Author Topic: The battle inside Stalingrad Sewers (eye candy) (Read 7210 times)

nevermore · « **on:** August 02, 2015, 09:46:05 PM »

The battle inside Stalingrad Sewers (eye candy)

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The whole Stalingrad sewer is up for sale, not decided on a price as yet but i'm selling it because i want to donate a large sum of cash for those who really need it at "Combat Stress" - its a big piece set at 28mm so be warned.

One evening i was munching on a packet of poppadoms,as daft as it may sound the transparent plastic packaging the poppadoms came in,struck me as a idea for creating the waterfall in the Stalingrad Sewers.

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Everything is scratch built, 12 corridors 2 large rooms,6 corner sections and 4 small hidden pipe sections which could be placed anywhere i wanted a russian to come out of.

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The sections are all 28mm scale, 5 inch wide 3 inch tall, easy for a hand to move a miniature, it also had that space hulk idea, the sewers could be setup differently everytime i wanted to game, with boxes and crates the place could easy give that miniature plenty of cover.

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The Battle of Stalingrad started on the River Don and ended when the Soviets destroyed the Sixth Army’s flanking formations north and south of the city. But the heart of the battle was in the streets of Stalingrad itself.

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This is where the Russian soldiers and militia held the German on slaught. Where the defenders demonstrated an unexpected aptitude for urban warfare. And where both sides developed new tactics to deal with fighting in built up areas.

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Bitter fighting raged for every ruin, street, factory, house, basement, and staircase. Even the sewers were the sites of firefights. The Germans, calling this unseen urban warfare Rattenkrieg ("Rat War")

The factories had extensive underground work – sewers, communications and water-supply systems . Initially the Soviets were unfamiliar with them and made little use of these. Only as the fighting intensified and the soldier integrated with the local factory administration did they start using the underground system.

Sappers and chemical warfare men made breaches in walls, smoked out the enemy, and dug underground mines. In sewers flame-thrower men and sappers with explosives accompanied the storm group.

Youngster · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2015, 08:45:42 AM »

Amazing work (as always)!

Cheers
Paul

nevermore · « **Reply #2 on:** August 03, 2015, 09:28:02 AM »

Thanks Paul

Jim Jess · « **Reply #3 on:** August 03, 2015, 10:29:09 AM »

Great idea well done

Atheling · « **Reply #4 on:** August 03, 2015, 11:10:02 AM »

Beautiful stuff Malcolm mate-

You're more than right about the game being eye candy!

I'm not even going to ask you how long it took to make- I don't want to hear the answer to that!

Darrell.

nevermore · « **Reply #5 on:** August 03, 2015, 11:43:11 AM »

Quote from: Atheling on August 03, 2015, 11:10:02 AM

Beautiful stuff Malcolm mate-

You're more than right about the game being eye candy!

I'm not even going to ask you how long it took to make- I don't want to hear the answer to that!

Darrell.

Well i did it when i had nothing to do, making a corridoor took a day to creat paint and stick together with pipes ect.

Atheling · « **Reply #6 on:** August 03, 2015, 02:45:09 PM »

Quote from: nevermore on August 03, 2015, 11:43:11 AM

Well i did it when i had nothing to do, making a corridoor took a day to creat paint and stick together with pipes ect.

Doh! I told you not to tell me

When we (eventually) get down there I'll have to take a good look at it mate.

Darrell.

nevermore · « **Reply #7 on:** August 03, 2015, 03:20:30 PM »

No problem, can easy set it up, take 2 minutes

Marine0846 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:39:15 PM »

A great idea.
Very well done.
One question please,
where are the rats?

nevermore · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2015, 08:16:43 PM »

Quote from: Marine0846 on August 03, 2015, 04:39:15 PM

A great idea.
Very well done.
One question please,
where are the rats?

LOL ... nice one, the thing is i heard Irregular Miniatures do them and i was told to get some, kind of got me thinking now.

SBMiniaturesGuy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2015, 10:44:09 PM »

Quote from: Marine0846 on August 03, 2015, 04:39:15 PM

A great idea.
Very well done.
One question please,
where are the rats?

Where are the rats? At Stalingrad? Why, dead, fled or in a cookpot of course!

Marine0846 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 04, 2015, 04:52:43 AM »

Quote from: SBMiniaturesGuy on August 03, 2015, 10:44:09 PM

Where are the rats? At Stalingrad? Why, dead, fled or in a cookpot of course!

Great reply, you are so right.
Just finished reading last week
"Stalingrad" by Antony Beevor.
Very hard, tough conditions for both sides.

Atheling · « **Reply #12 on:** August 04, 2015, 08:00:48 AM »

Quote from: nevermore on August 03, 2015, 03:20:30 PM

No problem, can easy set it up, take 2 minutes

Cool. Hope to see it sooner rather than later

.

Darrell.

nevermore · « **Reply #13 on:** August 04, 2015, 09:56:45 AM »

I seem to think that battle of Stalingrad is proberly the most fascinating piece of history to read of WWII, what ever book you read on it, its gripping, proberly because the combat was so close.

carlos13th · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2015, 12:06:48 AM »

Great work. Had no idea they fought in the sewers.

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