TERRAIN - Arctic Cathedral Tromso

With the first of this years Cold War Commanders Weekend Events planned for the last weekend in May I have made a start on some of the new terrain pieces I have planned. As the first weekends theme is Arctic Strike - Norway 1985 I decided to have a go at the iconic Arctic Cathedral in Tromso.

So armed with a couple of boxes i'd saved (Corn Flakes and Bakers Complete) I set to work. Now I was never planning on buildings an accurate scale model, for one thing that probably would have resulted in the model being too big for the tabletop. I did struggle initially with the height of the Cathedral as there are numerous different heights stated on the internet so as the model had to fit on a 125mm x 100mm base I decided to go with what looked right for 6mm (1/300th) games. 

Construction was fairly easy using the box card to build up the different layers to the roof over a initial full length main building. The sections were then added one by one on top of the central core with smaller sections added to create the effect of the roof.

Overall I'm very happy with the completed model and will be adding some additional surrounding sections to allow the model to fit nicely with my existing terrain.

As always thanks for looking. Part Two will follow shortly once I have completed the additional sections that will eventually surround this model.

TERRAIN - Oil Tanks

Another project that has been sat around on or near the painting table was a bag of 8 Oil Tanks (2 different types, 4 of each). Not the greatest moulds but a few bits of detail. After a bit of thought about the best way to paint them I decided on trying to sponge paint them with different shades of grey so after a black primer I used Grey Slate for the main sponge coat, followed by Platinum and then a final highlight with Grey Hints. All tester pots from B&Q.

TERRAIN - Hotel

Started work on some of the terrain pieces we need for the big Cold War Commanders Arctic Strike weekend later this year. First up is a hotel inspired by the one at Bodo, Norway. I can't remember which show I got this at, I think it was Triples a few years ago and not sure on the manufacturer either. J R Miniatures?

SLIMBRIDGE - Photos

As you have probably seen the Cold War Commanders down in Slimbridge held a couple of games to kick off the Arctic Strike theme to this years games. Mark F has very kindly sent me some of the photos of the event and for now I will just post them here for everyone to enjoy. Thanks to Mark F, Alan M, Gordon M, Rodger W and Mark J for sorting these games out. A great start to Arctic Strike.

SLIMBRIDGE - Arctic Strike Begins!!!

Last weekend Mark F, Rodger W, Mark J, Gordon M and Alan M met up at the Tudor Arms to kick off this years Arctic Strike games. All the photos are from the chaps themselves and I am posting them here just for show. I will try and post links to AAR's as soon as I have them but for now enjoy the piccies. These are all from Alan M who played VDV against Rodger W who had Norwegians.