Grishnakh and Mordor Catapult

    After six years I publish another post of Mordor! Specifically, Grishnakh the Orc Captain,  and a War Catapult. The Orcs of the siege engine are original Games Workshop metallic miniatures but the catapult is just a toy! Now, I have to find a Troll to complete its crew.

Mordor Siege Engine

   Apart from the catapult the plastic bag had also some knights, a ballista (perfect for Isengard Assault Ballista), movable palisades and some extra rocks.

The Knight Set bag

   I added some metallic pins, a barrel and green stuff on the catapult here and there.

The catapult crew

Grishnakh

   I used mainly two colours, Beige Brown for the wooden parts of the catapult and Gunmetal for the metallic. Both are Vallejo acrylic paints.

Ready to fire!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Napoleonic Russian Generals and Hussars

    These two Generals and the two Hussar Cavalry units are parts of my Napoleonic Russian Army for Valour & Fortitude, and not only. I also have the PM Uhlans and the Dragoons, which are waiting patiently in their boxes, as well as plenty of infantry soldiers!

   I didn't like their metallic horses so I swapped them for Pike & Shotte horses of Warlord Games, which are bigger.  

   During the First Patriotic War of 1812, there were twelve Hussar regiments in the Russian Imperial Army. I chose green colour for the uniform of my Hussar cavalry units in order to match with my Infantry units. Two of these twelve Hussar regiments that wore green were the Olviopol Hussars and the Pavlograd Hussars. Both belonged to the 3rd Hussar Division. By the way, the city of Olviopol was named after the ancient Greek city of Olbia.

My twenty four Hussars

Olviopol Hussar uniform

Pavlograd Hussar uniform

   This is the 400th post of my blog, which I started back in 2011 when I was in Athens. After that I moved first in El Puerto de Santa Maria of Spain and then in Souda Bay of Crete. Now, I have to move again. I consider it a nice opportunity to post photos from new places, new food, etc. apart from my little soldiers!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

The Italian Alpini for Bolt Action (WIP)

    Though the Armies of Italy book is still at the pre-orders list of the Warlord Games, there are already many reviews around the internet. After watching a couple of them, I decided to build my Alpini (this Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry) as part of the National Republican Army of the Italian Social Republic, because of the "German Support" Army Special Rule.

The Alpini

The army special rule

HQs units (FOO, Officer and Medic)

An MMG team

A medium mortar team

Three weapon teams

Light Mortar team

AT-rifle team

Sniper team

Two NCOs

The original NCO

The parts I used for the second NCO

The first infantry squad

Three riflemen

The LMG is the German MG42 light machine gun

   All the parts I used are from the Alpini sprue except for the MG42 light machine gun and the MG42 spare barrel case, which are both from the German Grenadiers sprue. I removed the Breda M30 light machine gun from his left arm and replaced it with the MG42. 

The Breda M30 and the MG42

An Alpini with a Panzerfaust 

   I used a left hand that holds the Panzerfaust from the German SS sprue.  

The second infantry squad

Three riflemen

Breda M30 light machine gun

Another Alpini with Panzerfaust

   This is a miniature of the Italian Army Guastatori Destruction Group box with a Soviet Army infantry left arm and a spare panzerfaust.

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!