Command, flames, and fixes...

 For my last three T-34s that I had on hand, I decided to use them to do some alternate vehicles.  I produced one OT-34 flamethrower tank (signified by having a fifth barrel on the back...just for table recognition), a T-34 ARV (armour recovery vehicle), and a Forward HQ character in a T-34/43.

The last three T-34's I'll be doing for a bit.  I have conversion bits to make some T-34/85's...but I may also just get a separate box so I have a proper wave of T-34's at some point.  The spare turret is to replace the Forward HQ when he's not being used.

Commanders always wave or point.  It is the rule.

There is no official ARV pattern for the T-34...so I simply bashed together a bunch of junk, similar to what I've seen in photos.  I really wish I had some spare road wheels or drive sprockets but my "spare junk" pile for WW2 tanks is very minimal right now.

T-34s and...not using them in a Battlegroup game.

 I painted three more T-34s for my Soviets last night.  I am aware the placement of numbers is not correct, but I'm not chasing that historical accuracy just yet.

My favourite version of the T-34, the '43 model with fuel boxes!

 

I also played a game of 500 points for Kursk today - and stole a lucky victory.  Almost everything went my way for a large portion of the game.

The German flanking force arrives...bringing with it a Ferdinand tank destroyer.

A Soviet Airacobra hunts down a truck before being driven off by MG fire.

The IL-2 braves continued MG fire to hunt down more targets - strafing a second truck.

The Ferdinand advances...finding no armoured quarry to engage.

A lone KV-1E appears!  It snipes a PzIII with a lucky shot and then is holed through by the Ferdinand from across the table.

German PzIIIs speed past the AT bunker and engage infantry and the 82mm mortar pit.

Tokens go all my way as the game starts...

The IL-2 strafes a 105 emplacement until it is withdrawn.

German infantry bail into a wooded copse only to find it filled with mortar, machine gun and rifle fire.

Early game, German halftracks advance trying to flank some defenses.

At the start of the game the center of the Soviet strong point is an AT bunker, an MG in a house, and a 82mm mortar pit (another pit with an MG is just off screen)

The Soviet side of the table, early game.

Two 120mm mortar teams who did very little during the game.

German PzIIIs ready to try to speed past a pinned AT bunker.

The IL-2 appears and fires rockets, killing a German halftrack.

A poor shot of the table, early game.

Battlegroup Gaming Tokens (WW2 and NORTHAG)

I've designed several sets of nationally themed Battlegroup tokens.  Each set includes the following:

• 96x (25mm) Battle Rating tokens (the basic set from the rulebook)
• 1x (25mm) Artillery spotting token (includes faction emblem and clock face indicators for those using a D12 for scatter direction)
• 6x or 7x (25mm) Reversible objective counters.  Number depends on set.  These feature the main faction and a common enemy.
• 45x (.75") Status tokens.  These include Pinned, Out-of-Ammo, Immobilized, Reserve Move, and Ambush Fire.
• Each WW2 set includes either expansion tokens for Fall of the Reich or Pacific, depending on the faction you select. This will be eight or nine additional tokens which can be swapped out per the rulebook.
• Each set includes unique designs, colours, fonts and appropriate silhouettes for ground attack aircraft.
  

Details on each set can be found in the linked product pages below. 

Production notes:

• These are produced by a print-on-demand company.  Due to Covid their normal production time frame of 1-2 weeks has been variable.  Your product may take longer -you can track your order on their website and see your position in the production line.
• These are shipped on slugs and must be punched out.  Because they are laser cut and not die cut, they will need to be wiped clean after punching out.  Check the product page for simple advice (using a paper towel this takes approximately five minutes per set).

 Sample Set

Shown below are the components of a normal set of my tokens.  The featured set is the new Fallschirmjaeger option.

Tokens come on cardboard slugs and must be punched out.

Available sets:

NORTHAG Token Sets

 I also sell a couple of sets of NORTHAG tokens.  They haven't taken off so I'm not sure if I'll be doing more (had some planned for CENTAG, etc.)

Each NORTHAG token set includes:

• 96x (25mm/1") Battle Rating tokens with faction backing.
• 7x (25mm/1") Reversible objective tokens (featuring the faction and its main opponent)
• 1x (25mm/1") Artillery Spotting token, featuring a clock-face for any players using D12's to determine random direction.

Each set includes unique colours, texts, and silhouettes for attack aircraft.

 

Unstoppable Red Army...

 Added some more vehicles to my growing parking lot of Soviet armour/trucks.

A Zvezda KV-1 with hatch drilled out and commander added.

Two Su-100s from Battlefront

Two PSC M5 halftracks.

I also applied decals to most of my vehicles - some quite poorly - but will take photos of that at a later time.  Spent a lot of time re-doing older vehicles with new track colours and adding some details/washes, etc.

More stuff...Soviet stuff.

 Been cranking out random work on the WW2 project lately.

Swapped out my previous entrenchments for these "log" versions.  I wasn't going to touch them up, and then I did - again a  near full repaint.  Very happy with the sculpts though.  I will probably grab some more.

 

I picked up two Su-122s from the Axis/Allies collectible game.  They're okay - but have a lot of soft detail.

To make them a little nicer looking I added some hatches, swapped out the rubbery barrels and replaced fuel tanks, etc.  They're still soft-detailed single-piece models, but they'll serve.

Painted up and ready to serve.  They scale very well with proper 15mm miniatures.

I decided to re-make some roads...since I was a little underwhelmed with my Fat Franks purchased roads.  They tend to curl quite a bit, even when stored flat.

The new roads are a little over 50mm and provide enough room for two trucks to barely pass by eachother.

Larger, proper tanks will still be single file.

Only been doing a handful of pieces to test them - see if the Sintra holds up or if I don't like it.

Roads are made from 3mm Sintra.

My new wave of SPGs shown for scale.