Gallery: Helliwell, Andrew

A platoon of 15mm late war Germans made up of left over figures: waste not want not! A total of 23 15mm figures.

A platoon of 23 late war German infantry by Peter Pig

Command post/objective marker from Battlefront

23 figure strong second platoon for my late war German Luftwaffe field division company. All figs 15mm from Peter Pig or Battlefront

The latest additions to my late war war Germans - three 15mm Battlefront Hetzers, one with a commander bravely surveying the way ahead.

26 Soviet infantry in 15mm

SU-122 in 15mm

Two 81mm mortars each with 3 crew (15mm Peter Pig)
Two Maxim HMG's each with 3 crew (15mm Peter Pig)

Three SU57 self propelled anti tank guns, each with 2 crew (15mm Battlefront). Seven (precariously perched) tank riders (15mm Battlefront).

24 ACW Union infantry, based as skirmishers

24 ACW Confederate infantry, 20 in line and 4 skirmishers.

Three WW2 Lend-lease Soviet universal carriers with 15 crew figures

27 WW2 Soviet submachine gun armed infantry in 15mm from Battlefront

Here's a shot of my latest output, in this case 20 Confederate infantry and 2 command figures. Total 21 x 15mm foot and 1 x 15mm mounted officer.

Twenty-three Confederate infantry in 15mm

Nine 15mm ACW Union troops (6 skirmishers and a 3 figure command stand).

Twenty three Confederates in 15mm

Two artillery pieces and caissons for my 15mm Confederates

Yet more Confederates (Confederate army has now broken the 500 figure mark - can’t actually fit them on my table, not that that will stop me painting the renaming 200 or so figures left!)

Figures in this update:  44infantry, 1 limber, four horses and 5 artillery crew.

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Two regiments of ACW Union infantry, a couple of Confederate skirmishers, a Union general with ADC and a pair of hills (made from insulation foam salvaged from a skip and based on pound shop floor tiles- total cost £1 and there’s plenty left to make more!)

A total of 33 foot figures, 1 mounted figure and two hills. All figures 15mm as usual.

A 24-strong 15mm Prussian Napoleonic Landwehr battalion found in a box in the loft!

Thirty-eight 1/72 Russian WW2  infantry. The figures were bought from a antiques /flea market and have had helmets, webbing and packs painted, an ink wash, a varnish and a rebase.

Another battalion of the ‘rescued Russians ‘ that I got from the flea market. Thirty eight 1/72 figures.

More Confederates- 20 x 15mm Essex Miniatures

20 renaissance pike with 4 heavy swordsmen. All Essex Miniatures 15mm.

17 landsknechts and with harquebus or crossbow-all 15mm Essex Miniatures.

Phase one of my mammoth medieval rebasing project -104 spearmen, all 15mm. They were organised 7 to a base as irregular horde for dbm on slightly wonky hand cut bases- they were predictably useless! Now they're based as spears for FoG on mdf laser cut bases,  they’ll hopefully meet with more success!

The rebasing madness continues apace. This week 60 new bases of men at arms, billmen and assorted armed hangers on. All in all 240 x  15mm figures rebased from badly cut card bases to new laser cut 2mm mdf...phew! 

Another 15 landsknecht harquebus figures

The rebasing madness finally draws to a close with 183 x 15mm longbows rebased and ready for action.

Fresh off the production line are 8 x 15mm renaissance mounted harquebusiers

Some 15mm Wars of the Roses command bases - with removable kings on home made sabot bases. A total of 9 foot and 1 mounted figure.

Another two bases of Wars of the Roses command and four bases of Wars of the Roses pike. All in 15mm as per usual.

16 x15mm Peter Pig Wars of the Roses hand gunners.

8 medieval Welsh spearmen for The Wars of The Roses (Donnington new era 15mm).

20 ACW Union infantry (Essex 15mm).

A Russian battalion for Rapid Fire consisting of 36 x 1/72 figures. These  are some more of the figures that I rescued from the local antiques /flea market a while ago, after a major repaint and rebasing they're ready for action!

Two Union regimental command bases and three general’s bases. 15mm.

One ACW Confederate  regiment, and a general’s command base.

another two battalions of 15mm ACW confederates, a total of 48 figures, and another few bases of odds and ends to fill out some units, 12 figures.

16 x 28mm Gripping Beast late Romans, quite a change from 15mm ACW! They've been in garrison duty in the loft for far too long so they've had a total refurbishment- weapons reattached, paint work retouched, some highlights added and a rebase on 2p coins. They're off to find a new home on ebay!

Another batch of 16 x 28mm Late Romans rescued from garrison duty in the loft. They’ve been rebased on individual bases and had weapons reattached and chipped and worn paint re painted and are off to find a new commander on eBay!

21 x 15mm WW2 Soviet scout platoon (Battlefront)

12 x 15mm renaissance cavalry (Essex miniatures)

1 x 15mm WW2 German armoured car sdkfz 223 (I think!) Battlefront model. I actually did need this to round out my PBI recce platoon!

12 x Wars of the Roses mounted men at arms (Peter Pig) picked up brand new, unpainted at Britcon, no idea why - I don’t need any more medieval men at arms.

47 x 15mm WW2 Soviet sapper company (Battlefront figures)-purchased in a fit of absent-mindedness from a nearby games store

A hut!

Germans:  an 8 wheel armoured car with 2 crew and a passenger, also a kubelwagen with 3 occupants.

A WW2 German Luftwaffe platoon -23 figures.

Two Russian T34/85 tanks, one with a very brave (or plain crazy) commissar exhorting the troops to even greater feats of socialist valour-think I'll give him a +1 on morale throws!

39 x  15mm Peter Pig/Battlefront WW2  German infantry, 18 of these are newly painted the rest are rebased so I can more easily differentiate between rank and file and officers /Big Men.

Some scenery: a log redoubt in 15mm by Peter Pig and three home made log barricades.

3 x Panzer IVH tanks, 15mm by plastic soldier company.

18  x ACW Confederate militia (15mm Peter Pig)

27 x  WW2 Soviet infantry (15mm Peter Pig)

6 x 28mm orcs (all set for a game of  1st edition Dungeons and Dragons next weekend....how very 1980’s!)

32 Wars of the Roses billmen/men at arms. All in 15mm as per usual. The figures are mainly Donnington new era with a few Peter Pig thrown in for good measure. These were all purchased at Britcon in Manchester back in August- that's about two months from trade stand to tabletop! Quite a fast turnaround by my standards!
 

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More late Romans rescued from garrison duty in the loft and restored to their full glory!  They've had chipped/worn paintre-touched, the horses have been given a makeover and lances and bows have been reattached, all followed by a rebasing-they're now off to find a new home on eBay to help fund my 15mm WW2 and ACW addiction! In all it's a total of 6 mounted and 10 foot, all 28mm Gripping Beast figures.

16 WoTR pikemen (15mm Peter Pig)

16 landsknecht pike and swordsmen (15mm Essex)

18 landsknecht shot (15mm: mainly by Essex, a few by 15mm.co.uk)

An English Tudor colonial army all set to fight the Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and assorted belligerent localsin the Americas, Africa andthe East Indies!
In total it's a force of 57 15mm figures and one tiny cannon! Figures are from Freikorps 15 and Essex Miniatures.
 

My English Tudor army gets a few reinforcements: a couple of Demi lancers, eight billmen and three ship's crew with harquebus, swords etc. All 15mm as usual.

Another six 28mm late Roman cavalry, rescued from deep storage in the loft. They've had weapons reattached, chipped and worn paint redone and have been rebased on new mdf bases.

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A mass rebasing of my Wars of the Roses 10mm figures. All in all 393 foot, 18 mounted and 3 organ guns. 

33 x 15mm WW2 Germans in greatcoats, mainly Peter Pig with some Battlefront. All based on autumnal bases!

More Tudors!
2 demi lancers
4 border horse
8 longbows
8 musketeers
6 pike
Total of 6 horse and 22 foot. All figures are 15mm Essex Miniatures.

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91 WW2 winter German infantry on unseasonably cold winter bases. All the figures are 15mm by Peter Pig or Battlefront.