Polish C2P Artillery Tractors

These little armored tow vehicles were the nicest models in the bunch, too bad the rules for transport in Flames of War these days will probably keep them off the table.  Unknown maker.

Missing the windscreens, but none were provided.

Polish wz.34 Armored Car Platoon

Some reconnaissance, this time the wz.34 armored cars in all-metal.  Two are from True North, not sure about the other one.

Unit leader has a 37mm gun, MGs for the other two.

Polish TKS Tankette Platoon

These tiny little tankettes were easy to paint, but the gun barrels on the 20mm-armed leaders were impossible to keep straight.  True North all-metals, except one that's unknown and slightly different than the others.

First Platoon with the slightly more detailed oddball.

Tiny tankette swarm!

Polish Vickers Mark E Platoon

One unit of imported Vickers Mark E tanks, again from True North.

I made the unit leader stand out for these guys, had to cover up some already started camo work.

Polish 7TP Dual Turret Platoon

One of the platoons of 7TPs were the older twin-turret MG type.  One of these is from a different manufacturer than the other two, and has much more detail.  Others are from True North.

Again, similar paint schemes, with the odd-manufactured tank as the leader.

Polish 7TP Platoon

About half of a large commission of Polish armor consisted of 7TP tanks.  These came to me already assembled and base coated so please forgive any mold lines.  This is also the first time doing hard-edged camouflage by hand.  These all-metal models didn't have much detail or any panel lines, and didn't have any stowage.  Once the camo was done they finished up pretty fast.

One unit of three.  True North miniatures.

The company.  I kept the patterns similar except for some of the turrets to differentiate leaders.

Polish Guns

I finished up some Polish artillery and anti-tank guns for my friend Hal, he will be basing them later.  The anti-tank guns were pretty fiddly, about nine or ten parts each for some reason.

37mm wz.36 (Bofors) Anti-Tank Guns.  Unknown manufacturer.

100mm wz.14/19P Howitzers.  Battlefront Miniatures metals.

75mm wz.02/26 Field Guns.  Battlefront Miniatures metals, I think.

Quick Allied Objective

I painted this Allied objective to give it as a prize at a Flames of War tournament I hosted a few days ago.  I used some German casualty figures and a pair of British Paras that I think were originally tank riders, and some old objective that I've had in my stash for about a decade.  Logs and wood still give me issues, and it came out a little shiny as I didn't have my usual brand of matte varnish available, but I still think it came out ok.

I added some extra sand bags with green stuff, to give the Brits something to sit on.

Simple, but it only took a few hours from start to finish, most of that on the figures.

Great War British Mark IV

The Heavy Tank platoon can include Mark IV tanks in either the male or female versions, either OQF 6 pounder guns or Vickers machine guns.  I magnetized the sponsons so Sam could switch them easily.

Mark IV Male with OQF 6 pounder guns and Vickers machine guns.

Tried to keep the weathering simple.

Mark IV Female with only Vickers machine guns.

Great War British Mark A Whippet

The Medium Tank Platoon consists of one to five Mark A Whippet tanks, armed with multiple machine guns.  I chose to model this tank as A233 'Crossmichael', which saw action in August, 1918.

I tried to make it a little dirty, without it being a mess.

Great War British OQF 18 pounder Field Battery

These 18 pounders are the best option to counter armor in the Great War era, and can be fielded in a unit of one, two, three, or six.  The smaller Detachment doesn't have a command team, but the larger Battery does.

The guns, crew and caisson fill the base nicely, without feeling cramped.

Painted the fourth gun for 1940 lists.

Great War British 3" Stokes Trench Mortar Platoon

These Trench Mortars can be fielded from one to four stands per platoon.  Here's a whole battery of four.

I wish BF would've added in some ammunition canisters or something, the big bases look so empty.

Four guns, no command team in sight.  Looks like Flames of War V4!

Great War British .303 Vickers HMG Platoons

Next up for the British are two platoons of .303 Vickers HMGs, one by Battlefront, the other by Peter Pig.

The Battlefront offering is nicer, and came with four guns.  I mixed up a few command figures for variety.

Peter Pig only gives you three guns and I had to scrounge for a command team.  The figs look like they're in 1940 BEF gear.

These painted up pretty easily.

Great War British Rifle Platoons and HQ

It's been far too long since I've posted anything, which also means it's been a long time since I've painted anything!  I finally finished Sam's Great War British army, hopefully he likes what I did with it.

I used an old BF officer figure for the Major since all of the figures in the box set were identical.  It also came with two sniper teams, even though it only allows you to take one in the list!

Full Rifle Platoon with Rifle, Rifle Grenade, and MG teams.  I kept the basing barren to represent the no-man's-land between the trench lines, and added bits of barbed wire to the bases of both Rifle Platoons.

Second Rifle Platoon is similar, with a few random figs mixed in for variety.

Sam asked me to paint up a few extra teams so he could use these guys in Early War as well.  Here are the Staff Team (now obsolete), Bagpiper, Light Mortar, Anti-Tank Rifle, and Observer teams.

Apologies if the pictures are less than my standard, had to use my phone in a room with bad lighting.

6MMRPC Week Nine: Great War British WiP

Didn't get much done this week, spent most of my spare time with the family. I did get some Great War British cleaned up and primed for a commission job for my friend Sam back in CA, this will eventually be a full army, HQ, two infantry platoons, two HMG platoons, a full artillery battery, mortars, and three tanks. Nearly all of the figs are by Battlefront with a few Peter Pig guys thrown in. Once I have all of the infantry and gun crew primed I'll use the airbrush to base coat them.

Historicon 2014 - I-95 Doubles

I was able to squeeze a trip to Historicon in again this year and paired up with Eric Riha for a second year for the I-95 hosted Doubles tournament.  We won it last year and (misguidedly) thought we would try to defend our title.  I let Riha put the list together for the 2000 point MidWar event and figured he would try to put a wacky trick list on the board and catch everyone by surprise. (Man, was he wrong!)  The lists were a Churchill Tank Company and an OSS Raid Force.  300 points of interdiction raids meant that our opponents would have a tough time with reserves and we could always attack at night.  Small Trained platoons and no solid anti-tank capability meant we would fail miserably against Panthers and Tigers and large Soviet formations.

Round One we were paired up against the ringers, Stephen Tinsley and Mark Riney.  They had a Panzerspäh (with Panthers) and some Fallschirmjäger (with a Tiger).  Crap.  This is the board, we played Dust Up.

We deplyed our French Legionaires spread out around the rear Objective and a Guerrilla platoon up front.  Churchill CS tanks are in the centerand the OSS platoon is poised to attack.  

On out Turn One we Doubled our OSS dudes behind a tree line (They can Truscott Trot double at night, through terrain) and moved a Guerrilla platoon to get at their flank.  Their Tiger zapped a Churchill on their Turn One.

They continued to be very aggressive with the Tiger, assaulting our Frenchies and forcing them back.  We had to bring the Guerrillas back to defend.

Once they brought an FJ platoon up to support the Tiger it was pretty much a done deal.  2-5 for us,  we got their second FJs on the far flank but even that took seven Churchills and the OSS squad assaulting for three turns.  These guys were lots of fun to play and we also got to hang with them during the after party.

Round Two saw us paired up against Ed Forbes and Byron Synor, two old nemesis' from NorCal.  They were running a Strelk/Tankovy combo with 30+ tanks and tons of infantry...  The mission was Blind Domination, an I-95 home-brew.

Piles of Lend-lease tanks and some T-26s all slammed to the objective points in the middle.  First side to claim eight uncontested points at the start of their turn was winner.

The Churchills on the left were flanked early by Lees but the ones on the right were able to fire round after round into them and the Stuarts.  4-3 victory for us.

Our final round saw us matched up against  Stephen and Josh Wagner, who were running Grenadiers backed by a Tiger Company in Free For All.  The Tigers immediately charged at the objectives, defended by a single Guerrilla platoon.

The Churchills make their way through the village, avoiding the Tigers, but finding a pair of 7.5cm PaK40s lurking between the buildings.

Our OSS and a Guerrilla platoon ran up the flank at a Grenadier platoon, assaulting it and a 3.7cm FlaK platoon in some woods.

The Churchills make an assault on the anti-tank guns before the Tigers can turn and fire on them, killing the platoon.  We scored a 6-1 after the OSS guys claimed the wooded objective.

The event was very well run and the I-95 guys put on a great event.  There was a ton of prize support, including Battlefront boxes and blisters and some swag bags from World of Tanks.  We placed somewhere in the middle of 36 teams but were one of the door-prize winners.  I snaggged a SSGT Poole Sherman for an event I'm running in November and Riha got some sweet aviators and a Bluetooth speaker from World of Tanks.