15cm sFH Lorraines, 21st PD finished

[Freddy]

Impressive amound and quality of the new additions!

[Gunner Dunbar]

Impressive amound and quality of the new additions!

Thanks mate

 Hi guys

I’ve had a German winter project planned for many years, and have recently kicked it off when I obtained a file for winterketten tracks, so my thoughts turned to figures. I have a fair few plastic figs for the project, and some metals, but I have been watching some of the figures Propylene Foliescu of just some miniatures has been producing, and thought they looked great, he has files for 15mm and 28mm winter Germans, so I grabbed both scales and adjusted them accordingly for 1/72, here’s where I mention I don’t have any link with Propylene, except being on some of the same forums, and I paid full price for his files.

Both scales work well at 1/72, the 28mm files are not fragile and whilst the 15mm files are chunkier, I think they work pretty well as wargaming figure, there are also some March to hell figures I printed as a test in this lot, they are far to chunky at 1/72, but I’ll paint them anyway to see how they turn out, I plan on using March to hell figures for 6 or 10mm WWII at some stage, I think 6mm is their best use, they should be chunky and strong enough to work well. There’s also some AB figures in this lot, brilliant figures, they are quite large though.

I usually undercoat my figures black but thought a grey undercoat would be better for this project, it also helps to show the details better.

The project will not cover any particular unit, but will cover mostly Heer from 1942 to 45 on the Eastern front, so I’ll use a range of early, mid and late war vehicles and figures.

I have taken some comparison pics with Simon soldiers, FAA and AB figures, obviously you can adjust the size of the figures when you print them, I aimed for about 24mm foot to top of the head.
  https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/wip-winter-german-figures.html

[Tom Dulski]

 Are you using Quarters for bases? There has got to be a cheaper/better options.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Are you using Quarters for bases? There has got to be a cheaper/better options.

There is a cheaper better option, Australian 5c, it’s worth about 3c US.

[carlos marighela]

Which, disturbingly, is still cheaper than buying steel washers from Bunnings.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Which, disturbingly, is still cheaper than buying steel washers from Bunnings.

Yep, I haven’t found a cheaper washer option, a hundred bases for $5 is pretty cheap I think.

[Basementboy]

That is a terrifying sea of minis! Best of luck painting them

[gamer Mac]

Some lovely figures

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

Prepping some models for another batch of this western desert commission, (pics of the last finished batch) A-9s, A-10s, A-13s and Matildas, the A-13s and Matildas are S-models, (luckily constructed by the owner) the A-9s and 10s are 3D printed, also a batch of Italians, mostly FAA I believe, customer wanted 1 converted to a flamethrower, and another to be a medic.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/western-desert-commission-part-2.html

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

Panzer Pionier Abt 220, 21st PD finished, well what I had on the work bench is finished, I will be adding a few soft skin vehicles to the unit, the unit was commanded by Hauptmann Hoegel, unfortunately I can’t find any pics of this man, so I’ve just painted a generic officer to lead the unit, 1 of these Sturm Pionier sections will be attached to Von Lucks HQ when I make that, next I’ll finish the Pak 43/41s of panzerjager Abt 200.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/panzer-pionier-battalion-220-21st-pd.html

[Tom Dulski]

 It amazes me that your even able to paint miniatures that small. lord knows that I have enough trouble with 28mm.

[Gunner Dunbar]

It amazes me that your even able to paint miniatures that small. lord knows that I have enough trouble with 28mm.

I paint even smaller, I do about 5000-6000 15mm Napoleonics a year.

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

Pak 43/41 AT guns and Somua MCG  of the Panzerjager Abt 200 finished, just need to make a command stand and a French soft skin for his ride to complete this element. Next up, the guns of the panzer artillery regt 155.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/pak-4341-of-pzjager-abt-200-finished.html

[fred]

Great stuff!

Those tows look very weedy for those big AT guns!

[Gunner Dunbar]

Great stuff!

Those tows look very weedy for those big AT guns!

They do, but under French usage, they also towed heavy artillery, so they must have had some grunt, I wouldn’t have liked using them as a gunner, not much room in the back.