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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Jeeps with trailer.

Probably the last painted for this year. Jeeps with trailer.
They are 15mm miniatures and from Forced In Battle. It are nice mini's and easy to paint.
None of the 4 mini's are sculpted the same. Only the drivers and passengers are all looking the same.
These will be a nice addition to my US 101st Airborne Division Battlegroup. Used as a Supply Column.

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Battlegroup British: Cromwell.

After months and months I finally did paint something. It was only a minor project. Just to get the feeling of painting back.
These are 2 British Cromwell tanks.
The miniatures are from PSC. And 15mm size.
To make a full platoon I need a Challenger. Hopefully Battlefront will release a new version soon, else I need to order one from Skytrex. I can use it with a Firefly but if I play a game of Battlegroup Market Garden I need a Challenger.

Sorry for the crappy pics.

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Another book added to the collection.

I was looking for this book for a long time and now I finally found one for a reasonable price.
Always had an interest in the 101st Airborne Division since my youth. That's also the reason I have a 15mm painted army of them. Wich is currently in revision because of wear and tear. More about that later.

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New WWII book I bought.

I did buy this book because it looked interesting and I heard a lot of good about the writer. Historian James Holland.
It will only take some time to read the 650 plus pages.

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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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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: Panzer III ausf. G.

Miniatures painted between August 2017 and end 2018 part 2.
This is some sort of a painting Panzer III part 2. It is the sequel to the painted Panzer III ausf. F post.
This time it is the Panzer III ausf. G. Also 15mm plastic from Plastic Soldier Company. The minis are built from the same box as the Panzer III ausf. F. The built of these kits can be found here. They almost look the same as the Panzer III ausf. F.
The minis are for my DAK battlegroup and can be used with the Battlegroup Tobruk and Battlegroup Torch books.
Just as the PANZER III ausf. F I painted these between November 2017 and January 2018 and thus are painted in the same way as the others. They still look okay on the table.

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Battlegroup: Panzer III ausf. F.

The first post of miniatures I painted between August 2017 and end 2018.
I begin with the Panzer III ausf. F. They are 15mm plastic from Plastic Soldier Company. The built of these kits can be found here.
The miniatures are for my DAK battlegroup and can be used with the Battlegroup Tobruk book.
After some searching I found out that I painted these between November 2017 and January 2018. I painted them very fast and quality could be better. At that time I wasn't in the mood to go full detail. But I think they still look okay on the table.

Next Panzer III ausf. G.

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