1:285 mid war Soviets for Battlegroup Kursk

[gorgarrak]

As I've downsized my gaming miniatures to 6mm I've had to re paint my Russians for Battlegroup Kursk, here in no particular order is what I've got painted do far.

Sorry for the poor quality photos, I've only got a phone camera at the moment


2 122mm Howitzer with additional loader teams


2 Zis3, 45mm L66 anti-tank gun and 76.2mm anti-infantry gun


Infantry platoon 1 and 2


Platoon transports, 4 Gaz AA and Gaz 67b

Close up of a squad


Platoon support elements, maxims and 50mm mortars


Tows for platoon support


3 120mm mortars with additional loader teams


2 37mm AA guns with additional loader teams


Anti aircraft/mortar pits empty and with guns in situ




Horse drawn supply wagons


Motorcycle dispatch rider, medic, sniper with spotter, wire team and comes relay team


85mm L53 AA gun directed for AT fire


Guards Mortar battery


Various officers including NKVD, signals units and VVS air control







T-70 platoons

Close up


T-34 company

Close up and decal detail


SU-122 and SU-85 platoons

Close up and decal details


BA-10 armoured cars


Air support, 2 Yak-9 and Il-2 Sturmovik



All Comments and criticism welcomed

Mike

[Kekso]

Hi Mike... It is stunning how good it looks in such small scale

[Konrad]

6mm?
Asolutly awesome!!

[Peter]

I see ants with weapons!

Great work in this scale!

[gorgarrak]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone
I thought it'd be a good idea to stick some of my 6mm eastern front terrain up here too, with my massive scale switch I found most of my terrain redundant, in January I started working on updating everything, starting with 6mm WW2.

Firstly I needed roads, lots of roads. All based on 0.5mm plastic


Secondly I'd need a helluva lot of trees and woods, I picked up some trees from a couple of Chinese eBay sellers, combined with pipe cleaner, bump chenille and home made trees from alder seeds


Next was buildings, I picked up a bunch from Timecast and a few from Baccus too, I based them individually and in groups to represent cottages, villages or State Farms.
I built a load of linear features too, hedges, fences and tree lines trying to capture that Eastern Front aesthetic.


Most hills could be made by putting objects under the MatOWar, but I decided to build a few smaller ones to represent large, regular shaped burial mounds and I've started working on fields go fill up dead space too


The final piece I have finished is a dry river bed, useful for Russia in the summer.


So that is 6ish months work, I've got a part finished wide river on the workbench and that'll be followed by a railway embankment and some large wheat fields.
That should keep me busy for a while.

As usual all comments and criticism is welcomed

Mike

[gorgarrak]

Today's additions, since I have a river on my terrain workbench I thought I'd paint up a few bits for the Soviet Riverine Flotilla
A pair of Bronekater BK 1125 from Heroics and Ros



These will be followed by a platoon of Black Sea Sailors made with modified H&R WW1 and WW2 Russian infantry

Mike

[gorgarrak]

Today I've not got a lot done due to other responsibilities, but I did manage to get a couple more ships done that I'd started yesterday.
Firstly a couple of MTB, a G-5 & a D-3


Next a BMO Guard Ship that needed a crew, the crew are Heroics and Ros Russian officers and artillery crew with paint conversions to Russian Sailors.



Mike

[Kekso]

Truly amazing ships... with weathering effects and everything

[gorgarrak]

I've managed to get a bit more finished, well, almost finished, they still need decals.
Sorry for the fuzz photos, I will master macro setting soon
First up, a platoon of KV-1 plus 2 additional tanks


A platoon of SU-76


Another T-34 Company, I did debate sticking some tank riders on these, but the thought of transplanting them from the tiny H&R T-34s gave me nightmares. Maybe next Company will get riders, though these guys did get some turret hatches opened up


A second forward HQ in T-34 for big, big games and a third for big, big, big games like the Prokhorovka Mega Game from the BGK book



As usual C and C welcome

Mike

[Benno]

Truly great stuff! The bases and scenery look fantastic. Are those GHQ miniatures?

[eendebek]

Very impressive army ! Nice work !

[gorgarrak]

@ Benno, the Tanks are mostly GHQ and C in C, with infantry from GHQ and H+R

[Benno]

Thanks, they look very good. Thanks for posting! I really enjoyed the photos.