Felix, Author at Felix's Gaming Pages

Constructing the Flames of War Cromwell IV

The Cromwell Tank was one of the most successful series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in World War II. The Cromwell tank, named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell, was the first tank in the British arsenal to combine a dual-purpose gun, high speed from the powerful and reliable Meteor engine, and reasonable armour, all in one balanced package. Its design formed the basis of the Comet tank. The Cromwell first saw action in June 1944, with the reconnaissance regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps.

As with my Cromwell ARV (which I did first) I glued the track guards to the tracks and the main weapon to the turret and the hull MG to the hull.

I then glued the tracks to the hull.

I also glued the hatches to the turret.

This time I decided that I would not use the tank commanders.

Unlike the boxed set these models are all the same.

See the full workbench feature on the Flames of War Cromwell IV.

Ork Deffkopta

My original Ork Deffkopta.

One of my favourite Ork models of all time, that originally was made for Gorkamorka.

Undercoating the Universal Carriers

The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier is a common name describing a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrong.

Produced between 1934 and 1960, the vehicle was used widely by Allied forces during the Second World War. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as machine gun platforms. With some 113,000 built in the United Kingdom and abroad, it was the most numerous armoured fighting vehicle in history.

As with some of my other metal models I can’t remember the manufacturer of these.These metal models are not as well defined as the Flames of War resin models, so in the end I might use them for scenery or objectives.

I gave them a white undercoat.

Full workbench feature on the Universal Carriers.

Ork Mega Dread

Just what every mekboy wants; an even bigger `Dread! A smoke-belching, hydraulic monster able to tear apart enemy tanks and smash a side lesser war machines with contemptuous ease.

This is from the Forge World stand and is a work in progress.

I bought mine at GamesDay 2009 and purchased it with two Killkannons as I didn’t think much of the Rippa-Claw, it looked flimsy in comparison to the model as a whole.

See the workbench feature on my Mega-Dread.

Undercoating the Cromwell ARV

Having constructed the Cromwell ARV, the next stage was a white undercoat.

The white undercoat really does bring out the detail of the model.

See the workbench feature on the Cromwell ARV.

Imperial City

This demonstration game at GamesDay 2009 had some really nice buildings using the Imperial City kits from Games Workshop.

More photographs of scenery for Warhammer 40000.

Flames of War German Armoured Train

Battlefront have released details about their plans for 2012 and one of the releases will be a German Armoured Train.

As you can see from the picture it is a “captured” Polish Armoured Train with extra German bits. Looks good, but I I don’t know about you, but I think I would prefer a “proper” German armoured train rather than the captured version.

Of course the other reason for not getting one, is that I don’t have forces from the Eastern Front and most of my collection is for D-Day and onwards.

Space Marine Rhino and Razorback

These Space Marine vehicles, a Rhino and a Razorback were part of a demonstration game at GamesDay 2009.

Perry Miniatures North American Farmhouse

I have the Legends of the Old West rules and will be using them for games. I already have quite a few miniatures suitable for the Old West style game. One of the key things though is to also have some scenery. Have been tempted to get some resin buildings, but when I saw this plastic kit from Perry Miniatures thought this could be good. It’s 1/56th scale to suitable for 25/28mm miniatures.

In the box you get three sprues.