Soviet BMP-1 for ww3-europe (&afghanistan)

[Col.Stone]

trying desperately to whittle down hte mountain before new years eve, tonights result






needs numbering, but i have to crosscheck with my other tanks so i don't use an old number..

[commissarmoody]

Nice! Whats with the head?

[Col.Stone]

Enemy trooper
a side effect from having a load of Mantic zombies lying on your table when you kit out the tanks,
 i'm desperately trying not to make a aid-station for vietnam games.. 

[carlos marighela]

Forget the severed head, just why is that Sagger painted white?? 

Nice work BTW.

[Col.Stone]

new straight out of the box
i dunno really, i saw one painted white somewhere and it's kind of stuck with me..
now that you pointed it out i may have to go back and change it  

Thanks

the extra machinegun is a  PKM btw, since the BMP-1 is useless against anything higher up, i figured it was a believable field-mod...

[Helen]

A great modification on the BMP-1 CS. Lovely colours too.

Helen

[Col.Stone]

Thank you Helen

Colours are, if anyone wants to know,
reflective green with a black green wash (Vallejo)
Tausept ochre (GW) overbrushed with iraqi sand (vallejo) 
black..
all covered with MIG tritonal filter.
no powders just drybrushing for dust effect

[demi_morgana]

Wow, BMP-1! I was driving it (officialy even commianding!) during my military service! Although I had no head sticked on the antenna
Believe it or not these are still being used by polish mechanized infantry

Very cool paintjob - striking!

[Col.Stone]

thanks

You drove one, impressive, i've got a mate that testdrove either a 1 or a 2 here in sweden, says it was one of the best wagons he'd driven 

maybe you could answer a little something that's been nagging me, how many people do you get in one
there are bids on everything from 7+crew to 11+crew* depending on where you look, my mate never really explored "facts for gamers"

(*it's the same with the BMP-2)

[demi_morgana]

I can be sure only on BMP-1 but I suppose BMP-2 can take same amout of men:
BMP-1  can take whole squad which is 8 soliders in the back + 1 driver (front hatch) , 1 gunner (tower) and 1 commander (second hatch).
Not sure what are these vehicles in the real combat but they were designed for fighting in post-nuclear conditions (and I am serious):
- whole crew was equipped with OP-1 (veeeeery uncomfortable hazmat suits)
- the vehicle in amphibious
- aaaaaand the cherry on the top: it has installed anti-radiation pressure device: when it gets into radiated zone the device pumps high pressure air inside so no radiation can get inside! Similar thing works in surgery rooms to prevent germs from getting it

[Col.Stone]

excellent, thank you

i don't even think the osprey on them gives a clear answer, altho i might have missed that in my hunt for pictures 

[demi_morgana]

[Hammers]

how many people do you get in one
there are bids on everything from 7+crew to 11+crew* depending on where you look, my mate never really explored "facts for gamers"

I think I know this one! Three. One to turn hold the light bulb and two two turn the ladder around.

...

Hang on... I think that was the answer to 'How many Norwegians does it take to screw in a light bulb?'. Sorry.


A bonus one just because I think it's actually funny:

Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: That's not funny.

[demi_morgana]

[Jaeger]

Change it to "one to hold the light búlb" and it makes more sense as a joke.

Very nice BMP-1. As a former Leaopard-1 gunner, I was trained to destroy scores of these. Our good fortune it never came to that.

/Jaeger