3D printed DD tanks

One of the German players on our upcoming Demo game printed these DD tanks and an Armoured bulldozer for me . He has since printed another one of each. They painted up really nicely.

I had to scratch build a Priest as I had been trying for ages to buy a Matchbox version. I used an Airfix Lee/Grant. I had some left over bits from previous Kangaroo conversions. I think the barrel must have moved when the glue was drying. The crews came from the Airfix 25pdr kits and an Airport refuelling kit.

It would be remiss if me to not post the WIP photos.

 

Well hello again.

 I’ve let this Blog idle for too long. I’m afraid that I have been spending time on Bluesky where you can get instant gratification as soon as you post which is addictive. However I have been reminded how useful a Blog is by my friends Blog where he posted a recent trip. It’s Willstoysoldiers.blogspot.com

I have several projects that I would like to document as I am putting quite a lot of work into. The first is a D-Day Demo game which is being put on at Call to Arms in Wellington New Zealand. We are going to be using my 20mm collection that I have been building since the late eighties. I had not done much with it for about fifteen years but lately have added quite a few vehicles and several platoons of Infantry. The rules we are using is Battlegroup. I will be organising, basically getting all the models out when required. The Allies have two players, one supervising a new player. The Germans will also have two but I am hoping they wont be very co-ordinated.

The second project that I have just started is modifying What a Cowboy to use with my limited Dr Who collection. I have only painted some 10th Dr era figures  and thought that unless I find some rules that I enjoy the rest of the pile will never get touched. Tonight I have started to paint some more Daleks, Ogrons and Unit figures so I guess I must be onto something good with the rules.

By mistake I started using five action dice like Chain of Command but once I realised found that five are good with modern weapons. I have modified weapon stats using CoC as a guide. For instance, an LMG has ten shots but must use a reload dice between bursts as overwise it is just too powerful.

 I have had to make up Dalek weapon stats to see what works. Also have found that a balance between sides is not easy to come up with. Daleks are tough but slow and have limited weapon types.

I reroll the dice in the shock pool for use next turn otherwise it takes too long to recover.

I have made the Time Lords unkillable as it would be to easy to end the game by doing so. You just shock them into uselessness.

I have had to use the D-Day terrain for now as I need to have it fresh in my mind for the upcoming Demo game. So far I have had four games which seem to favour the Humans which is why I am painting more Daleks. 

I will post more and upload stats on the next posts.

Battlegroup German Pioneers

 I have enjoyed playing Battlegroup so much that I have  started painting up a force of German Pioneers with Stug support. I’m using the Barbarossa supplement. I had the Infantry in stock and have bought some Stugs and a Panzer IV. A mixture of Battlefront and Zvezda models. A Stuka in 144th scale works well IMHO.

Am working on some Opel Blitz trucks, 2cm AA and pak38 guns.

I have also bought quite a few Russian Infantry, tanks and supports quite cheaply secondhand.

Time passes so quickly

 Well I am embarrassed to say that I have completely forgotten about my Blog for the last year. I have been rather busy gaming more than usual but posting on Twitter. 

DBMM has been my main interest and I had been quite successful due to beginners luck, I suspect. Sadly I have not won a game with my Ancient Brits since April as I think my opponents have worked out to how to take my mass of troops out. My usual tactic is to mass my foot troops in the centre and have Cavalry and Chariots on the wings.

I have also had a few games of Chain of Command and 0200 hours. 

I have also started a Roman DBMM Army.

I’ve had a couple of games of Battlegroup in 15mm so have bought some books and have looked at using my elderly 20mm collection with the rule set.

I will try and add more posts but the interaction here is very low compared to Twitter (I can’t call it that new name). I am seeing if it is easier to post using my phone as that’s how I now take photos.

Movie Panzers, a fun project.

 While watching Rouge Heroes the German M48 got me thinking of the Plastic Toy M60's I have stashed away. Not having any M47's like that used in the Battle of the Bulge Movie I thought I would try and imagine if that was reshot using later model Tanks. Since I had some left over Tamiya Panzer IV parts I decided to go that route. Plastic side shield's, left over bits and correct-ish paint job and decals and I'm quite happy. Not sure if they will ever be used but they could fill an empty corner in my big train station/factory building.

Wargames Foundry German Paratroopers.

I wanted to increase the size of my German Paras as I only had two squads and not really enough for a game. Reading through various rule sets there seems to be different organisations for the squads. These are Early War Germans for operation Sea Lion. So not historical. I have painted enough figures for either one or two LMG's per squad. I may repaint the extras as Tropical versions if I can confirm the correct organisation. While I was painting these extras I updated a few of the older figures to see if it was manageable to repaint them all some time later. I tried something different with these. I added some drill to the black leather to give it a worn look. I have also undercoated some Warlord Games Mid/Late War figures which have been slightly modified for Early War.

Warlord Games recoilless Gun.

 

A few more Celts.

A few bases of Warlord Games Celts and Victrix Chariots. 

I must confess that I am getting frustrated with this Army due to the size and complexity of the Chariots and paint jobs. I will be at about 400 points when the next batch is finished that are going through the basing process at the moment. These Warlord figures have Victrix shields and transfers.

I have bought another pack of six Chariots to do after these. Cant wait I'm so excited. Haha.

I also added a victim to this base. I learnt that this base has different stats to the other baggage bases, so wanted it to stand out. It is also longer than the others.