A War in The East

[Rich H]

BTR gun doesn't look *that* bad....
Simply do the main larger rings and green stuff the rest

[Wyrmalla]

Aye, I need to keep telling myself "its not a show piece. I could stick a cotton bud out of the thing and no-one would be the wiser". We'll see whenever the package shows up I guess.

More crap finished over the weekend.

The second squad for the National Defence Battalion.



At this point the US helmets and desert camo, mixed in with some European stuff is what I'm going to use to set these guys apart from the Seperatist forces. Its kind of difficult as well realistically they'd both look the same, but well, gaming. Those Wargames Factory models are probably going to be purged as their guns are far too chunky compared to the other company's (probably as the others are pewter).

And the Saxon was a quickie.




A fun little terrain piece, or maybe as part of a convoy/ scenario. As Ironclad Paul would say its a "useless vehicle".

Ah, and well something which is probably more useful than all of the soldiers put together, some terrain.





A super interesting shed. It helps if I sit the roof right... With it cleared away something else'll need pulled out of the building pile (which I really need to get back on top of).

Next on my table's a T-80 and a Tank Crew ...if something shiny doesn't cross my view first.

[Ockman]

Very impressive miniatures and terrain!

I love the detailed interior, it looks amazing!

[von Lucky]

A nice update. I like your unique painting style with this subject. And yes, lovely tat in that shed.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

The contents of that shed look great, where did you get that bath and toilet?

The figures and the Saxon look good.
[Edit] autocorrect corrected...

[Wyrmalla]

I posted a link to the seller in the pinned PA terrain thread at the top of that board. Its a guy on the Dakka Dakka forum who just makes them himself (I bought a load of them, as well you never know. ...And people are always forgetting bathrooms when making houses).

[Ballardian]

 
 Great shed, the clutter looks brilliant

[Wyrmalla]

A T-80U fresh from some scrap yard.




The T-80U's perhaps not the most contemporary of tanks (and in retrospect I should have done it up as a T-80UD), but to be honest I just washing in the mood for tearing resin. Still, there were loads of these produced, and some were being scrapped straight from the factory with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. I can imagine that this one's been pulled from one of the tank yards and hurried to the field by some defence battalion or whatever.


With predictable results. A tank crew from a downed tank.



Empress' (Red Star's) Chechen range is all over the place with scale. I'd avoided them as I had some of the original line who were more like 25mm than 28mm. Luckily half of it matches Empress' stuff (same sculptor). These however seem more in line with the stuff he did for CP Models -  more like 30mm. I guess they're in scale with the vehicles at least. They probably should have AK-74s rather than AKSU, though its not like we won't be seeing those in use for a good few more decades yet.


I've ordered a T-72 from Empress, along with that BTR-80. With that hopefully I'll put a bit more effort in as their's appears to be one of the older models without so much tat on it to tear off. I wouldn't mind making one of those ERA covered monstrosities.


Just a pity nobody makes a T-64 anymore in something resembling 28mm.

[gimzod]

Not sure if you've seen this, but butlers printed models does a T64 in 28mm scale.

https://www.butlersprintedmodels.co.uk/28mm/post-ww2/t64.html

[Dr. Zombie]

Not sure if you've seen this, but butlers printed models does a T64 in 28mm scale.

https://www.butlersprintedmodels.co.uk/28mm/post-ww2/t64.html

Has anyone tried any of their models in 28mm? I am sorely tempted but worried about printlines.

[cuprum]

I think - you are worried in vain. Boxes of dynamic protection, metal grilles and ordinary trash hide any defects)))

[ChargeDog]

Not sure if you've seen this, but butlers printed models does a T64 in 28mm scale.

https://www.butlersprintedmodels.co.uk/28mm/post-ww2/t64.html

I think his 28mm scale is 1/56, you might want to see if he will print them at 1/50 instead

[Wyrmalla]

Aye, I'm  aware of that company. They're 1/56th mostly as far as I've seen, and judging by the pictures available the quality's nowhere near what I'm looking for unfortunately.
 
And with the T-72 I'll be sticking on the ERA similar to those pictures; not going for something too distract a change. Probably just the original vehicle with addon armour instead of replacing parts (going for a reclaimed vehicle look, rather than one which has been progressively modernised).


Another anachronism brought to you by Empress Miniatures, an early model T-90.




As with the T-80U its not like these things still aren't chucking about somewhere. I didn't do what Queeg did with his and give it a welded turret however, though again I'd like something more modern if I have the chance. Despite its age this one has a cleaner paintjob than the other one (I wonder why ), ah, though I'm not sure I colour matched the grey/tan exactly.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Very nice.

Nice collection of tat on the turrets of those tanks in the photographs.

[Wyrmalla]

The Red Star T-72 comes with a full set of roadwheels and tracks, instead of cut down ones like their T-80 and T-90. Finally. I've been wanting to cut the front mudguards off of one of these things like in most of Cuprum's pictures! :

Right, now to start arsing about with the BTR-ABC123