Category Archives: 15mm Historical

HEER46, Panzer VII Löwe

Posted on 2012/02/27 | Comments Off on HEER46, Panzer VII Löwe

Heer46 has just released a Panzer VII Löwe kit, 1:100 scale.  From their website:

All work is done and now  i start the pre-order for this kitty.
The tank comes with two kanonen one you see on the picture from the E-100 and a second one is
the 10,50 cm.
The kit is made in resin, the two kanonen are with metal.

When you order a Löwe until 04.03.12 one tank cost 15,00 € . Shipping is world wide (USA, GB, New Zealand,Russian usw.) 3,50 € for 1-3 Löwe.

If you take four Löwe there are no shipping cost.

After this time the price goes up to 16,80 € for one Löwe.

I own a couple HEER46 kits, and plan to review them here sometime in the near future.  They are good quality kits.  I’m more partial to Soviets, but if I collected Germans for 15mm WWII gaming, this kit would be at the top of my to-buy list.

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Khurasan Miniatures, March and upcoming releases

Posted on 2010/03/18 | 1 comment

I don’t give Khurasan Miniatures (blog here) nearly enough attention here (just one post so far), especially since they’ve been one of my favorite companies since starting operations about three years ago.

In the last week or so, Khurasan shared some photos of new releases and forthcoming models that got me very excited: vacation alien, orcs, wights, and a new pack for their original Ghilmans.

Vacation alien

The vacation alien (PLA-5) is obviously an homage to the predator aliens.  The original two predator films were some of my favorites in my youth, so I’ve always had a soft spot for anything related to the antagonists of that series.  Copplestone Castings makes some great predator models, which have been on my to-buy list for a couple years, but I think I’ll pick up one or two of these from Khurasan first.  I should be able to paint the model pretty quickly (an hour?), and it would look great as an ornament for my desk.  The vacation alien is part of Khurasan’s Planet15 line and sells for a mere $1.29.

Elite Ghilman-Persian Cavalry, Persian type dress and saddle cloth, attacking with curced swords and mace

I’m also very excited that the Khurasanian Ghilmans are getting more attention.  The Khurasanians are the first models Khurasan produced, and I bought three of each pack when they first came out.  This new addition to the line, “Elite Ghilman-Persian Cavalry, Persian type dress and saddle cloth, attacking with curced swords and mace” (km11a), will find its way into my collection x3 once I’m back in the States at the end of the year.  A pack of two of the new elite Ghilman cavalry sells for $2.49.

Wights in Armour

Orc melee troopers

Orc front rankers or attack column with pikes

Finally, Khurasan recently previewed some forthcoming releases for their line of 15mm fantasy models, orcs (FAN-100, FAN-101) and wights (FAN-106).  My interest in 15mm fantasy waned when Demonworld and Empires (Hobby Products) went out of production a few years ago, but I’ll definitely pick up several packs of these in the fall, too.  The orcs have a nice classic look to them, which I like, and the undead remind me so much of Rackham’s Acheron skeletons, which is always a great thing.  There’s an orc command and pack of orc archers in the works, too, and hopefully much, much more in the near future.  No word on pricing or availability yet.

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Corvus Belli Libyan Spearmen, second stand done

Posted on 2010/02/25 | 2 comments

I finished this stand of Libyans a couple nights ago, and hope to have the third done soon.  I gave the two on the right eyes, because I was in that sort of mood.

Libyan spearmen by Corvus Belli

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Corvus Belli Libyan Spearmen, one stand done

Posted on 2010/02/17 | Comments Off on Corvus Belli Libyan Spearmen, one stand done

Enjoy!

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Corvus Belli Libyan Spearmen, a start

Posted on 2010/02/06 | 2 comments

My goal was to finish a stand of Libyan spearmen for my Corvus Belli DBA Later Carthaginian army today, but it’s not going to happen.  I finished two models (see photo below) and got a good start on the other two, but I want to move on to other projects with what remains of the day.  Saturday is the only day of the week I get to paint most of the day, and I need to make the best of it.  I plan to finish the evening painting Grenadier goblins.  Nice and simple.

Libyan Spearmen, WIP

My Later Carthaginian army to date

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Corvus Belli Shields, solutions

Posted on 2010/02/06 | Comments Off on Corvus Belli Shields, solutions

Even before I started working on my Corvus Belli Later Carthaginian box set, I could tell at a glance that the shields were going to pose a problem.  This was especially true, since I planned to use this army regularly for DBA.  Pinning the flat shields on the Libyan Skirmishers, for example, would be impossible, because the shields are too thin; the only option being a little superglue and hope.  This would not work as well with the Libyan Spearmen or any other model outfitted with the round, domed shield, however, due to limited surface area.  Were I to glue them on as-is, they would no doubt begin to pop off during play, and in the end I’d probably become frustrated with the army and abandon it altogether due to the required maintenance.

Fortunately, however, I thought up a solution while working on the the howdahs of the elephants, which feature a shield on each face.  I pack the concave back side of the shield with a little Green Stuff (formed into place with a rubber clayshaper), set a thin piece of brass rod in the center, and then snip it to my desired length.  (It’s better to snip the rod at the end of this process, as it would be too much of a hassle trying to fit the tiny piece required for this procedure.)  Once the Green Stuff dries (and I’ve finished painting the main model), I apply a small amount of superglue to the rod, and insert it into a hole predrilled in the shield arm of the model.  One word of caution: be sure to dryfit the shield with the brass rod before applying any glue, as you don’t want the rod to be too long.)

Concave back side of the shields packed with Green Stuff and a brass rod.

Hole drilled in the arm of one model where the shield will sit.

Shields with Green Stuff and piece of brass rod.

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Carthaginian Elephants, by Corvus Belli

Posted on 2010/02/05 | Comments Off on Carthaginian Elephants, by Corvus Belli

I haven’t posted an update on my DBA Carthaginian army project since September 2009.  I’d like to remedy that, and hope to post something once every week or two.

To be honest, the elephants are partly to blame.  They were fiddly to assemble and paint; and I hope never to work on a Corvus Belli elephant again.  That being said, I’m generally please with the results.  One thing that bothers me, however, is the driver.  I dry fit him several times prior to painting, and a couple times when the elephant and howdah were done.  once the shields were in place, however, I couldn’t get him to sit right, and by then it was too late.

I should also not that I’m largely following the studio palette for this army.  I’m making a few changes here and there, some greater than others.  But I’d like to finish these in a timely manner, and this seemed one way to expedite the process.

Carthaginian elephants (front)

Carthaginian elephants (side)

Up next, Libyan spearmen.

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Baueda 15mm Viking Foot Command

Posted on 2009/12/16 | Comments Off on Baueda 15mm Viking Foot Command

Baueda Viking Command (front)

Baueda Viking Command (back)

Kallistra's 10mm Viking Huscarls (left) and two 15mm Baueda Vikings (right)

Click on the photos to see larger images.

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Siege Equipment for 10 and 15mm

Posted on 2009/10/14 | Comments Off on Siege Equipment for 10 and 15mm
Donnington giant trebuchet, weighing in at 99mm

Donnington giant trebuchet, weighing in at 99mm

Someone over in the Specialist Games forums mentioned that the Donnington siege equipment works well for both 10 and 15mm.  This piqued my interest, as I’ve been looking for good siege works for my 10mm Middle-earth collection.  Old Glory makes some great stuff, too (also see here).

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Posted in 10mm fantasy, 10mm historical, 10mm Middle-earth, 15mm Historical

DBA WIPs

Posted on 2009/09/15 | 1 comment


These are a few shots of some armies for DBA that I’m slowly picking away at, the Later Carthaginian DBA box set from Corvus Belli and a couple Greek DBA box sets from Xyston, Athenian 450BC-275BC and Spartan 450BC-275BC (the ones in the photo are from the Athenian set).  The Xyston sculpts are fantastic; I haven’t found anything to complain about concerning the models for these two armies.  The CB sculpts are quite nice as well, but some of the faces lack sufficient detail or are structurally odd (i.e., the skirmisher with the yellow tunic in the photo above) and the pose and anatomy of the Carthage elephant looks unnatural to me.  Regardless, I’d buy them again.

All of these were primed with Holbein Acryla gesso (black).  I’ll be republishing WeeToySoldiers’ article about gesso on this site soon, for those of you who miss or have yet to read it.

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Khurasan Adds New Codes to Kushans/Indians

Posted on 2009/09/11 | 1 comment

Khurasan Miniatures has added some new models to their range of Kushan Empire, Western Satraps, Satavahana Dynasty Indians, and Eastern Parthians (2nd Century AD).  Which specific models are new is not stated on their Web site.

I really like Khurasan.  I bought a ton of their stuff when it first started coming out, and plan to add to my collection once I’m back in the States.  I also need to finish painting a lot more of what I have before I can justify getting more.  So far I’ve painted one model with another nearing completion.  I’m spread pretty thin.

UPDATE: According to a post uploaded by Khurasan on TMP, the new models are as follows:

Indian cavalry
Indian javelinmen
Indian elephant
Indiant general in elephant
Indian levies

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