Felix, Author at Felix's Gaming Pages

Imperial Navy Valkyrie

Imperial Navy Valkyrie Flyers from a demonstration game at Games Day 2009.

A pair of Imperial Navy Valkyries from a demonstration game at GamesDay 2009.

Flames of War German Panzergrenadier Headquarters

I purchased a Flames of War box of the German Panzergrenadier Headquarters. In the box you get a bunch of resin, plastic and metal. Having put them all together I gave the models a white undercoat.

I still need to add the main frontal armament, any crew and the crew equipment. I maybe should have done that before undercoating…

One thing I do like about FoW models is that in this set you get three different half track hulls rather than three of a single mould.

This photo compares my metal SdKfz 251 with the resin/plastic version from Flames of War.

As you can see there is not only more detail of the FoW model, but the detail is crisper and more defined. The plastic tracks certainly help here as does using resin for the main body.

See the workbench feature on this boxed set.

Aeronautica Imperialis

A demonstration game of Forge World’s Aeronautica Imperialis at GamesDay 2009.

Though I have always liked Epic, I have never really got into Aeronautica Imperialis. One day I might get round to buying the rules, it’s not as though I don’t have painted models I could use, but, well….

Well one day.

Old West on the Workbench

I was lucky enough to get for one Christmas a few years back two packs of Foundry Old West Outlaws (thank you Simon).

After undercoating the models with a white undercoat I started to paint the individual models using a variety of colours.

Have a look at my Old West miniatures Gallery and Old West Workbench.

54mm Napoleonics

There were a few demonstration games on at Attack 2011 at Devizes and one of them was a very impressive 54mm scale Napoleonic game.

15mm German SdKfz 251 Armoured Half Track

The SdKfz 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was an armoured fighting vehicle designed and first built by Nazi Germany’s Hanomag company during World War II. The largest, most common, and best armored of the wartime half-tracks, the SdKfz 251 was designed to transport the panzergrenadiers of the German mechanized infantry corps into battle. Widely known simply as “Hanomags” by both German and Allied forces, they were widely produced throughout the war, with over 15,252 vehicles and variants produced in total by various manufacturers.

Like some of my other models I am unsure of the manufacturer of this one. However it is a completely metal model. I want to use this one to test out my German armour paint scheme. I might then use it to create a Flames of War objective.

I found the frontal weapon and stuck it to the model.

After that the next stage was a white undercoat.

Another view.

You can see how it compares to a Flames of War resin and plastic SdKfz 251 in this photograph.

As you can see there is not only more detail of the FoW model, but the detail is crisper and more defined. The plastic tracks certainly help here as does using resin for the main body.

The next stage will be to give the underbody a dark brown basecoat.

See full workbench feature on the German SdKfz 251 Armoured Half Track.

Reaver Titan

On my website I have a gallery devoted to the Space Wolves. The pictures predominantly show Mike Sharpe’s superb Space Wolves army, which was on show at GamesDay 2006, GamesDay 2007 and GamesDay 2008.

As well as lots of Space Wolves he also had a fair few Titans when the army was displayed at GamesDay 2008.

This was one of his Reaver Titans.

The army as a whole is very impressive, but as you might expect painting such a large number of models, there isn’t a huge amount of detailing on the titan.

See the whole gallery.

Dystopian Wars – Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group

The Dystopian Wars is a miniatures games from Spartan Games. I have discussed my thoughts on this game in an earlier blog post.

Having decided that the Prussian Air Fortress was a definite purchase, I realised that I would also need an opponent and looking at the boxed sets, I decided to go with the Kingdom of Britannia Naval Battle Group.

In the box you get:

1 x Battleship
3 x Cruisers
9 x Frigates
2 x Bombers
10 x Resin Flying Tokens
2 x Acrylic Flight Stands
4 x A5 Token Sheets
Laminated Statistic Cards

This is how it looks from the marketing material, though this image includes the aircraft carrier which is not included in the Battle Group.

This is the resin you get in the box along with the metal bombers.

They are very clean castings.

Space Wolves Thunderhawk

Here is one of his Thunderhawk Gunships.

See the whole gallery.

Dystopian Wars – Prussian Empire Sky Fortress

The Dystopian Wars is a miniatures games from Spartan Games. I have discussed my thoughts on this game in an earlier blog post.

The Prussian Carrier – or Sky Fortress – is a terror to behold, especially when searchlights catch it floating above a town or city, ready to launch its Aeroplanes against targets below. This Sky Fortress has plenty of offensive capability, and is more than able to soften up enemy defences with bursts of Tesla energy and clusters of bombs dropped from high in the clouds.

The model comes in a quite a large blister pack.

It looks like a very clean casting.