My recent reports has been about my new buy
of russian tanks and infantry to Flames of war
but this project has started much earlier than this.
I bought a Strelkovy battalion in 2013 and some
extras but all has been laying on the shelf inactive
for a long time. The reason has mainly been that
is a lot painting and basing to do.
In my "old" collection I have this:
1 KV-1
1 T-34/85
1 IS-2
1SU-100
3 BM-13 Katyusha (rocket launcher)
3 Zis-5 (truck)
3 IL-3 Sturmovik
1 Heavy mortar unit
1 Mortar company
1 Tank-rider unit (for 10 tanks)
In 2015 I decided to start building a counterforce
to play games on the Manchurian-front between
the russians and the imperial japanese army.
I bought :
1 Hohei chutai (company with 108 figures)
1 Nikihaku teams (pioneer-units)
I must say that I know to little about this front and
need to study the history to know what to buy for
my japanese counter-force.
The scenery will be very interessting and rocky and
fun to play.
On my first picture below you can see that I have been
working on how to storage my growing collection
to Flames of war and on the right my oldest daughter
follow my project very closely. :)
When buying all those 15mm russian tanks I also
needed some boots on the ground so I decided to
add some infantry.
For only 50 Euros I got all the miniatures on the
pictures and some of them are also painted and
ready for the gaming table.
Mainly strelkovy(riflemen) but also gun-units and
mortar service.
Also some nice specialists,MG-units and officers
were a part of this collection.
To complete my range of vehicles I also bought
some antitank-guns(SU453) and extra T-34/85 turrets
for my 10 T34-tanks. Very nice find indeed.
Now I only need some time for basing and painting. :)
Last week I one of my fellow players at the local
gaming club decided to decimate his collection
of 15mm figures and models to Flames of war.
He wanted to sell all his WW2-russians and it
was a quite nice collection of both painted
and unpainted items.
He sold me all his vehicles for 50 Euros and
his extras (read next report) for another 50.
The price is quite a bargain because it is
almost complete and most of the vehicles are
already painted and ready for the gaming table.
I bought it all because I had plans to start playing
Flames of war already in 2013 but until now
this project has been saving dust and if you
want to play the russians you need a lot of
figures and models and they all must be nicely
painted to for a extra nice gaming experience. :)
Why I choose the russians? I have been reading
history for a long time and I like the russian
army and how they transformed from a pitiful
army in 1941 to a formidable and also very
effective warmachine. Reading about especially
the russian tank-evolution is interessting and
also fun to play in Flames of war.
To summarize my buy I got this:
A lot of tanks: small, medium and heavy
Tankhunters
Medium and heavy artillery (guns)
light, medium and heavy mortarunits
Katyusha rocketlaunchers
Antitank-guns
Transport both wheeled and tracked
Armoured trucks
Flamethrower-units
Antitank-rifle units
Heavy machine-gun units
I have taken some pictures below to see what I have bought.
The picture on the very end show the soldiers and accessories that
I will write about in my next report in detail.
Not much time for my hobby nowadays but here I am once again.
When working with my second factory-building I got inspired to
make a third and so I started a new project.
As you can see I have made tanks for different fluids using
paperrolls for toiletpaper and I will also make a
with somekind of heavy machine inside.
On the right I have made a shelter that will be fitted with stairs.
The center-building will also be fitted with bricks.
The top of the "tank-facility" will be fitted with more tanks
and roof and also metal-mesh and I will also make some
kind of crane with a chain and hook.
Secondly I have swapped heads on some of my figures to
fit into Fallout skirmish. I think the figures look a lot more
menacing now.The heads are bare-heads from Space wolfves
and a nice gift from my friend Mikael.(read previous report)
Third and last I have made some more finds to use in a
apocalyptic setting and war with cars.
I have a lot of inspiration and I will change the look of
these vehicles completely. Especially the bulldozer is
very nice to start converting.
