Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Warmaster Revolution: The Demons are coming!

As wargamer one can´t have enough projects, right? 😅 

I´ve have decided to jump on the Band Waggon called Warmaster Revolution but just as kind of a side project so far and my choice regarding an army fell on the Demons just because of the fluff (Demonic Instability is just crazy fun).

And here are the first Demons printed and with first layers of paint - and again have to learn new techniques regarding 10mm miniatures 🙈






Thursday, June 15, 2023

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: M4A1 HQ and 105mm done

The completed HQ and 105mm Support for my 15mm force of 2nd Armoured Division "Hell on Wheels" project.



The M4A1 with 75mm gun will act as my Forward HQ option.
Again this is a PSC kit with added 3d printed stowage and spare tracks, antenna made from guitar wire.






And last an M4A1 (105mm) Sherman with the 105mm gun for support fire to knock-out bunkers and infantry.

This is kind of a Frankenstein model because I used left-over parts of some PSC Shermans to assemble this tank, so not every detail is correct







Saturday, June 3, 2023

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: M4A1 (76mm) Sherman troop finished

1st troop M4A1 Sherman (76mm) finished and will form the backbone of my 2nd Armoured Division, one of them with a commander to act as the command trank.

Models are from PSC, the added stowage ist for the most part 3D printed, tarp made from paper tissue and antennas from guitar wire.















Deutsche Version
Ein erster 3er Trupp M4A1 (76mm) Shermans ist komplett und wird das Rückrat meiner 2nd Armoured Division bilden, einer der Panzer mit Kommandeur, um als HQ-Tank zu fungieren.

Modelle sind von PSC,  Gepäck und Ladung sind zum größten Teil 3D-Drucke, die Plane habe ich aus einem Papiertuch gebastelt.

Monday, May 22, 2023

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: M4 Sherman troop and HQ at the WiP stage

On and on with my project - next will be much more serious firepower for my 2nd AD:
A troop of 3 (for now) 76mm M4 Shermans, an 105mm Sherman and a 75mm Sherman as Forward HQ.

Kits are from PSC.


The assembled M4 Shermans

Highlighting stage

Painted, decals fixed.

Weathering stage

Tank commanders


Friday, May 19, 2023

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: M5 Stuarts, still WiP

Next addition to my 15mm US 2nd Armoured Division will be a troop of M5 Stuarts - building the kits and painting them done, decals added, commander painted.

Now on to the next step: weathering them.


Built 3 different versions, but all of them fought in the Normandy.

Painted and decals fixed.

Details painted too now, i.e. headlights, tools, MG´s

The commander of this troop.


Monday, May 8, 2023

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: M8 Greyhound Recce Troop finished

Recce troop of M8 Greyhounds as part of the 2nd Armoured Division "Hell on Wheels" finished and can (hopefully) locate these pesky Germans behind all these Bocage ...

The added stowage is partly 3D printed, partly completely self-made from scratch using all kind of materials like wood, styrofoam and Greenstuff, the tarp ist made from paper tissue, antennas from guitar wire.
The stowage isn´t there just for kind of variety, but to model and show the campaign look these armoured units more often then not had.

Not completely satisfied with the result, still struggling to adapt my process I developed for painting and weathering my 28mm vehicles.
Need more practice.










Deutsche Version
Aufklärungstrupp von M8 Greyhounds als Teil der 2nd Armoured Division "Hell on Wheels" fertiggestellt, um (hoffentlich) die ganzen lästigen Deutschen hinter all den Bocage aufzuspüren zu können.

Zu den Modellen habe ich Antennen, sowie Gepäck und Ladung zugefügt, teilweise sind es 3D-Drucke, teilweise komplett selbstgebaut, letztere bestehen aus den unterschiedlichsten Materialien wir Holz, Styrodur und Greenstuff, das Tarp besteht aus einem Papiertaschentuch.
Die Antennen habe ich mir aus Gitarrensaiten zurechtgeschnitten.

Das Gepäck dient nicht nur der Abwechslung und um die Modelle zu individualisieren, sondern auch um den Kampagnen-Look, den diese Panzereinheiten oft hatten, darzustellen.

Mit dem Ergebnis bin ich noch nicht wirklich zufrieden, ich kämpfe immer noch damit, mein Vorgehen anzupassen, mit dem ich meine 28mm Fahrzeuge bemalt und verwittert hatte.
Da braucht es definitiv noch mehr Praxis.