German Vehicles

Now then,

I sat and finished these vehicles off last night, mostly just basing but the trucks in particular needed a bit of work on the camo.

First we have a Panzer IIf.

I tried a dark wash on this one, it has turned out a bit dark, but works ok I think, It just looks a bit dirty....

Next I have a Sdkfz 250/3 command vehicle with a bedstead antenna.

(This is the battlefront "grief" model)

Here I have my Schwimwagons, These are forged in battle models and are very nice.

Again Ive been experimenting with different washes, some are darker than others......

I really enjoyed painting these, with the little drivers and passengers.

Last up I have some trucks, pretty bog standard and boring to paint (id rather be painting tanks...)

These will be used to transport my Panzer grenadiers in the lorried Battalion.

I shall have a proper update tomorrow,

Cheers for looking,
Steve

Panther G and Puma Fixed!

Now then,

I have spent a bit of time over the last day or so going through my WW2 collection, and my Panther and Puma were still sticky from the varnish that was applied in 2014!!

I fixed the problem by putting on  a fresh coat of matt varnish, A simple fix....Thank god for that...

 The Battlefront model comes with 2 turrets, so depending on what you want in your force, you can have either the:

Sdkfz 234/1 Armed with a 20mm cannon, and a coaxial MG.

or

Sdkfz 234/2 PUMA.
An up armoured version, with a fully enclosed turret, armed with a 50mm AT gun

Loads more to come!!

Cheers for looking,
Steve

ECW Commander 1 - Prince Rupert

Now then,

A quick post this morning, here is my first ECW commander, Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Here he is along with his trusty dog, Boye. The flag I used was the standard for Prince Ruperts Lifeguard, and seems to work nicely.

I have now totally ran out of ECW miniatures to paint so ill be cracking on with some WW2 next month I think!

Here is the full army so far - LINK

Cheers for looking,
Steve

Charles Gerrards Regiment of Foote

Now then,

Today I have finished off another foot Regiment for my ECW project. This time its a fairly famous regiment, Charles Gerrards Regiment. It seems to be quite popular with wargamers, probably because of the interesting quartered flags.

Anyway, here it is..

I am now about half way through my little foray into this period, I have a couple more Foot Regiments to paint, and 3 Cavalry Regiments.

Im going to add a unit of dragoons and some commanders too. After that I think ill have a break from them before doing another force, this time for the forces of Parliament.

Here is a quick snap I took of the army so far, sat on my paint box. You can see Prince Rupert there, undercoated and ready to be painted up.

Im nearly out of figures now so ill have to wait until next week at Vapnartak in York to get some more!

All the units so far can be seen here - ECW PAGE

Cheers for Looking,
Steve

Earl Rivers's Regiment of Foote

Now then,

Here is the latest Regiment for my ECW army.

I needed to do a red coated regiment, so Earl Rivers Regiment it is. I quite like it, with the black standards.

Im pretty sure ive got the dip right now, and painting these figures is becoming easier (and quicker).

For the full collection so far, click here - ECW PAGE

Cheers for looking,
Steve

The Prince of wales Regiment of Horse

Now then,

I sat up last night watching the tabletop commanders paint and chat session on youtube, and I managed to get another unit for my Royalists painted.

The Prince of wales's Regiment of Horse. A red coated unit, surprisingly easy to paint, as I think I have finally got the magic wash about right.

Anyway heres some pics.

Again this unit is made from peter pig miniatures, and is a mix of their cavalry packs.

As I have mentioned previously, the units in my army are a bit too "uniformed" but it speeds up painting no end!

The flag is from wargames designs, very nice flags indeed and pretty cheap too!

So there we have it, another unit done!

All my units so far can be seen here - ECW page

For those of you curious about the tabletop commanders, here is a link to the blog - LINK



While I was watching, I also painted up these little chaps. They are 10mm Romans and Britons, to use as heroes in To the Strongest.











4 of each and individually based, they are like markers, or chits I suppose but look better than a cardboard counter.

Thanks to Stuart for the figs.

Cheers for looking,
Steve

The Queens Regiment of Horse

Now then,

I unexpectedly received a parcel yesterday from Peter Pig, with a load of reinforcements! I immediately cracked on and have painted up my first Horse unit. The queens regiment.

I have used a mix of different figures, hats, helmets pistols and swords. But mostly sword armed as these will be a unit of "gallopers".

Im aware that all my units are probably a bit too uniformed, but it speeds up the painting process, and I have a large lead mountain to get through, adding to it all the time doesn't help!!

All my ECW stuff can be seen here on my ECW page - LINK

Cheers,
Steve