CapnJim's Modern Stuff - Balczaki-Soviet Bridge Fight Full AAR - Pg 54-10 Aug 25

[carlos marighela]

Great write up Jim! An enjoyable scenario that could be repurposed to quite a few locations. might just steal your ideas at some stage in the future. Thanks for sharing this.

[cuprum]

Excellent battle report. Read it as if I had watched an action movie 

[Lord Raglan]

More thrilling tales from Captain Jimbo, thanks for posting mate!!

[Marine0846]

Really interesting battle report.
Great story, well told.
Excellent looking terrain and figures.
Thanks for sharing.

[CapnJim]

Thanks, fellas!   

And now, for something completely different...kinda...

Inspired by dadlamassu's post in aliensurfer's thread on the Post-Apocalyptic board, I had a thought while putting together some cold-weather WW2 Germans (who are ready to begin painting).  I took some WW2 German cold-weather bodies, added some modern weapons, a selection of different heads, and voila!  I came up with these 3 chaps...





Here's how I did it:

The guy on the left "Man on One Knee"  His body and webgear came from a Warlord Waffen SS sprue.  I reckon the StG44 mag pouches make passable AK/AR/Galil/etc. pouches.  His AKM arm came from a Warlord ProjectZ Special Operators sprue (I did remove the optic from his AKM).  His left arm and head came from a Warlord Winter Germans sprue.

The middle guy "Distinguished-looking Fellow"  His body and webgear came from a Warlord Winter Fallschirmjager sprue.  His M4 arm came from a Warlord ProjectZ Special Operators sprue.  His left arm came from a Warlord german Infantry sprue (the original one), and his head came from a Warlord British Airborne sprue.

The guy on the right "Scruffy Dude"  His body and webgear came from a Warlord Winter Germans sprue.  His Galil arm and his left arm came from a Warlord ProjectZ Special Operators sprue.  His head came from a Warlord US Marines sprue.  The cigarette dangling from his mouth came molded on the head, so I gave him a bit of a 5 o'clock shadow on his face.

I think they turned out pretty well.  They will portray some more Balczaki Freedom Front chaps in my modern(ish) games, and could be some more Cold Bloods in my post-apocalyptic games.  Methinks some more of these fellers will be in the works as time goes by...

[fred]

Those are very cool. I like the turquoise trousers, very bold!

The right hand guy somehow still has a Wehrmacht vibe to him - not quite sure why, perhaps its the webbing?

[Tom Dulski]

 Yeah to looks like he used some German warlord plastic to put these guys together

[Doug ex-em4]

I like them, obviously unique and very characterful. I can’t see them up to their necks in Balczaki mayhem.

Doug

[CapnJim]

Those are very cool. I like the turquoise trousers, very bold!

The right hand guy somehow still has a Wehrmacht vibe to him - not quite sure why, perhaps its the webbing?

Thank you!  As for the chap on the right, he'll do...but my favorite is the guy with the blue ski pants...

Yeah to looks like he used some German warlord plastic to put these guys together

You nailed it.  I did point that out in the figures' descriptions...

I like them, obviously unique and very characterful. I can’t see them up to their necks in Balczaki mayhem.

Doug

Thanks, Doug!  They'll surely get their chance to see the elephant... 

[carlos marighela]

Nice job on those! The blue quilted pants are rather fetching.

[CapnJim]

Thanks, carlos.

It looks like we're going back to Balczakistan on 28 Feb.  The Soviets will be reacting to the attack on their base...but first, our 2nd monthly game in our Nam '68 Tour of Duty, er, tour of duty.  That is set for this next Friday (21 Feb).

I'll post scenario details of the next Balczakistan game once I figure out what they are...

[LouieN]

Well done and glad all the bits worked together. 

[CapnJim]

Well done and glad all the bits worked together. 

Thanks!  They did fit together fairly well for the most part.  I had to do just a bit or trimming on a couple arms, though, but no biggie...

[mikedemana]

Looks good! Great job on piecing together from different kits... 

Mike Demana

[carlos marighela]

Looking at the beret, it occurs to me that you might want a Patty Hurst or Uhlrike Meinhof to round out the gang. From PIRA through to ETA and the RAF along the way there was always a reasonable proportion of female members in most Euro guerilla organisations.