The first batch for my Winter War project has been finished (no pun intended).
after the Soviet invasion in 1939 the Finns fought a desperate rearguard action against massive odds and did inflict some quite severe reverses on the Soviets… ultimately the Soviets proved to numerous and too implacable, resulting in a negotiated peace that saw the Finns lose some territory.
On to the figures though. These are a mix of the old Wargames Foundry 20mms and the more recent Euerka miniatures from Australia. The former are a nice but limited in poses. The Euerka stuff covers a lot more ground so to speak, including a nice redition of the Finnish Lahti-Saloranta M/26 light machine gun but I would say, if I was being a bit nit picking that the gun barrels look a little fragile.
Cheers,
Pete.
Very nice Pete.
Thank you.
Cheers,
Pete.
Those look great! Would Germans in snow parkas (those with appropriate weapons) work as well for Finns?
Thanks Jeff. I think they work well for the winter stages of the Continuation War (as the Finns called it) but in 1939 they were pretty badly equipped really. That said a rifleman with a snow suit on and the hood pulled up is pretty good for most natinalities really.
Cheers,
Pete.
Nice one Pete, always dig your 20mm stuff šš
Thank you. It is where I started in historical gaming so it is something I always return to.
Cheers,
Pete.
Very nice, Pete! š You just need to get yourself an SMK heavy tank to use against them now!
Thanks John. I don’t have the SMK but I do have the similar T100 that was tested at the same battle. I bought it years ago from my late friend Mausman.
Cheers,
Pete.
Well, that was good planning! š I’ll look forward to seeing it at some point!
Thanks- I’ll be sure to work it into a game. I also got the massive SU100Y from him too (given the rarity of the models I snapped them up) which I’ll use in a battle for Moscow scenario.
Cheers,
Pete.
Very nice, love n a bit of 20mm goodness, it is gods own scale after all!
Bet you cant wait to get them “Finn’ished” (sorry I’ll get my coat)
Cheers Roger.
Thank you. Got a load more to do yet so it will be a while until I can say I’ve done š
Cheers,
Pete.
These are really nice, what are you using for snow?
Thank you. I am using textured wall paint for the snow. It works well even though it is suprisingly gritty. I buy a tub of this stuff: https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-textured-paint-pure-brilliant-white-25l/p/2307240 and it lasts me years. I usually scoop a bit out into a smaller tub and stain it brown to texture my temperate bases too.
Cheers,
Pete.
I’m into this, I’ll pick some up and give it a whirl. Thanks!
Cool- let me know how you get on with it.
Cheers,
Pete.
As someone with Finnish ancestry (25%) I always appreciate a good Finnish WWII post. Plus these look great. You may find this supplement for Combat Patrol for the Winter War interesting http://www.bucksurdu.com/Personal/documents/CombatPatrol/Supplements/WinterWarSupplement.pdf
Thanks for that Mark. It will be very useful.
I hope my Finns do you proud on the tabletop.
Cheers
Pete.
Really nice Pete. I went to Eureka once but they’re open at odd days and times but the dude there was very cool.
Thank you. They are nice figures- will order a few more packs – support weapons mostly- from the UK distributor soon I think.
Cheers,
Pete.
Neat work again Pete, I’m amazed they came from Auss!
Thanks. Eureka do some great figures. Always good to see compaines from other countries too- especially ones doing interesting figures like this.
Cheers,
Pete.