01 September 2014

On to Moscow! - Panzerkampfwagen II

As I pretty much like anything WW2 (and especially German) related I decided to start a little early war side project. I was pondering about doing the desert war with the nice Artizan range of figures but as my local dealer had some of the rather nice 'Blitzkrieg Germans' from Warlord Games I went for those. On the plus side I can use my Soviets as opponents and only need to do some early war reinforcements like maybe a BA-6 and/ or BT-10...



As a start I did a Panzerkampfwagen II which is one of my favourite tanks of the period.


This also is an Warlord kit and despite having some prejudices concerning their product quality I was pretty surprised it went together a treat.


The details are crisp and only some flash in between the road wheels had to be removed. Unfortunately the rear right track guard broke off but Warlord are hardly to be blamed for my clumsy fingers.


As always I tried not to get carried away with the weathering and I think this time I did quite well. The Panzergrey is maybe a tad too bright but an almost black brick on the table doesn't look too impressive, right?

Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed!
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15 comments:

  1. Mike1 September 2014 at 19:42

    That is a superb piece of work! Have the folks at Warlord seen this...? You should be more widely recognised for your talent and effort in making their models look so good :)

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  2. Alex Mayer1 September 2014 at 19:59

    I like the bluegrey u use! Superb painting! Really nice piece.

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  3. Black Powder1 September 2014 at 21:55

    I second Mike's comment - you should throw it up on the Warlord Forum if you haven't already done this. Absolutely fantastic rust-effects and weathering!

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  4. Monty1 September 2014 at 23:01

    Colors, dirt, chipping, mud...it's all perfect! Wonderful early war model.

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  5. Hobbyworker2 September 2014 at 04:31

    Lovely work..... i realy like the early war stuff :)

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  6. Paul Scrivens-Smith2 September 2014 at 09:08

    Very nicely done.
    I also have had quality issues with their stuff previously, but the recent Chi-Ha I did was a lovely model and very easy to clean up.

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  7. Rodger2 September 2014 at 12:31

    Stunning bit of modelling there Sir!

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  8. Samuli2 September 2014 at 17:10

    Superb job on the chipping and other weathering! It really is looking very very realistic with those

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  9. Curt3 September 2014 at 00:27

    Beautiful work Nick! These early panzers are some of my favourites as well.

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  10. Wargames modernos España.3 September 2014 at 11:19

    Very nice, I like the erosion of tracks!!

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  11. FourEyedMonster3 September 2014 at 18:17

    Whoa ... fantastic work on the tracks! Thumbs up ... nay ... two thumbs up!

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  12. Fritz II.3 September 2014 at 22:16

    I like that vehicle and all of your painted stuff.

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  13. Silver Whistle6 September 2014 at 15:07

    Superb painting on this and have to agree with you on the lighter Panzer grey being more visually pleasing.

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  14. MiniMike10 September 2014 at 10:37

    Panzer grey looks great to me, as does the weathering. Great stuff

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  15. Phil14 September 2014 at 12:38

    Excellent work, love the rust effect!

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