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Great work on the Medvedi. Your basing adds a lot of character, like them better than the boxart. Each one a little microdiorama.

Honestly, the pics taken with the 18-55mm look better in my humble opinion. I'd say both focus and contrast are superior.

The BR 47 also has the junkyard vibe I know from old sovjet equiptment. Sue, it's still working?

 Max Moray wrote:
Great work on the Medvedi. Your basing adds a lot of character, like them better than the boxart. Each one a little microdiorama.

Honestly, the pics taken with the 18-55mm look better in my humble opinion. I'd say both focus and contrast are superior.

The BR 47 also has the junkyard vibe I know from old sovjet equiptment. Sue, it's still working?

Yes basing adds alot indeed, in fact it saves me when model is poorly molded or paint job is sloppy.

18-55 more in focus yes, however! 50mm has aperture of 1.8, i looked it up and that means the lens it self inside opens up way more and lets more light in and you could take crisper shots in less light, and that is awesome because taking a none blurry picture is hard with my ancient camera. The problem is the zoom lenses with aperture of 1.8 and better are waaaaay over me budget. The 50mm was only $150; and it just not meant for miniature photography, I just hoped it would work because macro lenses are expensive. At least the 50mm I could still use for normal pictures.

BR 47 yes, it is like Zil but smaller and tracked, lolz it would be more of a Olga, it's still working my tovarich?

These look awesome, and as a die hard Red Alert 2 fan I wholeheartedly approve of this project :-)

 Skinflint Games wrote:
These look awesome, and as a die hard Red Alert 2 fan I wholeheartedly approve of this project :-)

Finished models now sit on the shelf around the tower I build for our terrain contest.
If you have not seen the tower check it out, you will appreciate it
https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-79426-60757_Red%20Alert.html

lol the implications a missing 'r' can have. Great paintjob on the tower btw.

 Max Moray wrote:
lol the implications a missing 'r' can have. Great paintjob on the tower btw.

Ahaha true! I was trying to understand why,,, Sue? It is not a common Ruskis name and how it relates to junky tracked truck?
But hey, it works with or without an 'r'

2 color schemes and 2 different base variations for observer squads.

and (no nose brothers?)
Should of saved the heads to swap with AXIS character for that redskull paint job lolz

Interestingly, I believe I got those 2 squads from two different stores off eBay.
One was in a Specials box with the snipers, and other 2 man squad was sold by them selves in a zippy bag.
Hope that is an older molding as well.

Holly snaps air vehicles are much easier to paint than the ground troops.
Dry brush light gray over default primer, then series of washes of various consistencies, some metal work with inking and done.

Even-though I have said that I love vehicles from DUST, that is only true in reference the ones on the ground!
Never liked flyers, because they looked too loony/cartonny, especially the SSU chopas.
With that said, Really happy with the way this model cameout, and I am open to embrace DUST flyers as long as the design don't stray too far from RedAlert2 direction.

Red goggles for the welder who somehow found his way into the cockpit and took off to his own peril or promotion whichever comes first.

Last outside pictures give best true colors!
Perfect day to do some miniature photography, with California in flames gives off that nice ambient warm light that can only be achieved by miles of (deathworld) smoke in all directions.

You forgot the K-47 walker that it carries

 aphyon wrote:
You forgot the K-47 walker that it carries

Yes it is the MIL MI-48 walker transport helicopter
I already did it its that red one, I just have not painted the weapons you suppose to put on her and because of the fancy bases, and my inability to figure out a clever way to secure flying model to the base with terrain pieces I decided to build them apart. As if walker was already dropped off.

The issue with mounting was the plastic pegs on that clear support snapped off rather easily, must be old plastic. I decision was made to flip the clear plastic support and have a different attachment point for the chopper. Right now, support fits into the MI-48 via a slot that suppose to be for the KV-47walker.

Finished weapon options for the KV-47
and found lost bit, the frog cover.

I am so close, cant wait to warp the project up.
4 crews 4 weapon arms, and tracked truck to finish and my SSU is complete!

Now we need to see them on the table annoying your opponents.....!@$% russian damage resiliance...!#$% stalinium





Hey mothsniper just an add on- i decided to start a small axis fallschirmjäger force with the premium line, just got their character "rolf" it looks great, got the anti tank guided missile heavy weapon team on the way.

got to wait on the restocks for the command team, AT and AA teams. it will fit nicely with the 4 aircraft i already have for a full airborne themed force.

 aphyon wrote:
Now we need to see them on the table annoying your opponents.....!@$% russian damage resiliance...!#$% stalinium





Hey mothsniper just an add on- i decided to start a small axis fallschirmjäger force with the premium line, just got their character "rolf" it looks great, got the anti tank guided missile heavy weapon team on the way.

got to wait on the restocks for the command team, AT and AA teams. it will fit nicely with the 4 aircraft i already have for a full airborne themed force.

Ahaha I know right! Its not only stalinium, it is also that vodkonium coating as well

Exiting for the add on! Beefing up the troops I see, Muhahaha, shall not save you from the hammer and the sickle!
Honestly I don't know why dust named new line Luftwaffe instead of Fallschirmjäger. Spetsnaz makes sense for new SSU but Luftwaffe just don't make sense for new AXIS ground units.
Is the premium line that is not only primed but already painted? I kinda want to try already painted models.
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Progress.
As it turns out, MORE things where hiding behind my cups with paintbrushes. Not nearly as close as I though I was hoping to be at.

Decided to do another conversion, because was missing grabby bit for the business end of the repair arm.
Washing yellow over white primer was so much fun that I kinda want to start imperial fists group just so I could wash yellow over white some more!

Progress on the truck.
And a test objective marker

Extra arm weapons. 7 for left arm and 1 for right.

Because army is on the shelf and not in the box, made this stand for the weapon arms.

Had this KV-2 from - MENG World War Toons
And wanted to put it together and see how it scales next to the SSU! And the scale is perfect for the SSU version of the "FT-17"

The kit is super simple, ez to put together, pieces snap fit and it is cartoony but not Too-cartoony, and imho fits perfectly into the dust style vehicles.
Could be a custom Dust card unit.

Because I do not have other cartoony tanks from MENG, will add this one to the SSU list

The World War Toons tank looks perfect! I may have to pick some up.

The KV-2 looks very Russian indeed... Especially lacking the tracks.

As usual, great paintjobs and weathering on the new parts!

Ahaha I know right! Its not only stalinium, it is also that vodkonium coating as well

Exiting for the add on! Beefing up the troops I see, Muhahaha, shall not save you from the hammer and the sickle!
Honestly I don't know why dust named new line Luftwaffe instead of Fallschirmjäger. Spetsnaz makes sense for new SSU but Luftwaffe just don't make sense for new AXIS ground units.
Is the premium line that is not only primed but already painted? I kinda want to try already painted models.

As you can tell not only do i have a smallish SSU force, another regular player has a huge SSU force. with tanks, helicopters, steel guard and support weapons.

I really liked the look of the Fallschirmjäger, but i had no desire or time to paint the cool flecktarn cammo they have on the premiums.

They have pretty cool rules, as well as all my other forces use nothing but heavy infantry(aside from character pilots) so i could use the variety.

Now i am off to finish flocking my epic 40K stuff, the FLGS finally got in some more fine grade flock.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
The World War Toons tank looks perfect! I may have to pick some up.

Keep in mind that the tracks are cheepo rubber things, I did not like them


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 Max Moray wrote:
The KV-2 looks very Russian indeed... Especially lacking the tracks.

As usual, great paintjobs and weathering on the new parts!

Thanks!
Lacking tracks due to paint prep!


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 aphyon wrote:

Ahaha I know right! Its not only stalinium, it is also that vodkonium coating as well

Exiting for the add on! Beefing up the troops I see, Muhahaha, shall not save you from the hammer and the sickle!
Honestly I don't know why dust named new line Luftwaffe instead of Fallschirmjäger. Spetsnaz makes sense for new SSU but Luftwaffe just don't make sense for new AXIS ground units.
Is the premium line that is not only primed but already painted? I kinda want to try already painted models.

As you can tell not only do i have a smallish SSU force, another regular player has a huge SSU force. with tanks, helicopters, steel guard and support weapons.

I really liked the look of the Fallschirmjäger, but i had no desire or time to paint the cool flecktarn cammo they have on the premiums.

They have pretty cool rules, as well as all my other forces use nothing but heavy infantry(aside from character pilots) so i could use the variety.

Now i am off to finish flocking my epic 40K stuff, the FLGS finally got in some more fine grade flock.

So did you get the already painted Fallschirmjäger then? I am curious to see how they look though, to decide if it is worth the costVStime.

Progress:
Crates - Balsa wood and pieces of sprue

Truck - Testing out different crew positions, and I think I will go with something akin to 2 gunners on the truck and 2 on the ground next to it.
Don't know if I should put the two on separate bases, or will glue them shoulder to the truck, or make large base for the truck diorama style

Crew - The dreaded crew. I have successfully put them off until now, and have procrastinated me self into the corner.

Oil wash done, drying.

AT43 - I have these guys from the RedBlock got from a swap meet years ago. And thinking of adding them into the SSU along side with the toon tank.
Option 1 - Add them in, and procrastinate further on the dreaded crew.
Option 2 - Add them not, and put them away into a long box.

So far i have "rolf", the guided missile heavy weapons team is on the way.

the face could use a little more detail work, but overall it is well painted including weathering.

As for cost, you really are not seeing much of a difference compared to GW now. i checked out of curiosity and all primaris solo character kits are $35 which is exactly the same price for premium DUST solo characters that are already assembled and painted.

Also with DUST there isn't the weapon option/wysiwyg situation you run into with 40K so you don't have to worry about needing all the bits from the kits.


As for AT 43, it makes sense they are compatible since they are from the same guy who made DUST, rackam just didn't want a WWII setting for the game so he "scifi'ed it.

This channel does some of the unboxing videos for the premiums as well as some AT43 DUST style card conversions.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnjyWpB0tRbElclFlilnERoT2DBReWwWq

Thanks Aphyon!

Cool, I'll get premium reinforcements next time, and also want to try the kit.
And thank you for sharing the channel, it is not easy to find good Dust video content!

Did not know AT43 made by same guys. In this case it is Option 1 adding them in, and procrastinating the dreaded crew some more Victory!

Progress - ToonTank from Meng is done.
Was not happy with the tracks, have that MCdonaldToy feel to em, but rest of the kit I am happy with, although, the price is just tiny bit too steep for such a simple simple kit imo.

AT-43 are already painted, but I wanted to give them a quick paint pass to blend em into the SSU without changing colors or repainting anything.
1 - Dry brush with orange
2 - White dab and an orange Intensity ink for the scopes
3 - Wash red in (TrueBlood) that dries shiny, and wash the green in green (Intensity ink)
4 - Dry brush light gray over the guns
5 - Wash faces in light brown

Dreaded crew had another surprise for me

I am 99999.99999% sure it was not sculpted this way
BUT
All models fall forward because they all lean IN if left "un-propped"
The 3rd guy can stand by him self, and even he leans in alot.
The 4th guy due to major propping is leaning out, at least the pose makes sense thematically

Putting them on round bases because decided to have them not glued or pegged to the truck but rather come with the truck as stand alone models.

Don't they all have little mounting pegs in the feet that are supposed to attach to the grate section on the artillery tractor? i seem to remember that on mine, but i never bothered to put them on either. to much of a transport hassle.

 aphyon wrote:
Don't they all have little mounting pegs in the feet that are supposed to attach to the grate section on the artillery tractor? i seem to remember that on mine, but i never bothered to put them on either. to much of a transport hassle.

Yes they do, or did.
The official instructions are to drill small holes for the pegs and position the crew with their pegs, so the A stay attached and B can be removed/switch-out if need be.
The best option would of been to drill holes in the track and in the legs and put small magnets, paint over everything, So you get the A and the B perfection.
I could of cut off the pegs and just glued them in, but I though that changing weapons might be a hassle with everything glued in, so decided to cut the pegs and base them individually.

And to fix the problem with (Leaning IN too much) you would of had to drill the holes at a slight angle for them to be strait on the truck. OOOOooor you know what! Mayhaps that .00001% is correct and they are sculpted like that with the design in mind that they should be pegged! If I am wrong then I am happy to admit it.

AT-43 lads.

Dreaded crew is done.
Just makes sense for two guys be behind the shield and 2 others on the ground.

And an old abandoned objective marker to wrap this up!
Thank you for watching the KURGAN SSU come together.
KURGAN is an ancient rock that sticks out of the ground usually in a field, and it marks the barrow, the tumulus, the burial place of a warrior or a war-chief in Khakassia plains.

Will take full army pics later.

Per request, moving to P&M Blogs.

I love that gun tractor that you hated the crew so much. They came out nice though.

Very nice work Mothsniper.

Cheers,

CB