warhammer, wh40k, flames of war, bolt action, aeronautica imperialis, star wars, models, news, views and stuff
Ork Bommer on display at Warhammer World.
I do like the look of this plastic kit, however it is still on my wish list. I’ve not gone out and bought one yet. I also think that a price of £27.50 is quite reasonable… well reasonable from a Games Workshop point of view.
Forged in Battle have released some photographs of new tanks to oppose the German super heavy tanks they have already shown.
The T-44 was a medium tank first produced towards the end of the Second World War by the Soviet Union. It was the successor to the famous T-34. Fewer than two thousand T-44s were built, but the design became the basis for the T-54/55 series of main battle tanks, the most-produced tank of all time.
The SU 101 and SU102 were experimental Soviet propelled artillery units developed during World War II. Were created in the Uralmash design office in autumn 1944 – spring 1945 based on the chassis of medium tanks T-44 and T-34-85 and were intended to replace the SU-100. Despite the prospects and high performance for its time, with the end of the war, it was decided to terminate further work on them in connection with inexpediency deployment of new SPG based on tanks units of war period, are not fully met the requirements of the operating time of peace.
I saw this book in my local branch of WHSmiths.
1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the British people find themselves under dark authoritarian rule: the press, radio and television are controlled; the streets patrolled by violent auxiliary police and British Jews face ever greater constraints. There are terrible rumours too about what is happening in the basement of the German Embassy at Senate House. Defiance, though, is growing. In Britain, Winston Churchill’s Resistance organization is increasingly a thorn in the government’s side. And in a Birmingham mental hospital an incarcerated scientist, Frank Muncaster, may hold a secret that could change the balance of the world struggle for ever. Civil Servant David Fitzgerald, secretly acting as a spy for the Resistance, is given the mission by them to rescue his old friend Frank and get him out of the country. Before long he, together with a disparate group of Resistance activists, will find themselves fugitives in the midst of London’s Great Smog; as David’s wife Sarah finds herself drawn into a world more terrifying than she ever could have imagined. And hard on their heels is Gestapo Sturmbannfuhrer Gunther Hoth, brilliant, implacable hunter of men . . . At once a vivid, haunting reimagining of 1950s Britain, a gripping, humane spy thriller and a poignant love story, with DOMINION C. J. Sansom once again asserts himself as the master of the historical novel.
I’ve always had a soft spot for this kind of alternate history novel. I’ve not yet had a chance to read it, but the blurb sounds good.
Forge World Reaver Titan on display at Warhammer World.
The Dystopian Wars is a miniatures games from Spartan Games.
The Prussian Frigate is a simple ship with a single turret and aft Tesla weapons. Squadrons of Frigates are often used to screen larger ships, combine their fire against enemy ships, and sometimes chase down vessels that have submerged below the ocean waves.
This is how it looks from the marketing material.
There are six models and they come in a single blister pack.
The first stage will be washing the resin models and giving them a white undercoat.
Forge World Chaos Warhound Titan at Warhammer World.
Forged in Battle have been posting some interesting photographs on their Facebook page.
Here is their E100.
A Maus.
These would be ideal for any 1946 type 15mm game. I am wondering though if Forged in World Battle are going to produce any post 1945 Allied vehicles.
These 15mm ruins are from Ironclad Miniatures.
You could use them on infantry bases for Flames of War, but like a lot of people, I am not a great fan of moving walls and ruins that travel across the battlefield.
I will probably make up some ruined buildings to use alongside the Total Battle Miniatures ruins I have and the Flames of War non-ruined buildings.
Beautiful diorama from the talented Mark Bedford on display at Warhammer World.
Death Korps of Krieg Malcador complete with tank riders.
I remember seeing this Orc War Engine in White Dwarf. As with a lot of models you see within the pages of the Dwarf they look even better in the flesh. I really like the painting and weathering.
