20mm WW1 British 18lbr

Just a quick post for now.  I've added a British 18lbr with 4 crew from Irregular Minitures to my British and Empire forces suitable for Palestine, Persia and Russian Civil War intervention forces.

The crew is suitable for summer scenarios as well as arid climates, as they have discarded their tunics and are carrying out their warm work in shirt sleeves.

Thanks for looking.

20mm WW1 Russians

So, this week I have mostly been painting WW1 Russian infantry.  These are mainly from the HAT Russian infantry box, together with some officers, a machine gun and a couple of mortars from the HAT Russian Heavy Weapons pack.  They are painted in Russian Uniform, highlighted green grey, with black boots, khaki grey, London grey and blue grey greatcoat rolls, saddle brown for leather pouches and water bottles, oily steel for belt buckles and cap badges.

The whole platoon, four sections, each of 10 riflemen, an officer with runner and a senior officer with field telephone operator.

The officer, standing with pistol and runner in marching pose.  The officer is from the heavy weapons pack.

Senior officer and field telephone operator.

A selection of riflemen.

More riflemen.

Heavy weapons (L-R) a Maxim MG, a Litonov 47mm mortar and a French 58mm motar, each with three crewmen.

The Maxim MG.

The Litonov mortar.

The French 58mm mortar.

A selection of spare officers, telephone operators and spotters.

The colourful chap rear right is painted to look like one of the more colourful "White" Russian units, the Drozdovsky Regiment.  If I see another pack of figures, I'll add a platoon from the Drozdovsky or maybe the Kornilov Regiment, possibly a couple of sections from both.

Some heavy artillery support, A 76mm field gun with 4 crew, from Irregular Miniatures.

Another force suitable for Andreivia, alongside the Cossacks and the Garford-Putilov armoured car that I've posted on earlier.

As ever, thanks for looking.

20mm Early 20th Century armed civilians

Just a quick post just now as a busy weekend awaits.  These are some armed civilians from Irregular Miniatures A Very British Civil War range, but I figure they will do for any early 20th Century setting from 1900 to the 1950's.  While distinctly British in appearance overall, they will also pass muster for most Europeans, Colonial and North American settings.

First up (L-R) we have a gent in bowler hat with what looks vaguely like a Tommy gun or other early SMG, then a gent in a waistcoat with rifle, a more rustic gent in bowler hat carrying cane and a poacher/gamekeeper type with shotgun. 

Then we have a spiffing gent in top hat carrying pistol, youth carrying a standard (got to decide on a suitable flag), chap in shirt sleeves with Lewis gun and a lady brandishing a rifle.

Not the most detailed figures but they seem to paint up OK.  In the second picture, the figure in lilac coat and top hat is a shoe-in for an eccentric Russian Civil War commander, with his trusty standard bearer and female companion.  In the first picture, the guy with Tommy gun could be a city gent or even Churchill in a Sealion setting.  The other figures would make great rustic or workers revolutionary fighters, with lots of mix and match between them.  Not sure on the rest of the range with Boy Scouts, Fox Hunters, Cricketers etc., being a little too British in appearance.

These figures will form some local militia forces for our Andreivia setting and eccentric commanders for "White Russian" or other anti-Bolshevik militias.

Thanks for looking.

Turkish mechanised brigade

Currently working up the 4th Turkish Corps for games set in eastern Turkey during a Soviet invasion in the late 80's/early 90's.  I've been experimenting with various camouflage schemes and finished up with the schemes below, mainly for the 20th Mechanised Brigade.  Rear left is a 1st Batt Leopard 1A5 (H&R GM21) painted in standard NATO green, black and brown.  Rear centre is a 2nd Batt M48A5T1 (H&R USM07) painted in yellow ochre with NATO green, black and brown disruptive patterns.  Rear right is an M60A3 (H&R USM05), actually from the 4th Armoured Brigade, in US dark green, with NATO black and orange brown disruptive patterns.  Front left is an M113 from 3rd Batt (H&R USM 11) painted to match the Leopard scheme, while front right is a similar M113 from 4th Batt in the Leopard scheme with added Iraqi sand streaks.  The 2nd and 4th Batts are assumed to have hastily deployed back with the 20th Brigade, having been in action in the south east of Turkey along the Syrian and Iranian borders, hence the more arid cammo scheme.

The same from a slightly different angle.

2/20 Battalion in M48A5T1s.

1/20 Battalion in Leopard 1A5s.

4/20th Battalion in M113s.

3/20th Battalion again in M113s.

20th Mechanised support companies.  At rear Hummer Stinger carriers (H&R USM 42 with a small square of business card to represent the rook hatch), doubling as Redeye carriers.  Middle left are M113s for the engineering company (the AVLB is still on the painting to do list).  Middle right are three M113 TOW carriers (H&R USM 16).  Front left is a M577 (H&R USM14) with Irregular Vietnam US infantry command group (VN7).  Front right are three Unimog light trucks (H&R GM14) for towing M107mm mortars.

Quite pleased with the results of a washout bank holiday weekend weather-wise.  Thanks for looking.

Cold War Turks

I'm still testing the cammo scheme I want to use for the Cold War Turks.  These are Hummer Stinger carriers (Scotia UM025), these are painted in Vallejo US green with NATO black and orange brown cammo stripes.

A pair of M60A3s with dozer blades, one for each M60A3 battalion in the armoured brigade (Scotia UM046).  These look like serious pieces of hardware.

For infantry I tried an experiment.  I like the Mainforce infantry from Magister Militum, but these are mostly prone.  They are a bit chunkier than H&R or GHQ, but are more compatible with Irregular.  I wanted to model the Turkish infantry in a uniform more reminiscent of older US infantry, so picked up some from the Irregular Vietnam range while I was at Triples on Saturday.  On the right is a stand of US infantry (VN1).  In the middle is a US command stand (VN7) with a generic wheeled 120mm mortar from Scotia (NE008).  On the left is a Mainforce Milan team.  For me these work well together and I'm thinking of using Irregular for the standing figures - mainly regular infantry - and Mainforce for the more specialist stands (air defence, ATGM, etc.).

 

 

Thanks for looking.

More Cold War Turks in 6mm

I had a delivery from Irregular Miniatures last week.  Here are two battalions of USM52 105mm SPGs (Irregular MAF49), which I'm going to use as M44 155mm SPGs to provide arty support for a Turkish armoured brigade.

These are nice models, which come in two variants, one with stowage around the turret sides (on the left) and the other with commander's head and shoulders peering out of the turret hatch (on right).

Same from the rear.

Some Mainforce West German Stingers, which are going to double up as Turkish Redeye SAMS (whoops should have read Blowpipe).

Finally, some Irregular Miniatures recoilless rifles and crew from the Vietnam range (VN5).  These are going to represent 75mm M20 or 106mm M40 weapons for the Turks.  Have to say that as raw metal they don't look too spectacular, but they paint up really well and look fine on the table top.

Waiting now for deliveries from Scotia and H&R with some light French armour to complete the Daguet "Division" - 1st Gulf War, and the remaining vehicles for Turkish armoured, mechanised and infantry brigades in the 80's and 90's.

Thanks for looking.