Converting a Romanian 75mm Artillery Piece
By Kreighton Long
While window shopping for light artillery models for my WW2 Romanian army I found limited options to choose from. While Great Escape Games makes a fine looking Romanian light artillery piece (one will make its way into my arsenal eventually) I wanted to challenge myself with a bit of conversion work to add variety to my three-light artillery Romanian list for Bolt Action.
For my conversion attempt I began with the wooden spoked wheel variant of the WWI French style 75mm gun as found in the Warlord Games . The crew themselves needed a little customization to make them more Romanian which is where the conversion work was done for this piece. I did attempt to find a way to modify German, Soviet, and American helmets to the point where they would pass as Romanian but the solution alluded me.
After some searching I found some 3D printed Romanian helmets from Shapeways which though a tad large for the Warlord and Tsuba sculpts, were close enough that I think they’ll be passable once on the table. By the end I had used the Polish 75mm, a few spares from my German bits, and from Shapeways.
So there you have it. For any Romanian players out there looking to add some variety to their artillery batteries here’s a relatively simple way to give your army a historically accurate 75mm gun. Happy gaming!