After all of those British tanks done in October and November, it was time to work on something else besides British tanks. While that has included a couple of fantasy models and a few other things I’ve yet to show (soon!) It did of course include more tanks – though thes eones are German. So.. variety!
These ones are Panzer IIs, though not from Battlefront (they only offer a metal and resin version) or Plastic Soldier Company, but Zvedza, who have a pretty nice range of inexpensive push-fit kits. Since these models would have turned up in Africa with the first Germans, I decided to do the whole “overpainted” thing with the desert yellow, showing the early balkenkruz and palm on panzer grey in their little unpainted “windows” within the overpainted yellow.
In addition to the Panzer Platoon itself, I also painted an extra PzII to act as an artillery spotter. Since the turrets of these simpler Zvezda models are one piece, I drilled and cut out a small hole in place of the 2-piece hatch and added in a PSC commander, and used a couple of small rectangles of styrene to represent the opened hatch.
I thought a scale shot would work well here – these things are tiny! Apparently the Zvezda PzIIs are a little undersized compared to their equivalent Battlefront models, but it’s only by a couple of millimetres, and it’s not like it’ll make a meaningful difference on the table. They were also particularly quick and easy to assemble and then paint, so these were an unusually pleasant hobby experience.
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Great work on your latest German tanks mate, you have certainly been on a roll of late getting all these tanks done
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Cheers Dave. I’ve got a roadblock in front of me right now. I need to add a bunch of milliput stowage to the ones I’ve got built before I can take them further, and while it’s not hard to do, it’s the sort of thing that I’ve been avoiding in favour of doing anything else at all!
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Those are great- I like that you have gone with the overpaint look to represent those early vehicles.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete. I also base coated these in Panzergrau rather than Khaki to add to the overpainted look. I don’t think any is visible anymore, though! 😀
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These are really nice! 🙂 I like the markings left on grey, a nice touch! The Panzer II is one of my favourite tanks, even though I’ve only got one!
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Thanks John! If you’re ever looing at adding any more of them, I do recomment these cheap & cheerful Zvezda models.
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Very nice indeed!
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Thanks! 🙂
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I echo sentiments above, you have certainly painted a lot of tanks lately, and they all look great.
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Thanks Anthony. By the look of my hobby space, we’re just getting started on those! 😀
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Wow you really have been churning out the tanks of late, and as said above they all look wonderful!
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger! I got a couple of beardies done, but unfortunately work intervened in the last week and none of the other five I’ve been working on made it to the finish line!
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This is really nice work yet again! I’d be lying if I said I didn’t I get excited at the mention of some fantasy minis coming soon though too. I’m curious to see what you’ve got up your sleeve!
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Thanks Kuribo. Sadly as I noted above, none of the five I’d been working on for Roger’s Mo’vember challenge got completed in time (all are fantasy models) – they’ll still get done, but not as quickly now I’d assume. I did get a few semi-fantasy models done, but they’re nothing to get too excited for. In the meantime, I’ll be getting a couple more terrain reviews done over the next week (and out of the way in my queue) while I’m busy doing stuff for work.
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Frickin’ awesome mate! Oh, and check your mail 😁👍
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Cheers Alex! Good to see the mail came in finally! 😀
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Nice II’s. Yes indeed they are tiny, but in WaT they do get to reload easier with their autocannon and they are tougher to hit because of their size. Probably some similar rules in FoW I would imagine. I like that you went over the grey – I did the same with mine, though those were resin FoW models. Now, battle reports!
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No real special rules for them in FoW unless I’m mistaken, though I’m not faimilar with all of the special rules yet – and we haven’t managed to play for awhile now since it’s heated up quite a lot. I did take some photos last time, though a written-up bat-rep might be hard on the memory. I’ll try and get it posted when I have a break between newly-painted models and some more BFiAB terrain reviews….
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