Future Projects: Hex Foam Terrain: Alternate Russo-Georgian War 2007

     Well, this is gonna be something.

     I recently found myself involved in a sub-genre of miniature wargaming called Micro Armour or 6mm wargaming. This is TINY! Like 1/285th scale tiny! But this wargaming scale is perfect for games like Team Yankee if one wants to avoid the parking lot of armor sitting in a gun line blazing away!

     It took me months of pondering where should I start? 1983? 1985? 1989-1990? 2007 or 2014 or even 2029+? I decided on the Russo-Georgian War of 2007. This five day war could of turned even wider and uglier if NATO intervened but it took Russian those 5 days to secure their long and short term goals but WHAT if their goals were far reaching? This would of been the call for NATO to intervene.

     With Erdogon being Prime Minister of Turkey art the time; I doubt he would of intervened but would allow other NATO countries to intervene. Without a doubt with the Black Sea would of been closed down by the Russian Navy, only allowing the movement of troops through Turkey and across the Mediterranean Sea and air transport.

     Meanwhile, with these parameters set, I went looking for my ideal battleground. One with town or towns, in a valley and open ground and a river and I came across Sulda, Georgia. 

      Sulda seems perfect as mentioned earlier. It is north of Turkey so NATO forces can easily reach Sulda from multiple directions. Another prerequisite for my choice.

     Sulda is situated in a wide, gentle valley or so it appears; this leaves both sides plenty of room to maneuver.

     As well as Sulda is the nearby town of Bozali. Sulda is quite a large town.

     Now to plotting. Using what is essentially 2 sheets of hex grid paper, I made what will be my 4x8 battle space that covers both Sulda and Bozali, keeps my river, have multiple entry points and hills to use for cover.

   

     I am not going to be shooting for accuracy; especially where one inch equals one hundred meters which these maps are scaled to roughly about but it is still nice to see what is what and what color it may go.
     Lots of farm fields and tree lines to make going interesting.

     The immediate satellite view. This is going to be interesting.

Order Of Our Sacred Lady Final Update (For Now)

     Things sure do move fast with plenty of time on your hands. In my case, with commissions being completed, I had ample time to get some projects moving. In this case, the completion (so far) of the Order Of Our Sacred Lady.

     Around mid April, the last of the batte sisters squad was finished, bringing my total then up to 32 minis completed.

     Roughly 2 weeks later, the last 4 battle sisters and the minis from Anvil Industries Daughters of the Burning Rose kickstarter were painted up. From left to right, a sister of battle, imagifier, another battle sister, dialogus, another battle sister, the hospitalier and the final sister of battle.

     Fast forward again and the Celestine squad is finished. Just a quick recap.

     And now the real update. The Retributors are now done. I realized that I painted the wrong sister superiors but oh well. Mix and match as needed. No squad is permanent.

     And the Dominions. The final 10 sisters to be built.

And that is that. As usual, please leave comments and criticisms either here or at The Officer Factory Facebook page.

Murica 405th PEF/ 36th PDF Update. (MAJOR!)

     And here we go. A week or 2 late. Sorry. Things have been a tad busy as of late with the weather warm and such. Anyway, this bad boy had came in after the first shipment somehow wound up in Paris, France and got lost. The company, Nuclear Shrimp Games, in Greece have sent me another one at their expense and it arrived. With that, it is time to do a proper review but first, instructions!

     The company had put their instructions on how to build their Bulldog MBT up on facebook. I wish they do what Dreamforge Games does and put their instructions up on the website.

     Anyway, here they are.

     Now, before I go into this beautiful tank, let me first show off the infantry that will work alongside this beauty.

     First up is a missile launcher team equipped with the Javelin from Anvil Industry (see posts for parts used.
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/11/murica-405th-special-weapons-and.html
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/11/murica-405th-special-weapons-and.html
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/09/murica-405th-weapons-infantry.html
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/07/405th-murica-arms-other.html
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/07/murica-405th-arms-command.html
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/07/murica-405th-combat-support-arms.html
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/07/murica-405th-legs.html
https://officerfactory.blogspot.com/2018/07/first-post-and-murica-405th-regiment.html)
     Also done is the sergeant and a Vox caster.

     Now back to the tank. After the LONG overdue tanka arrived and a hasty opening of the box that the kit came in, this is what greeted me. A tad boring white box but who cares when it has a tank in it!

     And the goodies. All of the baggies.

     I heard, if. I recall right, that this is what delayed the project some. They were suppose to be made from a flexible resin so the turret could rotate. Well, I have a plan.

     A kickstarter exclusive. Not the look I am after for my 405th PEF (Planetary Expedition Force)/ 36th PDF (Planetary Defence Force) but they are still neat looking. I may get more to have for dual purpose gaming.

     And this was unexpected. This poor guy has a pistol to his chin. Objectivist point! Rescue the poor guy!

     Now the tank herself. After a quick wash in warm, soapy water, I began cleaning and assembly. I would not call it a miscast bu the mold seemed to be on its last legs and portions were not quite aligned right. This only added the time to properly prepare her.

     The back side. I think I may need to put in some gap filler to hide the seams. Yet again, who will see them?

     The back entry hatch installed. This piece has a tight fit that I could not remove it. A really good fit.

     Now back to the top. The hatch is super easy to install.

     I skipped a few steps and decided to put on the sensors. These are a tad pain to do without some proper fore thinking. I used the images from the instructions and rivets to create guidelines where the sensors would go.

     The sponsons are not glued on. They are resting quite snuggly on the tank. I imagine with paint, they would fit more so.

     Now onto the turret. I think the mantlet was not made right cause the angled peg does not line up with the pegs that are on the turret. The angling of the turret pegs looked more natural so I used those and glued the mantlet onto them.

     Again, using the instructions as a reference and rivets, I glued on the smoke dischargers. Then I glued in the antenna and the Autocannon mount and the periscope. I should add that the Autocannon mount is not glued in. It is resting and it also a rather snug fit.
     It should count as an Autocannon. That thing is hefty. More on that alter.

     This pod, at least the mounting ring and the pod body were very badly aligned and it took some time to smoothen them out. The mount has a peg that goes into the ring but cause edit was misaligned during casting that I opted for magnets. Tiny 1/8x 1/16 magnets did the trick.

     And here is the Autocannon and flechette dischargers.

     The ammo box, hatch, commanders MG and commander. The commander and the hatch are not glued in.

     Now for the stowage rack. This is a simple piece to glue on.

     And done. What a beauty. It should be also noted that the main guns are using magnets as the pegs were also not made right and the guns would slide out.
     For Warhammer use, the Autocannon could count as a hull-mounted heavy Bolter. The tiny rocket launcher on the turret is for anti-personal use but the cluster of 6 could count as a hunter-killer. Hunter killers can't one shot kill heavy armor but it can do a number to light armor scout vehicles.
     The cupola machine-gun counts as a Storm Bolter as the main cannon could go either a battle cannon or a vanquisher.

     Now how about a plasma cannon.

     Oh! How about a demolisher cannon!

      Or a punisher cannon!

      As part of my kickstarter, I gotten this linear railgun that goes in place of the Autocannon. This could count as a hull-mounted lascannon.
      As pe rusual, pleas leave comments, questions and, dare I say, criticisms either here or on our FB page; The Officer Factory Until next time.