Painting east front models/miniatures

[U2]

Hi all,

if there are any modellers or Flames of War fans out there let's post our pics of east front vehicles! I hope the forum mods don't disagre with this post.

My first crack at German 1943 camo 1/100. I'm not very experinced btw

[ETF]

Nice.......!

[U2]

Hi guys,

just finished painting my first infantery ever. Here's two pics of it. Russian SMG team (the unit has 6 other SMG teams plus a command team). I hope to have the entire unit painted within two weeks.

A russian SMG team has a ROF of 3 (great!) even when it has moved (great!) but only a range of 10cm (not so great!). Let these suckers in close and....

[U2]

last pic

[ETF]

Love the terrian on the stands......

[CarnageINC]

Do you have a terrain board for them?  That's always a pleasure to put one together [:)].  Looks good, how many pieces you have so far?

[heliodorus04]

I'm no photographer, but am sometimes called a good painter, though I typically work in 25mm.

Here is my first 15mm attempt, "An unknown Kampfgruppe of Armeeabteilung Fretter-Pico, Early 1943."
(I was impressed with what this command accomplished after the die was cast at Stalingrad.)

Hopefully some of my detail work comes out, but if not, oh well.
The backstop of the force, 3 Stug III F/8

[heliodorus04]

8.1 cm mortar crew, with spotters & command

[heliodorus04]

Pak 38 AT guns

[heliodorus04]

MG34 teams

[heliodorus04]

Pioneer platoon

[CarnageINC]

Looks like you got all the goodies for a campaign.  looking nice!

[heliodorus04]

By the way, if you'd like to know more about my crusade against BS rules, you should know I've been banned from their official forums because of my crusade against the New-Zealand-only "Use machine-guns as the equivalent of 81mm mortars in indirect fire" which is based on a single anecdote (unverified) of a NZ unit doing so in the war.

I will not play against an NZ force (not that there's ever been more than one in my area) that builds a force to use this god-awful, complete-fantasy-of-a-rule...

I'm a crusader. It's what I do.

[Carolie04]

A russian SMG team has a ROF of 3 (great!) even when it has moved (great!) but only a range of 10cm (not so great!).

[U2]

Great stuff, Heliodorus! Shame about the pics though. Would have been nice to see more details. Are those Battlefront miniatures or a different brand?

Carnage,

I have two flat boards that I glued a roll of hobby grass on so it's flat. Terrain is bought and placed wherever I feel like. I don't have the skills, nor the time, to build terrain. This way is also more flexible. I'll have a friend over in two weeks time and post some pics.

Finished another three teams. Next week I'll do the last four and the unit will be complete.

[U2]

sorry

[CarnageINC]

U2, what other units do you have planned to support your SMG squads?

[U2]

They are actually a part of a Mixed Tank Company

I have painted:

10 T-34s
3 KV1e
1 KVII
10 T-70
5 SU-76

As you have noticed I am now painting an SMG platoon and after that I will paint a rifle platoon

The only things left after that are 5 recon vehicles and 4 Katjuchas (I can't spell the damn thing)

I will build an army (Mixed Tank Company) of 1500p or 1750p (or less for a quickler fight) so everything above is just what I can choose from for variation. Much of above can be in an army of 1750p (points) but not everything. What I have painted can of course be used for other Soviet Flames of War lists like a Tank Company or Mechanised company.

My full army will debut sometime in July/August I think. Takes time to paint.

[CarnageINC]

Do post pics when you can, I love miniatures.  I have about 300 minis for Battletech, fully painted.  I never got into WW2 stuff, just didn't seem like a crowd for in Colorado Springs when I started.

[glvaca]

ORIGINAL: heliodorus04

By the way, if you'd like to know more about my crusade against BS rules, you should know I've been banned from their official forums because of my crusade against the New-Zealand-only "Use machine-guns as the equivalent of 81mm mortars in indirect fire" which is based on a single anecdote (unverified) of a NZ unit doing so in the war.

I will not play against an NZ force (not that there's ever been more than one in my area) that builds a force to use this god-awful, complete-fantasy-of-a-rule...

I'm a crusader. It's what I do.

Yes...like we hadn't noticed! [:'(]