From AaronH - 16 Morranon Orcs (80 pts)

 This  week is more of the same, though less of it. I completed 16 Morannon Orcs with sword and shield. Actually it's 12 of those, two captains, a shaman and a banner. The Star Wars Legion stuff is still working its way across the table, but hopefully it will be ready for next week.

The rank and file are shades of brown but I did the Captains with red to help them stand out.

These are more of the GW plastics. They're fine for what they are. There's some nice variety in the sculpts and they look good at table top distance.

The four metal models have noticeably crisper detail than the plastics.

These guys will be the front rank of the orcish shield wall, with the spears from last week supporting them from behind.

This Shaman is, I think, my favorite of all of the GW LotR shamans. The details really scream out his nefarious magic and the sculpting is very clean and crisp.

This captain is pretty undistinguished. He really needed the red clothes to stand out from the rank and file.

I very cleverly managed to pretty much fail to capture that he is wearing a looted Gondor breastplate. You can just make it out in this picture.

This next captain is also not really a standout model. He also got the color treatment to make him more obvious.

The amor for these orcs is very distinctive and makes the Morranon's stand out from bog standard orc lads.

The banner is a pretty nice sculpt. I really like the way he's just sort of standing there watching the battle go on around him. I put it down to the fact that he probably can't seen anything out of his helmet.

The normal orcs off the sprue are varied enough to make an interesting group on the tabletop.

I, again, just grabbed multiples of each, two or three of a pose, and got them painted up. Most warbands for captains are 12 models so 12 spears and 12 swords.

This guy looks like Steve Bannon to me.

This mace is a nice change of weapons, though it does stand out almost as much as a spear.

The next bits of this army will be 12 archers, though those will be standard Mordor Orcs rather than Morranons, as well as a drummer and a troll.

16 x 28mm x 5 pts each = 80 pts

Nice looking bunch here Aaron. The standard issue plastic orcs are elderly sculpts but still really good. The metal ones are excellent, especially the banner dude. I like how the one guy is sporting a looted breastplate too. Good work and 80 points for you!

Dallas

From PaulSS: More Confederate Generals and Bushwackers - 80pts

 

A much more productive time this week with a trio of bases of generals for my Confederate troops and the rest of the Bushwackers finished.

The first command stand features General Robert E. Lee in conversation with Major-General Henry Heth.

I probably mounted Heth a little too far back on the base and Lee a little too far forwards. It looks like Heth is talking to Lee but avoiding eye contact, maybe some difficult questions about "Why sir, are we on this field at all?"

Lee's horse is my first attempt at a dappled grey, I think I need a bit more practice.

The next base features Lt.-General James Longstreet and Major-General J.E.B. Stuart already aware of Lee's ire at Heth, Stuart likely seeks out Longstreet.

If you saw the earlier post you'll note that the Longstreet model is actually the Hood model from the pack, I think it's a good fit anyways.

All the models of the generals in this post are from the two Perry Miniatures packs; ACW46 Confederate mounted Commanders and ACW47 Confederate mounted Commanders 

The final command stand this time features Major-General George E. Pickett

This stand is finished off with a couple of infantrymen left over from the Virginia firing line that I did a few weeks ago. The figures are from the ACW39 Confederate Infantry command standing pack.

The standard is from GMB Designs. I noticed when preparing the photos that it's gone a little chalky, so before putting the figures away for a future battle I've given it a coat of gloss varnish to hopefully sort that out. 

I grabbed the Hood stand from my previous post to show six generals, and attendants together.

The last four Bushwackers were also completed and based up. 

These four are from the Crusader Miniatures ACW051 - Bushwhackers pack and are very characterful models.

These bases will serve as skirmisher stands for our Picketts Charge games, and on that subject I played my first wargame of 2024, travelling down to Galena - where General Grants house is - to play a Peach Orchard scenario with the guys. Lets just say my Union forces came second!

Here is a parting shot of the Bushwackers with the rest of the figures done last week.

Next week I plan to be back to painting Union troops for the collection.

This week, five 28mm mounted plus six 28mm foot should add 80 points to my total. 

"Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!" as the song went, that was one of the Snowlord's favourites that we used to listen to in his gaming room. More really lovely models here Paul, as I've said before I really like the style you've used to paint these. Just really crisp and clean. Eighty big points for you!

Dallas 

From SylvainR: Tray 7 - 6mm Early WW2 Polish vehicles (82 points)

 

I figured out early in my WW2-6mm project that the only way to ever bring this endeavor to completion was to adopt a very systematic approach, which means that for each army I paint units in a pre-determined order: infantry, support weapons (from smallest to largest), trucks, armored cars, light tanks, medium tanks, heavy tanks, Battalion HQs. So, after completing a battalion of Cossack cavalry as proxy for Polish cavalry, the "plan" required that I got to work on some vehicles for my Polish army.

First, sixteen "Ursus A" trucks. These flat bed vehicles were used to rapidly carry TKS tankettes where they were urgently needed. It also saved on maintenance, since tanks wear off their tracks quickly when operating in the field. The German army also used similar vehicles for some of their lighters tanks, early in the war.

Nothing special here but good ol' trucks. I wander if, next year, I should start a "truck duel"? Hmmm...

These models are from Heroics and Ros and the details are OK.

 Next is a small reconnaissance group of 10 early Polish armored cars. All the models are from GHQ.

The smaller ones are wz-34 with the basic three-color camouflage pattern of the Polish army.

 The larger armored cars are wz-29 and their size is almost double that of their smaller brothers.

I opted for this intriguing camouflage pattern. It kind of evoke painting flames from the hood of a muscle car. Maybe it was intended to make the vehicle look blur when cruising fast.

Lastly, a small company of TKS tankettes. Armed with a 20mm gun, they could cause serious damage to the under-armored early German tanks. All the models are from GHQ.

Again, the standard three-color camo pattern of the Polish Army was used.

Whenever possible, I try to vary the poses of the tanks on their base, which ends up not being much... In the picture, below, the tankette bounces off while speeding cross country.

 Points claimed:

- 41x 6mm vehicles at 2 points each = 82 points

Total = 82 points

This will also count towards the "Really Little Guys" duel.

Thanks for reading!

More great Really Little Guys here Sylvain! Camo on 6mm models is always a challenge but you've carried it off well. Your groundwork is consistently good as well. Nice tray!

Dallas

It's Saturday Again!

Gilles in the stacks, how apropos

Like the title says, it's Saturday again, and that means more great looking work from my Saturday crewpeople!

• More great 15mm Sci-fi vehicles from ChrisW!
• Another tray of 6mm early-war Polish from SylvainR!
• ACW Confederates from PaulSS!
• Fantastic reinforcements from KyleC!
• Some tiny Titans and more from SebastianR!

Sorry I'm late with this post but I had work meetings till 10pm last night!

Dallas

 

From ChrisW - Ground Zero Games & Brigade Models 15mm hover vehicles [233 points]

 

I plan to use these vehicles with some New Swabian League (NSL) troops from GZG. Most of these vehicles are from GZG with a few Brigade Models tanks and one converted tank (the big ugly one, lower left, that looks like an American tank) I have drafted up a T.O.E. for the NSL based on what I currently own. As I look at my collection I am not really certain why I bought what I bought. At any rate instead of ordering any more stuff I made up a list of what will get deployed in the APCs.

So, I was inspired by WWII early war German armour. In part this was because of the NSL figures I have, have a German quality to them. I remembered that I had watched a good video by Sonic Sledgehammer all about painting an early war tank. So I leveraged it, added some brown camo and modified a few other bits to come up with this paint scheme.

I am really not certain about the antennas as I keep knocking them causing the vehicles to flip or the antenna to detach! 

Up first the APCs:

So, there are three APCs in each unit with two light support tanks. Each APC can carry 10-12 troops but the command APC only carries 5-6 troops. As it stands, each squad will have 25 or so troops (to be painted)

 

 The veteran APCs:

These will carry the veteran squad, the Jaeger troops.  At some point I bought some troops that looked a little different from the regular rank and file. The number of troop figures I have has dictated how I divide up my vehicles. In this case I have just slightly more troops than can fit in these vehicles.

I have given the veterans two guided missile equipped APCs as befits a higher quality (and smaller) unit.

The main battle tanks

High Energy Laser (HEL) front center

Brigade models and one modified toy

Medium tanks with tank hunter

Support vehicles

 Recon and Mobile Autonomous Weapons Platforms - Hover (MAWP-H)

The MAWP-H were freebies from the Christmas sale at GZG

Edit

So, I was glancing at my post when I spotted something kind of odd.

 

Somehow a weapon pod got wedge in under the gun. How is it that I do not spot these things in real life but only in the photos. Also with me moving these figures around so much how did it not fall out on its own? (it was not glued in)

So the totals

• 208 points for 26x 15mm vehicles (8 per)
•     5 points for 5x 15mm 1/2 body crew. (1 per) 
•   20 points for 5x 15mm MAWP-H (4 per) [Treating them like 1/2 vehicles each]
  

Squirrels this post +1

Squirrels to date [4]

• Hammers Slammers
• Ikwen alien infantry
• Hanuman (Alien) vehicles 
• New Swabian league armoured vehicles
  

Great stuff here Chris, I like the camo you've done on the vehicles. I share your frustration with the antennae. I used to use wire antennae too (liked the look) but I also tired of them snapping off the vehicle chassis. So I switched to using synthetic broom bristles. They're flexible and don't break off. That's 233 points for you!

Dallas