15mm Flames of war Commission

I have not commission painted for some time but a friend from PAW asked me to add some more bases to the US infantry I painted for him ages ago.

In addition there were a few bases of German snipers.

So here they are...

(sorry not the best pictures)

 

FoW Hungarian Artillerymen

A weekly(ish) update of what I have been doing whilst at work.  Completed 18 French Napoleonic Line Infantry, 12 Ancient Spanish foot and 20 Hungarian Artillerymen, below.

They are all a work in progress, as in no basing and in the Spanish case no finishing off with Army Painter.

I hope to get lots of figures done whilst I am away including 62 Hungarians, 102 Spanish and lots of French.  If I manage that I have some Dystopian Wars stuff to do as well....watch this space!

Below are some Hungarian's base painted black, and the dry brushed, simple but effective!

Painting Soviet Tanks

My painting system for Soviet armor is very simple and easy. Once assembled spray Battlefront Soviet Armor, a liberal wash of GW Devlan Mud, dry brush Vallejo Russian Green then highlight with a mix of Vallejo Russian Green and Dark Sand.

Track were done with neutral steel and then heavily washed with GW Black wash.

The front and rear of the model was then stippled with Vallejo Flat Earth to give it the dirty look!

Soviet Tread Heads!!

So I have had a little push on the Flames of War front and painted a lot of Soviets again!

below were the first of the armored units.

5 KV1s, these model are Battlefront and were great to paint and look good!

A view I will try not to offer a German tank or Pak gun!

T34/85s for the late period, again Battlefront minis that I bought on EBay (god bless them!)

Well that the start of my Soviet push and now there are another 10 KV1s, this time Zvede and another platoon of infantry. Recent purchases include 2 platoons of Sappers, with vehicles, £20 on my show's bring and buy, more infantry, Starlin Organsf and artillery off EBay!

The Soviets will be a very large army!!!!

Flames of War Soviets

The Russians Are Coming!!!!!!!

My other purchase at PAW2011 was a few boxes of The Plastic Soldier Company's 15mm Russians for the nice man of Baker Company.

I bought 2 boxes of Infantry and 4 boxes of T34s. This will give me over 200 infantry and 20 tanks. I must admit I was a little disappointed that the infantry did not come with any support weapons Maxims, mortars and the like. Hopefully PSC will make separate boxes of them along with other goodies. Anyway it is enough to get me started.

Here is a sub-machine gunner, with the base coat applied, Battlefront's German Armour. Also this guy comes in two pieces, the body and the arms/weapon. I thought this would be a pain but actually it was quite straight forward. As you can see for plastic there is plenty of detail.

I decided to do one test piece, hence the guy above. As I said the primer was Battlefront's German Armour, I have then just picked out the details..... helmet, flesh, weapon, webbing and boots.

Once that is dry I applied a coat Games Workshop Devlan Mud was. I am never too sure of using these washes as they can make the figures too dark and 'dirty' looking but actually it works really well on WW2 Russians.

As you can see, not the best pictures in the world but you get the idea. This method is new for me and a little alien compared to my drybrushing but it should make this a nice and quick army to paint up.

Watch this space...................