AFK for awhile

Yeah, I'll be away from blogging for a few weeks. I have vacation next week, and some personal projects that are being worked one! When I return there will be new reviews, a great give away and project updates!

MiniWarGaming Second Anniversary

Now my Friend Matthew over at MiniWarGaming is having a sale, but not any sale! It's a 20% off all GW products! Since its in Canadian funds, our pals south of the border stand to save allot! If your interested, you can check them out here and see Dave himself explain this sale further!


... Mitch

World Wargamer Community has Ventrilo!

Hey guys, Fox here from Eldar Tactics. I found this thought this was a fantastic idea. Picture this your sitting around talking to friends about war gaming, painting, modeling and what not from the comfort of your home and your friends are all over the world! Cool huh. Thanks to Catattafish, if you have Ventrilo there is a world wide war gaming voice chat, don't have it no worries follow this Ventrilo Download link and join up. Server info is below.

toronto.maxfrag.net

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Green Stuff Commission

Today I will be providing a review of some work I had commissioned out.

I contacted a friend of mine Jason to create some Salamander themed accessories for my army I am currently rebuilding. You can reach him HERE if your interested in hiring him.

The first part of the project is scaled shoulder pads for my Sargent's. My theme will be that to become a squad leader, the marine in question has to find and kill his own Fire Drake to prove his worth. They turned out really well and very reptile looking. These is also two sets with a hanging cloth with more scales on it. This will be for my more veteran Sargent's, which will be a single assault and tactical marine.

The second part of this project was the cloak for the Captain of the company! His cloak was done in a similar way as Champlain Xavier is done. Jason was very skillful in his attention to detail, and he even added spines!

I would definitely recommend his services for anyone looking for custom greenstuff sculpting! You can also find some more examples of his work over HERE

... Mitch

Giveaway #4: Redux + Bonus

Looks like #7 woroxon's email was misplaced! He acknowledged winning at http://wargt.blogspot.com/ yesterday! Sorry guys! Stay tuned this week for a few great resin products which I will be reviewing and giving away!

Below is a picture of two of my cats sitting on my monitor!

... Mitch

And the Winnder is...

#7 woroxon

Please email me within the next 48 hours with your mailing details

Leichter Panzerspähwagen: SdKfz 222

I built this Airfix 1:76 Scale kit last week, and painted it up tonight. Its a demo used for an upcoming project and is from my personal collection. I used Tamiya panzer grey as the base coat, with a Mig tan filter and Mig Brown wash. For weathering, I used a sepia and ochre pigment powder from vallejo using acrylic medium. It turned out alright considering the tank is less then two inches long! I didn't do any fancy detail work since airfix kits really lack the detail you'd find on a Revell or PST kit. In the end it was an easy to assemble kit and I recommend it since the price was $6.00 Canadian.

From Wikipedia

The Leichter Panzerspähwagen (German: roughly "Light Armoured
Reconnaissance Vehicle") were a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars
produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944.
They were developed by Eisenwerk Weserhütte of Bad Oeynhausen.
Chassis were built by Auto Union in Zwickau and assembled by F. Schichau
of Elbing and Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen in Hanover-Linden.
It used the standard sPkw I Horch 801 (heavy car) chassis with an angled armoured body and turret. The rear mounted engine was a 67 kW (90 hp) Horch 3.5 petrol engine, giving it a road speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) and a cross-country speed
of 40 km/h. It had a maximum range of 300 km. Used by the reconnaissance battalions (Aufklärungs-Abteilung) of the Panzer divisions, the type performed well enough in countries with good road networks, like those in Western Europe. However, on the Eastern Front and North Africa, this class of vehicle was hampered by its relatively poor off-road performance. In those theaters, it gradually
found itself replaced in the reconnaissance role by the Sdkfz 250
half-track. The Sdkfz 250/9 was the Sdkfz 250 with the same turret as the
Sdfkz 222. The Sdkfz 222 was examined by Soviet designers before they
created the similar BA-64 light armoured car. Front and sides were made
of 8 mm (0 in) steel; thinner 5 mm (0 in) plates protected the top, rear,
and bottom. Cast vision ports later replaced ports cut into the armour. The
open topped turret was fitted with wire mesh anti-grenade screens. This version of the vehicle was armed with a 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 autocannon and a 7.92 mm MG34
machine gun.

As you can see, this would be a great vehicle to a commanders vehicle pool!

... Mitch