GF9 Tanks Skirmish Game
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About the Project
Gale Force 9 made an arcade feel easy to learn gaming system for Tanks The WWII Skirmish Game. I have used Tanks as a simple demo game to a friend's kids, that had never played a war game before. I have had fun playing against my son and down the gaming club, but i hadn't painted everything the way I wanted until recently. I bought the Colours of War Book as it was reduced on the OnTableTop Store. Even though I don't have a Flames of War collection, I figured it would still work as a good reference point for painting my units for Bolt Action etc. Then the news of a Flames of War Campaign being planned, that Tanks players would be welcome to take part in, really encouraged me to start painting my collection.
Related Game: Tanks: The WWII Skirmish Game
Related Company: Gale Force Nine
Related Genre: Historical
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The Russians on sale.
T34/76, T34/85 and SU-100 Selling these guys. Decided to have fun painting them first though.
In the core set there are extra stat cards for people that already have 15mm scale tanks. I checked on ebay and picked up these 3 tanks.
Zvezda are great for price, I enjoyed painting these Soviets and the details are great. I just realised I have never played with them and that if I do choose to play Soviets in Tanks I would like them to be in the same style and scale as my GF9 Tanks. Zvezda came up slightly smaller in comparison.
I used these as practise for my freehand markings, because I don’t have any decals in this scale. I can’t remember what the primer colour was, but I followed the advice from the Colours of War Book with a black wash followed by a heavy dry brush of Vallejo Reflective green. I enjoyed the weathering with the same spots of orange and Leadbelcher knocked back with Typhus Corrosion.
T34 / 76 
T34 / 85 
SU-100 Honey
I know it won’t be great in game but rule of cool dictates you paint what you love… She’s a Honey. ?
I primed in Death Guard Green, black wash, heavy dry brush of Vallejo Russian Uniform Green, light dry brush of Vallejo Iraqi Sand and Wyldwood Contrast Paint for the tracks and wheels. For weathering I used a bright orange, Leadbelcher scrapes and Typhus Corrosion to give the muddy, rusty look.
I posted the pics on Facebook and was told that games with smaller tanks can be very fun to play.
I have the Honey, a Puma, a Cromwell and a Panzer III so I will check out the stats and see how that plays.
British Tanks
CometI didn’t have all the colours from the book, but the Russian Uniform Green as the main dry brush colour helped give me the look I wanted.
I primed in Death Guard Green, black wash, heavy dry brush of Vallejo Russian Uniform Green, light dry brush of Vallejo Iraqi Sand and Wyldwood Contrast Paint for the tracks and wheels.
Firefly 
Cromwell 
