"6mm Cold War-era West German Brigade for 5Core BC" Topic

All,

I finished up another NATO brigade, representing my West German contingent. I'm a little ashamed with my laziness, but I'll get over it. What I mean is, the vast majority of the vehicles were given a dark green-gray spray prime, then heavily dry-brushed with a lighter green-gray. But, when I primed I forgot an M-577 command track, a Gepard AA vehicle, an ADATs SAM vehicle (standing in for the Rolands I don't have), and two helos, which had been primed khaki. I didn't feel like going and spraying them (if I even have more of that green-gray spray paint). So, these guys got a NATO three-color camo scheme. Which turned out well, it just doesn't match the rest of the force. But it gives it character, right? ;)

Anyway, let's get to it:

The whole force: Command stand, two battalions of tanks, two battalions of mechanized infantry, a battalion of self-propelled ATGMs, two platoons of Recce, two platoons of air defense (one AAA and one SAM), and two ATGM-armed attack helos. The tank battalions are Leopard IIs, the mech infantry ride in Marders, the SP ATGMs are Jaguars, the Recce are in Luchs, and the helos are BO-105s.

I did not do up engineers or artillery for this brigade, they will 'share' from other forces (that I haven't finished yet, though I suppose the Canadians I've finished could stand in in a pinch).

Man, those NATO 3-tones really look garish, but I promise it's not that bad in 'real life.' Here's a shot without the flash:

Anyway, swing by the blog to see about 15 more pics:
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Well, as you can probably guess by the fact I'm posting photos of units I completed (meaning I painted instead of played), I am still yet to get 5Core Brigade Commander on the table… But I did get in a monster game of "Generic Yet Action-Packed, WWI through Modern, Dogfighting Like Top Gun Rules" (GYAPWW1TMDLTGR), AKA, the dogfighting rules I've been playtesting. I'll look to get it written up and posted this week, but bear with me, it's massive (four hours, 109 photos).

Stay tuned.

V/R,
Jack

I love a good 6mm army! :)

Thank you Sir, glad you like them.

V/R,
Jack

Very nice Jack. Love the copters …you're a regular painter beaver recently. I'll mail down some stuff to you if you're running low of lead :)

BTW are you forgetting France?

I have been getting quite a bit done lately. Feel free to send down whatever lead strikes your fancy; I can't promise you'll ever see it again (though I should say that you're welcome to come down here and get a game in with it).

Negative, I have not forgotten France, I'm still waiting on some 10mm goodies (they were posted from the UK on 17 March, but I still haven't received them, starting to get a bit worried, it's never taken this long before). Once they get here, of course I've got to get them painted and based, then I'm ready, and I mean I'm ready to get to the invasion of France. Though I do need to do up the campaign plan first…

V/R,
Jack

they were posted from the UK on 17 March

They were sent on St Patrick's Day from the UK?!?

Good Luck with that. Better chance of you sending back my minis painted with a rainbow and then dipped in gold :)

Just got them.

V/R,
Jack