Tuesday 22 December 2015

From ClintB - P'Lugah Tan'Kim Company (22 Points)

Today we have more 1/300th scale (6mm) figures. I needed something for the Mig 17 to shot at! So the next stage was to create a "Maglach-2" Company. In this company there are 11 M48 "Patton " tanks in Israeli 
Service circa 1967.

The eagle eyed among you will note that the command Platoon (of two tanks) are slightly later model tanks with the M68 (L7) 105mm Tank gun while the others have the 90mm M41 gun. What, you cannot see a difference! Trust me it is there which technically makes the command tanks Maglach-3's. But for game reasons I will treat them all as Maglach 2's. It is a game and only a serious tread head will worry about it! OK then, I will buy a few more just to make you happy.

The very, very eagle eyed and those that really know the subject will notice the Battalion markings are also missing! To be fair They would be small on 15mm models and as I will not be adding more than one Battalion to any games without changing the tank type, Is it really necessary. I think it is more a case of me knowing the markings and wanting to get them right than wargaming practicality at this scale. But the turret markings are just about correct! Or at least as Correct as my brush will allow!

Other than the command Platoon each platoon has 3 tanks again if you want to criticise the TO&E you can argue that each platoon should have 4 tanks. But the reality of life/war/wargaming and all that stuff... full platoons hardly ever take the field of battle. So 3 tanks a platoon is more acceptable than a full and complete TO&E that you would expect on the Parade ground or the barracks.

I have included a few pics of them in action crossing my desert terrain. It is usually children with an excess of personality that point out the different desert colours but as I will be re-painting the desert early next year I am sure you will forgive me. And if you don't I still don't care!

The planned rules will be Flames of War, but the air combat  will be "Check your 6-Jet age". There will be a few more coming as the Painting challenge progresses but this should give me a few extra pre-Christmas points. But it is the shortest day today (or yesterday by the time this is published) and light is already going and the camera flash is only so good.

Anyway thanks for looking and Thanks for any comments. Cheers Clint


More mico-scale goodness today, excellent. As a self-admitted 'child of excess personality' I will say: wonderful work Clint! These Pattons really look the business, except, of course, when a few of those pesky Saggers get in the way to wreck their fun. ;) I also like your judicious use of vehicle markings. Not too much to clutter the model, but just enough to get the message across. Nice. 
For the most part, I'm not a huge fan of hex terrain, but I do like the care and detail you've put into yours, especially the wadi and the town in the last image. Lovely stuff.
This murder of Maglach's will give you 22 points!

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  1. Those are great looking little models. I love that you can play such large battles at that scale. It really works for heavily armored forces. Not so much for infantry.

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  2. Those are great looking little models. I love that you can play such large battles at that scale. It really works for heavily armored forces. Not so much for infantry.

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    1. Thanks AHunt. ^mm has a lot of advantages, cheap and easy to store and Transport. And while I have seen some skirmish games at this scale it makes sense for Big Battles.

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  3. P'Lugah Tan'Kim? Cthulhu fhtagn!

    Nice work Clint. I live the way you've set the tanks back on the base to protect the barrels. Clever!

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    1. Yes, 'Fhtagn' immediately jumped to mind when I first saw Clint's entry. I wonder if there is something in Hebrew that is similar...

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    2. Thank you Millsy and Thank you Curt. It was not a thought that I had, but now it is pointed out it does fit!

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    1. Thank you Tamsin, small and Dinky, But I will be painting some 28mms next.

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  5. More great 6mm work, looks like we are in for a treat

    Ian

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    1. Thank you Ian. 1/300th scale allows you to collect all the variations of units at a fraction of the cost. 50p per tank as opposed to £5 for 15mm tanks!

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    1. Thank you Juan. The terrain will be getting a make over this year and just a dozen extra hexes. (Ok maybe 2 dozen,,, ok 3 dozen.!)

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    1. Thank you Sean. There are more to come and infantry and... and... and...

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  8. Great stuff Clint. I'm a big fan of 'modern' 6mm and these are very nicely done indeed.

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    1. Cheers Simon, the Hebrew writing did not come out as well as I would have liked, but overall I am happy!

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  9. Nice, reminds me of when I used to play Steel Panthers a million years ago

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    1. Thank Martin, Yes they could have been a "Nostalgia" entry (but wrong scale) as I suspect many of us started with micro tanks!

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  10. Well done Clint. Great project! Are Egyptian T-55s in the offing?

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    1. Thanks Greg. Yes there are some T54/55's in the queue for paint. There will also be some IS3's and T34s. Maybe some centis as well (IF I do Jordanian forces!)

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    1. Thank you Kiwi. And Cheers to you next time I sink a wet one!

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  12. They look great on your table Clint! Nice job on these!

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    1. Thank you Anne. An era that is under played as far as I am concerned!

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  13. More from this project already! They look really good.

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    1. Thanks Jonathon. I will do some 28mm figs next (in a different period) But plenty more 6mm Arab-Israeli wars (1967) to come.

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  14. they are very small, but look very formidable.

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    1. Thank you Alex I find it interesting that the same tanks wee used by both sides. (Jordan also used M48 Patton's and British Centurions, but they had better APCs)No doubt more of this later!

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  15. Who doesn't like tanks, lots of tanks too! Great job Clint.

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    1. Thank you Michael. Count yourself lucky I am not painting T34's for the game there would be a few more! (about 4 times as many)

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    1. Cheers Fran. I can picture Ray and postie frowning as I paint modern stuff. By Modern I mean anything not in a Shako or Tricorn!! JK

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  17. Always a fan of your work mate, but damn those are tiny models to be painted so well! Love it mate! Keep it going ;)

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    1. Thank you Kyle. I think putting them in context helps. I did muck up the Hebrew lettering though on some, tricky to paint over some bumps! It will be easier on the Centurions, as painted on the skirts.... Now I am bound to spoil it!

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  18. Lovely tanks, Clint. I'm not bothered by the different shades of desert, as I've seen those colors and more through the middle east. ..but I haven't seen them so geometrically divided! ;)

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    1. Thanks David. I will go for a more unified look and the geometric pattern should (I hope) become less obvious!

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  19. There's still nothing cooler than seeing a bunch of microarmor tanks racing across a tabletop. Very nice work!

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    1. Thank you David. There will be more next week,

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  20. Very nice! I like the terrain as well!

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