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Τρίτη 20 Δεκεμβρίου 2011

Why thank you honey!

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.

That's all for now from the Greek Geek household. Thanks Mrs. Greek Geek. You're the best.

4 σχόλια:

  1. very nice blog :)
    I added in my favourite blogs.
    Regards.

    Erhan
    (miniafv.blogspot.com)

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  2. Ωραία!!!! Είδες τι ωραίο είναι να έχεις τη σωστή σύντροφο;; :)
    Good work so far mate! Good luck with the new goodies!!
    T.

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  3. We seem to share the same interest in early WWII :-)
    For 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

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