Late-War Germans

Here's the German contingent. Again, all Warlord plastics and not bad at all. Some of the camo colours came out darker than planned but frankly I like them as they are for now! These chaps have performed well in Bolt Action and a few short trials of the CoC ruleset.

The Germans are led by Hauptmann Schweitensauer who tends to charge around with a machine pistol at his hip all day long (he's a distant relative of the Austrian Napoleonic officer from the Sharp Practice posts, but of course he seems to be more efficient). There are two sections and a few extras. I quite fancy supplementing these with some gebirgsjaeger because why not? And a tripod MG42, and a panzerschrek and an infantry gun and a Puma.

Ah, who am I kidding? I'll probably buy all that and change my mind and end up painting a batch of "Wellington/Wellesley in India" models for Sharp Practice (I'm looking at you, Redoubt Miniatures, why do you tempt me so?)

The Germans looking professional by fanning out but actually they haven't got a clue what the mission is or where they should be going.

Schweitensauer dips into a reconnaissance role. New hedges on each side - pleased with their effect.

It's 'faust time. Part One and Two. 

A couple of junior officers run over the bridge, leading some late reinforcements.

The heavy support Stug rolls up to a hedgerow before unleashing a devastating shot into the Sherman Firefly's rear-end. Just how I managed to park my Sherman in that particular fashion is a story for another day.

British WWII

A few months back, we picked up a couple of starter boxes of WWII stuff for my young son after he spent ages staring at them at a convention in Edinburgh. Here's an overview of the British late-war force (c1944). In time, I'd like to expand this to a range of extras and supports for Too Fat Lardies' Chain of Command (CoC) - a Vickers, Daimler and maybe a 6-pounder anti-tank gun as well as a further section to round off the basic "list". All for my son, of course!

CoC has a similar feel to Sharp Practice, the Napoleonic large skirmish game that has been so popular around these parts. There's a great introductory game or two of CoC here. These miniatures are all from the Warlord Games Bolt Action 28mm range. Not too shabby for plastics but a few of the rifles with bayonets tend to snap off if you look at them for long enough ...

 

First up is Lieutenant Moodie-Pye (on the left, above) accompanied by Corporal Ted Charlton (above, right) who leads the 1st section of a bren and 9 riflemen (below).

The second section (below) is led by Sergeant Randy Rummage (left) who is sporting a magnificent soup-strainer of a moustache. He is aided and abetted by his trusty Corporal Stan Hollis (right).

A bit of heavy support. A Sherman Firefly rumbles down a road looking for a Tiger ...

And the sneaky sniper, "Pip" Goodenough, hides in plain view amid the ruins of a French farmhouse. Below, the platoon support - 2 inch mortar team and piat team. Ready to take on the pesky tanks that are hiding behind every hedge ... and they will undoubtedly fail to make a dent!