Into the Ancient world... or: a small update

Hi there,
just wanted to chime in and tell you that I am not dead, nor did I stop painting and assmebling anything. :-)
Actually, I recently just had enough of painting camouflage and assembling tanks and needed a change of the wargaming subject. While I will of course and without a doubt continue to show off with "moderns" I have now also to announce another project I got into: Warhammer Ancient Battles (aka WAB).

Again, just as with my ongoing "moderns" my Ancient armies will be entirely consist of 20mm miniatures. I have found that plastics available from Italeri, Zvezda, HäT, Esci etc. are brilliantly detailed, have little to no flash and look just awesome when painted.

So, stay tuned - there will be pics soon from Early Republican Romans and Celtic Tribes (mostly Gaul and Germans) in 20mm.

Bringing the battlefield to life: volume 5 - Prime Time news from downrange

The news team from Brittania miniatures. Nice little figures. The single based one I painted to look like Ross Kemp - who went to Afghanistan twice with the British Army. There are two DVDs available that I can only recommend!

The news team's van is out of Hasegawa's 1/72 "Ground Crew Set" and only got a little satellite dish added.

Bringing the battlefield to life: volume 4 - the market

A group of ladies selling or buying goods at the local market. Nothing special to be honest. The little cart comes from Forces of Valor, the market goods I got from S&S and the miniatures are from Stan Johansen.

Modern US Army: Avenger HMMWV + Cargo Carrier

Latest addition to my growing modern US Army force: The Avenger HMMWV variant. The Avenger carries a small one-man-operated turret, sporting a .50cal HMG and two boxes of four FIM-92 "Stinger" Surface-To-Air missiles. Although basicly intended to fight enemy helos or low altitude jets, it is a common sight deployed in a ground support role.

Avengers have strong thermal vision, night vision gear, a laser range finder and their HMG - a perfect array of tools for overwatching intersections or valleys at night.

The model shown consists out of an OOB built HMMWV from Revell and the resin turret from Shaun (S&S). I made the turret removable, allowing myself to add the canvas top to the back - this way I get the Cargo Carrier variant.

The Guild Forum Big Game 2010: Red Tide! In-game photos

WarPac support
FV107 Scorpion
NVA squad

M113 mortar carriers and ammo dump

WarPac MTLB and Soviets with gasmasks

NVA squad

Bundeswehr MILAN team

The "disguised" WarPac troopers with Western M48 and M113 vehicles

Bundeswehr Jagdpanzer Rakete "TOW"

Soviets in full NBC gear

Artillery preparing to fire

OH-58 Scout Helicopter lasers targets

Russian GAZ with ZSU-23-2 anti air gun in ground firing role

BAOR units in Minden

Soviet Katyusha unit

BAOR on advance in Minden

Russian VDV airbourne assault troops

BAOR tanks on advance

A-10 "Warthog" tank buster diving on attack

strafing runs of the USAF A-10s

Mil Mi-24 "Hind" on approach over the Minden Canal

Rapier SAM site

BAOR mortar unit firing

Soviet casualty collection point/first aid station

sneaking through industrial areas

In position to engage with recoilless rifles

Urban fighting

German Autobahn occupied by endless numbers of Russian T-72 tanks

ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" , MTLB and T-80 tanks

The Guild Forum Big Game 2010: Red Tide! NATO forces 1

Above: West German spotter tank for artillery (Artilleriebeobachtungspanzer)
Above: NATO ground forces

Above: More NATO forces

Above: "Tank Busters" A-10 Thunderbolt II

Above: West German border police (Grenzschutz)

The Guild Forum Big Game 2010: Red Tide! WarPac Forces 1

Above: The WarPac ground forces
Above: WarPac Soviet Airbourne assault battalion

Above: Nationale Volksarmee (East German) T-72

Above: Recce BRMD-2 and artillery unit with 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers