M1 Abrams and Austrians!

In typical Dave fashion, this week I have different scales and completely different genres.

First we have 4 battalions of Austrian 10mm Napoleonic infantry. These are Old Glory 10mm strips (which I love) that I picked up in a lot on Bartertown. Now I need some wee eagle transfers for the flags - the only ones I can think of would be shield transfers from VVV. If anyone has a better idea, please let me know!

 Then I have 14 M1 tanks recently refitted after soaking in oven cleaner for a week to bring them down to bare metal. Again - a job lot from TMP this time. They have a date with destiny in a Team Yankee scenario I have in mind.

PS- is anybody out there anymore?

Big and Small

Just finished a few more Reaper Bones models for my "swamp" themed Dragon Rampant warband. I reckon I could run the big guy at the back as a single model Elite Infantry (6 point) unit. The three lizards could be run as a unit of heavy infantry (4 point), not sure about the two snakes. The medusa fig is pretty cool - maybe she should be a lone shooter model unit (4 point)?

Unable to find any Dullcote in Edmonton last weekend, I picked up a bottle of "matte" Rustoleum varnish. Guess what? It's not very matt - more like satin. But I suppose that's okay for reptiles.

I also did some "small" stuff - these are GHQ 6mm Soviet infantry for the next Team Yankee scenario I plan to run at the club. 

Goths, Soviets, and Kobolds!

Over the past couple of weeks I worked up a variety of stuff - first we have 4 units of 10mm Gothic infantry who can represent any late Dark Age infantry or perhaps militia of Rohan. Figs are by Magister Militum I think:

I also worked up a dozen kobolds for a reptilian-themed Dragon Rampant warband that I plan to do using the box of Reaper Bones figs I bought in the kickstarter some time ago. These aren't bad - a bit comical but they paint up easily enough.

 

Then finally a bunch of Soviet modern microarmour for my next Team Yankee game - this is the remainder of a lot I obtained in a swap after stripping and repainting. There are assorted artillery (the monstrous 2S19 152mm howitzer Msta in the background!), IFVs, and modified IFVs.

Valiant early war Brits

Painted these guys for a Crete scenario I will host at the club next week. I'm a fan of the Valiant figures. These guys will represent the defenders of the Heraklion airfield versus the Valiant paras I have worked on over the last couple of months.

More 10mm middle earth - Rohan this time

These are a variety of 10mm eastern cavalry ranges I picked up on TMP - I think they are Magister Militum - that look a bit like Rohan knights to me. Soo ...  that's what I painted them as. I based them charging in a wedge formation accordingly. Nice figs!

10mm Middle Earth

Not a lot of production this month since I have been doing some travelling for work. However I did finish a few stands of delightful Pendraken 10mm fantasy stuff. They have published a very good mass battle ruleset called Warband that I would like to try using my Battle of 5 Armies troops and some additional stuff from their fantasy range.

I just completed stands of wizards, wolf-riders, ogres, command and spiders. I also used a micro dice frame on the base as a way to track hits.

Happy Canada Day ... and some more fallschirmjaegar and a glider

Continuing to turn out Valiant fallschirmjaeger, this time with support weapons, and also an Italeri 1/72 Waco glider model. I butchered this - broke the hinges off the cockpit (so I just glued it on - won't open now), made a mess of the invasion stripes when I overthinned the white paint and it ran under the masking tape, and didn't bother with all the fiddly little bits for rigging and the tow lug (which I dropped in the carpet and lost anyway). Soooo... this is a wargaming piece best viewed from 3+ feet!