From Henry: 15mm Soviet Armor+entry payment (80 pts)

Well, this is about as close as it comes..the lack of postings does not bely a lack of brushwork. With an upcoming Flames of War Stalingrad campaign, the pressure is on to crank out soviet units, so behold: a T-34 company, and a KV-1 company. The six T-34s pictured represent less than one quarter of the needed T-34s for the campaign, so more will certainly appear. Savvy viewers will note the KV-5 amongst the other KV tanks. The KV-5 was an experimental heavy tank that never saw frontline combat, as the project was uprooted and moved east towards the Urals as the German armies advanced into the Soviet Union

In Flames of War the KV-1s are formidable, but the KV-5 is a horse of a different color. With a long naval gun and heavier armor, it is a tough nut to crack for mid-war german armor. 

The ubiquitous T-34. The soviets had a tendency to create new units rather than reequip depleted units, so my T-34's are meant to depict the start of a new tank formation, pushed into the fray with little formal training. Last but not least is my entry figure, a Warlord Games British rifleman from the Zulu wars. I suspect many challengees have the box this gent is from, but this range holds a special place in my mind. This is one of the first miniatures I purchased when I entered the hobby, and as a result the Zulu war brits will always remind me of my early days of cautious experimentation with painting miniatures.