Father Christmas arrived early in the Greek Geek household, at least as far as the young master and myself are concerned. He got a great garage from grandma for his cars (including his beloved McQueeno) and I got some stuff from the mrs. for my styrene addiction. Thank you honey, you got me just what I wanted (me doing the picking helped quite a bit). The stash got increased by two Pz-38s (I have almost two companies by now), a command Pz. I, a Ceasar 15cm infantry gun and an Airfix Bofors. With these, my Blitzkrieg Commander-France 1940 is starting to shape up quite nicely. I've decided to cut down on the costs by not using any metal figs if I can avoid it (thus you will probably see some WW I Highlanders and assorted figures fighting with the BEF) but I still haven't figured out what I'll do with the 25mm or 2-pounder guns. Paul at Plastic Warriors has scratchbuilt both, but I don't know if I can trust my skills that far. We'll see.
In the meanwhile, work on the bench continues. I'm not sure I'll be able to finish all that I have assembled and primed by the New Year's but I'm giving it my best. I finished painting some additions to my dwarven SOBH warband; scouts and bear cavalry. With these, I'm almost done. Some dwarves with 2-H weapons, runeguards and maiden guard from Splintered Lights may be in the plans, but I have not decided yet. What I definitely need to get is some berserkers (either from Blood Dawn or Splintered Light) and definitely a general riding a winged saber-tooth tiger (from Blood Dawn). Blood Dawn figures are a bit overscale for 15mm, but this is a winged saber-tooth tiger we are talking about. The coolness factor is off the scale. I also started on my BEF British with a Matador and 5.5-inch gun. I know that 5.5-inchers did not make it to France so it will double as a 60-pounder. Looks close enough in my book. Hopefully I'll post them in their finished state before the New Year.
very nice blog :)
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήI added in my favourite blogs.
Regards.
Erhan
(miniafv.blogspot.com)
Ωραία!!!! Είδες τι ωραίο είναι να έχεις τη σωστή σύντροφο;; :)
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήGood work so far mate! Good luck with the new goodies!!
T.
We seem to share the same interest in early WWII :-)
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήFor the 25mm i would recommend Hinchcliffe's, nice and affordable at £5. You can see a photo of it here
http://miniatyrmannen.blogspot.com/2011/04/kanoner-del-2.html
For the 2 pdr you could choose between the Hinchcliffe one, at a fiver, and they got a towed version also, or Brittania at £2. Check out my comparison at
http://miniatyrmannen.blogspot.com/2011/04/kanoner-del-4a.html
The Caesar 150mm gun is really nice by the way
Cheers
Joakim
Oh well done, what a great wife.
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήMerry Christmas Dimitri!