On the Workbench - Sd.Kfz 251/1 Ausf. D Half-track - Part 2

It's taken some time but I've finally finished the test vehicle for my Flames of War German army, an Sd.Kfz 251/1 Half-track. In the first part of the article I discussed painting the base colours, including the airbrushed camouflage. This time around it is all about weathering!

I'm rather happy with the results considering it's the first piece of WWII armour I've ever painted! The techniques I used were rather simple to do, though in some cases they took a lot of trial and error to get the hang of.

On the Workbench - Sd.Kfz 251/1 Ausf. D Half-track - Part 1

I recently purchased my first airbrush (a Harder and Steenbeck Evolution Silverline 2 in 1) and before I get started attempting late war German 3-tone camo on my backlog of tanks and vehicles, I decided to have a practice on something that I'm not planning on using for the army.

Last year I won a 15 mm scale Plastic Soldier Company Sd.Kfz 251/1 Ausf. D half-track model in a competition run by Osprey Publishing, which proved ideal for a test bed!

Site rebranding to Panzer.GD

As of this afternoon, Panzerwerks has been rebranded to Panzer.GD, complete with our own funky domain name! There may be some teething problems while the migration is in progress (for examples the images have the old watermark) but I'm working to get these fixed as soon as possible.

In the next week I'll be redoing the site layout and colour scheme too, so don't be surprised if the site looks a little different next time you visit.

One unfortunate side effect of the move is that all existing Google+ comments have been lost, but it's a small price to pay for a shiny new domain.

AAR - FHH Panzergrenadiers vs US Engineer Combat Company - No Retreat

This week at the Battlefront HQ gaming club I played against +Gareth Richards in the first game of the round robin tournament for Flames of War. Gareth has organised it to get everyone facing off against new opponents which will be great as I've not played against many different types of list so far and it will be excellent practice!

I'm using the Feldherrnhalle Panzergrenadierkompanie from Grey Wolf, while Gareth used the US Engineer Combat Company from Devil's Charge. I'm using the same list as normal as I've not been able to pick up an extra PaK 38 yet and Dietrich von Saucken is currently awaiting assembly.