Now those that have been paying
attention will probably be wondering: “What? I thought Tim was ‘sick’ of WW2?”
- I assure you this is not part of a renewed interest in the most over-gamed
war in history. On Friday I ran a new Call
of Cthulhu adventure (using a mash-up of Flying
Lead and A
Tale of Blades and Heroes) called Cold
Harvest - which involves the players playing NKVD agents
investigating a drop in production and potential “anti-soviet activities” at a
collective farm way off in the middle of nowhere. The adventure is more
investigation than action, but I thought I’d paint up some of these NKVD agents
I happen to have on hand. And while I was looking through the storage drawers I
noticed how very few 28mm WW2 Russians I had remaining to paint… so I thought
I’d paint them up so I could say “DONE”! Because that’s how I roll…
(Remember: click on the pictures
for a bigger version):
The first batch of the remiaing
WW2 Soviets. I’ll hopefully have another post next week with the last of them –
then perhaps I’ll update the 28mm
World War Two Gallery with pictures of the complete force.
The aforementioned NKVD agents
from Black Tree
Design.
Dead NKVD agent – actually just
a regular dead Soviet infantryman – but this one didn’t have a helmet (as most
of them do) so I painted him to look a little like the NKVD agent so I’d have a
casualty to plop on the table if any of them die – just to add to the horror of
it all.
NKVD agents with Rifles
NKVD agents with sub-machineguns
I think this guy was supposed to
be a Soviet staff officer that
came in a pack from West Wind Productions,
but I thought I might be able to pass him off as a Soviet Naval Officer (as I
do have some Soviet
Naval Infantry… and I figured they could do with an officer)
Two soviets from Blue Moon
Manufacturing.
Finally two guns from the Plastic Soldier
Model Company 28mm Anti-tank gun kit – it comes with two gun
carriages and crews and barrel options to build either 45mm M1937 anti tank
gun, 45mm M1942 anti tank gun or 76mm M1943 infantry gun – as I
already have a 45mm M1937 anti tank gun (from Bolt Action) I built
the other two options.
45mm M1942 anti tank gun and
crew. These are nice little kits that give lots of little bits to make a bit of
a diorama – shell casings, ammor crates, rilfes, etc.
Another shot of the 45mm M1942
anti tank gun.
Again with the 76mm M1943
infantry gun.
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
As previously mentioned I have
another batch of WW2 Soviets on the workbench (including THREE T-34/76 tanks!)
that I’d decided to finish off so I call that collection DONE! There are also
still some Great War Canadians and Micro Sci-fi and other odd and sundry bits
lurking in the wings…
They look really rather nice!
ReplyDeleteThat gun basing is excellent :)
Thanks Mike! I'm rather pleased with how they turned out as well. I think the extra bits that came with the kit - shell casings, ammo crates, etc... really add a lot to it.
DeleteI've only used the Flying Lead rules once, but I like how they add the extra detail for weaponry. It seems like a small difference but the net result is a hugely different game .
ReplyDeleteThat was my feeling from the initial read through the rules. I'm excited to see how it plays out in a tabletop skirmish.
DeleteVery impressive work, Tim - the shadings are particularly nice! Greetings :)
ReplyDeleteNice work!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
DeleteNice work! The Commie Cossack femme fatale could be played by Barbara Bach (Force Ten From Navarrone), and the hefty Soviet officer waving the pistol could be Leon Askin (General Burkhalter from Hogan's heroes).
ReplyDeleteThey could indeed! Thanks!
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