Out of Storage Part 3: WW2 in Color and in 15mm

Got out some of my old-time favorite minis for playing Flames of War.

Two Tigers and an Elephant aka Ferdinand

An assortment of half-tracks: 2x Sd Kfz 251/1s with
MG34s and an Sd.Kfz. 251/9 with a 75 mm L/24 gun  
Buildings in the back are JR Miniatures with a
Tiger and an Elephant doing a photobomb

One of my favorite AFVs, the T34/85

A column of T34/85s and truckload of Strelkovy

German 3.7cm Flak 37 auf Selbstfahrlafette Sd.Kfz.7/2
Gesundheit!

Out of Storage Part 2: Steppe-ing out

I brought out more of my 28mm miniatures and next thing I know, I'm having a session with my iPhone.  I got out my 2x2 Mini-Terrain Table with clouded skyline backdrop and started snapping. 

Heavy MG team with the legendary DShK from
Black Tree Design, operational and limbered 

Limbered

NKVD Medium MG with the iconic Maxim 
Foreground minis from Copplestone
Rear MMG Team from BTD

Copplestone Limbered

Copplestone Limbered

Anti-tank teams sporting the Boys PTRD Rifle from BTD

Trying to get a bead on a column

Prone for attack and assault

Here's my 25mm BMW Motortrupen
from Battle Honours

MG 34 team also from Battle Honours

2' x 2' Mini Terrain Table

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Because gamers like a big area for viewing and admiring, most of us have the typical 4' x 6' playing areas. Realistically, most of my games end up in tight quarters. Especially my skirmish games in 28mm. Solution: make a mini terrain table for those close quarters.

Start with a standard 2' x 2' acoustic ceiling tile
available at any hardware store.
Paint the edges with flat black for a better border

Inexpensive but very effective for most of my painting needs

Apply with a metal spatula a good base layer of a slurry mix
(sand, white glue, cheap gray acrylic craft paint and water).
Let dry and cure overnight then apply successive coats of dark brown wash

Again let dry and cure overnight

After the board was dry-brushed to my liking I then applied
white glue to random areas and sprinkled copious amounts of
static grass from Gale Force Nine

Let dry and cure overnight then take a tooth brush to
tease out (stand up) and remove excess static grass and Voila!

My whole intent was as mentioned above but after it was completed I knew that I could pose some of my minis on it for some cool diorama shots.

Steppe this way!
My Mongols from The Assault Group
and Old Glory lines in 28mm

Assortment of German Panzers: Stug III, Sd.Kfz 222 armored
car and Sd.Kfz 251 half-tracks from Bolt Action in 28mm

Same Panzers supplemented with 25mm BMW motorcycle 
troopen from Battle Honors (incidentally, putting them in the
foreground mitigates the scale disparity)

My 28mm Soviet Tankovy: KV1 and T34/76 from Battlemart
and armored cars: BA6 and BA64 from Bolt Action 

Showcasing some of my 6mm Modern micro armor from
GHQ: M1 Abrams, British Challenger and German Leopard 2
alongside Timecast buildings and haystacks

Ditto

Composed shot for my Instagram

Little Katy aka KATYUSHA Part 2

Here's another attempt at finishing this model...

Not this model... She doesn't need finishing...

Clearly the most difficult part of this model: rocket launcher frame.
Here's a tip: use tacky putty to figure out how all these pieces fit
since this model came without instructions. 

Great detail on the parts.

The cab assembly was frustrating with lots of needed sanding to make the pieces fit.

Numerous tries to get the sub-assemblies to fit together.

The completed cab with un-fill-able gaps.

The gaps very evident here.

I haven't given up and will continue to soldier through... This Katy is one tough bitch! And like most females, she's frustrating to figure out although I know that the outcome will be beautiful.