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October War: Israeli Soltam Ro'em Battery
Back to the Middle East today and I have started working on some of the Israeli artillery that was in the big box of reinforcements I bought last month. There is quite a selection of models for the...
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October War: Egyptian 9P122 (BRDM-2 w. AT-3) Company
As promised a little while back here is the 9P122 (the BDRM-2 with 9M14 Malultka aka AT-3 Sagger) Company.The models are 1/285th GHQ and I decided to paint them in the Egyptian three colour camo as the...
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October War: AMX-13 Platoon
For me there is no tank quite like the AMX-13 that oozes Frenchnesss... It is such a sexy looking vehicle, more a race car than a tank! Having acquired four I decided to paint them up even if they did...
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October War: Israeli M-50 155 mm Battery
A few more Israeli artillery models, a battery of Israeli M-50 155 mm's. Produced by the Israelis with French assistance (the 155mm is the French Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50), it saw service in the War...
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October War: Israeli M109 Rochevs
Continuing with the Israeli artillery I painted the two GHQ M109's I recently acquired.In 1973 the Israelis had two battalions of M109's (known by the Israelis as the Rochev). Serving on the Golan...
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Land Ironclads: Sprue Fortress I
A little break from 6mm - here's some 2mm! :-)Busy day today with work and trying to get Saul's stuff ready for his first gig tomorrow evening (7.30pm Frog & Fiddle in Cheltenham if you are free)...
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October War: Arab Trucks
It's been a bit hectic in Blease Towers today as we get stuff ready for Saul's gig tonight. As you can see I will be appropriately clothed!I did managed to grab five minutes to finish these four trucks...
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Land Ironclads: Sprue Fortress II
A bit of progress on the sprue fortress, building up the ground work with filler and Green Stuff...Not a lot of activity at Blease Central today after last night's gig - it went well, here's a bit of...
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WW3: East German NVA T-72 Tank Company
As a break from the deserts of the Sinai, I have dug out some GHQ MicroArmour from 'Lead Mountain' and worked out what I could make up using Mike Edward's Flames of War WarPac lists. As some of what I...
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WW3: East German 2S3 Battery
I'm not quite sure why I have so many GHQ Soviet 2S3 SPG's in 'Lead Mountain' but I do so I have added a battery to East German Motor Rifle Regiment.Painting Target: 403/1000
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WW3: East German BDRM-2 Scout Platoon
Continuing with the East Germans I painted up three GHQ BDRM-2's to form a Scout Platoon.A wonderful little model, I'm tempted to buy a few more to create a Grenztruppen (Border Troops)...
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WW3: East German Motor Rifle Regiment HQ
The bulk of my Motor Rifle Regiment's APC's will be BTR-60''s, my favourite Soviet vehicle. Consequently I needed two for the Regiment HQ.To be honest I'm not quite sure if these are accurate as I...
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WW3: East German BTR-60 Motor Rifle Companies
I painted up the BTR-60's for the three companies of my NVA Motor Rifle Regiment. Nothing says WarPac like the BTR-60!Painting Target: 417/1000
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WW3: East German 2S3 Battery
No WarPac army can have too much artillery, so I decided to add a second artillery battery my East German Motor Rifle Regiment.As previously the models are GHQ 1/285th, painted in VallejoReflective...
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WW3: East German Motor Rifle Regiment BMP-1's Companies
Whilst I painted up three companies of BTR-60's for my NVA East German Motor Rifle Regiment I decided to paint up a couple of BMP-1 companies as well as well as two BMP-1's for the Regiment HQ.Painting...
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WW3: East German SA14 Support Platoon BMP-2's
One of the Regimental Support options is a SA14 Platoon equipped with BMP-2's.'Lead Mountain' had enough BMP-2's for a future Soviet Tank or Motor Rifle Regiment with spare for the National...
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The SOTCW World War One Compendium
The Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers have moved into the 21st century with the release of a PDF compendium of the Great War articles that have appeared in their society magazine The Journal over...
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Arcworlde Arrives...
You may recall last year I contracted a case of Ohhshinyitis with the ArcworldeKickstarter. Despite the best efforts of UPS to lose the goodies ("your parcel has be left at... S") a big box of resin...
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ArcWorlde: Hobgoblins of the Gaulag Wastes I
Despite having two 6mm projects on the go, the urge to paint some of the ArcWorlde minis was too much, so I dug out one of the warbands to paint up - the Hobgoblins of the Gaulag Wastes.These spear...
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ArcWorlde: Hobgoblins of the Gaulag Wastes II
More ArcWorlde Hobgoblins today, this time the three Hobgoblin Bruisers...I must say I do love this miniatures, great fun to paint and such wonderful sculpts, they put me in mind of the Brian Froud...
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