Chronicles of Dahara

Bathtub Barbarosa There has been a resurgence in the GDW Wargame Bathtub Barbarosa 25 recently.  I thought I would go through my collections to see what I could field for various countries.  I found that I had enough vehicles to field a Panzer Regiment's Headquarters and a complete panzer battalion in both 15 and 20 mm scales. First up some 15 mm vehicles:  The Panzer Regiment Headquarters consisting of a command Panzer IIIE, 2 Recon Panzer IIF, a Staff half track, a light truck, and a medium truck and trailer. The 1st panzer battalion The battalion headquarters consists of a command Panzer IIIE, a Recon Panzer IIF, a medium truck and trailer, and a recovery tractor.  I may substitute a larger half track for this last vehicle as it looks a little small for its task. The rest of the battalion consists of 3 company formation.The first company has a command Panzer IIIG, a Panzer IIIG and a Panzer IIF.  The second company has a command Panzer38T, and 2 Panzer 38Ts. ...

  PLOT PLAN and BUY When the wife tells you to curtail your hobby activities, especially your painting, it doesn't signify the end of the world.  You can still plot and plan and when the iron is hot you can strike and buy for the future. I had wanted to add some large terrain pieces to my collection for a long time.  I was surfing various sites and came across Parabellum Miniatures.  Various buildings that they offer, are perfect for what I wanted. I purchased the above building and a couple of smaller ones that will be used as part of the Confessor's compound in Konigburg the Capital City of Dahara in an ongoing imaginary campaign.   I may not be able to paint it now, but it can go into the queue for when I can pick up a brush again.

  Painting Challenge 19 The End Jun 7 - Jun 30 The Challenge has had to come to an end.  The Empress has decreed a halt to most hobby efforts, until I finish a lot of construction on the house.  We hope to be able to put the house up for sale this winter, and move to a new area outside of Connecticut. For now, I will fall short with 715 items painted out of the 1000 I had hoped to get done.  As I did very little from the first week of June and still had 2 full months to go, I think I would have come very close to the target.   Here are some of the things I did get done. Meet Ta'Boor Campion of Khorne the Blood God I think it is a very old Citadel figure gifted to me by my partner in Friday Games Joe.  Found it after a reorganization of my stash and decided to just get it done.  Not sure what I will do with it but I like it. More Carthaginians Victrix plastic done up as Heavy Spearmint.  Have finished another full stand, but have not yet done the L...

  Painting Challenge 18 May 1 - June 6 The month of May into June showed some progress on my attempt to reduce the amount of bare figures.  It again was an eclectic group of figures that succumbed to the brush.  It was also a slow period as I decided to not count the figures as done unless I applied any transfers or decals that I had for them. First up, are 3 15mm Pz111,  that were received from my friend Barry.  Also there is a 6mm Soviet AAA missile launcher.   Next up is a squadron of Wildcat fighter planes for Blood Red Skies.  It adds to my collection of mainly Luftwaffe planes that I already have.  It was certainly an impulse purchase fore me. Here we have the first chariot that I have done.  I left space for a figure at the back of the chariot.  This way, I can make it a Roman/Gaul/Celtic chariot depending on the model. Here are the test figures for the Kingdom of Naples napoleonic Halbadeers of the Guard.  I have the rest of...

  Painting Challenge 17 Apr 1- Apr 30 This is the sum total of my painting for the month April.  A death in the family, and a vacation to Williamsburg Va ate into the time.   In the background, are the final infantry for the Imperial faction of my Thirty Years war project.  In the foreground, are more light infantry for my Neopolitans.  In this case, for the 1st of the 3rd line. I did however, take plastic and lead figures on vacation with me to assemble.  I managed to assemble: 64 Carthaginian warriors 3 U.S. WWII jeeps with crew 13 1/2400 WWII ships 4 Roman Legionnaires 62 Gaulic Warriors 2 Celtic Chariots 6 French Line So I figure it was a productive month even though there was very little added.  And unfortunately, more figures came in. April Statistics Beginning Balance 9757 Items Painted 10 Items Purchased/Gifted 139 Ending Balance 9886 Total painted 575    

  Painting Challenge 16 Mar 3 - Mar 31  It has been a hard month.  Family health matters took center stage this month, so I had little energy to devote to my painting challenge.  I also discovered that I forgot to post the results from February.  So here goes. First off sorry for the blurry image!  In the foreground is a 6 mm truck from GHQ Models, as well as some scatter terrain pieces to spiff up some bases.  In the left background are some Thirty Years War figures.  On the left are some reinforcing figures for my Neopolitans.  That was it for the period.  Here are the statistics. February 2025 Beginning balance  9800 Items painted 61  Items purchased 40 Net balance 9739 March 2025 Beginning Balance 9739 Items painted 22 Items purchased 40  Net balance 9757 Total for challenge 565