Latest Video "Showcase 28mm Chechen Forces"

 Folks, here's the link for my latest video

Video Showcase 28mm Chechen Forces

Dougie

28mm Grozny Destroyed apartment block finished

Here's some shots of the finished building, I had to stop adding things and tinkering as its so easy to get dragged in to adding more and more details.

Tiny Terrain T62

Picked one of these up to use as a captured Chechen vehicle, It's a resin model and very nice quality, here's a shot of the parts laid out

 The only work I decided to do on it was to replace the turret grab handles with wire ones.

 The dushka is a little gem

 I followed my usual painting format that I've been through before, kicking off with Halfords primer

 Used various products from Ammo and AK to finish the beast

 I was initially going to have the vehicle painted with slogans to show its captured status, however after realising it would then be very limited in use I decided to knock up a removable piece of rear deck stowage with a Chechen flag

A really nice kit hopefully Tiny Terrain will do more.
Dougie

28mm Chechen civilians

Chechen project nearing completion, here are some civilians.

The very last Chechen fighters!

The very last of my 28mm Chechen fighters, Empress figures.

Last Chechen figures

The last of my Chechen figures completed, all that I have left to do is finish my Grozny apartment block and a captured Tiny Terrain T62 😉. Onto the figures, all Tiny Terrain. Dougie

 A couple of snipers and a Chechen warlord

 AGS17 team

 Some prone fighters, 2 more snipers!

Casualties. 

28mm Grozny Destroyed Apartment block part 1

My gaming oppo has a lot of mdf destroyed city buildings that we've been using for our Chechen games, I wanted to try my had at scratch building a destroyed apartment block using blue craftfoam, I wanted it heavily destroyed with rubble but still usable as a gaming piece, so having all levels accessible for figures.
This is the sort of building I had in mind.

I did some rough sketches of what I wanted mainly to get the levels right, I standardised doors at 35mm x 20mm and windows at 20mm x 20mm. A level worked out at about 55mm high. I eventually decided on a 6 level block with the upper level slightly taller to allow for a walkaround area. The block ended up at 350mm high and to keep it manageable I kept the sides to 300mm and the endwall with the lift shaft/stairwell at 200mm. Once I was sorted I cut the basic structure out of blue craftfoam

The structure was glued and pinned using standard white glue.

 The floors added.

I made the base, again from 5mm craftfoam backed on 2mm mdf for strength, and carved in some cracked pavements. I considered the rubble question and obviously with the amount of destruction the building has had the rubble would be piled to the first or second storey, this would however make it very difficult to place figures so I decided to add some rubble to give an impression of the destruction but still make it accessible for figures. The rubble itself was a mixture of broken pollyfilla that had been poured into a tray to set then smashed and Woodland scenics talus.

  The whole building was then sprayed with Halfords grey primer, virtually a full can!!!

Next up in part  2 is the painting proper and some small amounts of detailing, I find it really easy to get carried away with details so I'm trying to keep this to a minimum. Hopefully!
Dougie

28mm Chechen Improvised Anti-Tank Vehicle

This is my answer to the massive amount of Russian armour my gaming oppo is producing for our Chechen War set up. VW Samba minibus crewed by fighter with RPG18 as well as RPG7s stowed out a side window for easy access, what can go wrong?

 Picked the Cararama diecast up for a very reasonable £8.49. Now they are overscale at 1/43 but I think we can get away with it.

 Unboxed, perfectly suitable to put straight on the table but I like to have a little tinker with them

 Screws out broken up into its constituent parts

 Added a driver, a cut up Redstar figure

 The canvas sunroof is moulded on and has to go

 cut out and the folded sunroof made from plastic strip and wine bottle foil.

 Interior painted

 I followed my usual painting system, primed the vehicle and added some wear and tear, chipping grime and streaking.

 The fighter was one of the Empress Chechens and the loose RPGs I found in my spares box, not sure from where.

28mm Chechen Command element

Just about there with my Chechens, a 4 figure command/HQ element, Red Star figures gifted by a friend, first off a 2 figure base with the blokes refering to a map of central Grozny.

 Holding the Green Red and White

 Leader

28mm Chechen PKM Gunners

A gaming buddy, who's building the Russian forces for the Chechen War, gave me some Red Star Chechens that he didn't want, which came in handy for the PKM gunners. A prone pair and a couple of gunners to support my forces so far. Dougie