BOLT ACTION Update German Grenadiers

Now then,

Over a few evenings this week i've been working away at getting these lot finally finished. im happy to report that all my WW2 German infantry are now done.



The Wehrmacht soon caught on with the SS and their camouflage patterns, and made their own. What they came up with was the splinter pattern, as seen here, I think it evolved during the course of the war, and there were different versions made.













I have painted my platoon to represent a typical platoon fighting on the Eastern front, with a mismatch of German grey kit and bits of camouflage clothing mixed in here and there.

German Grenadier Platoon 1942 - 44-5?

The Platoon Commander and 2 additional men

Forward artillery officer

 Medical officer, sniper pair, Panzershcrek team.

Grenadier squad. #1 (NCO and nine additional men, including 2 MG42 teams)

Grenadier squad. #2 (NCO and nine additional men, including 2 MG42 teams)

Grenadier squad. #3 (NCO and nine additional men, including 2 MG42 teams)

 2 x MG42 MMG teams

 For use later in the war (1944+) Panzerfaust armed grenadiers.

The full platoon, I think I might add an antitank gun, and I already have an armoured car and a Panther to add to this lot, more of which later.

All my stuff for Bolt Action can be viewed here - Bolt Action Page

Cheers for looking,
Steve

Bolt Action update Waffen SS

Now then,

I've been cracking on with my Bolt Action Germans over the last few days, and the Heer infantry I need to get finished are almost done, more of which in a later post.

In the meantime between painting i've re-done a platoons worth of Waffen SS as an alternate force, full of veteran fanatical infantry.  I painted these originally as a FOW army, but since I switched to Blitzkrieg commander I found I had a few Infantry spare, so here we are, newly rebased for bolt action, repainted in places, due to chipped paint and given a coat of matt varnish.


The Waffen SS made great use of camouflage, and even patented their own types so that the Wehrmacht couldn't use it!

I have painted my troops in summer oakleaf camouflage, as you can see, its quite a difficult pattern to do in 15mm..(it is for me anyway!)

I believe that the SS were the first troops to have proper helmet covers, and theirs were reversible too, with summer oakleaf on one side and Autumn oakleaf on the other side.

Their smocks were also reversible.

So heres the troops:

Platoon commander and 2 additional men.

 MG42 team

10 man veteran squad, including 2 LMG (MG42) teams.

8 man Veteran squad, including 1 LMG (MG42) team.

8 Man veteran squad, including 1 LMG (MG42) team.

The full platoon, ready to take the fight to the Bolsheviks!

The updated and expanded Heer Grenadier platoon will be making an appearance over the weekend.

All my Bolt action stuff can be seen here - Bolt Action Page

Thanks for looking,
Steve

February is BOLT ACTION month!

Now then,

Ok so back to some historical's for me this month, ill be cracking on with my 15mm German force for Bolt Action, pretty much picking up where I left off last August, to be honest im so close to being finished, im not sure why i just didn't get them done ......

Anyway here's a pic of what needs painting up.

10 bods, an MG42 team, a Kubelwagon, a Puma armoured car with optional turret, and of course a Panther tank. Hopefully ill get the infantry done pretty quick, as I want to take a bit of time with the vehicles.

Slightly off topic I know, but the quality of my normal brand of paintbrushes seems to have dropped (GW), so much so that im struggling to paint with some of them. I got a set of pro art miniature brushes last year as a possible replacement, but they are totally shite. Synthetic garbage that splits in the centre, and curls up at the end.

So I have taken the advice of fellow bloggers, and got myself some of these :

Windsor and Newton, Series 7.

Bloody expensive but hopefully a sound investment, you will notice I got some brush cleaner/restorer too. We will see if they are any good in the next few days.

Cheers
Steve

The Valhallan VII

Now then,

So, I thought i'd post some pictures of my imperial Guard army, built and painted in the 90's, and actually used quite alot until we kind of ditched 40k and started playing WW2 and other historical games. 

VALHALLAN VII

Captain Chenkov, with none other than Commisar Yarrick in attendance!

Well there we have it, this army took me about 2 years to paint, and I remember being sick to death of green paint... Cant imagine why....

Sadly this is another of my armies that has languished in a box in storage for at least a decade, probably longer. One day ill get them all out again, tidy them up and get them in a cabinet in my gaming room/shed....One day.

Another week with me steadily getting my epic stuff painted, so not much to show here, but all can be seen for those interested here ToEG 2014 Novamarines

Here's some that I got finished this week, some razorbacks to carry the scouts, these are converted plastic rhinos with turrets from steel crown productions on top.



Cheers for looking, Historical stuff next week!

Steve

Deathwatch Kill Team

Now then,

As ive been painting loads of epic stuff, and posting it all here - ToEG 2014 - Novamarine battlegroup I thought id post some more piccies of some of my old 40k stuff.

This time its the Deathwatch kill-team. recruited into my Imperial guard army as allies or something.... So, the story is, these are all veteran marines that have been recruited by the Inquisition to root out and destroy the most vile aliens, thats why they are all from different chapters.

Have a good un!

Steve

Epicomp 2013 Results are in.

Now then,

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I entered the Tactical command painting competition. Well to my surprise I have come away with the prize for the best painted single miniature. I entered my Lamenters chapter landraider, and people seemed to like it, so I may have to paint up a small force of them in the future.

Heres some closer pics of my entry.

Heres the image I entered, and below are the original pics.

You can see my other entries into Epicomp and hopefully other competitions as well as miniatures I have had published in rulebooks  HERE

Thanks for looking,

Steve