AHPC XIII - 4th and 5th Submissions

 I didn't get quite as far as I'd hoped to this week, but still managed to get two entries submitted. Only three figures, but next week should see a much bigger points grab.

Entry # 4 - Ralph & Rosie

This pair of bold adventurers are from Artizan's Thrilling Tales range, and were submitted for the "High Adventure" studio, completing the four studios I needed to visit to move onto the Blue zone.

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Entry #5 - Rebecca Cameron

This is another Thrilling Tales figure which I submitted for the Westerns studio, my first in the Blue zone.

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The next studio in the Blue zone is "Swords & Sandals" - I should have the figures done for that this week - rather a lot of 15mm cavalry. If all goes well, I might also have an entry in for the studio after that - Fantasy.

Finished: 28mm Leather Coated Waffen SS Officers

 

And they're done. That's the last of the Waffen SS figures for now. I suppose at some point I will get around to finishing off the bases (and those of the British Airborne at the same time).

Senior Leader

I needed a second senior leader and this figure from The Assault Group screamed out to be used.

The original highlights on the leather coat looked a bit too stark, so I toned them down with a black glaze.

Jump Off Point

This figure was part of my original purchases from Artizan. It didn't really fit for an "active" figure, but it works well for a Jump Off Point.

Finished: 28mm Waffen SS Support Squad

 

These ended up taking me a few days longer to finish than planned. For a start, I've had a really bad cold which made me not want to paint for a couple of days. I've also been having an issue with my 3D printing - my current roll of filament seems to have been very badly spooled and keeps tangling, which means I have to keep checking on it to clear any tangles before they cause a failed print.

But done they are, so here are the pics:

MG42 Teams

Riflemen

The figures with camo are from Artizan, the ones without are from The Assault Group.

And a final photo of the squad with their NCO (painted a while ago):

This leaves me with just two officer figures to paint (for now) plus the AFVs to finish off.

Finished: 28mm Waffen SS Panzerknacker Teams

 

As promised yesterday, here are the photos of the latest batch of Waffen SS - two Panzerknacker teams. In Chain of command each team is made up of four men with three charges, three smoke grenades and a MG42 with two crew (there's no note about what weapons the other two men have - I've done a rifle and SMG for them). 

The chaps with MG42s, grenade bundles and mines are from The Assault Group, the other two are from Artizan.

At 2 support points, each team is worth considering taking as supports, even if the opposition doesn't have any armour. With my weapon allocation, two teams (=4 support points) will put out 18 shooting dice at over 12", 22 at 6-12" and 26 at 0-6". A regular infantry squad (=4 support points) would have 15, 17 and 19 dice; a regular panzergrenadier squad (=5 support points) would have 21, 23 and 25 dice. The downside is that each team would need a 1 on the command dice to activate or an order from a senior leader, whereas the squads can be activated on a 2 or 3.

Finished: 28mm Waffen SS Squad 3

 

I said they'd be finished today, and they are. It's quite a relief to get these out of the way.

Riflemen

MG 42 Team

And a shot with the previously painted figures for the squad:

With this squad finished, that completes my core platoon so here's a photo of the full platoon in all of their glory:

Next onto the table will be two Panzerknacker teams (I'll probably only ever use one, but I had enough figures for two). As I only have support options left to paint (for now) they will mark the swap to the spring/summer oak leaf pattern - light green dots instead of orange-brown ones!

Finished: 28mm Waffen SS Squad 2

 

A day later than anticipated, but still quicker than the first squad! Yes, this is the riflemen and second MG42 team for the second squad of my core platoon. As they ended up being finished today, tomorrow will be Paint Table Sunday.

Riflemen

MG 42 Team

And a photo of the full squad (including the NCO and first MG42 team):

The figure without camo is from The Assault Group, the others are all from Artizan.

I'm all set to begin painting the third squad tomorrow; with luck they'll be finished on Tuesday which will complete the core platoon. After that I'll probably do some of the non-squad supports before doing the support option squad.

Finished: 28mm Waffen SS Squad 1

 

And that is the first squad for the core platoon complete (I've already painted the NCOs and three MG42 teams). The extra figures are the seven riflemen and an additional MG 42 team which will allow em to field them as either infantry or as Panzergrenadiers. There is also a surplus MG42 figure (the kneeling chap) which I decided to paint up alongside this squad.

Riflemen

MG42 Teams

The MG42 teams and the figures not in smocks are from The Assault Group; the smocked figures are from Artizan.

Here's a shot of all the Squad 1 figures together:

The figures for Squad 2 are now on the paint table and I've even started painting them. Hopefully I'll have them finished a little bit quicker now that my 3D printer issues seem to be resolved.