Miniature Conversions and Modeling

I've been wanted to build a model of "Fury" for awhile. The tank used in the movie was an M4A2 Sherman tank named RON/HARRY (T224875), lent by The Tank Museum. It was meant to portray an M4A3E8 from early 1945 for the movie.  I thought it would be more interesting to create the actual tank used in the film.  This build will involve converting one of our Company B M4A2 tanks.1.) First off I'll need some decals. It's time to fire up the vector program and draw the markings! 2.) The font for the name looks to be hand painted.  Luckily, there are enough stills from...

It's great that as a wargamer today, we have so may choices. Part of the fun of war-gaming though is scratch building and converting models into other variants.  With ready access to Chi-ha kits, I was able to convert a Chi-Ha set into the Ho-To Assault tank for my Japanese Forces. First thing was to cut out the crew compartment!  We did have some HoNi models, but rather than take one of those, we had plenty of Chi-Ha hulls to work from.  First step is to outline the cut. Once that is done, time to drill, cut and file! Next was to...

Company B's Brent Dietrich models the sherman commanded by Oddball from the movie Kelly's Heros.This 3D printed model features some unique pieces of stowage to make it stand out from the standard M4A3 sherman.  I've used the hull and turret from our forthcoming M4A3 set, and replaced the barrel with one from our 76mm turret to mimic the post war model utilized in the film.  Unique pieces were then created in CAD to allow this model to stand apart from your standard run of the mill M4A3 sherman.  We've added a coffee can, milk can, and german helmets to some...

Company B's Michael Koznarsky converted these CompanyB/Brigade games Japanese Riflemen into Japanese Paratroops.Work in progress imageFrom Michael:  The differences in para vs army units were the padded helmet without flared edges, the jump smock and a folding rifle (you should be able to see the folding mechanism mid rifle shaft). While the IJA and IJN both had para units, the army was the more active of the two, dropping in a lot of places early in the war. While it looks like original doctrine followed German lines (dropping only with pistols and grenades with all other weapons in ammo crates)...