Sunday 10 January 2016

From MilesR - 28mm WWII Soviets (85 points)

 15 WW2 Soviets in 28mm scale with this submission.  These came from the plastic/metal Siberian Veterans" box from Warlord games.  The plastic figures are so-so but the handful of metal casts that come in the box are good.


 This group consist of a 10 man squad of Siberian veterans, a medium machine gun team and a Soviet commander and aide using state of the art Soviet communications gear.

 I got a kick out of the commander with the megaphone!
A shot of the Soviet army to date - a good bit more to add.....

Lets see, 15 figures a 5 each equals 75 points.  The machine is pretty small and probably doesn't deserve any unique points on its' own.






Miles you are producing in both quality and quantity.  These are a great group of Soviets.  The figure with the Megaphone reminds me of the scene in "Enemy at the Gate" where they give every second soldier a rifle (the unarmed guy is supposed to pick up the gun when the first one is shot). Plus, megaphones don't rely on fluky electronics.   And I think that the MG counts as a crew served weapons so it gets you 10 more points.

21 comments:

  1. Nice additions Miles - I'm loving the megaphone guy too!

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  2. Very nice, you'll never get those tanks on those ships though

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    1. Then I'll have to build some bigger ships....

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  3. They look fantastic! I too dig the officer with the megaphone! " First man take Rifle, Second man take Bullets. Man with Rifle fall, man with Bullets pick up Rifle." Yeah, I've seen that one a few times too many. I'm looking to see that car with the loudspeakers now! ;)

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  4. OK I should fess up to posting this in error. I had meant to post this tomorrow at 5pm, but had calendar issues. Miles do suppose there's a self help group for us somewhere.

    And Curt, you can kneecap me later! For now enjoy these fugures from Mikes with more yo come tomorrow.

    Cheers, Peter

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  5. Nice Russkis, Comrade Reid :)

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  6. That poor chap has spilled his vino! Nice looking reds you have there Miles.

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  7. Nice work comrade Miles! Great start for a Soviet horde!

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  8. I do like the mgephone man and the poor chap who clearly turned up last to the muster field - " right, you're last, you get to carry the Molotov cocktail"

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  9. bags of character, real nice work

    Ian

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  10. I do like a good Red horde, nice work!

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  11. Now you just need a snow covered defensive set of foxholes for them.

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  12. Very nice veterans Товарищ (Tovarishch) all the way from Siberia! Excellent additions for crushing the foes of the motherland!

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  13. Thanks for the comments. The bulk of the force is done but I still need to add a few support units.

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    1. FYI Miles. Not only can't I use a calendar, I can't add either. The MG is worth 10 points, giving you 85 in total.
      Cheers PD

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  14. Nice work. Reminds me I have a couple of boxes of unloved 1/72 Soviets.

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  15. Not bad at all! That soviet horde is shaping up nicely.

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  16. The megaphone officer is definitely the star of this excellent entry. Analogue beats digital every time!

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