)
Support Platoons: 4 (0 - 0)

Total List Cost: 3655

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Unlimited Pts - US Tank Company List

1 Company HQ, 285 pts (Spearhead; Tank Telephones)
2 M4 Sherman
1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke; Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
1 M4 (105mm) Sherman
1 M4 105mm howitzer (Slow Traverse; Smoke)
1 Firing Bombardment
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
1 Recovery Section
1 M31 TRV recovery vehicle (Recovery Vehicle)

1 Tank Platoon, 600 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Staff Sergeant Pool (M4A1 (76mm) Sherman) (Protected Ammo)
1 M1 76mm gun (Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
2 Tank Section
2 M4A1 (76mm) Sherman (Protected Ammo)
1 M1 76mm gun (Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG

1 Tank Platoon, 450 pts
1 HQ Section
1 M4 Sherman
1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke; Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
2 Tank Section
2 M4 Sherman
1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke; Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG

1 Tank Platoon, 450 pts
1 HQ Section
1 M4 Sherman
1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke; Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
2 Tank Section
2 M4 Sherman
1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke; Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG

1 Armored Field Artillery Battery, 430 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Carbine team (Automatic Rifles)
1 Staff team
1 Observer M4 Sherman OP
1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
1 M2 half-track
1 AA Machine-gun (Self-defence AA)
1 M2 half-track
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
2 Gun Section
3 M7 Priest HMC
1 M2A1 105mm howitzer (Hull Mounted; Smoke)
1 Firing Bombardment (Smoke Bombardment)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)

1 Tank Destroyer Platoon, 335 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Carbine team (Automatic Rifles)
1 Jeep with .50 cal MG
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
2 Tank Destroyer Section
1 Carbine team (Automatic Rifles)
1 M20 utility
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
2 M10 3in GMC
1 M7 3in gun (Slow Traverse)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)

1 Armored Rifle Platoon, 325 pts
1 HQ Section
2 Rifle team (Automatic Rifles)
1 Bazooka team
1 M3 half-track
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
2 Rifle Squad
2 Rifle team (Automatic Rifles)
1 Bazooka team
1 M3 half-track
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Mortar Squad
1 M2 60mm mortar
1 Firing Bombardment
1 Bazooka team
1 M3 half-track
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Light Machine-gun Squad
2 M1919 LMG team
1 Bazooka team
1 M3 half-track
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)

1 Assault Gun Platoon, 280 pts
1 HQ Section
1 M4 (105mm) Sherman
1 M4 105mm howitzer (Slow Traverse; Smoke)
1 Firing Bombardment
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
2 Gun Section
1 M4 (105mm) Sherman
1 M4 105mm howitzer (Slow Traverse; Smoke)
1 Firing Bombardment
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG

1 Armored Mortar Platoon, 150 pts
1 HQ Section
1 Carbine team (Automatic Rifles)
1 M2 half-track
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
3 Mortar Section
1 M4 81mm MMC
1 M1 81mm mortar (Hull Mounted; Portee; Smoke Bombardment)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)

1 Light Tank Platoon, 310 pts
1 HQ Section
1 M5A1 Stuart (Light Tank)
1 M6 37mm gun (Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG
2 Tank Section
2 M5A1 Stuart (Light Tank)
1 M6 37mm gun (Stabilisers)
1 .50 cal Vehicle AA MG (Self-defence AA)
1 Co-ax MG
1 Hull MG

Validation Report:
Briefing: Cobra; Division: Hell on Wheels (2nd Armored)
List satisfies all enforced validation rules

Composition Report:
Company Headquarters: 1 (0 - 0)
Combat Platoons: 3 (0 - 0)
Weapons Platoons: 3 (0 - 0)
Support Platoons: 3 (0 - 0)

Total List Cost: 3615

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The game played was encounter and the points was around 3600

Turn 1 USA
Sherman 105’s lay down a bombardment on the 88’s and destroy one of them
Turn 1 German
Panzer IV’s, 88’s all fail to score any hits on the sherman’s in the woods and the panthers fail to destroy the solitary 76 that rolls over the hill.
Turn 2 USA
The shermans making an attack into the village and flank the Panzer IV platoon, using there stabilisers to great effect, but only managing to bail on of the panzers. The 76’s crest the hill and fire on the panthers managing to destroy the 2IC. The 105’s had a few issues and where unable to zero in, the shermans in the woods where also ineffective as they failed to destroy any of the panzer IV’s.
Turn 2 German
Enraged by the death of there 2IC, the panthers return fire on the 76’s, destroying three of them and bailing another. Panzer IV’s return fire on the flanking shermans, destroying two of them and bailing another. The 88’s fire on the same shermans and manage to bail 2 of them. The panzer IV’s fire on the Shermans in the woods but fail to harm them.
Turn 3 USA
No reserves arrive this turn. The 76’s fail there morale check and disengage. The stuarts launch a daring flanking move and get 5 hits on one of the panthers and manage to destroy it with their little 37mm.
Turn 3 German
No reserves for the Germans either. The Panzer IV’s wipe out the rest of the Shermans in the village and the panthers blow up one of the stuarts. All other fire in ineffective.
Turn 4 USA
Still no reserves. The shermans in the woods manage to destroy 2 of the panzer IV’s and bail 2 of them. Stuarts continue making flanking moves and manage to bail another Panther. The 105’s fire score three hits on the shermans but fail to do any damage with their bombardment.
Turn 4 German
No reserves for the Germans either. Panzer IV’s fail the morale and pull out. Panzer IV’s destroy one of the shermans in the woods and one of the Sherman 105’s. Panther destroy another of the Stuarts.


Turn 5 USA
M10’s finally arrive. The shermans destroy 1 Panzer IV and bail another. The stuarts score two more hits on the panthers side but fail to penetrate.
Turn 5 German
Another Panzer IV platoon and a full battery of wespes arrive from reserve. Panzer IV’s destroyed two shermans in the woods and bail another. The panthers destroy another Stuart and they fail their morale check and pull out.
Last Turn 6 USA
The priests and Armoured infantry finally arrive from reserve. Shermans in the woods manage to destroy another Panzer IV.
Last Turn 6 German
The Puma’s and Armoured infantry arrive from reserve. Panzer IV’s destroy another Sherman in the woods and they fail there morale check and pull out. Panthers make a final push and fire on the armoured infantry, but fail to hit.

Conclusion
With none of the objectives captured it was the germans that came out the winner, due to more platoons destroyed or retreated. It was a close game with some daring moves from the Americans, but I think the superiority of the panzers won the day. The Sherman stabilisers are very good when launching attacks, as you can fire at full rate of fire at a -1 modifier.

USA Losses
76mm Sherman Platoon (5)
2 Full Sherman Platoons (10)
1 Full Stuart Platoon (5)
German Losses
Panzer IV Platoon (5)

All that great FOW content and no comments!!!

Ok I have managed to get back in the swing of things and completed the last of the M10's and here they are:










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Just need to finish off the last M20 Utility and it's obs infantry and that platoon is all done ;-)

Oh and repainted the 50 cal stand on the jeep, as it was bright green lol!!!!

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And then the M10's

Nice. Are they the prepainted battlefront dug-in markers?

They are the ones ;-)

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Made a school boy error on the armoured infantry, I had given them all the half-tracks 50 cals, when three of them should have had AA MG's. You can upgrade them to 50's for another 15 points but only if they are from Hell on wheels!!! I have removed them now to have the correct AA MG's lol.

Only two more stands of infantry to finish, pictures to follow shortly.

Can you post a pic of one of the halftracks with the AA MG instead as well please?

Just got to base the last two stands and then the whole platoon is finished, then I will get the pictures put up mate.

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Dismount!!

Ok here are the completed half-track mortars , minus the command stand which is half completed.










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Also finished another stand of ss infantry

Completed M12's and a US objective

No comments since the 25/09!!!

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Objective Markers

looks awsome but my favorite is the command soviet tank i love how the red flag just draped there contrasts the dark armor, nice job

I dont have a lot of time to comment at the moment, but rest assured I read every update and they always inspire me to try and find a few moments to add a bit more paint to my long time work in progress germans! Keep up the good work

Ok just checking ;-)

Finished all of the ss armoured infanty stands, just need to do the panzerschreck teams.










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Sorry guys what with the release of COD and the new battlefield, I was drawn off to a different place :-) But managed to get a few bits done and here they are.

Up first the 1st half of the armoured US Recon










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3 Soviet SU-76M

Piper Cub for arty spotting

Nearly finished the last team of ss tank hunters, just need to base and a German HQ Objective Marker.

Finished the SS and here they are visting a russian farm












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WIP German Loco ;-)