Another project fresh from the painting desk… veterans and an old Panzer IV.
Warlord Games will financially ruin me :)
I already have plenty of painted German infantry for Bolt Action, but now the Veterans are arriving...
I really don’t see a reason not to assemble at least two squads of infantry… that was the plan. With my hobby friend Marko, I split the cost of a box—ending up with three-fifths of the figures, 18 out of 30.
I also picked up the new book for Germans (v3) and a few blisters (HQ, Support, Weapons…).
Shipping from Germany is expensive, so I ordered a bit more in one go, but at least FantasyWelt
delivers quickly.
I enjoyed putting together different combinations, trying to use every option to avoid duplicate models.
As for painting—I won’t say too much; this is my third entry in just a few days, so I don’t want to repeat myself. Let’s just say I didn’t do any touch-ups on the SpeedPaint colors, so the models are sitting on the shelf exactly as they turned out :)
The bases got a few bricks, mostly painted in bright red. I cut and shaped the plastic sprues from the new army kits—those became my bricks, my walls. Beside the bricks I planted some grass, scattered a bit of sand, and weathered everything with layers of paint.
Alongside the veterans, I painted an old Panzer IV, a late-war resin model with a badly cast gun barrel. I tried straightening it again and again until it finally snapped, leaving a bump in the middle :( The tank received side skirts (Schürzen), but I didn’t bother with turret skirts—too many fiddly bits. Honestly, I’d sooner learn to dance with two left feet than glue those properly :)
The Panzer IV is painted in green, its side skirts carry an improvised camouflage that still waits for decals and inspiration for repainting.
I spent several beautiful spring mornings on these models, and I don’t regret a thing. There’s nothing better than coffee on the balcony, cats by my side, and the quiet morning air keeping me company—perfect for relaxing, meditating, and painting some well-cast plastic :)
Besides, the paint dries quickly in the gentle breeze—barely 5 km/h, carrying the scents of pine and lavender through the air. I believe these Veterans will soon see the battlefield—at Kex’s game room. There are enough of them for most lists, maybe ten order dice worth. Perhaps one day I’ll even write a battlereport :)
Now I’m off to photograph the Veterans, and I just noticed—I *did* glue the turret skirts after all. No idea when that happened… time to cut back on the beer :)
Haiku:
U ruci kist je,
tišina govori glasno
prolazi vrijeme.
TomZG, 2025_03
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