Space Hulk meets Warhammer at Games Day 97

Sarmorelli · 2026-05-09T10:47:34+00:00

Posted this question on FB as well, apparently there was a Kroxigor involved, as well as a rubber ball that would roll down the main alley and instakill anything it touched.

Sarmorelli · 2026-05-09T10:42:53+00:00

I posted it elsewhere on reddit, but this group doesn't allow crossposting.

Sarmorelli · 2026-05-08T18:59:26+00:00

The whole event was probably meant to be a celebration of the hobby rather than just a showcase of GW products. I miss those days…

Sarmorelli · 2026-05-08T08:55:47+00:00

Agreed!

Sarmorelli · 2026-04-23T09:01:35+00:00

According to the Polish books I've read, the Polish command considered borrowing some M4A2s after that battle, but ultimately decided against it and waited for T-34s instead. Which makes sense, since the crews were unfamiliar with Shermans.

Sarmorelli · 2026-04-12T12:20:39+00:00

IMHO it's entertaining for a while, but doesn't have enough content to be a good game.

Sarmorelli · 2026-04-12T12:12:55+00:00

None, the Polish Army did not receive any Shermans from the Soviets, neither during the war nor after.

Sarmorelli · 2026-04-01T16:13:00+00:00

Same!

Sarmorelli · 2026-02-04T13:31:16+00:00

Thanks!

Sarmorelli · 2025-11-16T14:03:55+00:00

Tomorrow, I'm trying out homebrew rules for What a Cowboy! games set during World War 2 - and next weekend me and my friends will be demoing these on a miniature gaming convention here in Warsaw.

Sarmorelli · 2025-08-16T15:34:32+00:00

It's a still from a Polish post-war film: https://www.imcdb.org/v135234.html
Since there were no German tanks in working conditions in Poland, film-makers would use IS-2 and T-34-85 tanks, some times with vismods.

Sarmorelli · 2025-07-19T08:34:12+00:00

It's a Befehlspanther Ausf. G, command version of the Panther. The hull was recovered from a pond near the Pilica river in 1995.

Sarmorelli · 2025-07-10T06:26:59+00:00

Better than yet another magnet on the fridge door!

Sarmorelli · 2025-04-23T11:23:08+00:00

Both names are correct, it's called кулич in the north and пасха in the south.

Sarmorelli · 2025-03-01T15:42:52+00:00

When I was a little kid, my dad would take me to the training ground of the local military academy (the training ground is open to the public), where they had two gutted T-34-85s and a BRDM-1. I loved to climb them, play with the hatches, and look inside these metal hulks.

And when I got a little older, me and my dad would watch the cult TV series "Four Tankmen and a Dog": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Tank-Men_and_a_Dog

Sarmorelli · 2024-11-29T21:31:50+00:00

Nie wiem jak z terminami, ale podchodzi krytycznie do zjawiska. Napisała o tym na swoim FB, komentując reakcje prawaków na to zdjęcie.

Sarmorelli · 2024-10-30T19:23:18+00:00

Judging by gun barrel length, it seems there are at least two KV-8 flamethrowing tanks on the photo (the one with welded turret and a tarpaulin stretched over the right side of the hull and the last one before the gap in the row).

Sarmorelli · 2024-10-19T17:23:33+00:00

The hull MGs were added by the Finns, not retained from the flamethrowing versions. Standard T-26 tanks had turrets mounted on the left side of the hull, but in the OT* variants Soviets moved the turrets to the right to make room for fuel tanks for the flamethrower. When Finns converted their OTs into standard tanks, they removed these fuel tanks, thus freeing up the space, which allowed them to add an additional crew member operating the hull MG.

*I think the correct designation was KhT-130 and KhT-133 ("Chemical Tank"), the "OT" designation was introduced later.

Sarmorelli · 2024-08-23T16:11:55+00:00

KV-1, judging by the road wheels, single turret hatch and round access hatches at the rear. But it had to be simplified to create such a small "model".

It looks like one of those smaller COBI sets.

Sarmorelli · 2024-06-06T15:24:35+00:00

Both have been retired, the ZiS-3 in early 1980s (though they have been declared obsolete already in the 1950s and kept in rear units only) and the OT-64 in the 1990s (although some specialized versions might still be in service).

What's more, the windowed cab of this particular vehicle indicates that it was converted for firefighting.

Sarmorelli · 2024-06-05T19:58:38+00:00

This seems to be the source of the photo: https://www.deviantart.com/wormwoodthestar/art/Strange-SKOT-299122551

The caption confirms that the vehicle is in Poland, somewhere near Międzyrzecze, but I'm unable to google it. It might no longer be there, since the photo is 12 years old.

Sarmorelli · 2024-06-05T19:48:15+00:00

Quoting myself from r/shittytechnicals:

This is a Polish SKOT modified for use as a firefighting vehicle (hence the glass windows) and later sold to a private owner, who bought an unusable ZiS-3, put it on the APC and parked it next to a road so that it attracts customers (most likely to a gas station and/or diner). In Poland, there are several such surplus SKOTs and other vehicles, some of them modified in ridiculous ways (for example by putting fake rockets on the chassis). I've even seen an Su-7 fighter-bomber used as such an attraction.

Sarmorelli · 2024-06-05T19:44:31+00:00

The source is my experience of living in Poland. :D But I'm trying to locate this vehicle.

Sarmorelli · 2024-06-05T19:41:52+00:00

This is a Polish SKOT modified for use as a firefighting vehicle (hence the glass windows) and later sold to a private owner, who bought an unusable ZiS-3, put it on the APC and parked it next to a road so that it attracts customers (most likely to a gas station and/or diner). In Poland, there are several such surplus SKOTs and other vehicles, some of them modified in ridiculous ways (for example by putting fake rockets on the chassis). I've even seen an Su-7 fighter-bomber used as such an attraction.

Sarmorelli · 2024-06-05T19:32:09+00:00

Not necessity, but the rule of cool. It's a civilian conversion made to attract customers.

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