Little Tanks & Tiny People

Click here for part 1 ,  Click here for part 2 Having gotten the heavy weapon teams and most of the vehicles of my early war German army out of the way in my last post, this post centres around the infantry. These are all from the Warlord Games Blitzkrieg German infantry box and, although the sculpts are really good, I have to say I’m a tiny bit disappointed with the box. First of all, each figure consists of about 6 to 8 parts, so some instructions wouldn’t have gone amiss. However, all you get is an image of the sprue labelling the individual parts. E.g. left arm for MG gunner, leg for prone soldier, etc. Notwithstanding, the parts go together very well and, although assembly is rather time consuming, I found the process rather fun.   Secondly, although the box says it contains enough parts for 30 miniatures, I was only able to build 28 due to the layout of the sprues. The box contains five identical sprues with bits to build an MG40 gunner and loader, some MP40’s, a pis...

Click here for part 1 ,  Click here for part 3 I’m currently working my way through the Warlord Games Blitzkrieg German infantry box. Those minis are not quite finished yet, but I have finished another vehicle and two weapons teams. First up, an early war Pz.Kfw. III by Rubicon Models . I built it as an Ausf. G, as small numbers of those were used in the occupation of the Netherlands. I don’t think a bustle was ever fitted to the turret of that particular version, but the Pz.Kfw. III doesn’t look right to me without one. Also finished is this 3.7cm PAK 36 anti-tank gun with crew, again by Rubicon Models. For a bit of visual interest I added a little tree trunk made from a twig.   Finally, I painted this medium mortar team by Warlord Games. Unlike the minis from their infantry box these are all metal. The Warlord minis are slightly taller and bulkier than the Rubicon ones, but not so much that you can't use them side by side. I do prefer the slightly more cartoony look of th...

Click here for part 2 Click here for part 3 I have ticked another small Blitzkrieg nation off my to-do list: Norwegians. Well, sort off, anyway. These ski infantry figures are actually part of Warlord Games ’ Finnish line. However, as most of their uniform is hidden beneath a white overall, they look pretty similar to their Norwegian counterparts. Most clearly out of place is the PPSh submachine gun carried by one of the figures. Who knows, one day I may build a little Finnish army to accompany them... For now, though, I’m really happy with how they turned out. They’re probably some of the most unique and characterful WW2 minis out there.  I had a bit of a mishap with the snow effect on the base. After drying it turned a very dirty brown colour, probably because I hadn’t given the underlying paint enough time to dry. Luckily this could be fixed with a quick drybrush of white, which actually gave the snow a really cool semi opaque-semi transparent look.   I’ve also made a m...