Finished: US Para HQ and 60mm Mortar Squads

 

If you recall my Wednesday Workbench post, I did indeed finish them today!

HQ Squad

Platoon Sergeant, Lt, 2nd Lt plus rifleman

60mm Mortar Squad

The HQ squad figures are all Crusader; the mortar squad are all Artizan apart from the kneeling chap with carbine which is Crusader.

And that is it (for now) for my US Para force. All in, I have painted 90 figures in slightly over 3 weeks (which included a few days of painting breaks). At some point I will be adding rank insignia decals and tufting the bases.The decals will have to wait until I next place an order with Warlord.

My next project will be more airborne troops, this time some Polish paras for my Arnhem collection. The first figures are out on the table ready for me to begin painting them:

There are just eighteen figures for this mini-project, which I will paint in batches of nine. Conveniently nine are in berets and nine are in helmets.

Finished: US Rifle Squad 4

Another day, another "Finished" post and it is more US Paras. You may be getting almost as bored of these as I am, but never fear - there is only one more batch to go after these!

Squad Sergeant & LMG Team

Rifle Team

The Sergeant and the chap with a carbine in the LMG team are from Crusader; all the others are from Artizan.

Given the quite different styles of the Crusader and Artizan figures, I am considering a reorganisation of the figures so that the main platoon is all Artizan, with the support squads being all Crusader. As it is unlikely that i will ever field two full platoons, I may rebase the HQ squad figures as Jump Off Points.

Finished: US Para Rifle Squad 3

 

Well, that's two "Finished" posts in two days, if only because I forgot to post the previous batch on Thursday.

Squad Sergeant & LMG Team

Rifle Team

The LMG gunner and loader are from Artizan, all the other figures are from Crusader. I've made a good start on the next batch - the fourth rifle squad and should finish painting them tomorrow which means they'll be varnished and ready for posting on Monday.

Finished: US Para Supports

 

I could (and probably should) have posted these yesterday, but I got a bit caught up doing other things. However, here they are now for you to admire or denigrate as you choose.

Tripod MG Team

The MG gunner and assistant are from Crusader, the rest of the group are Artizan. I'll be using them as either a .30 cal MMG or .50 cal HMG.

Assorted Supports and Jump Off Point

Jump Off Point

Medic and Engineer

Forward Observer and Sniper

These ones are all Artizan.

It occurred to me when I was taking these photos that I never took proper photos of the test figures I painted a couple of weeks ago, so I took the opportunity to do just that.

BARs

Bazooka Teams

The BARs and Bazookas are all Artizan.

I should have the next batch finished and ready for posting tomorrow.

Finished: US Para Rifle Squad 2

So, that's another  twelve figures finished in quick time.

Squad Sergeant:

LMG Team:

There seems to be a casting issue with the LMG assistant. On this one, the left foot seems to have been damaged; on the one from the other pack the left side of the face was miscast. I didn't notice the foot on this one until I came to paint the boots.

Rifle Team:

With the HQ Team, 60mm Mortar Squad and two Rifle squads painted that makes the whole of the first platoon, so here is a photo of them all together:

Before I move on to the second platoon, I've decided to paint up some support elements:

The front row are a tripod MG team; the back row includes a medic & casualty as a Jump Off Point marker, a sniper, a medic, an engineer with demolition charges and a radioman who will be a Forward Observer.

As it's my birthday today (the second in "lockdown") I'm taking things fairly easy and I won't have this batch of figures finished quite as quickly.