Tanks! A Brief Review

Tanks! by GaleForce9.  A simple game of tank combat.  It is like playing Star Wars X-Wing, but with WW2 tanks.  The game comes with 3 plastic model tanks in 15mm scale, 2 Shermans and a Panther/Jagdpanther.  You get cards for American, British, German and Soviet tanks in the box, as well as various upgrade, equipment, crew and ammo cards to kit out your armored force.  The game is good fun and can easily be played in under an hour.  Unlike X-Wing, you have to build and paint your tanks!  There are plenty of upgrades and it is easy to make your own cards for tanks not included in the game yet.  The game is played on a 3' x 3' surface.  Terrain is 2-dimensional and included in the game, but we often use our own 3d terrain items.  Initiative numbers determine the order in which the tanks move and shoot and high initiative is probably the biggest key to victory, other than a spot of luck!  My tank collection has been growing because of this little game.  Zvezda, PSC, Battlefront and others are good sources to add to your arsenal.  This was an early game in a campaign I am running for two groups.  Our groups have been having a good deal of fun playing this game.

A Panther tank explodes after a close range hit from a Sherman.

German bunker eats some high explosive.

A video of the burning Panther.

Island Fighting

Island scene made with GHQ minis (Type 95 Ha Go and some infantry), Vallejo texture, various tufts and tiny metal palm trees.  Perfect for Command Decision or the Pacific Leader variant of Panzer Leader!

Desert Theme

An Afrika Korps command group (GHQ minis)

An oasis made with Vallejo texture pastes, tufts of grass and rock, and some tiny metal palm trees.

A Shapeways model of a Bison from Master of Military.  

Very nice, although I need to paint the jerry cans!

Bush Wars in 1/285. A project in progress. Mix of Scotia and GHQ kit. The G6 self-propelled gun is a massive beast!

Some 1/285 buildings added to the collection

Leva Miniatures Franconian house.  Needed some repairs,
but it painted up nicely.

Russian church from JR miniatures.  I really like how this one looks on the table.

Another beautiful resin cast from Leva minis

Simple desert dwellings.  Nice hefty and clean castings from CinC

Spectacular Leva mini.  A bunker disguised as a farmhouse.  I added a gun barrel and this gorgeous model
virtually paints itself!

Ruins in metal, not sure of the manufacturer of these...

Japanese micro armor, diorama style

Almost forgot this tiny diorama.  GHQ Shinhoto Chi Ha tank and infantry.
Banzai!

Some micro armor...

CinC 75mm AT gun.  Beautiful clean castings

CinC German MG and mortar crews, meant for Squad Leader in miniature, but
should be just fine for other rules!

Not a good picture, but a movie "Tiger" for the "Battle of the Bulge."  Of course,
 this is a GHQ M-47 Patton to get that 60's movie feel.  Soon to be fighting it out
 with Telly Savalas' M-24 Chafee!

 

Stug IIIg not painted by me, but my basing work.  Nice new GHQ casting!

Stug IIIF by GHQ on the prowl on the snowy steepes of Mother Russia

Another old GHQ model, a German Nashorn with some added artillery crewmen

A lend-lease Churchill tank on the Russian Front.  Another old GHQ casting

CinC T-35 Land Battleship

GHQ T-34's defend the motherland from the German invaders

An Old casting by GHQ of a German Elefant tank destroyer