15mm Modern Israeli Armour from Peter Pig and a 15mm Syrian T54

Just for a change of pace, a Peter Pig 15mm T54 in Syrian colours.

Another Peter Pig, an Israeli M113.

AN Israeli SHOT Centurian Platoon with the bolt on ERA (Explosive Reactive Armour) designed to disrupt the formation of the Jet in HEAT Rounds and shaped charges.
For those intersted the chevron on the side of the vehicle denotes the platoon within a company and rotates 45 degrees, clockwise, from verticle for each platoon, the stripes on the barrel denotes the vehicle number Side Elevation, these are superb miniatures, by far the best 15mm IDF Stuff on the market bar none. They are also all lead so feel really chunky, I love Peter Pig and will post some of his 15mm Vietnam Infantry soon.

SS Pak 40 75mm Anti Tank Platoon

First off we have a sniper in a concealed position with a scoped Kar98k in Peadot camouflage.

A Platoon of Pak40 75mm anti tank guns in cover. Battlefront miniatures, these come with extra ammo cases and shells which can be cut down to look like empty cases as shown, grass and bushes are woodland scenics.

Side shot of the same guns, these are like little dioramas and therefore fragile so choose respectful gamers to play against or make em less fragile!



Front shot of the Pak 40's.

SS Panzergrenadiers - Normandy 44

SS Tank hunter groups with Panzerfaust & Panzerschreck, some in Peadot camo smocks and some in field dress to add a little variety (It could be hot in the summer of 44!)

Another shot of my Tank hunters.

Officers and NCO's, will do some runners soo too.

Another shot of the Leaders figures. "Overlord" rules make great use of command and control so leader figures are important in the game.

British Forces

British Bren Gun Group

British Infantry Squad

Sherman Firefly Rear (Guards Armoured Division)

Sherman Firefly (GAD)

Some Finished Miniatures

US Airborne Squad with NCO and Runner

US Airborne Rifle Group (15mm Battlefront miniatures)

Same Rifle Group Different view

All these miniatures where painted with Vallejo Paints, if you are thinking of trying them get the flames of war pait sets, excellent paints and colours are spot on, highly reccomended.

This blog is being created to follow my return to 15mm WW2 gaming which started in the early 90's at Shrewsbury Wargaming club playing a game written by a club member, Barrie Lovell, who had a wargames company called Firebase Games. Barrie wrote an excelent set of rules called "Overlord". Over the years my copy dissapeared and the rights where sold to an American Company called Brookhurst Hobbies, the game is now very diffacult to get hold of from them but I was lucky enough to get a copy on Ebay which I am transcribing verbatim due to the condition into a word document so I can re prit it for personal use.

Miniature wise I am using Battlefront 15mm "Flames of War" because they are the best on the market for many reasons.

I was lucky enough to be able to support myself through Pro painting for a couple of years and can paint to a good standard so much of the blog will be pictures of my miniatures and terrain as the project develops.

Wish me luck.