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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Battlegroup: Panzer V ausf. A Panther.

Miniatures painted between August 2017 and end 2018 part 3.
The Panzer V ausf. A or Panther. Battlefront 15mm resin and metal.
I finished painting these in February 2018. This time I spend more time on the details and camouflage. The camouflage is based on the Panzer Lehr Division I tried to get as close as possible. Hope I succeeded. I'm affraid that the base colour is not correct.
After these were painted I didn't touch any brush for a long time. Some months before I started to painted these I got some bad news, I had have another surgery. Sometime later I got the message that the surgery would take place in June 2018. This made me realize that thing's didn't matter anymore and didn't care much about the hobby. It took until December before I picked up a brush again.

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Battlegroup: Sniper and Recon Platoon Command (German).

My first painted miniatures for 2017 and they aren't even this best painted. Better said these are the worst painted ever. Oke I never was I great painter but even for my standards this not very good. Problem is that I suffer having trembling hands. Even if I support my hands I have this problem. This makes it difficult to paint. So I decided to keep the painting simple.
What I have painted are a late war German sniper team. A late war German Recon Platoon Command team in a SdKfz 250 and a Recon Platoon Command team without transport.

Sniper team.

Recon Platoon Command in SdKfz 250.

Recon Platoon Command in SdKfz 250.

Recon Platoon Command without transport.

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