Elbows' 15mm WW2 Thread (Soviets, Germans)

[swiftnick]

Great stuff, you have me mulling over a Soviet project although I have vowed to never do WW2 again.

[Elbows]

When I began running Soviets in Battlegroup I rushed to paint up my air support and they've bugged me ever since.  I decided to repaint them entirely.

[Sarmor]

They look great!
Are these 15 mm or 1/144?

[David H]

Very tidy indeed. 

[Elbows]

They're 15mm or 1/100 from the Axis & Allies Bandits High game.

[Elbows]

Over a year ago, a buddy of mine printed me some Soviet vehicles - I only recently convinced him to actually mail them to me!

The first of my Soviet tractor farm, some STZ-5's and Kominterns.

[Elbows]

Added two 'Karelian Sculptors' to my force, along with heavy Voroshilovets tractors to tow them.  I need to buy/paint suitable crews for the guns.

[Elbows]

So, my buddy's car was stolen (and recovered) a few weeks ago.  One of the only things stolen was the box containing his Battlegroup minis (Germans).  I have suitably reprimanded him for leaving them in the car, but now he's lacking motivation to rebuild German infantry units, etc.  I used this as inspiratinon (or excuse...is there much difference?) to add to my small Fallschirmjaeger force.

While not the staggering size of my Soviet force, my FJs are getting some additional units in the next week, starting with this small collection:


I've added a sniper team, a loader team, an additional tripod MG34/42, a 75mm recoiless gun, and a forward aid post.





This brings my FJ fighting strength (infantry-wise) to two well supported platoons.  This tends to be enough for most games with Germans as they're expensive.  My FJ's serve from Kursk to Normandy, and I've got a bundle of tanks/additional AT guns on the way.

[Elbows]

Received the Kasserine box from Flames of War.  While I detest that game, I love the deals you can get on 15mm miniatures from their starter boxes!

I painted up two of the 50mm guns (I had painted the crews yesterday in anticipation of receiving the box).  I added an MG loader team, a 120mm heavy mortar team, and a small FJ scout squad armed with several panzerfausts.



Also played some 20mm Battlegroup this evening:

[Elbows]

It's been a little over 24 hours since I received this:


And so I did the 50mm guns last night, and these six tanks last night and today.





Trying to get the 15mm bug out of my system, but it's been a nice break from 28mm stuff I've been knocking out lately.

[Dr Bogo]

Great work on all of the above mate, particularly like the 203mms and the Lees, there's always something refreshing seeing a tank you're accustomed to seeing in 8th Army camo in full Red Army fig.

[Elbows]

Yeah, it's why I think the Soviets are arguably the silliest army to play.  You have access to "most" of the entire Allied catalogue, including their less successful options.  The only thing I can't use from the Kasserine box is the M4A1 Shermans as they didn't send those to the Soviets.

I don't particularly like Shermans or some of the later Allied stuff, but I love silly stuff like the tiny Stuart, the big Churchill, the bizarre M3 Lee, etc.  So being able to field them alongside the army I like the most is excellent.

[Elbows]

While shuffling stuff around my hand 4L RUB's, I decided to take some pictures of the amassed 15mm madness. Not bad for a bit over a year and a half of collecting/painting.

[Elbows]

I wanted to add some heavy armour to counter the German big cats...



I've been plowing through the Kasserine contents...

[Elbows]

I'm done painting tanks...(cough...cough)