Russian Early War Tanks

Here's my latest batch of early war tanks, still need to do the flock/stones on the bases so I'll post some more pictures of them once they're done.

Firstly we have 9 T-35 5 turreted monsters, these have been rebased, repainted and varnished. Originally they were on 30mm square bases but that proved to be too small a base to properly appreciate one of my favourite tanks so I have re-based them on 30mm x 40mm bases. These models will be joined by 10 more of these monsters along with some KV-1 tanks to form the heavy tank battalion of the 67th Tank Regiment of the 34th Tank Division in July 1941. The models to the front are (left to right) the Battalion HQ and the 3 tanks Staff HQ Platoon, the models to the back form 1 company of 1 HQ tank and 2 two tank platoons:

Secondly we have 3 KV-2 tanks which will be added to the T-28 tank battalion of my 5th Tank Regiment, 3rd Tank Division, 1st Mechanised Corps (also from July 1941):

Finally we have 4 T-26B's which are also assigned to the 5th Tank Regiment's flame tank battalion. These tanks will be joined at some point by 6 flamethrower versions (Kht-26) to make a full company. One of these tanks will be the Company HQ tank, the others will form a 3 tank platoon:

All models are from Heriocs and Ros. The organisational charts that these formations are for are available from the Wargames Vault (lists R211 and R288).

AVGVSTVS to AVRELIAN

Just a quick post to give my friend Dr Phil Hendry's new AVGVSTVS to AVRELIAN ancients rules a plug:

 Along with a few others we have been helping Phil develop these new rules for the Roman Principate (approx. 27BC-287BC). Phil has put a large amount of effort in to them which comes through very strongly in terms of period flavour, simple to use mechanics and comprehensive guides to the armies of Roman and her enemies. Phil has written a guide to what the rules are about and what you get for your money, this is available here http://www.philhendry.me.uk/avgvstvs-to-avrelian/the-avgvstvs-to-avrelian/welcome.html and the actual rules are available here http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=22. Please give them a try.

Medievals

Over this past weekend I have managed to get in two medieval wargames using Mark Bevis' 20mm Crusades period Egyptian, Mongol and Syrian armies (thanks Mark). I managed to win the second of the two games mainly by massed archery and then by cornering the remaining Mongol unit. Here's a selection of photos (all from the first game):

This is the (my) Syrian right, the light horse archers are out in front on the right followed by a unit of Syrian heavy cavalry and, on the opposite side of the river, a small unit of bodyguard cavalry:

The Syrian cavalry engages the oncoming Mongol hordes!

The Syrian cavalry runs away!

All of the figures were painted by Mark, the rules used are a much modified version of Fire and Fury adapted for the ancient and medieval periods.