StadtBarrkikade fertig

Saturday the 19th / 08h00, assembled elements for two barricades - there will be a second one on a parallel street later - maybe next week-end..the tram cart is a proper modelling nightmare. the result is not bad however. will have to weather it..

rear view of the barricade, will have to add some bricks and rubbles..

Sunday 20th - 18h00.. Finished at last..

This week-end's task... AGW

- sandbags
- drums
- spare doors
- planks
- bike
- cobblestone
- tram cart wreck
- car wreck
- lampost
- various size cases
- various rubbles
- RR debris..

AGW, this week-end I'll erect a Boulevard's barricade in 20mm.. More to follow.

OOB finished..

Finshed my OOBs for the Berlin - Les murs de braise - scenario..

Defenders of Zitadelle.

Kampfgruppe der Waffen-Grenadier "Charlemagne"

-One command squad - 5 men

-Two grenadier squads -2 x 9 men

- One PzJäger team - 4 men

- One HMG Team - 3 men

Kampfgrupper der Waffen-Grenadier "Nordland"

- One Commande element - 5 men

- Two Grenadier squads - 2 x 9 men

- One Pzjäger team - 4 men1 Sniper team - 2 men

Volksturm elements

- One command element - 4 men
- Three squads - 3 x 10 men

- Two HJ Pzäger detachments - 8 boys

Divisionnal support:

One Tiger II

One Pz V

One Stug IIIG

Ivan Kommt....

One mixed assault company.

made of three Infantry platoons, each with :

- command element - 4 Troopers

- three assault/shock squads - Nine mean each

Plus mortars, snipers, HMG and AT elements (ever heard of Pzfaust-armed Russkies..a couple of looters, rapists...

and the Might of the soviet army...

6 to ten T-34/85

1 to 3 JS II

at the time being, we need to be six to play that scenario (three players each side)...

We are presently three.. In case of shortage of players, we might have to reduce the battlefield (yek) or the game will be longer - don't mind, we do have eight hours ahead (opening doors 10hr00, closing time 18h00)...

the rules will be Rules of Engagement plus some minor adjustements like a random encounter table (animals, civilians, structure collapse, spare ammunition "falling from the skie"..

The more i am working on it, the more I wonder whether it will simply be "playable".... Who cares, it's a lot of fun.

And fun is the big issue isn't it?

Any comments or suggestions are more than welcomed.

Brigadeführer Krukenberg seems absent.. reinforcements arrived..

Volkssturm... 60-70 years old men.. the left flank will have to rely on these...

the might of the Volkssturm...

various WIP

Despite numerous messages and advices, I decided to let my Chancellerie like it is. I do not want it to look like a huge pile of rubbles.

the family being awa this week, I had time to finish it - well adding the interior walls this it it.

Finished painting, basing and washing a group of Volkssturmmen ( 30) and realized.. the wife went to Normandy with my camera..Thanks god, she's back on Monday - the camera AND the wife. and next week I'll be on holliday..

Finished the "boulevard". Basically, it is a road section with two sidewalks, a central strassenbahn line and a 16centimeters wide road section. Had to mould these in order to have as many as required by my plan.

Stay posted. Next week, God helps, the programm will be:
priming the buildings and roads; fixing lampposts (a hundred ready) and a squad of Hitlerjugend...

Vossstrasse Nr 6

I had the "frontiscipe" for ages and thought it was time to use it.

So here we are, this is my "personnal" interpretation of the Reichs chancellry few hours before the final collapse.

Some already suggested I should extend the damages. Bet I will..

Realized my Friedrichstrasse is way too narrow...

Will have to expend it, which means I will NEVER play this scenario on my gaming table...

Added the "supposed to be" last structure on the whole and realized there is some space left, actually will add two more structures , one office building and one ruin..

More to follow