STALINGRAD Bolt Action Mega Battle!
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About the Project
Inspired by the Ontabletop.com 'Spring Clean Challenge' I have dusted off my Soviet Army for Bolt Action, which is 'Stalingrad themed'. I have dug out half painted and many still boxed kits and blister packs to start/re-start and hopefully finish the ridiculous amount of Soviet's, German's and Scenery that has been stuck in gamers limbo for years. I particularly look forward to getting a German army up an running to challenge my Soviet's, and to base the elements on real units (such as the 100th Jager Division). I also need to get scenery to theme the board built and finished. No Stalingrad battle (let alone a MEGA BATTLE [which Stalingrad very much was!]) would look right without a mass of smashed grey buildings, and a ruined concrete and brick wasteland. It's ambitious, but I have a LOT of unpainted miniatures and scenery that is crying out to get done, and the end result will (God willing?) be achievable and great fun for my gaming group and I. Like many gamers we all have a favourite battle that we would like to have masses of models and scenery to play with our mates. In those terms. this is my Waterloo (in a gaming bucket list way, rather than my ultimate personal downfall!),
Related Game: Bolt Action
Related Company: Warlord Games
Related Genre: Historical
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2023
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German Armour Stalingrad.
This is not an exhaustative collection but where I have got to so far for my “Stalingrad Mega Battle” Project. Please let me know what other Armoured Fighting Vehicles I should be including in the project to comlete it? Suggestions to be backed up by decent images, articles or scholarship please?
Ironclad Miniatures Trench Stalingrad
I have been very blessed in time and the generosity of manufacturers in the development of this project, yet one aspect has been missing, entrenched positions.
Both the Soviets and the German’s dug in and fortified positions and happily I have now found Ironclad Miniatures that manufactures superb modular trench systems and gun emplacements (among lots of other things!).
Naturally I still wanted to give the product my full “Stalingrad Treatment” to tie it in with my “Stalingrad Mega Project”.
The piece pictured is an end section, soon to be part of a larger emplacement and I am realy pleased with it.
Please find the 28-TR05 Trench end section at Ironclad Miniatures:
https://www.ironcladminiatures.com/ourshop/prod_1020472-28TR05.html
Original Trench End Section 28-TR05 product from Ironclad Miniatures.
T. T. Combat Wrecked Water Storage Tanks/ Oil Tanks.
This model has the rare benefit that it will accomodate a Flak 88 complete with crew!A fun additional option with the TTCombat ‘Water Storage Tanks’ set, this model beautifully represents what has happened after an oil tank has gone “Bang”, or a water tank has been hit by high explosive!
A fun option to allow for the reguar Water/Oil Tank to be destroyed and represented on the table. It is also a great little piece providing a degree of hard cover to troops on the tabletop.
Manufacturer TTCombat:
Sarissa Precision Water Tower Brick Tower.
A superb model with bags of character and gaming possibility. It presents a characterful feature for the industrial/rail sectors of Stalingrad and a great observation point for spotters, snipers and Forward Artillery Observers at high level, but also a ground floor source of hard cover for a squad or weapons team.
I painted the metal components with G.W. ‘Iron Warriors’ dry brushed with ‘Lead Belcher’ and washed with the now ectinct Forge World ‘Dry Mud’ Pigment. The Brick work was achieved by Painying te entire area with 2 coats of Vallejo ‘Red Leather’. Then creating a wash consisting of 50% Vallejo German Camo Beige WWII (70.821) and 50% water, andy liberaly applying to the whole model, sponging of the excess, and gently drying with an hair dryer.
https://sarissa-precision.com/collections/industrial-28mm/products/water-tower-brick-tower-28mm?variant=37593355845781
