6mm Soviet WW2 reinforcements

More infantry into the fray! Once I complete a similar set to the Germans too, I should have enough for a decent Microarmor engagement. Infantry figures are Heroics and Ros based on 30mm squares.

 

All my soviets at the moment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D printed microarmor

 

Nothing fancy, just logging some T-34's I finished on the side. They're all 3D printed and turned out nice.

Parity

More Baker Company winter war stuff finished. Both sides used Maxim machineguns and now I have one for both. Pretty dangerous machines in chain of command.

Painting these felt like a chore. The sculpts were poor and dull. I'll go to middle earth for a change in scenery next.

Winter War stuff for the anniversary

80 years ago the Winter War was already in full swing, so I've activated my old project and I'm finally finishing the stuff I need to actually get it on the table, namely a winter table and some support options for Chain of Command.

Two Soviet T-26 tanks have left their infantry support behind and stray too close to the woods. (Tanks are from Warlord Games)

A Finnish Anti-Tank section. Apart from explosive charges, light tanks were immobilized using logs and then burnt by tossing molotov cocktails on top of their engine air intake grills. (Finns from the infamous Baker Company Kickstarter)

Any scenario set in Finland requires lots of woods. I "winterized" some of my fir trees, scratch built some pines and used plastic tree armatures to make the birches.

6mm WW2 Soviet Infantry for Spearhead

I couldn't find my camera so I these were taken with my cell phone. Just some 6mm WW2 soviet infantry as a palate cleanser after all that 28mm I've been doing lately.

Here's everything I have for spearhead so far. I'm starting to have enough for a nice scenario but I still have quite a bit to finish before having proper Spearhead-sized OOB's

Some 6mm tanks for the Eastern Front

Not much to say about these except they're effortless to paint and should yield a nice game at some point.

Winter War Soviet platoon

I painted this platoon of soviet infantry during my summer holiday but didn't have time to photograph them until now. These figures were part of the infamous Baker Company Winter War Kickstarter which didn't end up so well, but these are pretty much the only option to get early war Soviet infantry in greatcoats with their budenovka hat.

The simple nature of these models makes them easy to paint and I didn't want to spend too much time painting these anyway. I now have a basic Chain of Command platoon for both the Soviets and the Finns. Now I just need to do some support options and oh.. terrain. I don't have any winter terrain in my collection :)

20mm Soviet tankodesantniki platoon for Chain of Command

I painted these in the spring already but haven't gotten around to taking photos of them. The tank rider platoon is a nice, small project for chain of command and especially in 20mm as there are just a few figures to paint. They can't field three tanks in Chain of Command obviously but the plastic soldier company box includes three and there are even turret variants for each so I decided to paint them all for completeness.

As for playing them, the tank rider platoon is a risky pick in CoC. Up close, they have lots of firepower because of all those SMG's, but they can't shoot anything at a distance (especially if they lack the support points for armored support in the scenario). Their limited numbers also mean that they can't really take a punch so you need to handle them carefully.

I had a hard time finding a good shade for the uniforms. I wanted green so that was no mistake, I just couldn't get the shade to look like the pictures. Well, that's the kind of cloth that was produced when these guys were issued their uniforms and there was plenty of variation!

The plastic soldier company T-34 box has complete variant turrets so you can change between a couple of versions which is really nice! Some trouble getting the tone right with these as well.

I still need to do a couple of low-tier supports for these and later paint a bunch of riflemen so I can field a rifle platoon as well.