Foehammer’s 2019 New Year’s Resolution
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About the Project
Half way through 2018, after over 10 years in my previous house, my family and I moved to a newer, bigger house, driven mostly by the increasing size of offspring. However, a side effect of moving (particularly packing and unpacking) was the realization of just how much gaming/miniatures stuff I have, particularly of the unpainted variety. Fortunately this pile of hobby stuff didn't significantly increase over the holidays. Thus my mission: New Years Resolution - make a significant dent in my pile of unpainted minis. The reason I chose to do this as a new project is there is going to be no consistent theme to these painting completions. No single game system. No single army. I'm just making it a goal to paint some more of something every day. If I get tired of painting 1 thing, I will jump to another. Some days, I plan to just randomly reach into my pile of stuff, no peaking, pull something out, and paint it. Lets see how it goes.
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A fully painted army
One out of only 5 fully painted armies I’ve produced in my 22 years of gaming. My USMC for Bolt Action/Konflikt 47.
Project-log-o-mancy
Ok, so I got side-tracked with my spring cleaning project for a while, but decided now was the time to come back and give some status on my endlessly growing K47 forces. Latest is my “Meadow” (Marine Engineering and Demolishions Walker). A conversion of the basic grizzly walker.
Their released rules for Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) walkers in K47. The idea here is that the USMC, who have very few vehicles (and thus very little use for an ARV) received a bunch of ARV due to a logistical paperwork error. Rather than let them go to waste, they modified them into engineering vehicles for assaulting/destroying japanese fortifications. Alterations include additional cutting and drilling tools on the left arm, as well as a hull-mounted flame thrower.
There was a lot of plasticard work on this model, including building the entire crane assembly. I also reposed the legs to a kneeling position, and created the custom-base to give it a more cinematic, and action-packed feel. Overall I was very pleased with the results.
I also included an image of what it looked like during assembly prior to painting.
Front View
From the Catcher's Mit
Back View
Original assembly pictureWIP Finnish Armored Car
Still got some weathering to do on the wheels
Pak40 finished
Yet another wrap-up task. I’ve had this Finnish heavy AT gun painted and based for a while, but hadn’t painted the crew. It’s a rubicon plastic kit, so the crew are technically in German uniform, but I figure they’d have adopted German style kit by 45.
Front view
Rear viewIt’s Konflikted about being Weird World War
So in the Defiance expansion for k47, they added a bunch of USMC stuff, like the tracked landing vehicles. They didn’t create rules for a weird one, so I converted one myself.
Original LVT-A4
Front view
Rear view
With separate mod parts
Jumping back into Konflikt
Got a little tired of painting dwarves, so decided to transition back to painting some Konflikt 47 stuff.
These are a part of my sons British Airborne force. Some converted SAS troopers, with plasticard night vision goggles and gun suppressors, as well as a Tesla Cromwell.
SAS Troopers with Night Vision
Tesla Cromwell
