US 101 Artillery

All those lovely pictures and fascinating documentaries of the Waterloo commemorations have me hankering for another crack at some Napoleonic figures. There are plenty in the garage but, unfortunately, I've made one of those Faustian pacts regarding clearing the painting desk before starting any new projects.

You probably know the sort, the type that just gets you frustrated at the lack of progress especially if like me your painting speed falls somewhere between glaciation and tectonic plate movement.

But here are some that have reached the finish line or at least I've got to the point that I ain't going to fiddle with them anymore.

More stalwarts of the 101st in D-Day gear, this time manning a 75mm pack howitzer, so some supressing fire coming the Wehrmacht's way soon

The model is from Warlord Games' Bolt Action range.

Two More Resistors!

A couple of more likely lads to join the active cell

 

 

 

I'm going to have to find them something to do soon.

 

 

Both are from Warlords Partisan range.

 

The whole group emerge from a wood. Looking at them maybe I need to lay off the French blue.



Big Gunz

 

The Boyz are back in town. And this time they've got a big gun!

 

As can be seen from the poses above, in their spare time this gretchin crew form a Saturday Night Fever tribute act. I should've painted the one at the front in a white suit.
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All are Citadel's finest.

Donnybrook Huguenots

If something worth doing then you can trust me to do it to death! Only a mere 15 months or so after purchasing the rules I have finally got round to painting up some minis for Donnybrook. Naturally they're my favourite French Protestant exiles.

 

 

The intention is to have a squad of dismounted cavalry, some grenadiers and a few infantry from each of the foot regiments.

 

 

There may even be some special rules for these chaps to reflect their character. I'm thinking more Dumas than anything close to reality.

 

 

Of course they'll need some opposition.



All figures are Warfare and the ruins a centre piece from Adrian's Walls.



Somewhere else on the Eastern Front

The second game of the FoW foray. This time the Wehrmacht were defending a rail junction.

Once again the T-34s assaulted a position defended by German tanks.

Once more they didn't get far but had some success against some Panzer IVs.

The Soviet artillery, both rocket and guns, had fun messing up the parked German vehicles.

And eventually the tenacity and numbers of the Soviets told and a section of smg infantry took the junction.



 German morale broke and the Soviets were left victorious.

Somewhere on the Eastern Front...

The troops don't get out much (bit like their owner) but this weekend was the first battle in the new garage.

Went for a  Flames of War straightforward battle on a plain. It had to be straightforward as I hadn't actually played the game for four years and then only once (despite the large armies that have been accrued). The opponents were a Russian Tankovy versus a German Panzers force both weighing in at around 1800 points.

The Russians had the initiative and were nominally on the attack. 11 T-34s assaulted a position held by 5 Panthers.

 And the result was well...

Having had a starter of T-34 the Panthers moved on to a main of SU152 and finishing off with some SU 100s before heading for the Soviet artillery park.

The Russians had some success. The 88s were taken out by an accurate rocket bombardment and the 2 supporting Tiger Is didn't last against the SU 100s.

But it was a pretty one sided affair.

 

SU100s

Some more late Soviets to provide fodder for the Tigers and Panthers out there. Mind you these guys do pack a punch themselves.

These are from the Battlefront plastic box set released last year. Painted using my standard method of base colour, black wash, dry brushed and then edged highlights.

The spray paint I used for the base coat failed leaving several of the tanks with a strange, crinkled paint effect. I don't know what caused it, the can was nearly empty and past its best or I hadn't cleaned them up properly.

Guess the Russians won't care once they're on the table.