Pappa Midnight's Säbelzahntiger: a hard nut to crack, but the LRDG will try!

[Geudens]

I could have posted this under "future wars" as well I gues, but since it is my (bad) habbit to counter Pappa Midnight's wonderful creations, I've posted it here...

The Germans - having deployed their brandnew Säbelzahntiger in the North African Desert - have succeeded in reaching the Egyptian border once more, crushing the (now seriously) inferior allied armoured divisions with their new superweapon.

However - in order to advance that far & fast - they had (once more) to stretch their supply lines to the limit.  Since even Säbelzahntiger run on petrol, the only counter-move the desperate allies could make was to raid the german supplies dumps providing the new superweapon with the juice of (mechanical...) life.

The LRDG was called upon and raiding parties aboard the new Badger fast striking vehicles were sent out to deal with the matter.  Should they succeed, the new Säbelzahntiger will soon be no more than sitting ducks to be dealt with by the Desert Air Force!









The Allied High Command is convinced the LRDG will emerge victorius!

(BTW, the model is a modified (or super-detailed, if you like) Badger from Ramshackle Games (the paint is still wet...) 

Rudi

[supervike]

That is fantastic and wonderfully imaginative.

Great modelling, great painting.

However, my money is still on Pappa Midnight!

[Geudens]

That is fantastic and wonderfully imaginative.

Great modelling, great painting.

However, my money is still on Pappa Midnight!

Thank you!

(humble) I can't win'm all!  (But I'll give it my best shot!!!  )

Rudi

[Pappa Midnight]

Hah!
A little under-handed not facing the the beastie in a fair fight! The designers failed to see the flaws in making a HUGE, slow moving target which relied totally on logistics support.
Who'd have thought making it so big would make it an easy target for the air force and that by cutting its fuel supply you would reduce it to several hundred tonnes of useless metal...?

Nicely done Rudi! Excellent model and write-up!!

Regards
PM

[Vanvlak]

That is fantastic and wonderfully imaginative.

Great modelling, great painting.

However, my money is still on Pappa Midnight!

Thank you!

(humble) I can't win'm all!  (But I'll give it my best shot!!!  )

Rudi

Umm, dunno, hitting at the logistic bits can be quite painful.... as PM has just pointed out.

[Geudens]

Hah!
A little under-handed not facing the the beastie in a fair fight! The designers failed to see the flaws in making a HUGE, slow moving target which relied totally on logistics support.
Who'd have thought making it so big would make it an easy target for the air force and that by cutting its fuel supply you would reduce it to several hundred tonnes of useless metal...?
Nicely done Rudi! Excellent model and write-up!!
Regards
PM

Thx, PM!

As always,

your servant (read: dark genius...  )

Rudi

[Sendak]

Enjoy the modeling expertise in this desert superweapon.

Those troopers are singularly spiffy!

Those who dare win...by George...

Thanks for pics.

[Ray Rivers]

 

My goodness...

What wonderful work!

[Geudens]

I have received several PM's (personal messages that is, NOT Pappa Midnights - fortunately there's only one!  ) from LAF members, informing me that during the 1948 campaign neither the Long Range Desert Group nor the S.A.S. have taken part in operation "No Naphta" (the destruction of the german supply dumps) that finally led to the annihilation of the Säbelzahntiger in the North-African theatre.

I just wanted to inform you that I'm well aware of these facts and that I never stated otherwise: I only wrote that the "LRDG" took part in their Badger vehicles.  LRDG (in this case) stand for Leffe Radieuse Drinkers' Group

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leffe

as is clearly shown by the detailed pic of the barrel carried at the back of the Badger.



Just to set the record right! 

Rudi

[Sendak]

Badgers! We doan need no stinkin' Badgers!

*runs and hides*

[Geudens]

Badgers! We doan need no stinkin' Badgers!

*runs and hides*

You chicken you!  No need of badgers, hé?  Wait till the tiger gets you!!! 

[Jase]

Hahahahahaha!

That's the best beer barrel I have ever seen in 28mm !!

[fritzy]

Very nicely done Sir. Lovely touch, the beer barrel. Now I'm going to get some therapy as I've been contemplating where this, " One will build it, and one must counter it" will eventually end. I shudder at the thought. Will there be a gaming table to carry the future monstrosities that will be developed and nurtured in those fertile, mad minds of 2 certain infamous notorious creatures of another dimension.      
     See, don't say you haven't been warned readers ( lunatic laugh fading out)

Cheers

Fritzy

[postal]

very nice