WWII Russians

While gaming the other day a friend of mine asked me if I had WWII Russians.  I knew i had enough to run an understrength Strekovy, but since I hadn't played with them in a while I pulled them out for inventory;

And a perspective view;

Basically it's a full strelk battalion with flamthrower and sapper support.  Of course this is only the infantry.  I have supporting tanks, artillery and AT guns.

Back at the painting table

Been recouperating from back surgery, so I have been away from the painting table.  Still have too many projects to complete;

• 25mm Early Romans
• FoW need to start my EWBritish and fill out my Russians
• FoW Vietnam
• Host of others

Below are a couple of Pz IVs i finished off the other day;

Update on FOW Vietnam.  I have purchased 2 Huey slicks, 2 Huey Hogs, Col Moore and 4 M113s.  The helicopters are done;

The figures are sweet and easy to assemble except the rotors.  Crisp details, not too much clean up and a full range of decals provided.  However I do have issues with the main rotor assembly;

The good;

• Magnets provided so rotors are removeable
• Crisp detail
• Rotors are plastic so they bend and snap back.

The not so good;

• Shaft is very thin and will break if not handled with care during assembly
• Out of four helicopters I broke two

Huey Hogs were similar;

FoW Vietnam

So, the newest thing from Battlefront is the Vietnam era.  I am not sure how the game will playout, but I thought the miniatures were cool so I decided to dive in.  Browsing through the army lists I decided to paint an American air mobile list.  Motivation for this list is two fold;

• Helicopters are cool
• I can use my American WWII infantry miniatures to test the system.  If I like it I can buy the Vietnam infantry.

My list will look something like this;

• HQ + Col. Moore 80pts
• Full Rifle Platoon - 180pts
• Full Rifle Platoon - 180pts
• Full Rifle Platoon - 180pts
• Mortar Platoon - 125pts
• Aviation Platoon - 4 UH-1D - 150pts
• Aeroweapons platoon - 2UH-1B Hogs - 200pts
• Rifle Platoon Mech - 290

Total 1385 points.  I can round out the list later.  So all I have to buy are 6 helicopters, Col Moore and the M113 for the mechanized infantry.

It will be interesting to see how long this takes me.

Test Post WWII Winter Camo

    Camo created using multiple coats 50/50 white paint/water mix with a brown wash between each coat.

 

After the white I dry brushed with the duklegrab to show places where the whitewash would have worn away during normal use.