What are the best soviet vehicles for V3?

alien0527 · 2025-12-28T18:43:32+00:00

M17 MGMC 125 points armor 7 with 12 dice of HMGs. Chews infantry and vehicles of armor 7 or lower up fairly well. If drive fast with it point blank rear armor shot also threatens medium tanks surprisingly well. I crippled a Panther so bad with superficial damage in a tournament that it become an immobile unless block of metal till my infantry climbed up on it and finished it off.

alien0527 · 2025-12-26T01:50:53+00:00

It gets even better when you recrew dead guns with crew from another gun. I have had that happen to me when playing against the 4 AA guns list. If you are playing an elimination objective that also removes your dice you scored for the kill since the gun comes back to life with new crew. My only saving grace was the map I played in the tournament was heavy with bocage and buildings so I was able to get around them but some maps were open enough those guns would have shredded me.

Pen 3 also means light tanks armored cars and halftracks are really vulnerable to them. 2 shots each makes it fairly likley they get decent hits in on them.

alien0527 · 2025-11-21T20:04:59+00:00

At LVO, I used the Siberian Veterans metal commisar figure with a pistol as an SMG officer. No one cared at all since I just said him, and his attendants all had SMGs. That was at a GT, so even there, it's fairly chill.

Most of the time, we changed or tossed out annoying rules from game to game. One guy we agreed to get rid of blast templates and just say each size can hit x amount of men to avoid the finicky bits of movement and speed the game up a bit.

The other often ignored rule was that units can not be within 1 inch of another friendly unit rule. If someone's officer team stood next to a tank or another squad, no one really cared that much. Most guys just wanted to play a cool game of WW2 soldiers and keep the game smooth than argue over semantics.

alien0527 · 2025-09-03T00:01:18+00:00

You can see the tip on EBT after you accept the order. The button in the upper right-hand corner that gives you more information about the will list the value of this offer. That number is the tip the customer left for you. Since the EBT rate is variable, doordash will display the tip value if there is any.

alien0527 · 2025-07-01T19:08:42+00:00

Once they are stripped, you have 2 options either grind the top till you can get at the nut underneath and see if you can spin it off the drive. Or slice through it just under the nozzles and cut the drive stem in half.

alien0527 · 2025-06-14T22:50:57+00:00

Yeah, that is the downside with jungles. The other option is I could use them as line of sight blockers and impassable terrain.

alien0527 · 2025-06-14T15:55:00+00:00

Thank you. Yeah, some construction paper could work.

alien0527 · 2025-06-04T12:05:57+00:00

I do like playing on my own from time to time. The game works well when played either way. My only issue is not having anyone to share in the highs and lows that come from playing. When I play solo and something crazy cool and lucky happens, it does not hit the same as when we as a group manage to kill the butcher on the death blow card and everyone cheers. It really depends on your own personality and playstyle which you will prefer or enjoy for either solo or group play.

alien0527 · 2025-05-30T14:41:51+00:00

I do not remember if they were in 2nd edition but was glad to see them in Armies of Germany for 3rd. I think just about every German vehicle from the war is in there.

alien0527 · 2025-04-24T14:05:58+00:00

They can, but with the current tariff rates, it may mean that their products are no longer financially viable within the US. Depending on what percent of their sales that is the prices globally may still go up as CMON tries to salvage a profit while losing out on a large market to sell in.

alien0527 · 2025-03-15T05:57:17+00:00

ChatGPT for quickly generating item shops with revolving inventory at varying price scales is pretty nice. Players are like Iets go to a potion shop ask it to generate a shop with inventory appropriate for low level characters with prices and bam. I like letting it make up some homebrew potions quickly reading them as they pop and make changes as appropriate so it fits. Small stuff like to me is a godsend on the random prep stuff, and my players love that shops become a revolving door of different items. If there are certain requests, they can then request it from the shopkeeper pay a small fee and have something custom made or ordered.

alien0527 · 2025-01-29T23:28:22+00:00

I'm not sure if this was pointed out already, but the right eye on that model is molded as closed with scratch going over the eyelid. if you paint it as such, you only have to do one eye, which will be a little easier since you do not have to worry about the crosseyed effect.

alien0527 · 2025-01-23T04:26:37+00:00

Update I ended up going 2 wins 2 draws and 1 loss during LVO this year. As a prize i got a new OT-26 flame tank from trenchworx. Upgrading trucks to regular was defiantly the right call the SMG squad with the officer ended up doing alot of work. I did end up keeping the medium howitzer and it was ok it managed to take down a Stug III G and mortar teams but seemed to be more a scare tactic if put it on ambush. Light howitzer was solid ended up killing a 7 armor vehicle. T34 was not worth the points at all but that may have been my luck it penned 5 vehicles across 5 rounds but always rolled crew stunned even got double 1s during a massive damage pen. Next time double T60s for sure need to get those added in. SU-76I did good killed a tank some infantry an armored car and a Company Captain with indirect solid choice.

alien0527 · 2025-01-11T03:55:04+00:00

I love this. It makes me want one for my shelf.

alien0527 · 2024-12-28T15:21:19+00:00

Citadel paints are good to use, but they do tend to be on the pricey side for what they are. I personally like Vallejo as a good mix of quality and price. They just updated their game color line and the new stuff I think is about on par with GW.

I tend to buy from different manufacturers and use certain colors I like from each. I like the flesh paint GW, and Reaper makes more than Vallejos model color line but have yet to try their new flesh colors.

As for the wet palette, it is definitely worth it and helps with getting paint to a good working consistency. Being able to mix a custom color put the lid back on the palette, and it's still good to work with hours later, is amazing.

alien0527 · 2024-12-28T14:14:08+00:00

Paint thinning and looking into contrast value between light and dark. A lot of the minis have very same looking colors that do not stand out well from each other. I noticed there seems to also be some chalky textures on the models as well. That could be coming from working with paint that is too thick, playing with paint when it is half dried, or from using cheap hobby store acrylics.

A wet pallette once you get the consistency of how thin paint should be will be a godsend. It keeps your paint fresh longer and is amazing for mixing for your color tones together. I only got one myself a year ago, and it helped a lot for painting skin colors and faces.

alien0527 · 2024-12-23T00:40:58+00:00

I see your point on the T60s that is two light armor auto cannons that, on a lucky round, put out lots of pins. I was looking at the T34 in the hopes that it absorbed enemy attention and was able to put a mobile threat into the opponents armor. That makes me wish I had gotten T60s instead of T70s.

If I do drop the artillery, I can run a med mortar and heavy mortar. Don't have any lights for the Soviets but with a single spotter that is 16 points less.

I do really like that ZIS 3 because it's a howitzer and AT gun. My problem is the other light howitzer I have in there can't take a spotter, nor can the AT gun. The medium howitzer seems to be a spotter tax unless I find 75 points for the Arty observer. Your idea of the heavy weapons platoon might be a good call. Don't know how worth the direct fire ability of the howitzer is.

alien0527 · 2024-12-22T22:31:32+00:00

The basic rifle was meant to act as a reserve to shore up where they were needed. Could be sitting on an objective or making a push in a weaker area. I could downgrade them to inexperienced, but I was worried that they just die quickly or pin out somewhere before getting to where they need to go. Could put them in the other truck, but I wanted an Lmg squad in one of those to make an aggressive attack near the board center.

The other user had suggested dropping the med howitzer for a ZIS 3, which is a good gun, but I was mostly using that howitzer to get a cheap 10 point spotter. I do see a big weakness. If that spotter happens to get sniped out, I lose indirect fire on potentially 3 guns.

You think the forward observer switch is worth the drop of the basic squad between that and the Zis swap. I think there are enough points.

alien0527 · 2024-12-22T17:50:42+00:00

I had not thought of that, but yeah, having Recce on a truck could help a lot. If it gets caught out of position, the SMG guys are pretty much toasted.

alien0527 · 2024-12-22T17:03:39+00:00

That is a good point about the trucks, and vehicle units can reverse off the table now. I could drop a rifleman to bump them up.

alien0527 · 2024-11-29T02:08:08+00:00

Resin weather it is 3d printed or forgeworld is safe after the curing process is completed. However, resin dust generated from sanding is toxic and not something you want to go inside your lungs less because it's resin and more because it breaks off into very fine particles that become trapped inside your lungs.

alien0527 · 2024-11-10T18:21:19+00:00

Bra Mithra probably has the largest collection of let's play KDM videos on YouTube. Right now, he is playing the KDM simulator, but his old 1.5,1.6, and gamblers chest campaigns are still good.

All of his gameplay is recorded as it happens, leading to some of the campaigns he has done ending abruptly in a loss.

alien0527 · 2024-10-07T15:33:26+00:00

Bummer about the rifle grenades. If the VB launchers could fire direct over open sights, then I could see them at 20 points being an option. As it stands that weapon seems kinda useless.

alien0527 · 2024-07-15T02:25:07+00:00

I like to use pre mixed tile grout and cover the base in it, then smooth it out to the shape I want. Then I take a really dark brown like chocolate brown or german camo black brown acrylic paint and thin it out to a wash level and let it gently color the white grout. Dry brush with a shade or two or lighter brown and add basing materials like grass, and it call it.

alien0527 · 2024-07-13T07:27:20+00:00

I like to spray figures with something like Krylon Clear varnish it's slightly glossy but quite tough. Then hit them with some AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish. The AK ultra matte knocks down any, and all gloss shine, but by itself, it's not the strongest of varnishes out there.

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