Anyway, after a couple of weeks of fiddling with other things, I'm back to 3mm Cold War and it's Soviet tanks. We're back in the USSR ("You don't know lucky you are"). Despite my misery (mild food poisoning, not brought on by my wife's Thai cooking!), I've managed to finish the battalion command stand that I was lacking for a T-64A battalion which I had been working on earlier in the week (before I was cruelly struck down):
I had planned on using a BRDM-2:
as the second vehicle on the battalion command stand, given that each Soviet armored battalion had a section of them as a recon unit. However, wheeled vehicles mixed in with my tanks just rankles, regardless of the authenticity. So I swapped for a BRM:
which fulfilled the same role. I know, I know! But it's MY Soviet Army!
More after my recuperation!
Putting the BRM on there also allows you to use this stand as a CSOP if you want to, so I think it is a pretty good substitution. I like the look of this battalion, at this scale modeling the differences between the T72 and T64 is a bit challenging (beyond the mounting of the IR searchlight), but this works well.
ReplyDeleteI think stand labeling will be the cure for that problem
DeleteHi! It's really great! May be you were asked about it before but which combination of paints you use for soviet vehicles?
ReplyDeleteHi! Each WarPac nation used a slightly different green, all of which were subject to fading, wear, etc. For my Soviets, I use the Vallejo paint that used to be called "Soviet Green", but has been renamed "Camouflage Olive Green" (894). Look over my previous post on painting Soviets: http://verytinywars.blogspot.com/2014/08/painting-soviets-for-1981.html?m=1
DeleteAfter that base color, I wash with a 2:1 enamel mix of thinner/black, then dry brush with Vallejo Russian Uniform (924)
DeleteThanks !!!I'll follow your guidelines for my 6mm tanks!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! Glad that I could be of help! I'll look forward to seeing your finished Soviets
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