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 Medics and Extra MG Crew

 I did say that these would be posted yesterday when they were finished, but decided to post them today instead to help space my posts out a little.

Jump Off Point

I decide that this pair of figures would make a good Jump Off Point for Chain of Command. alternatively it would make a nice vignette to place on the table.

Medics

O could have based these two figures individually, but as I'll only ever need one medic I thought they'd go together nicely as a single base.

Extra Crew for Tripod MG42

Those of you with long memories may recall that when I posted the tripod MG42 teams that I didn't have enough figures for both crews. Well, these three figures bring them up to full strength.

All the figures in this batch are from The Assault Group.

Next up will be the support option squad. I suspect that they'll be ready to post on Thursday. After that I'll just have two more figures to paint (for now) - two officers in long leather coats.

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.