From ChrisW 15mm Hammers Slammers [190 points]

 

So, fresh from last weeks single vehicle success I decided to continue with the remaining 23 Fifth Foreign legion vehicles that were sitting on my painting table. Therefore, of course, I wound up painting a bunch of Hammers Slammers vehicles instead!

They are a mix of mostly Brigade Models, with some GZG APCs. I did do some work on the 5th Foreign Legion vehicles throughout the week and started prepping a batch of 28 vehicles for the opponents of the Legion but it was only these Slammers that were done by weeks end. On the positive side I guess I am somewhat over the hump that had been blocking my painting.

Here is the group en masse.

There is a total of 20 vehicles in this unit and so far 15 infantry riding in vehicles. So far I have not yet decided which infantry figures to use for the unit. The 6 larger APCs are by GZG and are metal while the rest are resin models by Brigade models.

I have yet to read the books, but have recently tried to get into them, so I based the paint jobs on pics from the web. Up first is the 1st tank squadron.

In the Crucible rule book they state that the tanks are polished for parades but in the field they are allowed to be less shiny. I was aiming for a patina so I went with a few different layers of various metal colours over a black prime and gun metal base coat. I washed the tanks with Agrax earthshade then burnished the surface with GW Necron dry compound.

Second squadron

The blower tanks are really big, I mean really big! They dwarf any of my other 15mm sci-fi tanks, hell they dwarf any of my 20mm WWII tanks! 

Then there is the infantry transports

and the fast attack vehicles

Two versions of the same vehicle: I prefer the larger version, easier to get the troops into them

and finally the main command vehicle and some local air defense.

So a quick note about the lack of decals. When I bought these figures I planned to use some decals that I already have. However in researching how to paint these figures I became enamoured with the proper decals, so rather than using any old decals I have instead placed an order for decals from Brigade Models.

So that is it for this week

• 160 points for 20 x 15mm vehicles
•   30 points for 15 x 15mm infantry figures

Total of 190 points 

Thank you

No, THANK YOU Chris! Loving these blowers and transports, your work on them is outstanding. I also did a GZG Hammers Slammers project years ago, in 28mm, but your 15mm models look the business. The steel hulls look awesome and really do the models justice. And I do recommend the books although it's been awhile since I read them, you can get them in a two-volume omnibus edition. I'm stoked to add 190 points to your tally!

Dallas