British Airborne Vickers machine gun

Simon has just finished painting this Vickers heavy machine gun and 4 crew.

He's done a great job.

 

There will be more releases for this range soon.

Eastern European Church master.

We've just received this rather impressive model of an Eastern European church, ideal for Russia and the Eastern front.

It comes in 7 pieces and includes internal detail.

Scythians and Sarmatians

Scythians & Early Sarmatian People.

New releases for 1st Corps.

Scythians 700-300BC and Early Sarmatian Peoples, which include the Aorsi, Siraces, Iazyges & Roxolani 400-200BC.

 

 

The Scythians inhabited the northern areas of the Black Sea, & the Sarmatians were on the step east of the Don River. Both were of nomadic origin, & were predominantly horse archers, with more heavily armored Nobles. The Scythians could also field large numbers of levied foot archers, & spearmen.

The Scythians fought many opponents including, the Medes, Lydian’s, Early Indians, New Assyrians, Thracians, Achmaenid Persians, Macedonians, Bactrian Greeks, Parthians, & Sarmatians.

The Sarmatians also had many opponents including, the Scythians, Thracians, Parthians, Bospran & Pontic.

Coming soon figures in Greek helmets. Also available on un barded horses,

Operation Kutusov , a 28mm WW2 demo/participation game for salute 2012

To coincide with the our expansion to the WW2 Russian  range, we decided to put together a game for at Salute 2012 and hopefully at other shows we attend round the UK..

I'll be adding updates during the coming weeks showing the progress made towards the game.

Meanwhile here's a brief intro to the game and some photos of a few of the new 28mm Russian vehiclesThe brief has  kindley been put together by Phil Grey of the C20th Wargames Society Wargames Group who will be helping to run the game for us .

Operation Kutusov

The defeat of the German Summer Offensive at Kursk is followed up by Operation Kutusov - to push the Fascist Invaders back to the Dnieper river line.

 As part of this, the 9th Tank Corps, with attached rifle brigade and Army artillery support, is attacking hastily prepared German positions.  Having spent two weeks training for a night action the attack is, naturally, launched at dawn.  Soviet forces need to clear the two lines of villages and take the settlement of Veselaya Kalina, located at the edge of the forest, which controls the road through the dense woodland.

 The assault is going in over partly harvested wheatfields, with the village of Posadka to the fore, and Taborische and Breznyak to the left flank...

 Join Leitnant Vasily Krysov and his comrades in the 1454th and smash the Fascists!

 German strength is unknown, but it is expected the fascists will die hard they usually do.