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[Kenny Noe]

heheh.... 

 

10/12mm (1/144 scale) has lured me away for many years now.... just never got around to catalogue all the 6mm.  

 

I had a plethora of metal minis in 12mm (minifig and pendraken) but sold that off in favor of plastic and 3D printing!!  It's such a game changer (no pun intended) for me!  I usually had to fight to get the right model on the table.   Hated substituting a model and calling it something else.  Now I just print one.   Way cooler.  

[Peter M. Skaar]

Here are my finished Tigers.  This is a project that took way too long but I am happy that they are now done.  I have moved on to doing more tanks for my Afrika Korps.

 

 

[Kenny Noe]

I love trucks!!   Esp in convoy!!   Nicely done.

[healey36]

Very nicely done, Peter. I wouldn't want to run into those guys on the table...well, maybe with a Guards Tank Regiment. Probably even up...

 

Paul

[Peter M. Skaar]

Thanks very much, Kenny and Healey.  Now that the Tigers are finally done I will be moving on to some other stuff.  I am currently working on Panzer IIs and IVs and more IIIs for my German North Africa forces.

[Peter M. Skaar]

I am prepping to run a North Africa game at our local Sand Wars Convention in Mesa, AZ in May.

I am adding more Panzers for my Afrika Korps, in this case more Panzer IIs and IVs.  I realized that prior to this, I only had 5 Panzer IIs for the whole battalion and 3 of the short Barreled Panzer IVs.  I added 5 more Panzer IIs and 3 more Panzer IVs in this batch with 4 more Panzer IIs and 3 more Panzer IVF1s currently in the works.

Here are a few pictures.

[Begemot_]

Pete - Great work on those tanks. "I would be proud to lead those wonderful tanks into battle anywhere, anytime. That is all."

 

 

Begemot

[Peter M. Skaar]

Thank you very much, Begemot!  At least they won't have to tell their grandkids when they ask them What did you do in WWII, Grandpa ..... Well, I shoveled s... in Baumholder.

[Peter M. Skaar]

I am prepping for my first "practice" game of Mein Panzer this Saturday at Imperial Outpost games in Glendale.  I have 2 games scheduled this month with the main event, Sand Wars, which will be May 18-19 in Mesa, AZ in the East Valley.

Here are a couple pictures from the game I ran last October at Imperial Outpost.





Here are a couple from my solo game last summer.

[Peter M. Skaar]

It is good to be back again.  Sand Wars went well and Mike P. and I had a great game of Cruisin' for a Bruisin' using the Mein Panzer rules.  It was Mike's first game using the rules and he had a great time.  He plans to be back to play again next year.

Meanwhile, I have been adding more vehicles for my Afrika Korps.  I have basically a Panzer Battalion although it is much reduced.  I decided to address the issue and determined I needed more short barreled Panzer IVs and I only had 5 Panzer IIs for the whole battalion.  I rectified this by adding 6 more Panzer IVs and 9 more Panzer IIs.  Now each Kompanie has a reduced platoon of 3 to 4 Panzer IIs.  Here are some pictures of the Panzer IIs.

 

 

 

[healey36]

Those are outstanding; mine will now need to head back to the workbench to made even the slightest bit comparable.

[Peter M. Skaar]

Thank you very much, Healey!  I am now working on adding more Panzer IIIs, especially for my 3rd Kompanie.

[Peter M. Skaar]

I added 6 GHQ Panzer IIIs to my 3rd Company today.  This is just more than double what I had already which was 5 Panzer IIIs for the whole Company.  I am working on some more to add later.

Here are a few pictures.

[healey36]

Those are exquisite, Peter. Your technique/results are amazing!

[Peter M. Skaar]

Thank you very much, Healey!  It is hard to believe that I have been painting these things for over 40 years now.  My basic overall technique has not really changed since 1989 when I got serious about painting the details and added the wash.  Much of that is the basic GHQ method of painting at the time.  Since then, I have learned more things and added them in to the way I do things.

[Peter M. Skaar]

Here are some pictures of my latest work.  I added 3 more Panzer IIIs to my Afrika Korps for my 3rd Company of my Panzer Battalion. 

 

[healey36]

One of these days I'm going to sit down and make an effort to paint something that even remotely looks like your stuff, Peter. Just terrific!

[Peter M. Skaar]

Thank you very much, Healey!  I have decided on my next project.  Trying to whittle down the pile of shame, so to speak, I am now working on finishing up my Italian M-13/40 Company for North Africa. 

Here is a picture of the 5 that I painted a couple of years ago.


 

[Mark 1]

"...the pile of shame..."

 

 

That's a great turn of phrase, Pete.

 

Like the M-13s.  Would be interested to see them close by some of your German tanks, to see the differences in the sand colors you've chosen.

 

-Mark

(aka: Mk 1)

[Peter M. Skaar]

Hi Mark

Great to hear from you!  I did not invent the phrase "Pile of Shame" to give full disclosure here.  I am happy to use it though and have lots of things still on nails for years awaiting their turn. 

That is an interesting request but I will get some pictures of one of my painted M-13/40s next to a couple of Panzer IIIs in my version of RAL 8000 and RAL 8020.  For my Italians, I have settled on Humbrol #94 Brown Yellow while the Germans in RAL 8000 are Humbrol #93 Desert Yellow and the RAL 8020 color is a mix of #94 Brown Yellow, #61 Flesh, and #34 Matte White.  I will work on getting some pictures up here soon.