As I have not posted anything about the 20mm Spanish Civil War project for a long while, this entry is to bring myself back up to speed and to show the readers where the projects stands at the moment.
First up are some Republicans:
From the left: a section of 15 infantry; infantry support - LMGs, medic, a 50mm mortar team, and platoon command with commissar; and 3 Renault FT tanks. The infantry force organization is based on the España supplement for Chain of Command.
As one can see, they are in various stages of completion, with the front FT almost complete, just needs a bit of touch-up. In all, close to being a useful force on the table. Most of these miniatures are from Minairons - the tank commander is a French WW2 TC from AB Figures/Eureka Miniatures, and the kneeling/pointing trooper on the left is a kitbashed Zvezda WW2 Russian with a Minairons helmet.
And, some Nationalists:
13 infantry figures from Minairons. Again, close to being done although I think the green might be too dark on some as these figures have yet to get a dark wash.
More vehicles were being worked on:
2 T-26s, 3 Pz-1As, 2 L3-33s, 2 UNL-35 armored cars, and 1 Ba-FAI armored car. These are from Minairons except the L3-33s which are S-Model, and the Ba-FAI is a diecast vehicle I found on eBay and re-primed. The sprues are WW2 Russians from Zvezda and Plastic Soldier Company that are being used for kitbashes and bits for other needs for the Minairons troops.
Out of sight is a paper ream box with plenty of other stuff, the ever-present Pile of Potential!
Not much effort is needed to get these figures ready for games. The big obstacle is appropriate terrain, and that is on my 'Necessaries' list for later.
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Looks like you may have enough now for a skirmish game?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely enough to test some rules. I will need to set up some old-fashioned terrain some time using books and such.
DeleteThey all look like they are coming along beautifully Greg. From the photos the figures look like they don't need a wash. Minairons make some lovely products.
ReplyDeleteThanks. They are fine figures but the camera angle might make them look better actually. Not quite where I want them yet especially the Nationalists.
DeleteGreat to see your SCW Project "resurface" Greg and I hope to see progress on these over the coming weeks - you may even have inspired me to get mine out for a small solo game!
ReplyDeleteSCW is a great period. I was inspired by the old Robin Hunt articles in Military Modelling, although ended up doing it in 15mm.
ReplyDeleteNeil
Interesting period indeed.
DeleteAll look close to completion to me, very nice clean work, will your terrain be scale agnostic or are you doing 20mm terrain and 28mm?
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you. I plan to stay with 20mm terrain (and 1/72 or HO scale stuff).
DeleteInteresting project. I saw an interesting wargame table set up with an HO scale train ferrying troops and equipment. I don't know that it was SCW, it may have been the war a bit later. It was very cool.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Adding a rail line would make an interesting and eye-catching terrain piece...
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