Sunday, January 6, 2019

'Reconnaisance' from AlanD: Soviet Scouts


For the Recce Bonus Round, I present a unit of Soviet Scouts from 1945 in 15mm.



The six-man squad is riding in a captured and repainted German Sdkfz 251, one of the nice plastic kits from Battlefront. I painted this German Dunkelgelb, then resprayed it in Russian green and chipped off a little of the paint so the Dunkelgelb shows through. There are also a few traces left of the winter whitewash showing - this veteran crew has been in action since winter 1944-5.







The figures are mainly Skytrex, although there is a Battlefront figure in amoeba-pattern camouflage overalls manning the DP machine gun behind the gun shield at the front. There is also a PSC driver, but you can't see him, which is annoying, because I converted a German driver so that he is wearing a Soviet tanker helmet. I had a lot of fun posing all the figures and fitting them in. The slogan reads 'Death to Fascism'.



Scouts of course need something to scout, so I've completed this entry with a terrain base for my continuing projects of urban ruins. Painting the chequerboard tiling in one of the buildings did my head in.




As for points, 6 infantry (ignoring the invisible driver!) and a 15mm vehicle gives me 20 points. The terrain measures 11 x 8 inches so maybe another 20? I bow to Curt's wisdom.

Many thanks to Paul O'G for the sepia snapshot of the unit in action!

13 comments:

  1. Well done! Looks great with your scenery.

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  2. Very cool, Alan! Great job with the checked tiles.

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  3. They look awesome mate.
    Cant wait to get them in my sights! :-)

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  4. Great looking group. Love the looted halftrack.

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  5. Very cool, love the idea of the “liberated” 251. Great stuff.

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  6. That's clearly seen a lot of action; lovely job on the weathering. Well done!

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  7. Looks good on the scenic backdrop. Maybe Curt should introduce a Round of "figures in context" in Challenge X?

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  8. That is one awesome looking diorama indeed. Great work!

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  9. Lovely looking half-track and nice hand painted written slogan!
    Best Iain

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  10. Really nice, I'm digging all your terrain.

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