Back to Russians. No, not those Russians.

Hello all,

Many, many (many) moons ago, I had a soviet force for Flames of War.  Due to a variety of circumstances, I ended up selling it.  While in Toronto, I then restarted soviets, but due to a variety of similar circumstances, ended up selling it.  Then I did them again, this time with a cossack theme.  But due to a variety of circumstances, I ended up selling most of it, and used the dismounts I'd done for a 15mm Bolt Action force.  I seem to have the same track record with Soviets that I do with orks - I build up a horde, and then for one reason or another, end up having to sell it off.

"Heroic" infantry, i.e., what's left after 3 days of fighting.

So, I figured, why not tempt fate, and try again?  As it turns out, I still have a pile of stray soviet infantry kicking around.  Not enough for a real Soviety infantry force, but more than enough to start one, and build out from a core, especially with the new "hero" battalion in 4th edition (which is smaller than the usual Soviet conscript horde).

A little rougher than my older stuff, but getting back in the swing of it.

The plan is to start with the Hero Motostrelkovy battalion, and if and when I paint them (plus whatever support elements I dig up), I can always expand.  Historically, that's been T-34s, KV-85s, and SU-152s, but maybe this time I'll try something different.  There's a number of fairly nice 15mm and 1:100 scale plastic kits out there worth looking into (I'm looking at you PSC).  In extra good news, one of my GW buddies also used to play the game, and I have hopes I've hooked him into getting back into it.  Plus, he's been working on another mutual friend to join us.  Fingers crossed!

FMB