British Vickers Machine Gun team.

Painted a British Vickers Machine Gun team. The miniatures are from Battlefront and 15mm. To bad the mini on the right had a dis-formed face. Sadly enough I had no other to replace it.
This team was one of the missing infantry teams in my British or Canadian infantry Battlegroup lists.
In real the painted minis are not as bright as they look on the pictures. Bit of bad lighting.
I also noticed it needs another coat of varnish but that will happen when I have painted more minis. Then it can all be sprayed in 1 go instead of each mini separate.
I'm also thinking to paint the edges of the base in a darker brown colour. Not sure about that yet.

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'Beep', 'Beep' and one Jeep.

The first painted miniatures for 2020.
Two 3/4 ton trucks 'Beep' (Big Jeep) and one Jeep.
I bought these secondhand and had to clean them and remove the old paint and then start from scratch.
All are from Battlefront only the 2 passengers in the trucks are from Forced in Battle.
Of course I'm going to use them for Battlegroup.
They will be used as gun towing vehicles. The trucks for my US army and the Jeep for the US Airborne. Maybe in the future I'm going to buy some trailers to add to the trucks and use them as Supply vehicles.

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More Battlegroup, 40mm Bofors AA.

Bought two secondhand (15mm Battlefront) Bofors AA only to notice when they arrived that the gunshields, the sight groups and tailpieces were missing.
That the gunshields are missing is not such big problem cause these were very often removed. Both other pieces was more of a problem. These are small pieces and I had to make these myself well at least I thought. When I took a look in my bitbox I found 2 sight groups that could easily be used although they look a bit different then original ones. The tailpieces were quickly made out of other pieces.
Although the pieces are different you hardly see it when the mini's are placed on the table.
Pictured here is the US version. The second one isn't ready yet as I want to convert the gunners into British.

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Battlegroup: M32 TRV.

The M32 TRV painted.
Miniature from Battlefront. 15mm.
I used the Battlefront name of the miniature. In the Battlegroup books it is named M32 ARV (Armoured Recovery Vehicle).
At first I wanted to glue the miniature together as pictured below. But if I would glue the A-frame jib on the hull as pictured on picture it wouldn't be very strong bond and could break of pretty easy. Also it would be too fragile to transport the miniature. So I decided to glue it together normally.

Tried to giv the miniature give a muddy look. For this I used Vallejo Panzer Aces 304 Track Primer. I think it worked out well.
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Maybe the painting turn out a little too dark. But I happy how it turned out.

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M32 TRV part 2

More work on the M32 TRV.

The miniature primed black.

Next a base colour of Vallejo 887 Brown Violet is applied. Only the commander, the tracks and MG are not painted.

A layer of black wash added.

A highlight using of a mix of Vallejo 887 Brown Violet and Vallejo 886 Green Grey. And tracks plus MG are painted Vallejo Gun metal Grey.

Next painting details.

M32 TRV part 1

Yesterday I started to glue the M32 TRV (ARV) recovery miniature together. It's 15mm from Battlefront and will be used for Battlegroup.
After opening the blister I first checked if all components where there. As I forgot to take a picture of the components I went to FoW website and borrowed a picture from their site.

After I bend some components back in the right shape it was glueing time.
Glueing the pieces together wasn't a real problem and in a short time the job was done.
And of course I again forgot to take a picture so back to the FoW site and borrowed an other picture. Note; instead of a closed hatch I decided to go for an open hatch with a commander.

Now that the miniature was glued together I took a look on the miniature and noticed that it looked too "clean" as if it was missing something. I decided to surf the internet to see if I could find some info.
First thing I noticed on some of the pictures of the recovery verhicle is that some had an .50cal MG installed. Although this MG doesn't has any purpose in Battlegroup I think it is a nice addition. Also an aerial is placed.

I also glued an barrel on the back deck. This is hard to see on the pictures.
And glued some Jerrycans on the back of the vehicle.

Last thing I did was making a rolled up camouflage netting out of green stuff. Which is placed on the front of the vehicle.

If all things I added are accurate I don't know but I like the look of it.

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Because you can't have enough lead/resin.

I have added twonew 15mm miniatures to the to paint pile. One for my Germans and one for my US army. Both are from Battlefront.
For the Germans I bought a box with a Königstiger. It comes with 2 turrets: the Henschel turret and the Porsche turret.
I also bought for my US army a blister with a M32 TRV recovery vehicle.
A friend of mine ordered these from Battlefront sometime ago when they had a clear out. I hadn't time to pick them up until last weekend.
Both will be used with the Battlegroup game.
Soon I have a few weeks holiday. Hopefully then I can then make the pile a little smaller.

Box with Königstiger.

Blister with M32 TRV recovery vehicle.

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Battlegroup: Forward Observer Team and a Motorcycle Dispatch Rider.

Some more painted late war Germans for the Battlegroup game. These are 15mm miniatures from Battlefront.

First we have the Forward Observer Team with a Kubelwagen transport. In Battlegroup a observer is essential when you take on- or off- board Artillery. Not only do you need it to spot (nice thing about artillery in Battlegroup is that you don't need to spot a unit, you can also spot on a building or tree) but also to make a communication check. To get a bombardment you first take appoint on the battlefield the observer can see. Then you make communication or radio check by rolling a D6 to see if you even will get an bombardment.

Next is the Dispatch Rider. In Battlegroup it is normally just 1 motorcycle with driver. Because I had this mini with sidecar I decided to use this one as dispatch rider.
In Battlegroup this mini has a one use only. When you use it then the communication test is passed automatically. The mini is then removed from the battlefield.

Ummmm I really should learn how to take better pictures.

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Battlegroup: Panzer IV ausf. H.

Miniatures painted between August 2017 and end 2018 part 5 final.
The Panzer IV ausf. H. Battlefront 15mm resin, metal and plastic.
I glued these together somewhere in 2017 but after that they ended up in a box until December 2018.
The built of these miniatures was a real hell and time consuming. It was not the tanks but adding the schürzen that gave the problems. First I had glue some tiny holders to the hull to which the schürzen would be glued. When I finally had the schürzen glued in place I found out that it wasn't very sturdy and stable. When picking up a model I had to be careful else the schürzen would break off. To solve this problem I made some plastic rods witch I carefully glued between the tracks and the schürzen plates, in such way that they can't be seen. This gave them much more sturdynes and now I can pick them up without breaking off the schürzen. All in all it took me several days to built these four tanks.
Halfway December 2018 I finally took them out of the box and gave them some paint. Using the same colours and camo pattern as the other late war tanks I painted so far. The result can be seen below.

This is the last post of Miniatures painted between August 2017 and end 2018. From now on all new posts with painted miniatures are newly painted or finished WIP projects.
After these were painted I carefully started to think of restarting my blog to show my painted miniatures. Which in the end still took more than a month to do.

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Battlegroup: Panzer VI ausf. E1 Tiger.

Miniatures painted between August 2017 and end 2018 part 4.
The Panzer VI ausf E1 (zimmerit) Tiger. Battlefront 15mm resin and metal.
Painted this in one at the beginning of December 2018. It was the first miniature I painted after a long time. The first one after I layed down my brush's in February. The time that the dark clouds slowly started to fade away. Step by step the need to paint something came back again.
I didn't want to start with an infantry platoon so I first began with some German vehicles, starting with this tank. The infantry platoon will be painted later this year.

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