The Beast Of War. Soviet Cold War tankers.

Sat down and watched one of my favourite films this weekend," The Beast Of War". Some times it's listed as "The Beast".
It's about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan in the 80's, lost when there T55 tank takes a wrong turn after they have attacked an Afghan village, and are being hunted by Mujaheddin for revenge.

Really worth watching. You can watch it on You Tube.

The reason I watched it was I was awaiting the next set of minis sculpted by that Fantastic Sculptor KOSTA HERKO and cast by Eureka Miniatures, based on the Soviet tank crew in the film.

They were just cast this weekend, so Nic Robson hasn't had a chance to put them on the website yet, but they are available. Just drop Nic an email or call him.

Well they arrived today and what can I say. FANTASTIC. Kosta , you've done it again.

There are five minis. All in tanker NBC gas masks. One caring an RPG 7, one with a flame thrower , one commander holding binoculars and the rest with AK's.

Sorry about the quality of the photo.

Waffen SS

                                                     
I've had a Waffen SS army for some time that Shane Hill has painted up for me, but have not had the chance to use it in a game yet.

Here are some pics.

Bolt Action and Artizan Minis

Tank Hunters

10.5cm Battery

10.5cm Gun

10.5cm Gun

Pak40

Pak 40

Tamiya 1/48 Panthers Painted by Dave Baxter

1/48 King Tiger as is out of the box from Hobby Master.

1/48 Marder as is out of the box from Ultimate Soldier still available on Ebay.

1/48 flakpanzer as is out of the box from Ultimate Soldier picked up on Ebay.

The piece of terrain below is from "Architects of war", and is one of my favourites painted by my good friend John Diamond, who I play most of my wargames with.
Check out his blog, "Band of Wargame Brothers". It's in my favourite blogs list.

WW II Australians in the Pacific.

Picked my self up a Matilda Tank Mk II while I was at Cancon to go with my WWII Aussies.
Got round to finishing it this weekend.

My force is based on the later part of the war when the Australians finally got better equipment and uniforms more suitable to the Pacific theatre.

Matilda Tank MK II from Army Group North

Brigade Games Minis

Minis From Brigade Games, Australians in the Pacific Range. Painted by Shane Hill

The Assault Group ( TAG) Chindits I use as Aussies. Painted by Leroy Simpson.

Brigade Games Minis

                                                          TAG & Brigade Games Minis

TAG Minis

TAG Minis

A Matilda tank as it appeared at the battle of Tarakan in 1945

28mm 1980's Cold war Soviet Infantry.

Another one of my favourite periods was the Cold War.
Ever since the release of Force On Force's, Cold War Gone Hot , I have wanted to play a game in 28mm.
Collecting NATO forces was not to hard but, finding 1980's Cold War Soviets was rare with the minis from Mongrel minis no longer available.
The only minis I could get my hands on were the Eureka Cold War Soviets in NBC outfits.

Well just when I thought all hope was lost that fantastic sculptor, Kosta Herko has come up with these fantastic mid 1980's Soviet Motorised infantry.
Below are photos of the greens, but they are finished, cast and ready to go. I picked up three sets at Cancon from Eureka Miniatures and they are some of the best I have seen to date.

There are more on the way with, Soviet tank crew, Winter outfits with fur hats, and the Afghanistan range with the wide brim hats.

Cancon 2014

Just got back from Cancon last weekend were I was helping my good friends out at The Combat Company.
Took some photos of people and games that I found interesting.

Me with Kick Ass

Don't know who these girls are dressed as but the one on the right looked good.

Main Games hall

The Combat Company stand

Some of the  Bolt Action pics.

This Australian Matilda tank was my favourite

The following pics are of the guys from the Berwick Wargames Association, who play a fictitious modern African War game using  the Chain Of Command rules.
I really enjoyed this one and some of the ideas the guys came up with for there armies.

Even the Phantom made an appearance in this game.

A BTR 40 I picked up to start my own African Malitia Army.