Pulled this from another blog. More for my records, but perhaps this may help you in your painting efforts. You're going to see a few of these over the next few days.
No, the title doesn't mean what you think it means you crazy fools. It means that I've begun my descent into 6mm WWII Soviets.
A friend has a very extensive collection of 6mm Germans, Soviets, and others and looking to get out of the scale and invest more heavily into 12mm (for his homebrew rules) and other scales for other periods.
So he's offered up his collection to the local crew for some great prices. Well painted stuff, most based and painted better than I could do. Much of it is GHQ (1st generation and up), some CnC, and a smattering of Heriocs and Ros tossed in for good measure. So basically, I'm buying them off and on as I save up a few bucks and load up each month. Who knows, with the holidays approaching, I may have some extra cash.
So I should have everything I need in equipment to play the first couple IABSM scenarios out of the Vyazma or Bust campaign book. I will use Amis to be Soviets initially. And some trucks will also be Ami. I need to get with him and see what he has that could also compliment some Command Decision Scenarios.
So, where does this leave my 15mm project? Slowed down. I stalled out because it will be ages before I have enough to play the Command Decision Scenarios. In addition, I've stalled out on the skirmish side of things having tried a few rules sets and finding them wanting. I really wanted to like Bolt Action. Then Rate of Fire...then Chain of Command. Though the last is still up for grabs because I've not played it officially yet. But I can tell that I may struggle with it for time sake.
And then there's the homebrew of BKC in Skirmish form I may work on, though it's a lower priority.
Am I sorry I've based them two to a stand for CD:TOB? Kind of. But ultimately not too bummed because I believe I would still like to give this a go.
And of course, here's a video of the collection with me sharing many of the same thoughts.
Thank you Dave for the great deals. And it looks like you may have yourself an annuity for the next few months!
I really like what I see from this company. In a previous post I showed Big Lee's work their sandbags. He's done it again, now with a mosque. And I went to Leven's site and checked out some of their stuff - really nice looking. I may need to snag some.
Below is the cover of a new publication focused on players of the Battlegroup series. I don't play this game, but there's good info on army lists, good scenarios and hobby tips that any mini gamer could use.
What? I'm actually doing some modeling for 15mm WWII. I would like to finish the Russians and Germans by the end of summer to play some Bolt Action, Rapid Fire, BKCII and maybe even Command Decision throughout the rest of the year.
I've finally started the 20 6mm buildings that Dave gave me in June. His only prerequisite was that I painted them and used them. The painting part has begun. I primed them last night. Today, I painted outside for 2 hours and was able to base coat 10 of them. I'm looking at another 4-6 hours of work on these bad boys.
Question is: do I base them? At the end of this I'll show some pics of Daves (different Dave) buildings and how he bases his 6mm beauties. As I was looking at his pics again I was taken by his simple pallet of colors. The basing and detail work really make them look unique and pop. Great work. He also uses an airbrush which also makes for a nice finish.
Here are some progress pics of the modelling for the week. Taken with my phone, very quickly to get some info up and to show that progress is being made.
First, Ichiro is liquid greenstuffed on the base, the long spear and his face!
Ameiko is now primed - this one is making me nervous - she's got lots of details.
And below is the blister pack bunker that was inspired by a bunker made by BritishLegion1 on Youtube. This will be a small one for 15mm troops.
Marshall brought some of his tools to the RPG session tonight and modified the Reaper figure for me. Taking off the dagger and adding this white piece of plastic tubing with warhammer elf blade glued to it. I glued it to the base.
He gave me a pot of the liquid green stuff to fill in some areas around the blade, the base and...I want to try to fill in the sunken in cheeks!
I feel kind of dirty putting these two companies together in the same post. However, I put my first coat on the tanks, infantry, and bases.
The Army Painter black flowed out awesome and hit the models great. It still really like the Flames of war paint (I realize Army Painter makes these for them.). However, there seems to be something different about the flow of the paints. Anyway, I also used a lowes brand green spray paint on one of the Firelflys to try a different green.
Here are a couple videos I give of building the plastic tanks from the Flames of War Achtung! starter box set. 3 Fireflys and 2 Stug Gs. By the way, it sounds like they'll be getting rid of this set and rolling out battle box sets in the near future. Depending on the cost, they may be a good deal.
I can't comment on historical accuracy - I would like them close and they seem it. I'm looking for close and quick to build so they can be into play much faster. (My experience with the Airfix 1/76 made it very clear to me that modelling is not what interests me.)
I can say that the Stug G went together like a dream - great. Smooth and mostly all fit nicely. Wow. The Sherman was a slightly different matter. I would love for the top part of the hull to be one part. Or, alternatively, the bottom and sides be one part. You'll see the gaps in the video. Other than that they went together fairly nicely.
It took me about 3 hours to put the five tanks together, and mount 10 Russian Infantry on popsicle sticks to prep for painting.
Is this lazy blogging? Using video to get my thoughts across? The biggest problem - not everyone can get good video on every device.
Anyway, the point of this entry - trying to come up with a way of basing these 15mm guys is coming together. I've known that I was going to focus on basing for Command Decision because it's the ruleset that is the most "strict" on basing. BKCII and IABSM are flexible enough.
But I laid these out and labelled them for the first scenario of IABSM. This gave me such a great "peace" of where I'm going...as far as purchases and planning.
One thing, I'm also thinking through is how they will work with Command Decision scenarios. More on that later.
Got to washing these bad boys and started thinking about the basing. The PSC have been nice to work on. Putting some of the heads and arms on is a tad tedious, but the price may make it worth it. When it comes time to build the Germans I may consider again the forged in Battle product - cause they looked great. However, it will be awhile until I have to think about that. These will take me awhile.
