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Monday, October 26, 2020

Stalingrad Project: The North Section of the Board is Just About Done

 

Like the majority of wargames projects, the northern section of my 15mm Stalingrad board is 95% done.  I'm waiting on an order of styrene strips and other bits and bob's from Evergreen so I can add the rails to most of the track hexes.  Then the last thing to do is add a wash to all the building to tone down the colors.  I need to experiment a bit before doint that.

I'm really happy with the progress so far.  The southern half starts on the left side of the second picture and will run all the way down to Red Square and will have such iconic buildings as the Univermag Dept Store, the Nail Factory and the House of Specialists.  Technically its the lower 60% of the board.


The Western side of the board
Grudinin's Mill defended by a Soviet Rifle Platoon.  I had to get some mini's on the table just to see how things looked.

The Mill is way to "bright" and that will get toned down during the wash process.
and a German Grenadier platoon attempting to cross January 9th Square - that's a lot of open ground to cover under Soviet fire.

We'll keep chugging along here in the Lair


12 comments:

  1. The work you are putting into this project really shows- each update is a substantial change. One of my favourites to follow right now.

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  2. Stunning looking board Miles. Looking forward to seeing this 8n action.

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  3. Stalingrad is the most involved hobby project I've embarked upon. I'm closing of the half way point, which also coincides with the peak level of doubt and self recriminations of "Is this project worth the effort?" and "WTF? am I crazy?"

    I do understand the answer to both of those questions can be YES

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  4. I am in awe of your wood working and modeling skills. These boards look terrific.

    Jim

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  5. Really enjoyed following the progress on this project, looks superb.

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  6. Wow! This inspires me in my own insane projects! Great work Miles, and also - thanks for the continued inspiration!

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  7. Looking fantastic ....but wow it is a big project ! Very impressive

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  8. The table is coming along rather nicely Miles. :)

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  9. Mind-blowing effort on this. Very impressive!

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