Up for Refurbishment

Here are some pics of the two armies I’ll be rebasing, repainting and generally tidying up for resale on eBay in the new year. They both date from around 1996 or so, being the first 15mm WW2 armies I owned and were used in the early playtests for Flames of War. The funny thing is they really never were completed, mainly because I never got around to buying more Peter Pig once Evan started sculpting infantry. I’ve drawn up some ideas on finishing them off and correcting the error-ridden paintjobs but I’ll expand on that later.

1944 British Paratroop Artillery (75mm Pack Howitzer and crew) – Peter Pig, painted circa 1996

1944 British Paratroop Infantry Platoons – Peter Pig, painted circa 1996 with Humbrol enamels – note the incorrect trouser colour

1944 Late US Infantry – Peter Pig, painted circa 1996 with Humbrol enamels – a few support weapons short here – not enough Bazookas and no .30 cals

More 1944 Late US infantry – Peter Pig 1996 – note the .50cal teams in the left foreground, liked those sculpts a lot

The US infantry are in better shape than the Paras and aren’t missing as many options as the paras who are basically three platoons with no heavy weapons. A fair bit planned to sort out the Paras, while the US infantry just need a couple of purchases to fill gaps and they’ll be sweet.
P-J

Soviet Three Colour Camo

A Soviet T28m40 (aka T28E) of the 1st “Red Banner” Tank Division, 1st Mechanised Corps, Karelian Front, June 1941

This is taken from the Soviet Tank Camouflage book I talked about last week. For me it’s an incentive to not only do an Early War Soviet Army but to have a real variety in the look of the various tanks. Yes it’s on the Finnish front, but there’s enough justification to have my T28s utilise the three colour scheme along with a two colour option for the T35s and the like. What I find pleasing about this is that the majority of my Early war projects are going to be more than just monochromatic paint schemes, with the BEF, the Poles, the French and the 1938 Czechs all having a variety of camouflage that will look good on the tabletop. The saving grace for me now is that the Soviets applied these schemes by hand rather than sprayed them on, so I can simply use brushes rather than need to get up to speed ahead of schedule with the airbrush.

A Soviet T26m37/39 of 6th Tank Division, 28th Mechanised Corps, Iran 1941

Another example of how interesting the possibilities are for Soviet armour. No monotones in my army, mate.

P-J