Sunday 21 September 2014

Imperial Germans II

The Regimental Machine Gun Company (or at least two thirds of it):


With a close-up of one of the crews - not perfect I know, but certainly table ready :-)


The 1st battalion has now been based:


With the 2nd battalion and brigade cavalry hard on its heels, we may even be able to roll some dice soon. Time to get some Russians ready...

12 comments:

  1. Excellent work! What game system do you use for your historicals?

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    1. Phil Robinson and Dave Bickley have kindly shared their wip rules. So we're going to give them a run out shortly once I've a few more units complete :-)

      Otherwise I use Black Powder for Napoleonics and a home brew version of Donnybrook for the Medievals.

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  2. Nice work! These are valuable assets to your force. I hosted a WW1 game yesterday using Bolt Action for rules - they played out great. Best, Dean

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    1. Great to hear you had fun, Dean, and thanks for the kind words :-)

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  3. I really love the color scheme of the early war Germans. The faded olive against the sandy helmet with the red piping and sign as contrast. You've done a beautiful job with these Stephen, may I ask what colors you've chosen for the helmets?
    Looking forward to those Russians too!

    Best regards
    Søren

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    1. Thanks Søren. I generally use Citadel paints and the helmets start off with XV-89, but have varying amounts of yellow and white mixed in as I highlight - all a bit impressionistic, I'm afraid ;-)

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    2. I've taken notes here Stephen thanks! Had a "Battle of the Marne" project on my WW1 anniversary list, but the Russian front is really brilliant too for a project, you've got Tannenberg et.c. What minis will you use - Tsuba?

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    3. Brigade Miniatures, but I may well add some Tsuba :-)

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  4. Excellent work, we have just played a WW1 battle, and these units would have been so useful! Great job!!

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  5. These units look marvelous Stephen... I like the deployed 1st battalion, looks like they are ready for some heavy duty action!... well done!

    cheers,

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    1. Thanks Phil, 2nd battalion are nearly ready :-)

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