WW2 German Kfz 15 Staff Car and Opel Blitz Truck

"Put your foot down Helmut!". The staff car is by Britannia Miniatures. Their 20mm range is superb, and quite inexpensive to boot. The truck is by Airfix and comes with the Pak 40 gun (not shown). These 1/76 sets are quite cheap to pick up on ebay or Amazon marketplace, and once replacing the crew with a few metal ones you literally can't tell the difference once painted. The detail on the truck is very nice, and you can always put a bit of ballast in the back to add weight on the games table. I painted these in a late war camo and added some GW Bestial Brown mud splashes.

British Infantry: 86th Regt. of Foot - Indian Mutiny

28mm Foundry Miniatures. Painted these as the 86th Regiment of Foot, in their red jackets and dyed blue trousers. They've been sat on the shelf for ages, but glad that I've finally got round to making a start on them. Also recently managed to grab a copy of David Bickley's ruleset for the Indian Mutiny "The Devil's Wind".

28mm Napoleonic Imperial Guard Chasseurs a Pied

These are by Foundry Miniatures. I haven't included the standard/musician base as I'm currently looking for the appropriate flag to go with them. These particular models in poses shown are now discontinued I think, which is how I picked them up cheap. Hopefully I'll be able to use them in one of our upcoming club games.

German Pak 40 and Crew

This is the Pak 40 and Waffen SS crew I bought from the Derby Wargames show last week. It's a nice set, available from Blitz/Battlefield Miniatures in 20mm (http://www.battlefieldminiatures.co.uk/). I also purchased a mini-spray gun a few days ago with the hope of doing the camouflage, but I'm finding it quite hard going. I'll probably check online and see if there are any tutorials - or if anyone can recommend a few tips here? Basically it's about narrowing the spray to cover 20mm or 15mm armour in small patches. I keep blasting the damn models and smothering them. Tried looking on the FoW website tips section, but no luck. Anyway, as you can see from the pics I decided to revert back to just hand painting the camo for now.

Waffen SS Infantry - 20mm

Picked up a company of Waffen SS (20mm Blitz Miniatures) from Derby Wargames show last weekend. Have decided to get back to a bit of WW2 gaming after so many Panzermarsche! games at the club - and me having no figures in that scale. Anyway, they're proving enjoyable to paint and are a nice break from the bucketloads of Russian 15mm SYW I've done in the last few weeks.

Zorndorf 1758. Seven Years War 15mm.

Last week myself and Simon ran a SYW (Battle of Zorndorf) Sunday game for the Quorn Wargames Club. It was the culmination of several weeks of fevered painting and planning. The Russian troops were lacking in regiments which meant ordering quite a few more to make up the numbers. The majority of the Russian figures in the photos are Old Glory and Lancashire Games. The Cossacks (as mentioned previously) are from the Polish company 'Fire and Sword' (http://www.fireandsword.wargamer.pl). The game itself stayed pretty much true to historical fact by turning out to be an absolute slugging match. The Prussians starting with a cannonade and then marching forwards to a bloody grind against the Russian defensive positions along the hills. The Battle was decided eventually by a breakthrough of Prussian cavalry, that had earlier reorganised itself after getting a bashing from the Russian infantry reserves.

Partizan Wargames Show. Newark, UK. 4th Sept.

Got back from Partizan earlier this afternoon. A great show in lovely surroundings at Kelham Hall (about 1.5 miles from Newark). Picked up everything that remained on my list for the upcoming Zorndorf game. Including some cracking 15mm Russian Cossacks from a Polish company called 'Fire and Sword' http://fireandsword.wargamer.pl impressive presentation box which included metal bases, 18 riders and mounts, metal spear/standards and 3 flags. All for £16.50. Also grabbed some generals and artillery and another box of Russian infantry from Lancashire games. Some fantastic display games which included (top) The Battle of Sedgemoor 1685 and (further down) a nice snow covered Battle for Rodt 1944 using Panzer Marsche! rules.