| Yourbitterpill | 21 Nov 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
I'm finally starting my army for BA Nationals at Adepticon 2016. After reading Krisztin Ungvry's amazing book Battle For Budapest: 100 Days In World War 2, I just knew I had to try modeling this crucial battle in miniature. As such, this force is meant to represent the odd assortment of units trapped inside the Budapest cauldron during the winter of 1944-45. Unfortunately, Warlord's Hungarian army list for Bolt Action is riddled with inaccuracies and missing units; so this build will show many units that aren't available under the generic Hungarian list. As such, for casual play, I will be utilizing the German Last Levy army list and switching back to the generic Hungarian army list for tournament play. WAY more info and pics below:
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That's it for now! Only a couple more figures to convert above, then on to the mountain troops…. |
| NickNorthStar | 22 Nov 2015 4:33 a.m. PST |
Really impressive. Your commitment to the project with the amount of conversions involved is inspiring. I read the same book and visited Budapest, so I'm not surprised you were fired up to do this project. It's one of those areas that receives just a footnote in our histories of WW2, but when you read the actual details there was more Death, Horror and Destruction in this one battle than in any war since WW2. The suicide charge of the trapped German garrison at the end of the Seige of Budapest is appalling. |
| M1Fanboy | 22 Nov 2015 1:23 p.m. PST |
Am doing some of my own stuff on Budapest. Can we compare notes? |
| Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond | 26 Nov 2015 5:16 p.m. PST |
Very interesting. I'm sure I've got that book somewhere! Please keep posting updates here I'd really like to see how this pans out. |
| autoblinda | 30 Nov 2015 11:17 p.m. PST |
Great subject matter. Very dark time. |
| Yourbitterpill | 19 Feb 2016 11:09 a.m. PST |
After much too much procrastination, I'm finally ready to paint my Hungarian infantry. I made a couple of last minute purchases to add to the army, notably Brigade Games WW1 Austrians for use as Hungarian Border Guards, Warlord Games Last Levy Volksturmm for use as University Assault Battalion, and Brigade Games Gebirgsjager of which one squad will do double duty as Hungarian Mountain Troops and the rest will be used for my planned Winter German army. University Assault Battalion
Regular Honved Infantry
HQ Units
More pics and info (as well as half of my planned Winter German army) below:
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| Yourbitterpill | 01 Mar 2016 7:27 p.m. PST |
I was able to finish up the majority of my Hungarian vehicles this past weekend and am rather pleased with how they turned out….
More pics and info below:
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| HidaSeku | 02 Mar 2016 12:50 p.m. PST |
Those vehicles turned out great! This is a very cool project, I'm glad you are sharing! |
| Old Contemptibles | 02 Mar 2016 1:42 p.m. PST |
Great paint job. Nice project. |
| BeneathALeadMountain | 03 Mar 2016 6:18 a.m. PST |
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| mghFond | 20 Mar 2016 3:00 p.m. PST |
Great work, a very underplayed part of the war, even the Eastern front. |
| Rudysnelson | 22 Mar 2016 4:02 p.m. PST |
About 24 of our scenarios for WW2 deal with the Soviet advance into Southern Europe. This includes about a dozen scenarios on the battles around Budapest. |
| ScottS | 23 Mar 2016 9:38 a.m. PST |
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| Yourbitterpill | 26 Mar 2016 12:44 p.m. PST |
Finally finished with most of my Hungarians for Bolt Action Nationals next weekend. I went with the color guides from Flames of War Grey Wolf book as well as reenactor uniform photos for the Honved uniform. Please tell me what you think, thanks!
Much more pics and info below:
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| Yourbitterpill | 27 Mar 2016 9:09 a.m. PST |
New pics added. Bug isn't bumping new posts, hope this works. |
| Yourbitterpill | 29 Mar 2016 10:07 a.m. PST |
Well, my second-to-last Hungarian unit for BA Nationals at Adepticon in….2 days(!) is a Hetzer. More pics and info below:
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| Yourbitterpill | 07 Apr 2016 5:56 a.m. PST |
I'm as stunned as anyone that my Hungarians won Best Appearance this past weekend at Adepticon, as there were many, many great armies and the competition was fierce. Thank you to Warlord Games, the tournament organizers, and the players who attended. It was an amazing time and I hope to see you all next year!
More pics:
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| Charles Besly | 22 May 2016 9:26 p.m. PST |
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| Yourbitterpill | 25 Jul 2016 8:26 p.m. PST |
Finally got around to finishing up some new Hungarian minis in anticipation of the upcoming World at War tournament this Saturday. First up, is a 12-man squad of Hungarian Border Guards made from Brigade Games' WW1 Austrians. As well as a statue to revive the "Cult of the Hussar", Andras Hadik in Budapest
More pics and info below:
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| PentexRX8 | 29 Jul 2016 9:19 a.m. PST |
That statue is awesome! Your army looks great! |
| Yourbitterpill | 31 Jul 2016 3:32 p.m. PST |
Two more Hungarian AFVs for this weekend's early war tournament World at War, Blitzkrieg Miniatures' Skoda T-38 (more colloquially known as the Panzer 38(t)) light tank and Warlord Games' Lancia 1ZM armored car. I tried some new techniques and changes to my old techniques on both these models and they are, I believe, the best I've done to date. More info and pics below:
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| Yourbitterpill | 03 Nov 2016 10:04 a.m. PST |
I painted these troops to represent lorried Hussar (mobile) infantry, using the Rubicon Opel Blitz I had painted up earlier this year for their transport. With the inclusion of the WW1-era Bergmann SMG and MG08/15, these could represent either very early (pre-1940) Hussars during the Slovakian invasion or those of late 1944-45 when pre-war stocks were raided to resupply troops during the Soviet invasion. More pics and info:
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paints up some WWII Soviet aircraft.
