Not so Lucky Lady....Knocked out Sherman tank

So a good friend of mine had an old resin M4 Sherman tank from Warlord Games in a sorry state that he had in a bits box.  Seeing how I had wrecked a Brummbar assault gun I though it fair to do the same with an American machine.  So after a bit of TLC and a few holes drilled into the front armour now I have the 'Lucky Lady' who has been on the wrong end of a high velocity AT round and has met her end.

Action pictures of Fallschirmjäger 1944-45 Army and completed terrain

I was off work today sick so I though I'd be reasonably productive and take some 'action' shots of my Fallschirmjäger infantry and late war armour with my finished ruined village terrain...enjoy

Completed Kaputten Brummbar and guest stars from Last Levy 1945

So I was motivated to complete my knocked out Brummbar terrain piece,  here is the results

As is often the case, I was joined in my hobby day by my good friend Dean who is currently working on a Last Levy, Berlin 1945 German army. He has completed 6 models of his 10 man Hitler youth squad so here are the pictures. (sorry about the terrible lighting its really late)

 

Anyway we are both kaput after today's effort so good night to you all! 

Re-purposing a Brummbar and the Dark Age challenge

So in the theme of resurrection my first modelling project is the re-purposing of an armoured vehicle that had been ruined by a spray can.

The vehicle in question is the Sturmpanzer or Brummbar assault gun, this is a nice kit from Warlord Games but it had an unfortunate accident with a can of Army Painter desert yellow spray which went on too thick.  Spray can paint is a bit of a nightmare in Auckland as it has to be the the right weather (not too Humid, Damp, Cold, etc) for the spray to go on without issue, and I sprayed at the wrong time......

But after languishing in a tub of simple green for months I decided that a wrecked tank is in order for my ruined village, and I was inspired by this picture.

    

So after finding the correct ruin and a bit of chopping and sanding here is the end result...

So the next step is to get some paint on the thing.

In other News.....

So I have been trying to get my gaming group sorted with war gaming in the Dark ages/Early Medieval, 800AD to 1100 AD. We are using a variant of the Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit Strategy battle game we have called Skjaldborg!

Anyhow my Brother (Sam) and I have chosen our armies, Sam will be the stinkin' Normans and I will be the Norsemen! 

The Army of Henri ‘le boucher pieuse’ Picard

The Longboat crew of Ulf the Red

Sam will be completing for the Normans, 5 knights (including the Noble) 11 spear and shield infantry, 6 Crossbow men and 1 Daneaxe armed infantry.  

My Norsemen include 1 Thegn, 3 Hersir (elite warriors)  with sword and Shield, 1 Hersir with a banner, 2 Hersir with Daneaxes, 8 warriors with Axe and shield and 8 warriors with spear and shield.

We aim to have all this painted by the 31 August 2016 so we can have a game and post pictures of the skirmish, watch this space!

Desert Terrain showcase

Hey every one,

Today I thought I'd mix up the blog with a show of the often forgotten part of the wargaming hobby, the terrain.  You can't have nice looking armies fighting over any old table top (although the Dr Pepper refinery often makes an appearance on even the most realistic battlefields).

So first up is fresh off the painting table is a Plasma power generator.....

This was made using a old GW foam building that was for the game Inquisitor, the generator are made from chocolate milk powder container, and with some plasticard and guitar wire we have one desert themed generator to fight over.

Next up is a few bunkers, can't have a 40k battlefield without a few eh.  These are old out of production Forgeworld terrain pieces so if you want some you'd probably need to look on Ebay/Trade Me.
This single bunker has a slight conversion of 2 Autocannons but other than that its 'out of the box'

 Next is the Gun tower, sporting a twin-linked Lascannon and two heavy bolters it make for a formidable defence point, and looks cool to boot!

Lastly we have the group shot, the trio of defense