Last of the Soviet Strelkovy Company painted up

Today I finished painting the last of the Soviet Late War Strelkovy. May I just say I am glad that's over.
Between the poor motivation to paint all 44 of those little guys, and the damn heat, progress was very slow.
Anyway, let's get to the preview!

And that's it! This really made me miss the 20mm scale, and after talking it over with my friend James, we're probably going to look into a fictitious conflict taking place during a U.S. Military coup d'etat. With that being said, I've finally found a rule system I'd like to use.

Force on Force sounds like my cup of tea. After watching a few reviews on YouTube, from what I've gathered the rules can apply to really any force or army, and it doesn't sound too incredibly complicated. 

The rulebook is very cheap, also. About 20 dollars on Amazon, and the miniatures used for it are cheap and a good scale as well.
I plan on buying it after my trip to Boston on the 4th of July. Obviously, I won't be around on the 4th, so in advance to my fellow American viewers, Happy 4th of July! Enjoy your fireworks safely.
 I'll be sure to keep the updates coming, so stay tuned!

Soviet progress thus far

I've managed to paint a few Soviets over the past few days, and I thought I'd show you how I'm doing. They're not the best, and let me just say I think they're very far from good.
Anyway, here they are!

If you ask me, they all look absolutely terrible from the basing to the paint job its self (not to mention the incredibly heavy wash, which is awful as well). But then again, that's my overall cynicism kicking in.
Anyway, tell me what you think. I'll probably paint more up and I'll go lighter on the wash.
Stay tuned!

Soviet Comrades have arrived!

After a great weekend with my friend James at his families' summerhouse at Pemaquid Point, I got home and found that my package had come in the mail containing the Late War Soviet Strelkovy company that I ordered. I'll get to that in a second, but first...

The wide-open Atlantic Ocean!

Alright, no more funny business. I was very excited to get these.

Here they are all based with spackling.

Since I've never painted WWII-era Soviets, I'll have to do some test figures that I had left over.
Stay tuned!

68 years ago today...

It was exactly 68 years ago today that the greatest invasion in man's history was carried out.
The people who took part in it deserve some good recognition.
Operation Overlord was one of the biggest invasion forces in history, and it was also the biggest amphibious operation in history.

Paratroopers were dropped 6 hours ahead of the seaborne troops (seen in this picture) to clear bunkers behind Utah Beach (this is the beach in the photograph). A funny thing about Utah Beach is that the troops landing there actually landed in the wrong location!

The Canadians also landed on Juno Beach. The Canucks actually pushed further inland that day than any other army taking part in the invasion!

The British landed on Sword Beach.

Omaha Beach was a tough nut to crack. It was taken by the Americans and it saw the heaviest casualties out of the 5 beaches.

Gold Beach was also taken by the British.

Pointe Du Hoc was tricky because of it's cliffs.

About 200,000 American, Canadian, British, Polish, French, Australian and New Zealand men died that day along with 200,000 Germans as well. Let them never be forgotten.
Also, while we're on the subject of WWII, I ordered a Flames of War Late War Strelkovy Platoon, which should be along either today or tomorrow.
Stay tuned!

15mm Italian Campaign British Troops (just for fun)

Since I don't currently have any 20mm miniatures to paint at the moment, I took a look through the old bag of unpainted miniatures and pulled a few 15mm British Troops I got from Battlefront Miniatures over the summer. I didn't really do anything with them until now.

I painted about a squad of soldiers. Like I said, there isn't really a reason for this. I don't think I'll use them for any wargaming any time in the near future.

A Bren gunner and a C/O with a Tommy gun.

2 Riflemen.

A Boys anti-tank rifleman.

Stay tuned!

Operation Fubar: Day 1 Part 2

So last time we left off, I was in sight of Dad's heavy tank. Let's start off at Turn 11.
Turn 11: Me 

We came back after dinner, and I rolled a good 6. I moved my Seaforth Highlanders up, and an Irish Guard mortar section. Dad didn't notice this. Well, his eyesight isn't too keen, so I don't think he noticed.

 Turn 12: Dad 

Another big uh-oh on my behalf. Dad moved his Light Gun up, putting him in range of my infantry. Dad fires 1 shot at the Churchill and gets a hit. The Churchill has 1 more hit to go, and then it's up in smoke.

 Turn 13: Me 

I moved some of my Seaforth Highlanders to the almost-burning Churchill, hoping to take cover behind the hill. I fired 1 shot at the Heavy Tank, hitting it.

 Turn 14: Dad

In a new rule in Standoff, Dad uses the power of multi-attacking.

First he attacks my mortar crew, along with a rifleman nearby.

Secondly, (and much to my dismay) Dad knocks out the Churchill with his Heavy Tank. 

In his final attack, Dad knocks out an entire section of riflemen. 

Turn 15: Me 

A 1, not surprised, but in a recent turn, Dad knocked out my Sherman (I forgot to put that one on) and things aren't looking too good for the Irish Guards and Seaforth Highlanders at Ooskville. 

Well it looks like a death march is necessary, looks like it's off to the prison camp with me.

"After Action Report, Operation Fubar, Day 1, October 13, 1944.

The Seaforth Highlanders suffered many casualties, but nothing compared to the Irish Guards. A total of 8 soldiers were killed in action, not to mention the 2 tankers killed. 13 taken prisoner. For day 2, we will need a more tactical approach, more armour and a more elite force. The taking of Ooskville is vital.  

Operation Fubar: Day 1 Part 1

In the ficticious town of Ooskville in Belgium, it's a typical October afternoon, until... Me and Dad do battle there.

My Forces:

1 Section of Seaforth Highlanders 

1 Platoon of Irish Guards

Amongst that: 

1 Light tank and 1 Heavy tank, 11 Rifleman, 3 Light Machine Gunners, 4 Mortars and 3 Officers 

 Dad's Forces:

2 Anti-Tank troops of the 12th SS, 1 Mortar, 1 Light Panzer and 1 Heavy Panzer 

A Full Overview of Ooskville, my current Map loadout. 

A Full overview of my forces. My Irish Guards are in the foreground, and my Seaforth Highlanders are in the background with the Churchill tank.

 Turn 1: Me

Turn 1 brings only 1 move for me. I move my Churchill tank up the road, hoping to take the town and wipe out Dad's Heavy Panzer.

 Turn 2: Dad 

Dad moves his tanks up in a 3-turn roll. I think he has his sights set on my Churchill. 

Turn 3: Me 

I roll a 3, moving my Churchill a little bit, and then 2 Seaforth Highlanders following.

Turn 4: Dad 

Dad moves his tanks yet again, hesitating to move anti-tank troops up. He's getting in position to (attempt) to knock out my Churchill. 

Turn 5: Me 

I gave my Churchill a nudge, and then moved up some Seaforth Highlanders. 

Turn 6: Dad 

Dad moved his mortar up, probably trying to crack down on the Churchill as well. 

Turn 7: Me

I was leading onto something with my Churchill, and I think Dad knew. 

Haha! Wise ol' me moved the Churchill behind a hill. Now I'm not in Dad's range. 

 Turn 8: Dad 

Dad moves his field gun up, along with the mortar and the anti-tank troops. 

Turn 9: Me 

I move up my Sherman and 3 Irish Guards into the scrub. I somehow feel I'm setting myself up for an ambush...

My Churchill is peeing out, looking at Dad's Heavy Tank, which is yet to move

Turn 10: Dad

Dad moves his Heavy Panzer up, and it's in range of my Churchill, uh-oh. This is bad... very bad.
We took a break after that and ate meatloaf more tomorrow.