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Red Star Miniatures24 May 2012 12:34 p.m. PST

Following a rapid deterioration of the situation on the Kaliningrad enclave, it seems that Russian troops invaded the Baltic states, trying to safeguard their interest by force. NATO seems caught of guard. Rumors say that some rapid deployment forces, mostly US, have been deployed to try to slow down the Russians while rounding up heavier units.

More info here link

Personal logo Pictors Studio Sponsoring Member of TMP24 May 2012 12:42 p.m. PST

Pretty cool. That was a link well worth clicking.

mad monkey 1 Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 12:50 p.m. PST

That was incredible. Pictors Studio +1

Fred Cartwright24 May 2012 12:51 p.m. PST

I saw this game at Salute and took a load of pictures myself. It was awesome. All the terrain is scratchbuilt. The 1/48-50 tanks are masterpieces – I particulalrly like the BMP-3. Red Star figures look great too. I can't remember what make the US troops are. Brooks Miniatures maybe?

Crucible Orc24 May 2012 12:57 p.m. PST

if you read the blurb at the top it says empress miniatures.

Very nice

Personal logo ming31 Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 1:04 p.m. PST

Nice stuff like the CNN "night pictures"

darthfozzywig Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 1:09 p.m. PST

Very cool.

And I only clicked because of Pictors.

Weasel Inactive Member24 May 2012 1:10 p.m. PST

Big fan of the "green" pictures. AWesome stuff!

dmebust Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 1:37 p.m. PST

Dang very nice work! Great pictures as well!

Oddball24 May 2012 1:40 p.m. PST

Great looking game and figures.

Personal logo Ditto The Abdominal Snowman Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 1:45 p.m. PST

Red Star Miniatures, I'm not normally a fan of 28mm figures, but that was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. Wow! we all do art, but that's exceptional artwork!

Stunned,
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Tim

Personal logo Pole Bitwy PL Supporting Member of TMP Inactive Member24 May 2012 1:51 p.m. PST

Very interesting but I am quite sure that once NATO forces were involved, there would be Polish QRF not to mention air assets involved too, since that war would spill over our borders anyway…

Redroom24 May 2012 2:28 p.m. PST

very well done

14Bore24 May 2012 4:01 p.m. PST

Fantastic work

Frederick Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 5:15 p.m. PST

Very nice!

Mlatch221 Inactive Member24 May 2012 5:58 p.m. PST

Wow! While I guess there was some Photoshopping to hide figure bases and add atmosphere, this is still diorama quality gaming scenery. I'm highly impressed.

galvinm Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 6:10 p.m. PST

Outstanding!

pigbear24 May 2012 6:42 p.m. PST

The US troops are Empress.

Dogged Supporting Member of TMP24 May 2012 11:04 p.m. PST

Awesome, an awesome masterwork of love and skill.

Lion in the Stars Supporting Member of TMP25 May 2012 2:43 a.m. PST

Fraaaaaaaaack, that's beautiful!

Marc33594 Supporting Member of TMP25 May 2012 3:55 a.m. PST

Indeed excellent! And a personal thanks for the first shot which also answers scale upfront. That is going to be hard to top!

Skarper25 May 2012 4:48 a.m. PST

That's a really nice set up – 28mm is ideal for demo games, if a little difficult for the average gamer to afford and accomodate. Very impressed – I always liked the look of the old Soviet/Russian eqt.

A question jumped to my mind when I saw the infantry figures posed around the tanks. I heard on TV/read somewhere not sure that infantry need ot be around 50-100m away from a tank when it fires it's main gun, or the overpressure can be dangerous.

Maybe this is a 'range safety' issue that is not followed in combat. Does anyone know either way?

PIG IRON STUDIO Sponsoring Member of TMP25 May 2012 5:15 a.m. PST

I spent a while pouring over this setup at Salute. Great piece of work.
Si

Personal logo Dentatus Supporting Member of TMP Fezian25 May 2012 5:15 a.m. PST

Now THAT'S why I still play with toy soldiers. Fantastic.

Lobsterback Supporting Member of TMP25 May 2012 2:06 p.m. PST

Chemin de Feu strikes again! I have to admit that my wallet REALLY hates it when these guys post things like this…..

Ghost6 Supporting Member of TMP25 May 2012 7:12 p.m. PST

Can we find out more about the vehicles? Where can we get them?

Lost Wolf25 May 2012 7:22 p.m. PST

Excellent!!!

Lobsterback Supporting Member of TMP25 May 2012 8:21 p.m. PST

Ghost – Chemin de Feu uses HLBS, Imprint and Kitech/Zhengdefu 1/48 scale kits that thye have heavily modified. The T72M2 with reactive armor is an example fot eh modleing they do. You can see a complete list of their vehicles at the Chemin de Feu website AND the Redstar miniatures gallery.

Ghost6 Supporting Member of TMP28 May 2012 3:35 p.m. PST

oooookaaay…..for 28mm am I suppose to use 1/56th, 1/50th, or 1/48 Armor???????

Goose666 Supporting Member of TMP29 May 2012 2:29 p.m. PST

Ghost, thats a whole pickle can worth of worms you are openning there..

My advice.. I use 1/56th for WW2, 1/50th for monders.. why?? Purely costs and availability of the models.

WW2,, BAM, FoA, Company B, AGN etc,,do a good range.

For moderns I went with 1/50th, as I found Imprint, affordable and nice, and I can buy cheap die-cast toy cars that pretend to be 1/43 scale but fit perfectly for 28mm.

So, find the maker who makes the most vehicles you like and go with them. They all look pretty much the same once on the table, and you are playing.

Goose666 Supporting Member of TMP29 May 2012 2:30 p.m. PST

Ghost6, their vicles are from imprint, and from red star miniatures.

Lobsterback Supporting Member of TMP29 May 2012 3:02 p.m. PST

Ghost – Goose 666 hits the nail on the head. It's what's on the table that counts – I mix 1/56, 1/50 and 1/48 all the time. The key is NOT to mix two of the same kind of vehicle in different scales eg – no 1/56 and 1/50 Scimitars because the scale differential is very noticable. That said, a 1/56 scimitar can balst a 1/50 BMP2 or 3 with little or no problem or be positioned with a 1/50 Challenger 2 as they are different vehicles. Hope that helps!

Ghost6 Supporting Member of TMP29 May 2012 3:31 p.m. PST

So the key is to keep the same scale for a class of vehicles…say for example, use 1/56 for all T-72s?

Lobsterback Supporting Member of TMP03 Jun 2012 2:42 p.m. PST

Ghost – That's the Key!

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