More
Soviet infantry were completed for the Challenge, specifically 32 Siberian
Veterans from the Warlord Games boxed set of the same name. The set
consists of four identical sprues of multipose miniatures, enough to
build 32 soldiers, plus two metal figures. (I diverted two of the
plastic figures, and some of the Mosin-Nagant rifles to my Winter
Soviets to beef up the numbers.) You also get a selection of metal heads
and arms to add further variety to the figures, such as captured
weapons, bandaged heads or hands, Eastern facial features, etc.
These
were all painted in my usual style, starting with a black primer. All
the basic colours were painted using Vallejo acrylics, followed by a
coat of Army Painter Strong Tone Quickshade. The end result is a platoon
of three 9 man sections each with two submachine guns, a mix of
Mosin-Nagant rifles and carbines, a DP-28 light machine gun team, one
Tokarev semi-automatic rifle, plus some hand grenades, Molotov
cocktails, and a captured Panzerfaust, all led by an officer with a
pistol. Add to that a sniper team, a soldier dragging a Maxim machine
gun, and a Commissar with a speaking trumpet.
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Siberian Veterans defending the approaches to Moscow |
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Bandaged heads and hands |
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Bandaged hands and captured Panzerfaust |
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Captured MP40, Molotov cocktail, and bandaged heads |
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Sniper team with scoped Moisin-Nagant rifle |
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Machine-gunner pulling a Maxim and an officer with a pistol |
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"The man with the rifle shoots, the man without the rifle follows...." |
Next we have a Soviet BA-10 heavy armoured car which is a 1/48 model by Uni-Model, another Ukrainian
company stocked by my local hobby store. Like the Ace Model kits that I
built earlier, these are very detailed and contain a lot of parts that I
probably could have left out given that I am building something for the
wargames table. The parts lack locating pins and holes to correctly
align them, and the diagrams didn't always give a good representation of
exactly where things were to be positioned. (One diagram actually had
all the part numbers printed backwards. 😱) I also found the plastic to
be a bit fragile, and a few pieces broke when trying to carefully cut
them from the sprue. In the end I left off the optional tracks from the
rear wheels and some of the tiny etched brass parts, and replaced the
headlights and the steps outside the side doors with something more
robust than provided by the model kit.
Despite
all the trials and tribulations, I eventually got it all together. It
was primed black using an airbrush and then painted Russian green using
acrylic paint. Highlights and decals were applied, and then the entire
vehicle was given a wash of AK Interactive Dust. (In case anyone is
wondering what 'А. Невский' means, it is for Alexander Nevsky, a medieval military leader who defeated the Teutonic Knights in 1242.)
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The headlights were made from round push pins filed flat on one side |
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А. Невский on the side, just above the rear wheels |
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The plastic piece to support the step on the side was replaced with florist wire |
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There is still another batch of Soviet Infantry in Winter uniforms coming down the pipe. Stay tuned. Thanks for reading.
2 comments:
Very nice
Great work on these Frederick. The infantry are very nice, but I just love that bonkers armoured car.
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