Thursday, 16 January 2025

From DaveD: Panzer in the mist and various non scoring stuff (10 points)

I have continued the work on the winter table this week completing a lot of the terrain work. I have started on some of the troops and have finished a first Panther for my Panzer Lehr units . 

All new terrain in the pictures too. 


Think this was a Plastic Soldier one - but it’s been in the stash for while so maybe not

It’s a basic Dunkelgelb paint job with light camo and then “whitewash” coat applied using a white enamel paint - nice bit of old school .

Other things that have been made this week are :-

20 feet of winter hedges 
12 feet of winter solid fences.
A frozen pond
Icy patches 
A cushions worth of mist - bet you are glad you don’t need to score that .🤣🤣.


Maybe I should have put some lights in this claimed a Will O The Wisp !


20 feet of hedges - gone in a jiffy - need more sometime .

12 feet of fences all used - will be adding another 12 of wire fences

Frozen pond 

Icy patches scatter - made using an empty heated laminate pouch with some homemade tufts .


The table is currently starting to fill my permanent 8x4 , though it will need to go to 12x6 in due course 
It’s  getting there .


The terrain work that is left :-
Wire fences to make up 
Stream 
Building baseboards and gardens 
Find the box of base deciduous tree armatures and do some of them .

I think I am finally starting to come through the latter stages of The lurgy at least now so it’s getting easier to hold a brush without all the cough and splutter going on .

Score - 1 x 15mm vehicle - 8 pts .

Something with less white next week I think .

TeemuL: Another excellent project to follow, Dave! Winter wars seem to ge a strong focus point this year in the Challenge. The Panther looks nice, fits very well your wintery board. So good, that I'll grant you 2 bonus points, just to give some credit for your work this week. I just wish there would be that much snow here in Finland, too...

32 comments:

  1. I keep feeling the chill from these entries Dave - not just the terrain (although that is formidable) but also the whitewashed panzer, a WW2 classic. Great job.

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    1. Yeah , I need to sacrifice another cushion or two

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  3. So many possibilities with this table and the panther emerging from the mist is just the icing on the cake!

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    1. Cheers - let’s see if it find an Anti `tank gun at shirt range shall we!

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  4. Brilliant Dave, superb pictures

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  5. Excellent work on the panzer Dave, and wonderful terrain and pics. Does Mrs D know about the pillow sacrifice?

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    1. Shush! Ffs … that will cost me double ! … cheers Peter

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  6. Terrain is reminiscent of home, snowy nice and expected to drop below 0 Saturday. Great panzer Dave, will need cold weather additive to crank it over in the coming cold. Really looks great.

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    1. Thanks - we shall light a fire under it `1

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  7. Where is Frosty hidden? ⛄
    That last picture is wonderful with that beautiful painted tank!
    Great work Dave!

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    1. You just need to look harder - cheers Peter!

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  8. Awesome Dave some great non scoring additions and a lovely tank 👍

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    1. Cheers Ken,, I can rent you fog to cover a convoy anytime!

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  9. Excellent work on the Panther and all that terrain! Terrific to see it all together in the photos, you will have some amazing games when it is all finished.

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  10. Brilliant work Dave, I love the idea of the fog.

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  11. Oh boy you really have outdone yourself regarding the scenic splendour in these pictures Dave!

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  12. What a fantastic table, Dave. It almost doesn’t need the Panther, though you did a splendid job on that too!
    Martijn

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  13. Thursdays entries are full of chill.
    Nicely done Dave

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  14. Love that kitty cat. And that winter board is superb!

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