Many thanks to everyone who came and chatted and took photos of our game. Our game was very well received by the Carronade audience.
Build for Stalingrad...
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Stalingrad full set of pictures...
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Well... this is some pictures and a game report. But to begin... this is what we did prior to the big day...
As you can see its a big game. With lots of detail. The large building represents hall 6 at Stalingrad. Its a 2ft mdf kit which we completely reworked into 6 foot long, with additional entrances, new windows (3d printed), with 28mm sizes brick paper pasted onto the mdf walls. All scratch built. Trust were made for the roof. Then Russian WW2 posters, weathering, pipework, electrical wire runs etc. were all added to make it authentic.
Internally we 3d printed lathes, drill presses, turning machines and even toilets! Boilers were scratch built and roofs made from corrugated iron pictures scaled down and pasted onto cardboard (all cut edges were then painted rust). Brick scatter was made by cutting up thousands of matchsticks and then painting them. Chimneys are all pipes with papered scale brick. Some cut up to match the scene of Stalingrad. At this point I would also say that the book Island of Fire is a great reference source.
This picture below shows the level of detail we went to create the right look...with lathes and drilling machines on the right.and top left.
All vehicles and equipment were accurately represented (T34's, KV, 57mm anti tank guns, Ampulants (flamethrowers), Gaz trucks. For the Germans ...Pz4, Pz3, Sig33, Sig33a, Nebelwefer, Opel Blitz (+ a Maultier), Kubelwagen, Famo, Sdkfz7 etc.). Most are 3d printed. All troops are represented in the unforms of the period. Due to the scale we used about 120 Russians (120 casualities), 120 Germans a mix of Pioneers and Early war troops (120 casualities). All troops are on clear bases to blend into the mat/terrain.
So we packed up the lot and headed for Falkirk, Scotland...
GAME REPORT
The 6ft x 8ft playing board. Main hall (right), Power plant (just in front of the crane on left). Then on the left upper side some workers building. The Germans started on the left edge moving across to the right.
The power plant has a hopper and as you can see in the photo below we even made a grab for the crane.
The Germans started their attack from the crane end supported by two Sig33.
The Sig 33 pound the factory wallls, and inner building.
The Sig barrage almost hit a spectator LOL....well nearly.
At the water tower end at the same time a nebelwefer and Pz3 send in a barrage, supported by HMG fire.
The Russians return fire with Katuska (war thunder). This keeps the Germans in the centre at bay.
The Russian generals plan their defense (they are actually using a scale version of the actual Barikady area map).
Germans enter the sewer... This adds a new dimension - but they need to roll a six to get out at the correct place!
German casualities being moved to a cart.
The Russian generals plan their defense (they are actually using a scale version of the actual Barikady area map).
German casualities being moved to a cart.
The German transport in the street.
The German command in a 3d Famo.
Awaiting their orders...behind a building.
The Sigs continue their barrage (3d printed Sigs).
A good picture of the bricks !....made from matchsticks.
Russians (at the water tower end) have anti tank, maxim, and a 120mm mortor (which proved hard to take out)
The explosion looks effective...and the medic is in the thick of it.The loose brick rubble looks great here.
See below for close up...
A medic treats the wounded with a bandage.
Some Russians move forward...under cover of a second round of Katuska firing -to suppress the Germans.
Rubble...and debris everywhere
Some pack horses and a Gaz truck suprise (with quad maxim) parked in the lower corner (water tower end).
Here they come again...PZ3 starts rolling forward.
Two Stug's appear (with more troop support to the centre).
A Russian second line starts to appear around factory entrance...(water tower end)
Above and Below...The quad maxim causes a .... well a bit of an impact. on advancing Germans.
Above and Below...The quad maxim causes a .... well a bit of an impact. on advancing Germans.
A lot of German casualities (middle top).
At the other side of the big factory...Outnumber... a Russian looks on as Germans advance. The grey boilers are scratch built (plastic piping with end pieces and bent wire).
Stug ahoy.
This is a good photo of the overall board. the top side large factory (Russian side) with two staff rubbled houses and the powerplant.
No man's land is now a Greman occupied area.
Stugs move across centre with hanomag and troops.
You can see the Russian on the inside maning the front windows and guarding the enterance.
Below - You can see the troops in between lathes...
The different sized lathes came out well in this photo.
Outside the entrance a SIG take out the 45mm anti tank gun KABOOM. (far right above)
With HMG support and the large numbers the Russians fall.
This entrance is is now only defended from the inside...
The Sig 33 moves in KV fires and misses then the Sig returns fire with devastating hit..
The factory definitely looks the part here...
In the middle section Stugs (with troop support) are about to come in through a side wall...
The building roof looks great in this shot (remember...the overall the factory is 5ft long)!
Below - You can see the troops in between lathes...
With HMG support and the large numbers the Russians fall.
The factory definitely looks the part here...
Really looks bombed out.
and this guy looks very calm in his vehicle!
Meanwhile its hand to hand at the entrance
We placed some Russians and Germans on the same base to simulate the hand to hand combat.
Charge !
Theres a lot of Germans pouring in...
Above - a German officer observers...the carnage.
The first Stug is in and a Russian goes for it!
Get that turret on the T34 quick !LOL
A good shot of the battle inside.
Hand to hand ... clashes.
It doesn't get any closer.
At the end of the day the toilet block below is the only ground held by the Russians!
It was a great game and I hope everyone enjoys the pictures...if you like it please leave a comment.
and this guy looks very calm in his vehicle!
Meanwhile its hand to hand at the entrance
Theres a lot of Germans pouring in...
It doesn't get any closer.
At the end of the day the toilet block below is the only ground held by the Russians!
It was a great game and I hope everyone enjoys the pictures...if you like it please leave a comment.
Also have a look at how this game- got even bigger the next time out.
Wow. It looks amazing. Fantastic details in all of the terrain. The broken bricks everywhere works really well. I had to keep reminding myself I was looking at a model and not stills from Enemy At The Gate!
ReplyDeleteLOL Thanks F of GH. we did view that movie as part of reseach a few times. It was good to see the finished game out and ready for action. Glad you like it. Keep on painting and playing...
ReplyDeleteFantastic Game. It was my first port of call after selling stuff at the Flea market and lunch. Fantastic work as always. Great amount of detail to look at and I was very impressed by the attention to detail. Loved the 3D printed stuff and of course all the matchstick bricks. Amazing job guys and impressive since there are only two of you. Looking forward to future shows and future projects. Cheers Stephen.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stephen, really glad you liked it. I hope to see you at our next outing...Glasgow G3 event. We are putting on the Omaha beach game...
DeleteDo you mind if we link to this from the Carronade Website?
ReplyDeleteYes, no problem linking it to the Carronade site...cheers Genom
ReplyDeleteGreat table!! Where are frome those lathes and other machinery? I like to print some for mine Stalingrad table.
ReplyDeleteHi David , We scratch built them in Tinkercad with drill presses etc. The overhead crane was mdf. But the whole factory was expanded from a 2 foot mdf kit up to 5 ft 6inches - from wood. It was just too small for us. We like big games. With lots of troops. Being large it has to slide together for transport. This was done when no one had heard of 3d printing (2018/19). All (95%) of the vehicles in Stalingrad were 3d printed. We just think that large has a value all on its own. We also are planning a Pacific game with "LVT1's " its another vehicle that you cannot buy - so we just made one in Tinkercad. See our Pacific posts for pics. We have about 6 versions of LVT1's now.
DeleteTinkercad is free.
Hi David, Please see our post ...28mm Stalingrad Targe 2019 for video.
DeleteAre you from UK ?
Thanks for reply. I am living in Ireland now.
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DeleteHi, after some time I start building my smaller version of the factory and I had to design my own machinery. Thank You to tell me about tinkercad, an awesome simple tool. On my profile at Thingiverse I upload that tools so I share them here as well if someone else will be looking for factory machinery stl.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thingiverse.com/dawidsoon6/designs
Great stuff - they look excellent. I hope you get a chance to game on it with covid everywhere at the moment. Its the small details that make it more factory like....great job.
Delete...and please post a link to your finished factory...
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