Ze Reinforcements

We all know this lead compulsion is sort of a sickness, well I’v4e caught a fairly bad case of Ze Germans. the intention was for a very small force of around fifteen models for operations squad.

Then I thought, hm, with a few more guys I could cover all the options in the book!

This was followed by, hm, another couple of riflemen and I could field two squads!

I could get a vehicle, just to use as scenery..

oh look, a rules supplement for vehicles!

I could at this stage, once what I have in the painting queue is done, field a very solid Bolt action army… oh look, more rules I can obtain…

anyway, enough blather, here are the most recent painted Germans.

First up: an officer, not feildable in Operation Squad, but would make a decent Lieutenant for Bolt Action.. oh Dear.

MG team (Mg34)

2CM Mortar team

Medic

Radioman:

Another NCO, not feidlable due to the weapon (mauser “broomhandle”), but I’ll find him a home

MG team (mg34)

MG team(MG42)

and a spotter, I can use to deploy with any of the teams to make a 3-man, but also could use as an NCO with binocs as he has an MP40..

There we go. I’m really enjoying these, but I know I’m not doing my best paint, tabletop is fine for these though. the point is more about having a feildable force, and even more about getting something done in the limited hobby time I’ve had. I’m enjoying my space wolves, but the mountain is high, and the time it takes to paint them to a standard I’ve set myself is magnified by the time I have.

how can I explain that better, well, painting a batch of five wolves spreading the tasks over the time I have would likely take me 3 weeks to a month. – these guys I can paint a batch of twelve in less than two weeks. it’s a big difference.

anyway, more terrain to come in the next few weeks, and the rest of these Germans.. then maybe well  move onto the US airborne.. unless, hm I could pick up a field gun, or a howitzer for the Germans.. agh, dammit.

28mm WW2 Terrain–finished farm buildings

Put these two together the other day to round out and provide some interest on the new 4’x4’ Layout I’m making for operation squad.

Boards are in 2’x2’ sections and so far I’ve made 2x plain ones, one with an elevated area and one with a “beach” of sorts.

Eventually I’ll put two more together with river sections, and a couple of mobile hills. I know from experience I could be making a more attractive board by integrating everything, but I want this to be playable for many smaller games, so I need to be able to mix up the layout, and as such all the roads, walls, fields buildings etc are based separately and made mobile.

It’s a compromise between looks and playability.

anyway here are some shots that sow off the excellent buildings by http://www.lasermodellbau.de/

a view through the new woods (post to come)

The barn,

The farmhouse, with an attempt at Ivy…

one shot of the other side of the house. and yeah, the lighting isn't great, but these suckers are big, and I’m not well set up for anything over a couple of inches tall

anyway as always let me know your thoughts and I’ll post again soon™

WW2 Scenery–Normandy farm buildings

I’ve been slowly plugging away (very slowly, sorry for the pace of posts of late, RL and all that) at some WW2 stuff, as you may have seen with the Germans, well, turns out I needed a new table to play on. the game (Operation squad) requires a 4x4 table to start with, but moreover, the scenery demands are somewhat more particular then my usual 40k stuff.

Much the same as the models are more appropriately and naturally scaled, so must the structured be.

While I have made my own buildings before, I am severely pressed for time of late and trolling the various forums and websites I found this lovely German gentleman and bought two of his buildings from him.

they arrived like this:

and being the obsessive I am, I layed out the components

the farm house went together very easily, with a wee bit of filing and a smear of epoxy

The Barn, with it’s multiple, separate doors took a wee bit longer.

and was very slightly warped, but a brisk hair drying on a flat surface soon sorted that

the joints just need a little filing and then voila,

 

The rooves were left separate for painting

after base coats with Vallejo, I realised that while the barn was fine with the odd open window, I needed to glaze the house.

I marked up some old clear plastic from a blister and cut to size, a wee bit of CA and.. in they went

The last stages involve a seal with klear, and then some detail paint and weathering down.

 

The barn, awaiting flock.

I’ll sort out some lighting later and get some finished pics of these once the pva on the flock dries, expect finished shots in the next day or two.

I will say this, these are solid kits, with good detail and I’ll be visiting this guy again for another couple, maybe even a towns worth.

I’ll also reinforce that I bought these products and I’m not being recompensed for running an advert or anything,

let me know your thoughts,.

All is not Quiet…

I Havent posted for a wee while and I wanted to make sure to update.. but I feel odd posting WiP pics, I like to present you with finished product wherever possible..I’ve also been quite pressed for time of late. but I got a bit done today.

Yes, everything hereabouts is all still WW2, probarbly for the best if my gut reaction to everything DA is to be trusted. not keen on the models and the rules look downright wrong. anyhoo..

I’ve some more Germans, including a couple of light vehicles on the bench, but mostly I’ve been focused on terrain. The scale and setting for these models is such that they need more cover that 40k, and that cover has to look more authentic.

So I’ve been doing a bunch of experiments with trees, foliage, scatter and hedges walls etc to see what I can come up with. I’ve also picked up a building or two and am working through getting everything ready for a game at some point.

I am however really enjoying pushing this aspect of my modeling, and had to take a few picks of some recently completed terrain pieces, with figs in situ.

when I get a wee bit more time, I’ll post some step by step how to stuff so you can see what I’ve done to get to this lot, and point of some of the things I think I could improve on.

for now, hope there's enough here to entertain the passing viewer and please let me know your thoughts.