Post WW2 vehicles

In addition to the blogpage containing WW2 vehicles, I've decided to do the same for my collection of post WW2 (military vehicles). Starting with the ones I can easily retrieve from storage the list will expand over time.

I'll look and see if I have a suitably iconic post WW2 figure in my collection to include in the pictures for scale comparison, but for the first ones I'll stick with the Artizan WW2 British commando miniature based on a 25mm GW type (slotta)base.

Maybe the pictures are helpful when you can't take your own minature and hold it next to a vehicle you are considering to buy. All mentioned scales are claims by the manufacturer.

For more (civilian) vehicles and scale talk have a look at this blog

Aliexpress 1:50 Dongfeng-31 missile launcher

Actually it's more 1:64 I think. 

Victoria 1:43 Hummer 1995

Swapped the Artizan British Commando for a TAG Russian based on a 25mm GW type (slotta)base.

Aliexpress 1:? BTR

DeAgostini 1:43 ARO 240

Cararama 1:43 Land Rover

Schuco 1:43 VAB

Solido 1:50 Berliet

DeAgostini 1:43 GAZ 469

Aliexpress 1:?  T-55

Atlas/DeAgostini 1:55 T-55 (James Bond)

DeAgostini 1:43 Luaz

DeAgostini 1:43 Lublin 51

Solido 1:50 Commando XM706

Solido 1:50 VAB

Solido 1:50 VAB (left) Schuco 1:43 VAB (right)

Victoria 1:43 Hummer

Schuco/Criel 1:43 LAV-AT

Victoria 1:43 Hummer

Schuco 1:43 Fiat CM6614

Schuco 1:43 LAV-25

Modimio 1:43 BMP

Schuco 1:43 Centauro

Victoria 1:43 Hummer

Hotwheels 1:50 A-Team van

Aliexpress 1:? Chinese truck

Aliexpress 1:? Chinese APC, probably WZ-551

Schuco/Criel 1:43 Tpz Fuchs

Mantic Mars Attacks technical 28mm

Schuco/Criel 1:43 Panhard VBL

The Bordurian Incursion Part 2

Tor Volodokar.

In the previous game the Syldavians stopped the Bordurian incursion cold at the town of Volodj. The Bordurians have fallen back to the old mountain stronghold of Tor Volodokar, where they mean to hold off the Syldavians until reinforcements arrive from Borduria to continue the campaign.

The Bordurians have a machine gun available for this scenario, which they have set up at the top of the tower.

 Further defensive positions have been set up in front of the tower.

A lone Bordurian soldier (wounded in the previous game) is marking the primary deployment point.

The Syldavians deploy and are moving forward along the flanks.

They have a light mountain gun available for this scenario, but before it can fire a shot, more than half of its crew has already been killed by the Bordurian machine gun.

The local Syldavian militia is moving up the center, eager to kick the Bordurians back across the border.

A Bordurian blocking force in the woods stops the right pincer of the Syldavian attack.

And takes out the Syldavian force commander!

A priest appears and rallies the troops.

The left Syldavian pincer engages the Bordurians together with the militia and push them back.

But the attack stalls when another Syldavian leader is wounded and they take a lot of shock.

A Syldavian group detaches itself from the left pincer and moves with speed towards the practically undefended Bordurian Primary deployment point while braving a hail of fire from the Bordurian machine gun.

They succeed (just!) and take the primary deployment point. Game over for the Bordurians!

The Syldavians have driven the Bordurians back. The Bordurians intend to turn the tide however with the reinforcements that are camped near the border pass.

The Syldavians also have some reinforcements coming their way and are bent on ending the campaign with a final push.

Will they succeed? Stay tuned for the next game and find out. 😀

Project Star Wars part 19: Mandalorians

The final batch (I think....) of Star Wars miniatures has exited the painting queue.

I bought a Star Wars Legion Boba Fett, intending to convert him to Din Djarin, but ended up buying the Legion Din Djarin anyway. Because I already had an Imperial Assault Boba, I painted the extra one as one of Din Djarin's Mandalorian brethren (base is still to be done).

The Anvil Industry Brotherhood figures caught my eye and I thought they would look good as additional Mandalorian support.

The Anvil Industry miniatures are listed as "heroic scale" so I thought that they wouldn't look too small next to Legion miniatures. I was wrong.

I've tried to obscure the scale difference by mounting the Anvil Industry miniatures on Legion bases and (as I did with almost all the Legion miniatures) mount Din Djarin on a standard Warlord games base. Of course it can also be explained as natural height differences between people on the same planet (e.g. Dutch vs Timor-Lestians).

And last (but not least): The two Grogu miniatures that came in the Din Djarin box and a Legion Yoda (you can build two Yoda's with the contents of the box).

And that's it!

For now. 😉