by R. Elliott “122nd NYVI” on the NDNG forum
Recently I was commissioned to paint up my buddy, Marc Densmore’s, Team Yankee, US vehicle collection. The horde included 40, M113 variants, two, M577s and 13, M1 Abrams’ variants. A little research indicated that the pattern was factory applied, which meant that it was going to have to be consistent on every vehicle… This was going to be challenging.
Many of my fellow writers, due to distance or circumstance, will not be able to make the great summer gathering held by HMGS this July 12th through the 15th in Lancaster PA.I am, however, able to attend to, and I am excited to get in some days of intense gaming, catching up with friends, and seeing the sights.
I have been feverishly painting minis in preparation for the events. We will also provide some coverage from the event (on the road podcasting organized by Mitch Reed). For those looking to find any No Dice No Glory folks to say hi to, this article will give you an idea of where to find me. So come by and say hello!
By Robert Kelly
follow up to this article:
The Canadian M113s had a unique and distinctive camouflage pattern. I might not be the best painter out there, but I always have the correct paint colours, cam patterns, and markings. I will now share my recipe so that you can make your Canadian M113s as accurate as possible using my simple air-brushing method (whether you have a quality airbrush or not and I don’t).
If you don’t have an airbrush, you can do the hand painted version using Vallejo paints (887 Brown Violet – also for uniforms, 830 Field Grey, and Matt Black with a bit of grey mixed in). These colours are a close match and we only started to airbrush our vehicles in the mid-80s anyway.
Plastic Soldier Company has released their and 20mm scales. They were kind enough to send NDNG a set of 15mm for review.
Out of the box, the 15mm sprues are impressive, yet daunting. Two hull tops are included – one with side skirts, one without. The instructions list the side-skirt hull as the Valentine III and IX model.
These tanks are a welcome addition, with both Flames of War and BattleGroup focussing on Desert War in North Africa right now. Players of any 15mm WWII game with an eye toward North Africa, or even the Eastern Front with Valentines as Lend-Lease can make good use of this set.
By Dennis Campbell AKA Matt Varnish
Photos by the Author, except the above and left.
Plastic Soldier Company was kind enough to send us a 1/72 scale (20mm) T-55 kit for review. I decided to build it as an Iraqi T-55A, which my research indicates was of Czech manufacture originally. I almost wanted to make it a modified Type-69 (Chinese knock-off) but decided on the stock variant, which thankfully PSC has the parts on-sprue to make. This kit can make Soviet/Polish T-55, Soviet/Polish/Czech T-55A, and finally, the T-55AM which has the modernized armour on the turret and the better sensors on the main gun barrel (East German Team Yankee).
by Charles Christy and Charles McKellar
The PSC M60 model is really great! I picked up a box just to see how they looked and was not surprised. I’ve known they do great gaming models, and this one is no slacker at all!!!
By Dennis Campbell AKA Matt Varnish
Photos by the Author
Part II will be vehicles
Hey gang, what’s going on? A few folks have DM’ed me on Facebook asking about my DAK force that have been up on a few Battle Reports, and how I painted them. So here is a how-to step by step (literally) on how I built and painted my force, which looks like:
Infantry and guns, Basing:
If you don’t have the pre-holed bases/and have gun teams, score with a sharp blade diagonally on the base, which makes any spackle filler or even just PVA GLue/Sand stick better.
By Alex H.
Photos by the author
Plastic Soldier Company (PSC) recently released their much-anticipated . If you follow their , you may have been aware that the initial run of kits was missing the driver’s hatch, but PSC quickly retooled the sprue, and to my understanding has replaced any boxes that were missing this piece. I received my box from PSC over the holidays and I am very pleased with the kit.
The box includes five models, which can be built as the German A1/A3 or Canadian C1 variants. As new Team Yankee player who has picked up the West Germans, PSC’s timing is great. Battlefront has announced a plastic Leopard 1 kit to support the release of the Dutch, Canadians, and Australians later in 2018. I suspect, however, we might not see BF’s plastic Leopard 1 until much later this year. If you cannot wait, PSC’s kit is definitely worth your money.
