Moving on with the Bundeswehr for Team Yankee, this time with a zug of Gepards to keep the skies clear.
The process for the camo painting is now nailed down and is speeding up the overall painting time. After the base coat of refractive green working it's down to one colour on each vehicle before moving on to the next. Keeping this in line is helping, that along with a tidier work space.
Jaguars and more Leopards in the future too.
Cheers for now.
Last stages on this zug of M109 self propelled artillery with M113 Obs for the Bundeswehr forces currently on the painting table. Pick out the tools and stowed equipment then final matt varnishing.
Moving forwards with the Bundeswehr M109 self propelled artillery for Team Yankee. Dry brush and gloss varnish at the next session then decals, oil wash and final matt varnishing.
Simples, then to finish some infantry stands and Marder 1s. Nothing to it, save some Gepards, Leopard 2s and a few other AFVs.
Cheers for now.
Spent some time last night blocking the base colours for the first Panzergrenadier Zug. The figures are all from Battlefront and despite a bit of flash and mould lines here and there are generally good.
The zug includes three Milan 1s, a Carl Gustav, and four teams armed with an assortment of G3 battle rifles and MG3 machine guns.
A couple sessions base coating a few different AFV for the Team Yankee Bundeswehr.
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| M113 Observer and M109 Field Artillery zug |
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| Marder 1 zug |
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| Leopard 2A5 zug |
Recently shown as my first entry to this year's Painting Challenge and it's something a bit different. Well painting German AFV isn't that new, however the scale and period are: 15mm Cold War
The Cold War is a new period here, although having grown up during the seventies and eighties under the shadow of a naval base in Scotland there are elements that seemed all too real. When deciding to paint these models, I wanted to recreate that shadow, to show AFVs that have left their bases and are own their own.
The models are from Battlefront's Team Yankee range and show Leopard 1s in NATO three colour camouflage. The first set of pictures show the HQ section of the Panzer Kompanie, followed by the first of two panzer zug.
The models have gone through several stages to achieve the look shown:
Hope that everyone enjoys this post and already working on more for this period and others for future posts.
Cheers for now
The beginning of the end for the first models in 2026.
The left hand Leopard has been oil washed whilst the right hand is still in the base colours. The removal of the main part of the wash will finish the AFV apart from a double coat of Matt varnish to seal.
The remainder of the zug are in the sidings waiting on their decals being applied.
The Marders are in the process of being primed and based coated in reflective green.
Cheers for now
Moving slowly forward with the first zug of Leopard 1s for Team Yankee after finishing the blocking in the three colour N.A.T.O camouflage pattern
The next steps whilst prepping the Marder 1s will be:
Starting with the second colour - black gray - of the N.A.T.O three colour camo scheme for the Leopard 1s
Will get the last two blocked later tonight then on to the flat earth tomorrow.
The templates that are being used as the basis for the camo patterns are here
Cheers for now
Fresh start for 2026.
That is the base coat of Vallejo Reflective Green down on this zug of Leopard 1s for Team Yankee
This is the start of a Bundeswehr force for Cold War games around either the Team Yankee or Centag rule systems.
The rumble in the background shows the bits and pieces of two catapults for the Undead in Kings of War. So far, there has been more swearing than flying on these as there were no assemble instructions provided with these digital prints.
Cheers for now.
