Necromunda/Ashwastes 2021

Before Christmas I bought some really nice figures
on second hand.
The package contained two figures that can be used as
mechas or power-armour/suits. These "mechanical-
figures" will also be a nice addition to my already
collected TAU-figures to convert.
The rest is spot on in my opinion to be played in a
post-apocalyptic-setting.
I will convert the sitting sniper with a gun-mount on
a pipe to make the pose more realistic.
The gunman is also very nice and the details are "crisp"!
My favourite is the figure that I have named the wanderer
and this one will look amazing with paint and shading.
Nice finds indeed.

Flames of war 2021

 In the Christmas-time of 2020 I found some
more finds to my ever growing Flames of war-
collection.
Both germans and soviets.
First up is the Waffen ss-tank hunter-platoon 
containing 4 Schwimmwagen with crews.
A nice set with nice models and figures.
I also bought german artillery-crew to be used
to Pak 43 and 37mm-artillery.
Last but not least a Bergepanther(recovery-
vehicle) and a medium german mortar-platoon.
All the figures above are second hand and I got
them for a very reasonable price (50%). 

To start playing the game I have been planning for
a long time and the russian setup has been the hard-
est to figure out. I will go for a core of a russian
engineer/sapper battalion because the are so diverse.
Maybe I chose this because I am a former member
of the royal swedish engineers!? :)
Before Christmas I order a very nice set of russian
engineers and they look really good and best of all
is that they are made of tin!
On top of all this I also added some soviet MG-figures
but these "chaps" are made in plastic but as you say:
you can´t win all the time. :)

Smart and cheap miniature-storage

Me and my growing family is about to move and
a need for movable storage for my collection of
miniatures and models is getting inevitable.
First up is how to store my collection of 15mm-
figures and models to the Flames of war-game.
I have used the top on boxes used for A4 copy-
printpaper and the compartments are made of left-
overs from cardboardboxes (thickness 5mm).
The compartments are used mainly for storage but
also for support when making a pile of these boxes.
Next up will be to label these boxes.

X-mas-soviets

This Christmas a friend decided to donate a package of
plastic miniatures because he thought that their poses were
"dull". Me and my friend Andreas had a second about this
and split the package in two.I received by mail a package
containing 2 complete squads of russian infantry ww2 (28mm).
Arms, legs, torsos etc to 20 complete figures!
Very nice addition to my ever growing collection both to
be used in Bolt action, Chain of command and Secrets of the
third reich.

2020 Retrospective

 The year 2020 was a very hectic one but also a good one despite pandemic.

I changed profession and started a new career but similiar to my previous.

This was a very good choice because my new branch was not affected very much 

by the pandemic but previous within carpentry were hit severe.

I became father for the fourth time in 5 years. :) Everybody thinks that this

was not planned but it is! Fantastic.

I have also made a lot of renovation on our house. A tire-rack made of pine-wood.

A smart storage for all my bolts,nails etc and tolls. This storage is two-sided and

on the back a working-bench is placed side by side. The storage also has a hidden

compartment in  the middle hiding saws, axes and sharp tools, this to protect my

small children. Very nice and also two big compartments to storage firewood.

I also constructed a long fence outside our house and I like the look very much and

it feels much more solid than the previous one(that was crumbling).

I also widened the entrace to our house and now we can park our cars side by side.

A lot to do but most welcome when finished.

My hobby and also my blog has not so active according to all the projects above but

still I have started my dream to play cold war in the scale 6mm with swedish, soviet and

nato-forces. This will be very fun and I am looking forward painting my big collection

of models as soon as possible in 2021.

Next will be my big collection for the game Flames of war. Now I have decided how I will

build my main soviet ww2-force in the 15mm-scale. I have chosen a engineer/sapper battalion

mainly because it is so versatile: infantry, armour, flamers etc

I also started a new project and first up are som models of my own. I drawn these small

antitank-cannons in the scale of 15mm and I am looking forward open the package when

arriving to my postbox. I also printed some free models from Thinginverse to complete

my Flames of war-collection. Especially Kettenkrads and Opel-maultiers on tracks will be 

nice models on the gaming table. All the models on the pictures are made i 3D-resin.

I have also printed som lend-lease-vehicles to be able to mount my soviet spetsnaz.

This year I plan to make some buildings both to my 6mm and 15mm collection. I will also

scratch-build som spruce forest to both scales above. I also like the idea of making

some tuft and eventhough it is cheap to buy I will try to be creative.

To all my readers out there: stay safe and a late Happy new year 2021