Friday, April 22, 2011

Armies on Parade: Bundeswehr

As Greg and I put on a "World War III" game for the lads last night, and I had the Bundeswehr boys out anyway, I thought I would take some photos of the army for the blog.

The origins of this particular project go back several years, when Eureka Miniatures brought out their range of Soviets in NBC gear, sculpted by Kosta Herastinides.  I managed to convince Greg to go in big time on the "Chemical Commies" and I committed to building a BW army to defend the North German Plain against the Red Storm!

Since then, I think I've painted at least one example of every model Kosta has sculpted for the Eureka BW range!
 
The Milan ATGW teams are a particularly welcome addition given Greg's proclivity for wall-to-wall armour ;-)

"Diensthunde" dog teams are part of the Bundewehr's airborne forces and are used for various battlefield and rear area tasks.

 BW snipers with a variety of weapons.

The armoured component consists of Leopard 2A6s in 1/48 from "Kitech".  Very inexpensive and paint up convincingly, I think.

 Diecast Tpz. Fuchs armoured personnel carriers in 1/43.

 Marder IFVs also from Kitech.




"The Boss's" personal vehicle - BMW X5 in camo.  Mercedes-Benz G-wagen in background.  Both are die-cast toy cars, repainted.
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8 comments:

  1. timApril 22, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    That's a great looking force, Dallas!

    What rules do you use for modern skirmishy stuff?

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  2. DallasApril 22, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Thanks Tim!

    For rules, we use a set that Greg and I wrote called "Red Storm!". Very fast playing and good fun.

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  3. MFraserApril 23, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    When I get back to the city I'll post my various NATO forces (French, British, German)

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  4. CurtApril 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    That is a very cool force. I particularly like the snipers and the K9 teams.

    Your collection is so huge that you need to invest in a duster. It looks like those thanks have been tackling with a (to them) Godzilla-sized cat.

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  5. CurtApril 23, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    ...er, 'thanks' to 'tanks'

    Tanks Mate!

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  6. DallasApril 25, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    I know, I know...

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  7. BotjerApril 12, 2013 at 9:07 AM

    I love those fuchs tpzs.
    The only equivalents ive found are 1/43 diecasts from Schuco. Is it those or is there actually some 1/48 models out there?

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  8. DallasApril 12, 2013 at 10:06 AM

    Thanks Botjer!

    Sadly they are indeed the 1/43 models. I'd love to get some more BW vehicles in 1/48 (Luchs!!) but none seem to be available anywhere.

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