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Vampifans Views 121 - Monthly Musings 91
This has been a big month for me, which I'll tell you about shortly. To the left is an unusual portrait of Vampirella by Jim Silke. It is unusual due to the fact that Vampi is wearing normal casual...
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SOTR German Medium MG & Medium Mortar Teams
To give my infantry squads some support I bought a Medium Machine Gun team and a Medium Mortar team. These can be included in a Mech Grenadier Platoon.The Medium MG is mounted on a tripod for better...
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SOTR German Specialists
I present a mixed bag of figures here consisting of three two-man teams - Medics, Forward Observers and a Panzerschreck team.At the far left are my two Medics. Medics do not exist in the Secrets of the...
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SOTR German Mech Grenadier Squads 02
In this post I'm reviewing my third and fourth Mech Grenadier squads, both made up of ten men, just like my first and second squads. This gives me one large platoon of four squads or two smaller...
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SOTR German Zombie Horde 01
Vergeltungswaffe 4 or V-Gas is the fourth in a series of Vengeance weapons Germany unleashed to stem the tide of its defeat. It worked exceptionally well. V-Gas kills the living painfully then...
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SOTR German Zombie Horde 02
In this post I'm highlighting the rest of my zombie horde for my Secrets of the Third Reich German army. All of these zombies are standard infantry that help to bulk out my zombie horde.Just to...
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SOTR German Von X Siblings & Blitzhund
I have kept what I consider the best sculpted figures from my German Weird World War 2 army to the last. These are the three fearsome Von X siblings, Gretel, Ilsa and Hans, along with a Blitzhund. Note...
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Core Space - Galactic Corps & Security Wardens
The Galactic Corps are a combined militia and police force; neither heroes nor villains but sometimes both. They're controlled by an elite of human politicians who have little but self-interest at...
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Vampifans Views 122 - Monthly Musings 92
As usual I have had a very busy month hobby-wise with a lot of painting and modelling done. But first I start with a picture of my favourite vampire with this illustration of Vampirella. Whoever is...
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Bolt Action German Panzer Grenadiers HQ
As I have mentioned in my recent Monthly Musings, I have started a new project - WW2 skirmish wargaming using the Bolt Action rules produced by Warlord Games. Having bought the excellent Band of...
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Bolt Action Panzer Grenadiers Infantry 01
Instead of making and painting the 28mm scale Panzer Grenadiers from the Band of Brothers starter boxed set, I chose this set of 10 Panzer Grenadiers as my first infantry squad. These could be split...
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Bolt Action US 101st Airborne HQ
I have mostly been painting figures for my US 101st Airborne (the Screaming Eagles) forces. I'm going to start my reviews with a look at my HQ figures.At the far left is General George S. Patton, who...
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Bolt Action US Kelly's Heroes
September 1944, and our titular heroes are what's left of a reconnaissance platoon of the 35th Infantry Division, recruited mainly from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Most of the men first saw combat...
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Bolt Action US Airborne 1st Infantry Section
This boxed set of 28mm scale metal figures are part of Warlord Games US 101st Airborne Division, aka "The Screaming Eagles", arguably some of the toughest of the US Army.Aggressive and innovative,...
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Bolt Action US Airborne 2nd Infantry Section
In my last post I showed my 1st Infantry section of one of the companies from the 101st Airborne Division. In this follow up, I'm going to review my 2nd Infantry section. These figures were all made...
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Bolt Action US Airborne MMG & Sniper Teams
These two teams are part of the 101st Airborne Division and are made from the plastic sprues found in the Band of Brothers starter boxed set.The M1919 Browning was a multi-purpose machine gun that...
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Vampifans Views 123 - Monthly Musings 93
This portrait of Vampirella was painted by Jim Silke, who painted a few covers for the Vampirella comics when the licence was held by Harris Comics. It is a mildly gory portrait, which means I like it...
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Bolt Action US Pathfinder Infantry Sections 01
On the plastic sprues for the US Airborne Infantry are two heads with Mohican haircuts. I thought these would be perfect for making a Pathfinder Section. I had enough heads to make two 6-man squads and...
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Bolt Action RAF Downed Pilot
Still sticking with my new Bolt Action 28mm scale figures, here is something different from my usual American and German forces - a British RAF downed pilot.This is Squadron Leader "Topper" Redfern who...
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Bolt Action Resistance Fighters 01
I bought these six 28mm scale figures from a seller on eBay. They were described as Partisans/Resistance Fighters for Bolt Action, which they certainly are. Unfortunately, he neglected to say who...
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