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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Anatoli on March 26, 2011, 10:46:05 AM

Title: Wizna defence position complete (pics and videos)
Post by: Anatoli on March 26, 2011, 10:46:05 AM

Something I started building yesterday, still need to fix a few things before I apply sand and stones.

More pictures on my blog
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2011/03/defensive-position-wip-1.html

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1757.jpg)

Title: Re: Wizna defence position WIP 1
Post by: Belgian on March 26, 2011, 11:59:03 AM

Was it the battle of Wizna that was called the Polish Thermopylae? Where the Polish were outnumbered 40 to 1.

Eagerly waiting for progress.

Title: Re: Wizna defence position WIP 1
Post by: Anatoli on March 26, 2011, 12:41:15 PM

Yeah but they were outnumbered more like 60:1, the Sabaton song that made the battle "popular" says 40:1 for some reason, maybe it rhymes better. Still a good song though  ;D

It was XIX Panzer Corps led by Guderian facing some 700 Polish soldiers. Wikipedia have a pretty neat rundown of the OoB for both sides
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna

Since I'm thinking of writing a Polish campaign for Early War I figured I just had to build some terrain to represent the battle of Wizna. Would be nice to build Westerplatte as well, think that one could be done as a pretty sweet 4x4 static "demo" table.

When I write the Wizna scenario I'll add a special rule for the commander Wladyslaw Raginis - making the troops a bit more determined as long as he's alive.

I've just finished sand papering slopes leading up to the bunkers from the trenches and made more gentle edges all-round. Going to add more details and sand later today so expect a second batch of WIP shots tomorrow  :)

Title: Re: Wizna defence position WIP 1
Post by: Helen on March 26, 2011, 06:42:22 PM

Lovely work Anatoli. I look forward in seeing more photos of your project.

Cheers,

Helen

Title: Re: Wizna defence position WIP 1
Post by: Belgian on March 26, 2011, 06:58:03 PM

Quote from: Anatoli on March 26, 2011, 12:41:15 PM

Yeah but they were outnumbered more like 60:1, the Sabaton song that made the battle "popular" says 40:1 for some reason, maybe it rhymes better. Still a good song though  ;D

One of my favorite sabaton songs  :D

"40:1 may refer to the casualty ratio of Polish to German soldiers, though as noted above none of those numbers are well documented." from wikipedia.

Title: Re: Wizna defence position WIP 1
Post by: Anatoli on March 27, 2011, 12:47:03 PM

Almost finished this one yesterday, I took a ton of pictures so you can follow the whole process from me sandpapering the foam to the completely painted terrain piece. Also wrote a brief description of how it was done.

Check my blog for all 36 pictures
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2011/03/defence-position-wip-2.html


Various stages
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1760.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1777.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1780.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1786.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1801.jpg)

Title: Re: Wizna defence position WIP 2
Post by: Belgian on March 27, 2011, 12:49:36 PM

I love the sandy texture and the natural earthtones!

Title: Re: Wizna defence position complete (pics and videos)
Post by: Anatoli on March 28, 2011, 12:02:51 PM

Finished this project yesterday, you can check out the end result on my blog. I took both pictures and made 2 videos. The first video is a simple compilation of the WIP 70 pictures I had posted on my blog about it. The second video is recorded with my camera to give a 360degree interactive view of the terrain piece.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2011/03/defense-position-completed.html

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1842.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1830.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/Anatoli_2006/Gametable%20and%20terrain/SAM_1837.jpg)

Title: Re: Wizna defence position complete (pics and videos)
Post by: tomek917 on March 28, 2011, 04:13:55 PM

Wow, really nice, I like a lot, especially the bunkers!

Did you design it from a picture or is it all made up?

Title: Re: Wizna defence position complete (pics and videos)
Post by: Anatoli on March 28, 2011, 04:35:12 PM

Thanks!

I just made it up as I went along. As so often happens I do stuff on a whim and have a vague end result in my head which guides me. After I finished this piece I actually found several pictures and plans for Polish bunkers from WW2 and these didn't look too far off. The future stuff will be a bit smaller in scale size though (2-3 man concrete MG nests etc)  :)

Title: Re: Wizna defence position complete (pics and videos)
Post by: fluffy05 on March 31, 2011, 05:22:45 PM

You definitely swing a nice brush  :-*

The terrain and figures look great!

Cheers,

Allan

Title: Re: Wizna defence position complete (pics and videos)
Post by: Anatoli on March 31, 2011, 06:13:54 PM

Thanks Allan  :)