Big Spanish Civil War Project Part 6: Donkeys, Barricades and a Tank

 A few random bits I finished for my SCW Project.

First up is this captured T-26. It's a 3D print, and I received it as part of payment for a commission I did. I'm really impressed by the quality of these files. They're extremely accurate to the real vehicles. They're available here for free. It's a really good range of interwar and World War 2 vehicles. 

I replaced the handles and machine guns with pieces of old guitar string. The turret isn't correct for the Spanish Civil War but it's fine for me.

This was a lot of fun to paint. I always enjoy weathering tanks with oil paints.

Next up are two donkeys. "A World Aflame" places a lot of emphasis on keeping units in supply, and so this pair will be important. Again they are resin 3d prints.

Finally, two barricades, a very common terrain element in the Spanish Civil War. They were made from bits and pieces I had lying around. The sandbags were made with Milliput using TheTerrainTutor's mass production method. The stones are pieces of gravel I picked up outside. I made the wooden supports from burnt out matchsticks. Everything was stuck together with cheap epoxy.

I have a company of Spanish Foreign Legion on my painting table at the moment, so I hope they'll be the subject of my next post in this series. I had thought that they'd be the hardest unit to paint at the start of the project, and it seems my suspicions are being proven correct! I'll be glad when they're done, though, as they'll add a lot of colour to the table.

Still left to do in this project are:

Republicans

2 squads of POUM Militia

2 Soviet trucks

Nationalists

3 squads of Foreign Legion (almost done)

3 squads of Regulares

Possibly an aeroplane

Terrain

Trees

Roads

The "White House"

Rough and rocky ground