Friday 29 March 2019

6mm Team Yankee - Soviet Forces

Heroes of the Soviet Union!  The core tank force of T-72's I obtained from Irregular Miniatures.  Always dependable, very quick posting.  They have painted up very well.  The rest were mainly 'job lots' of micro armor from EBay.  Given new paint jobs & based.  We have enough Soviets to cover two Tank Companies & Motor Rifles Companies with associated support. 

T-72's, a ten tank company with HQ tank.







'Political officer'.  Another Onslaught Miniatures figure 
122mm SPG's, 'Carnation'


152mm SPG's, 'Acacia'


BM-21 'Hail' Rocket Launcher

BMP-2 APC's


Motor Rifle Infantry Company

10 Ak-47 Teams, 9 RPG Teams, 2 machine guns, 1 Gremlin SAM, 1 HQ.

Thursday 21 March 2019

DBN Mahratta Wars

The 74th Highland Fusiliers
Another project, nearly there...  The Second Mahratta War, immortalized in Bernard Cromwells Sharpe's Triumph.  The Audiobooks are fantastic, if you have never listened to them, well do so!

I wanted the British troops to have the distinctive headwear from Ospreys Assaye book.  The old 'head' replacement trick was in order.  I had picked up a lot of Napoleonic Brits from the Durham Wargames show a few years ago.  These would be the guinea pigs, off with their heads & on with the new ones.   Obtained from the fantastic Peter Pig 15mm range . (Though I wish they would make a Napoleonic Heads range...come on Peter Pig!)

I'm happy with the results, though it's a bit odd as they are meant to be a Scottish Regiment.  Anyway, I've still got a lot of figures to paint, especially the East India company troops.  I will get round to them one day!

Strapping Scotsmen to spank the Mahrattas...

Not a skirt, sorry kilt in sight...lol

Officer, Colour party & Sergeant.

The Grenadiers

Honorable John Company Horse Artillery.

Lovely Boys...


WWWAAARRGGHH!
Look at this lot!
Mahratta Cavalry....

Sharp swords & pointy lances abound!

A mixture of many manufacturers.

Four distinct regiments





The mighty Tipu Sultan riding his elephant..
or as Sharpey would say "The Fat B******!"

The 74th advance!

Osprey's Assaye, a worthwhile addition to the library.
Ospreys Assaye = https://ospreypublishing.com/assaye-1803-pb
Battle of Assaye =