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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Lord Raglan on October 14, 2021, 06:32:01 PM
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Raglan heads to Afghanistan with the Soviet 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division.
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These Russian lads can't wait to get stuck in!!
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Soviet Motor Rifle Heavy Weapons Section, prepares to unleash hell.
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When Soviet small arms fire is simply not enough.
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What's better than a Soviet T-62 Tank, a platoon of Soviet T-62 Tanks of course.
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Soviet Mechanized Mortar Section, prepares to lay down HE on the Afghan forward positions.
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Great work as usual mate!
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Like that mortar emplacement, great result.
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Great looking force, especially like the grime on the tanks
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They look the part, cracking force you've got there.
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Sir, I tip my hat to you.
You have done some excellent brushmanship on your Soviets. Very nicely done.
Shall we see an AAR coming soon?
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Cheers boys!!
Shall we see an AAR coming soon?
We are just working on some nice Afghan terrain, so first batrep to follow in a few weeks mate.
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Hello, what's this young scamp up to?
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TAKE COVER!!!
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The sneaky little bugger is just about to fire his American funded multi-barrelled rocket launcher ffs
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These all look good to me. And (I may be biased here... ;)), in my experience one can't have too many tanks at one's disposal...
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Looking good mate.
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WIP BIG ROCK - this will be a very versatile piece, but it's initially made with Afghanistan in mind. I wonder who might be hiding in that cave system?
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WIP BIG ROCK - gets some additional features.
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WIP Afghan Big Rock project continues at pace, blending completed with filler. This will need to dry for about a week now.
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That's going to be immense, what's the cave system like inside?
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That is a monster, how big is that?
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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More importantly how heavy is that? :o
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That is a monster, how big is that?
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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Just over 3ft long and nearly 2ft in height
More importantly how heavy is that? :o
I have been on the roids just to lift it
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WIP Big Rock: shading completed with an airbrush
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Afghan Big Rock - all done.
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Great looking mountain hideout.
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Afghan Mountain Village - all done.
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Afghan scatter pieces
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Great additions to your project - really interesting to see the WIP photos...especially the shading
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Russian Paratrooper Detachment
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I will use this detachment mounted in HINDs, so they will be the hammer to the mounted infantry anvil.
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Crap photos sorry, the daylight in Wales is very poor at the moment.
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very nice, thank you
Julian
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The village and the Paratroopers look good. Well done!
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Mujaheddin fighters emerge from a tunnel in Helmond Province, while another mortar and sniper cell engages the enemy in the valley.
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Excellent additions, my Lord. :)
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Impressive terrain!
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Great work!
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Great work, is that a whole warehouse full of terrain? I would love to see a post on where you store all this stuff. Storage is a problem for me and I have 3 bedrooms a garage and full basement.. I'm always looking for storage ideas.
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Nicely done.
Great terrain, great minis, and great photos.
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Great work, is that a whole warehouse full of terrain? I would love to see a post on where you store all this stuff. Storage is a problem for me and I have 3 bedrooms a garage and full basement.. I'm always looking for storage ideas.
We built a 25ft by 14ft wargaming room at the bottom of the garden - ShedHQ
Highly recommended if you have the space 👌
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AMAZING :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Excellent additions to your collection Gareth 8)
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Cheers chaps 👍
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Nice Day for a Wedding - Batrep
The Soviets received a tipoff that a senior mujaheddin commander was getting married in the local mosque. Based on this intel, a motor rifle platoon with Spetsnaz support, were tasked with a snatch and grab mission.
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Soviet forces arrived in strength, attempting to surround the mosque to secure the wedding attendees. Immediately they came under fire from insurgents posted around the mosque. This included a T-55 battle tank obtained by the Taliban at the start of the war and hidden in a nearby cave.
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The unsettled Soviets ended up slotting the Taliban commander instead of arresting him and they subsequently put air to surface missiles into the mosque, killing numerous wedding guess and some additional Taliban leaders.
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It was basically complete carnage from start to finish, the perfect wargame. Thank you for making the trip Danny, always love your visits buddy 👍🏻
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Lovely stuff.
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Afghan-Soviet War (24th Dec 1979 – 15th Feb 1989) - Soviet Motor Rifle Platoon with a Spetsnaz Detachment and HIND Attack Helicopter in support.
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Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold - Batrep.
Following on from the last game: Rob Jones and I fought another battle 12 months on in the campaign timeline. The forces of Afghan Warlord Abdul Haq have been plotting revenge against the Soviet invaders.
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Foreign money and weaponry is now flowing In Afghanistan and the Taliban are able to take the fight to the Soviets. Warlord Haq has recently received a shipment of surface to air missiles and with these weapons at his disposal, he decides to lay a trap by taking down a Soviet helicopter.
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Unknown to Afghans, the helicopter contained a Afghan politician who was sympathetic to the cause of the Soviet invaders. Before crashing near a mountain village, the Soviet pilot radioed for support and immediate Evac. The trap was set and the Taliban waited to spring the ambush.
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While commanding his forces from the back of a technical, Haq ordered all the hidden Taliban to open fire on the Soviet troops attempting the rescue mission. The Taliban manning the recoilless rifle, pumped shot after shot into the Soviet armour with a devastating effect💥
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Well, here we go...
A. Lovely Motor Rifle Platoon and Spetznaz. They look great!
B. Same for Warlord Haq and his crew!
C. As for the BatRep, I await further news with bated breath (whatever that is...)! :D
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Cheers mate 👍🏻
Sorry I have been busy with work I will get round to it sometime next week
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Love the photos.
Another great period, you have collected.
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Those Soviets look great
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Top post mate.
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What a great project! I especially like the Soviet camo suits, what colour did you use for that?
Also, which rules are you using for the battles?
(one little detail though: Taliban was founded in the mid 90s, had many Sov-Afghan war veterans in its ranks, but as an organization never met the Soviets).
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Another fantastic looking project, love the in-game photos :-*
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Meanwhile, the helicopter crew and the Afghan politician successfully debused from the burning wreck and were heading for the nearest cover. Aided by the burning thick black smoke, they hoped to avoid the attention of Afgahn snipers.
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Given the amount of incoming fire from the Afghans, the Soviet ground commander called in air support. Within minutes a HIND attack helicopter was inbound to the location, immediately laying down fire in what had quickly become a target rich environment.
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The HIND quickly neutralised the Afghan armour.
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Despite the arrival and the Soviet attack helicopter and it’s devastating firepower, the Afghans were inflicting heavy losses on the motor rifle platoon, almost completely destroying all of their armoured vehicles and taking a heavy toil on the motorised infantry sections.
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The Afghan Warlord knew it was essential to destroy or drive off the HIND, but despite pouring AA machine-gun fire and also firing the last remaining Sam missile at the Soviet air asset, the Afghan fire was unfortunately inaccurate and the HIND was free to act with impunity.
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The HIND was saved by deploying its flare systems.
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Despite a last ditch effort by a fanatical Mujahideen cell, the HIND was the dominating force. The Afghan politician and the Soviet downed helicopter crew, used the opportunity to mount up in the BRDM and evacuated the battlefield under the superior air cover.
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A real nail-biter that was. Without that Hind, the Soviets had their work cut out for them, that's for sure!
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I do enjoy this size of battle, they’re always very close calls and great fun to play
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You should seriously consider a Raglan's terrain thread. Would love to see just your scenic stuff.
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Excellent terrain, figures and game. Looking forward to more.
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Cheers boys 👍🏻