Sherman Troop

Ive finally finished my Troop of shermans for WW2 gaming, Bolt Action, Konflikt 47 & hopefully What a Tanker. 

They are all plastic kits from Warlord games, a Sherman M4, a Sheman V & a Sherman V “Firefly”. 

There are a few descrepancies between the older M4 kit and the newer V kits, 

but not too noticable (unless you look really hard) & adding the Commander from the V kits helps. 

Ive cocked up the  Squadron markings though 🙄

As they are supposed to be Guards Armoured & 

they put them on the hull rather than the turret ☹️

But im not changing them now 😁

Well this is my third attempt to post this, so fingers crossed it will post. 

Hope whoever is still reading my blog likes these

Cheers

 Keith

US Sherman Tank

I found stashed in a box, a long discarded project a few weeks ago.

This resin Sherman had been bascoated, highlighted & shaded,

with the transfers applied & some washes applied.

As I never completed a US Army (I didn't like painting them & sold it a long time ago!)

I'm surprised that I ever started it!

 



Anyway I thought that I would give it some love & finish it off.

Might just have to go off to eBay though as I wont be painting any US troops.

 

 

 



6pdr Anti Tank Gun

I've been painting up a 6pdr AT Gun for my Konfikt 47 force.

I found this in the lead pile (I had completely forgotten that I had it!!)

I think it could be from Battle Honors Miniatures but I'm not sure, 

as I bought it second hand & the Battle Honors website doesn't have very many pictures!

TURNS OUT IT'S FROM BLACK TREE DESIGN, IT DIDN'T EVEN CROSS MY MIND AS I DID NOT THINK THAT THEY MADE ONE (WHO KNEW!)
 

I have used the same method as previous posts for making & painting the wrinkly tin (using fizzy drink cans & a homemade press)
 

 

 

 

 

Hope you all like it

Cheers

Keith

K47 Reinforcements

 

Finished up some reinforcements for K47, Basic troops will do for Bolt Action as well.

 

I'm still not spending a lot of time on stuff as I'm wanting to get 1250pts painted pretty quickly.

 

As well as the troops above, I have some more Automatons

 

 

An Automated Carrier, I love this model,

I think it must be my favourite in the K47 range.

It still needs matt varnishing though

 

I've also taken a picture of a figure that I painted a while ago that I don't think I've shown before

 

 

Cheers keith









Another New Pin Marker

Just finished making a new pin marker for K47/Bolt Action.

Its supposed to represent a REME Engineer,
holding (swinging) an adjustable spanner made from plasticard.

The figure is a plastic British inafantryman with all the webbing removes & a Warlord Games metal 

SAS head wearing a beret & goggles. 

I made most of the tools from plasticard & bits of brass rod.

The screw driver was made from plastic coated wire & the tool box is plastic box section.

The wooden box is a resin cast that I had, I don’t know the manufacturer though.

I also added a spare upper arm section from a K47 British Atomaton, if I can find a suitably small bolt I will add that, somewhere, to the base as well
I think that the only thing that is really missing is a mug o tea 😁

750pts For Konflikt 47

 

Just finished 750pts for the Weird War 2 game Konflikt 47

 

 

I had already painted the HQ figures & the Infantry Figures are Warlord Games plastic infantry, with TAG metal rifles instead of the plastic ones. I don't think that the painting is as good as I normally do, as I wanted to actually be able play a game before next year!!!!

 

 

The AT rifle is the one that I have previously posted

 

 

These WWW2 figures are from the Warlord K47 range Automated Infantry with MMG's.

The Automated Infantry are a pain to put together but worth it, I think they are my favourite models

 

Next up is a squad of Galahad Armoured Infantry all armed with LMG'S

 

 

Next is my version of a Guardian Light Walker.

I'm too tight to buy an official one, especially when I have some 1:35 scale Melusine MaK suits that would do the job. All I had to do was add a 50cal HMG another MMG on the right arm & cobbled together a flame thrower out of 40k weapons for the left arm & add a light from an old Ork dreadnought, some old Ork shoulder pads & a Visor/Window from a bit of plasticard.

 

 

 





New Pin Marker

Just finished a new Pin Marker fo Bolt Action/Konflict 47

Shes from Colonel Bills in there Belt Fed Gaming range on a Warbases maker

AT rifle team WIP Update

The loader is now completed

The base just needs sanding & then onto the difficult part of getting off my arse & painting them 🤔

Boys AT rifle for Konflict 47

Just started work on a Boys AT Rifle team to use in Konflict 47

Ive used a plastic warlord games british infantryman, same technique for the wall as done for the home guard. 

The Boys AT Rifle is a 1:35 one cut down, with a metal rod added for the barrel & a plastic rod flash suppressor. I added a shield from plasticard just to make it look a bit different. 

ETO SAS Jeep for Bolt Action

I've just been converting a SAS Dessert jeep to a European Theatre SAS Jeep, I don't know the manufacturer of the original Jeep miniature, but the crew are Warlord Games SAS crew. 

I made the fuel tanks from some plastic box section & plastic strip, the extra rear armour plate is plasticard as well

Hopefully I will try to get it painted over Christmas 

 

Converted Boy Scout Runner

After reading some time ago about Home Guard Units using Boy Scouts as Runners for sections I thought that it would be nice to have a few available for my Army & as no one makes them I needed to make some! 

I have managed to get a couple of the fantastic plastic Desert Rats from the Perry's from Duncan (dijit) over on LAF & Some of the Lemon Squeezer hats directly from Perry Miniatures to have a play about with & see if I could convert them to Boy Scout Runners.

I had read all-over the net about how small these miniatures were & I thought that as they were already in shorts it would be a doddle to convert them.

Any way they aren't as small as I thought & are of a similar height to the Perry sculpted Wargames Foundry WW2 range, but they are thinner build (as in more true proportioned) so I had more to cut from the figure than I thought I would!

Below is a picture of the Prototype showing the cut points in blue.

 

 

I just cut the plastic & trimmed sections out with a hobby knife at the marked points & glued it back together using plastic-weld some of the joints have been strengthened with super glue. I added a Knecker from green stuff & the Stave is a bit of a paper clip. I trimmed round the puggaree on the hat to make it thinner like the ones on the Scout hats.

 

Boy Scout from the Opposite Side

 

Next to a Foundry Commando (Going to be part of the Auxiliary Section) to see the size difference. I think that he could pass as 15 to 17yr old.

 

I hadn't intended to use this one & just use it as a prototype, but I'm please with how he turned out so I think I will chuck some paint at him & see how it looks.

 

Cheers

Keith

 

 



Home Guard Transport

Well nothing for 6 months then two posts in one day!!

Here's a 30cwt Truck from Force of Arms now produced by Warlod Games & infact,releasd today!

It's for some much needed transport for my Home Guard Army.

 

The Lettering and logo are home made decals,

that I drew in Autocad & printed on decal paper purchased from Ebay.

 

Cheers

Keith



Warlord release Pictures of Cpl. Jones

Warlord have released a picture of Cpl. Jones from there 'Official' dads army figures.

I've been very excited about the release of these Paul Hicks Sculpted figures,

But I must say that I'm quite underwhelmed by this picture, I expected a lot more, what, I don't really know, I suppose, it should be head & shoulders better than the old Foundry one & I don't think that this does that. Whether its just the angle of the figures in the picture?

& they've painted the gaiters the wrong colour!!!

The Lion Has Phones

I've been making & painting this in bits & bats for a few months now (since I did the sniper)

Its an Objective marker for the demolition mission in Bolt Action, it's made from plasticard & plastic box, the sand bags are a resin piece from the defunct Crusader 36 with the Phone box & figures the usual Foundry pieces, with the guy on the phone made up from the leftover bits from making the sniper.

I have based it on a scene from the Dad's Army episode 'The Lion Has Phones' where they all have to learn how to make a phone call.

I may add some more figures etc. at some point.

Winter War Test Figure

Well I've succumbed to the Winter War Kickstarter Campaign pledging for the £60 finnish platoon deal. So i thought that I'd best have a quick go at painting a white Snow uniform, I didn't have any winter troops so i used a black undercaoted Black Tree Designs Fallschirmjager figure & here's the results:

The paints that I used are behind the figure they are Vallejo panzer aces & P3 they are:

Splinter Cam base, German winter tanker white, Stencil & some final highlights of White.

Overall I'm happy with the out come, the splinter base is a very pale green & the others are just off white, I think for Characters I would Mix the Splinter Base & Winter White together for another layer. 

More Pin Markers

Here's a couple more pin markers that I've knocked up.

The woman is an Artizan designs miniature & the Guy at the tea urn is a plastic warlord Brit with a German metal head & the Tea Urn, Table & Mug are all from plastic rod & card

 

 

 

 



Tanks & Sniper

Well I've managed to get the 2 light tanks finished & the Sniper finished over the weekend.

I haven't done the 2 spare turrets yet though.

I will be doing some more pin markers next & will try to get them posted as as I've done them.





Latest Bits

Well I've had a quiet few weeks with the nice weather but I'm getting back into it!

First off here's a couple of conversions of Foundry Home Guard.
I cut a shooting rifleman & the kneeling guy that comes with the telephone box in half & swapped the bodies round added a bit of GS & glued a scope on the kneeling bloke to create a Sniper & a Guradsman Holding open the Phonebox Door

I also made a scenic base fom plasticard for the sniper.

Next up is a couple of Vickers Light Tanks.

These are from Company B, but picked up a couple of extra turrets from Warlord Games & magnatised them, so that I could hve either HMG armed or Auto Cannon armed tanks

They are painted with Vallejo Reflective Green & have an Earth colour drybrush & wash in certain points, next is the pigments.

Finally I've got round to taking a picture of the dog that i got at Partizan on the Smith Gun Base

I'm still not sure about the dog though