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War-gaming and figure collecting and painting have been the one hobby I have always had an interest in, and have found always possible to do, no matter the weather or other circumstances. At present it is my daily relax at the end of the day, when kids are asleep and all is calm, I find peace with my paints...

Wargaming

In terms of gaming and figure collecting I prefer the 28mm scale for just about all periods; ancients , medieval, pike and shot, horse & musket and fantasy. Its just a nice size figure to paint, for the detail without being excessive in size, nor too fiddly to handle.
For WWII, I prefer the 15mm scale game Flames of War, as I feel if you are going to include tanks at 28mm scale then the range becomes a little contrived if you are trying to shoot your main gun, the rounds would probably land in the neighbours garden...

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Monday, March 05, 2012

German HMG (MG42) platoon - FoW

Another entry finished for the the Painting Challenge; my German HMG platoon.


This comprises four MG42 teams and an SMG platoon command team

Painting Challenge

They will be useful for my Grenadier Company, and FestungsKompanie, and also Panzergrenadiers.


The recent V3 rule updates have made such platoon more useful now - when gone to ground they get a 3+ infantry save, rather than their more normal 5+ gun team save. And they can keep spitting out a healthy amount of lead when they are pinned...


I look forward to mowing Tommy and Yanks on the Normandy beaches!



Or hordes of Ivan, on the eastern front.


After my usual paintjob, I embellished the base with Silflor buffalo clumps, and static grass.




Now I must press on with final varnish of the PaK40 platoon...
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5 comments:

  1. My word, there is no stopping you now! How are the lads 8th Army shaping up? Looking forward to seeing his first completed unit on the site.

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    1. Yes I'm making steady progress now ( the halftrack horde was a lot of time consuming work!)... Chris got on quite well - flesh done, packs and socks done, helmets done, and is starting on black for the boots.
      His enthusiasm was checked a little when my critical eye suggested he may need to 'tidy things up a bit'. When he realised it wasnt a race, to get them done, and that bits of flesh colour on top of the helmets would need a bit of tidying up... well he's gone back to his computer for the last day or so... but at this age their attention flits all over the place... he's still focussed on WWII - playing Company of heroes on PC, and we are half way through a game of Germans vs Commandos again in the gamesroom with FoW...

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  2. These are really really good. Great painting and basing Scott.

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Games of toy soldiers and dice

Looking back as a younger player, I recall I probably took this all a little too seriously, exploding into flung dice and figures if things went wrong, my luck was bad and I lost...

Now I realise, the fun is simply in playing and enjoying the game, win or lose. And learning to laugh if lady luck farts in your face...So long as the game looks good with painted figures and realistic terrain, I am thrilled to get a game.

And of course an opponent of a similar mind set helps too, to make the game an enjoyable occaision.

These days I spend far more time painting figures and making terrain than I do get to play actual games, so when a game comes around I have usually forgotten half the rules and the subtle tactics of the specific game, invariably resulting in a loss! But as long as it looks good, and I have a laugh while playing, I'm happy.