Para Support almost done

Painting like a dervish yesterday evening and tonight and the para mortar platoon and HMG platoon are shaded and waiting for bases to be finished and final highlight.  Also finished the other two jeeps, so all the paras are done for now.  Preferring painting the plastic soldier company models to the official metal ones to be honest.  May sell these on eBay and replace them with the new plastic weapons at some point (as that will get me some 6 pounders as well)

Nearly done on the 15mm

Had a great game in club last week.  A large multiplayer open tank type game planned for this Wednesday.  With that in mind I have been painting like a demon.  Also my wife has been helping putting decals on the Brits.  

5 Comets done (also 4 Cnetaurs but didn't take a pic of them doh)

These have now been weathered and are ready to go.  Also nearly done (final highlights and weathering to go when shade dries) on my StuG Abteilung.

 

Just need to do the Begleits and the Fallschirmjäger to go with them lol.

Nearly there

Argh these paras are taking forever!  Curse real life for getting in the way!  

Just some odds and ends ( helmet straps and boots mainly) then shading, highlight and basing and we are done!

Got 2 BattleFoam cases so will see what they are like this weekend :-)

British paratroopers ready for painting

Just finished texturing the base on my air landing company ready for Pegasus bridge.  Inspired by GW texture paint, but alarmed to pay silly money for a small pot, a quick trip to the craft store got some thick brown acrylic (£1.25 for a 500ml bottle) and some sand.  Instant cheap textured paint lol.

This was applied to the base to hide the models individual bases. If needs be, I will add more texture when this is dry.  Models have been base coated English Uniform and are ready for me to start with the camo.

German infantry finished

Finished the German infantry tonight (a day ahead of schedule). Also got the 88's done as a bonus.  Half way through the objectives as well

The bonus 88's still need their half tracks etc but they can be finished tomorrow.

And WIP on two objective markers.

All in all a very constructive day :-)

Pegasus Bridge prep

I am running a large Pegasus Bridge game in club soon.  I therefore have a ton of minis to paint for it (and some rather cool Horsa gliders from Skytrex).  First up is the German grenadiers to defend the bridge while they wait to be reinforced.

Almost done on those, need shading and the base finishing as well as some extra highlights to finish.

3 platoons of grenadiers.  2 will be at the bridge, the other in trucks further in.  I have some more Panzer iv's ready to build for 21 Panzer as reserves, and some Panzergrenadiers.  Also bought one of these beauties but probably won't use it lol.

Batch done!

After some frantic painting I have got the Brits to the final shading stage.  When this is dry just some touch up highlights and weathering.  Then the huge numbers of decals to apply :-(

Time is running out

So it is now Friday night, and the game is set for tomorrow.  German infantry is almost ready for shading.  Hopefully can get them shades, highlighted and based before the game (let's hope for no distractions lol)

So the I set the table up tonight ready so I can paint up to the wire tomorrow lol.  It will be a simple introductory game, nothing too complex.  We have British army trying to liberate the town, with Germans counter attacking two road intersections.

Army lists are:

British Armoured Company (Confident Trained)

CiC and 2iC Sherman's

4 X Sherman Squadrons of 2 Sherman's and 1 Firefly

M10 17 Pounder Squadron (4 Tank Hunters)

Recce Squadron (4 Stuart's)

Rifle Platoon (3 squads)

German Panzer Company (Confident Veteran)

CiC and 2iC Panzer iv's 

Panzer iv Platoon (3 tanks)

Panther Platoon (3 tanks)

Tiger 1e

Grenadier platoon with panzerschrek (if I can finish the painting)

German tanks ready for action

All weathered (more or less) and just awaiting transfers.

Panzer iv's Join the Big Cats

So my 5 little panzer iv's are ready for weathering as well now.  Will probably weather them all together after giving ample time for washes to dry.

Next job is the grenadiers.  These will take more time than the Brits I fear due to camo and uniform shenanigans.  Hopefully will get them done by Saturday evening.  Then at least we can start with some batreps lol

Some cats done

So calling the painting here for one night. I at least got the cats (3 Panthers and a Tiger) up to the final highlight and weathering stage.  Looking OK so far, may even be able to get a fully painted battle report done this weekend at long last lol.

Nearly forgot this chap

Oops forgot the RAF choppy that comes with J.O.E.  While the wash is drying on the Panzers I got him up to the final highlight and weathering stage.  Should be able to finish him soon while working on the tanks.

Yes I Have More Tanks

Here is the second wave of British tanks. When I started British armour I never realised it was a "horde" army lol.  These are 4 M10 17 pounders, and 4 Stuart's for recce.  Also J.O.E Vandaleur and the RAF observer.  This just leaves some more Sherman tanks and some Cromwells to go.  All in all I think it is 16 Sherman tanks (4Firefly), 4 Stuart's, 3 Cromwell, 4 M10 and a infantry Platoon. J.O.E is there in case of emergency Michael Caine situations ;-)

Wave 1 Complete

There it is, my first wave of Flames of War British done.  I had enough spare minis in the box to add the extra couple of teams needed to give me options on infantry platoon (just about -1 man I think), their half tracks are this weeks assembly target.

The tanks are almost done, waiting on decals then last bit of weathering (over decals) and they will be complete.  I have 4 3 tank platoons done (1 Firefly in each) but have some spare tanks to build for options.  The M10's with 17 pounders are on the list for next painting binge.

Tanks glorious tanks

Tanks are almost done.  Need a final light highlight and then the weathering and they will be ready for decals.

A different kind of Brit

So the 15mm WW2 project moves steadily on.  Been in York for a chunk of this week so a bit behind.  However had a hobby binge today.

Tanks and turrets were first base coated using a spray.  This saved a huge amount of time.

Likewise, the infantry was also sprayed as a base coat.  The plan was to then add all the first layer colour and then shade before bedtime.

So the infantry are all fully base coated and shaded.  Highlights will be applied tomorrow and bases finished (hopefully)

Next it was the tanks turn to be shaded.  The next task for them was the tracks.  I got halfway through but had to call it a night as couldn't keep eyes open lol.