Attack on Merville Battery

This is an illustration showing the 9th Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division attacking the Merville Battery in the night before the Allies assault on D-Day.

Rudel's Kanonenvogel update

Have just finished adding more details to the painting of Rudel's Ju87G Stuka which I'd posted a while back. I did some modification to the plane's tail and changed the tanks in the background from T-34/76 to T-34/85. Posted here are images of the updated painting.

Tiger II of Schwere Panzerabteilung 505

Have been working on this Tiger II profile drawing last week. This is a Tiger II from the Schwere Panzerabteilung 505 with their unique marking of a charging knight on horseback. The heavy tank battalion was formed in January 1943 and fought at Kursk, refitted with Tiger II in 1944 and continue fighting at the Eastern front. The battalion's top scorers included Wilhelm Knauth with 68 tank kills and Heinz Mausberg with 50+ tank kills.

Hans-Ulrich Rudel's Ju87 G tank buster

Finally I'd worked more on the Rudel's "Kanonenvogel" ( Cannonbird ) stuka for the last several days and able to post some preview images here. The plane is a Ju87G Stuka which was equipped with 2 Flak 18 37mm cannons and is mainly for tank buster role. Although the Ju87Gs were the least maneuverable of all the JU87 variants but they were used extensively on the Eastern Front and proved to be very effective tank killers. Stalin had placed a prize of 100,000 ruble for downing Rudel but no Russian pilot was able to claim the prize. More details will be added and will post more images here soon......

Russian Cossacks

Posted today is one of my boxart projects for wargamming figures. It depicts a team of Terek Cossacks raiding a German supply depot. To me, the cossacks has always been an interesting subject matter ( same as the Polish cavalry ) especially they are a dramatic contrast to the weapons and machines used in that period.

Berlin Tiger II ssspzabt 503 painting completed

Shown here are some images of the completed painting of the "Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 503, Potsdamer Platz of Berlin 30th April 1945". The painting shows Unterscharfurher Karl- Heniz Turk and his SS Abt. 503 Tiger I I which stay at Potsdamer Platz during the Battle of Berlin on 30th April 1945. Fighting along side with his Tiger II were the troops from the Munchberg Division. It will be available as limited edition print and you can visit my site at vincentwai.com for detail.

Soviet Armored and Cavalry Forces book cover

This is a cover painting that I had created for Battlefront WWII Miniatures a few months back. It shows T34s charging side by side with the soviet troops and Cossacks. Battlefront WWII Miniatures produces a unique and vast line of WWII wargaming figures and military vehicles under the name of "Flame of War", very detailed. Also, their web site features a wealth of information of WWII uniforms and AFV. You can check it out at http://www.battlefront.co.nz

WWII German StuG footage

Hello all,

Sorry for haven't post anything for a while as I was busy with my book cover projects, will post some of those works in the next couple of days. Also I had found this footage showing some German StuGs.
( original site is : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3803095897296941358&q=stug )

Nice Military Art book at a very good price

Got the book this afternoon at Chapters Book Store. It's 13 inches X 11 inches with 384 pages, hard cover and with large color images throughout......but the best of all is the unbelievable price.........just $12.99 ( original price is $77.95 ) The work of artists like Tom Lea, Kerr Eby, Anton Otto Fischer and Charles Waterhouse is already worth the small price tag.

More WIP images for Tiger II ssspzabt 503

Here are some more images of the Tiger II project:


More work is done with the background sky.


Detail of the Flak 88 is added and is moved more to the right. Also the rough linework of the soldiers on the left is added back to the image.


The soldiers and the tank commander are almost finnished.

Will go back to work more on the tank itself, will post more pics soon..........

Tiger II of ssspzabt 503, Battle of Berlin

Here are some WIP images of the German Tiger II that I'm working on right now. The painting is about Tiger II #100 of the ssspzabt 503 during the Battle of Berlin. The background is Der Potsdamer Platz with Potsdamer Station in the middle. The station was demolished in mid sixties and the area was completely rebuilt with skyscrapers now. The Tiger II was believed to be commanded by Karl Heinz Turk.