A few more Airfix 1/32 scale figures. At last I have acquired a Bren gunner figure, who is supported by two riflemen:
In addition I have a Japanese officer and another kneeling firing soldier:
A few more Airfix 1/32 scale figures. At last I have acquired a Bren gunner figure, who is supported by two riflemen:
In addition I have a Japanese officer and another kneeling firing soldier:
Having acquired some German half-tracks and painted them in early war colours I decided that they needed a crew. having done that, using some old Airfix Germans, I then thought that some passengers were required. This then took on the shape of an early war Panzer grenadier battalion:
I am now working on some additional elements, such as anti-tank, mortar and heavy machine gun sub-units. The half-tracks are from a mix of manufacturers. One came with a rather large and ugly anti-tank gun mount, which I replaced with and Airfx PAK anti-tank gun with the base removed - still inaccurate but better looking!Enthused by his initial wargame, Ben requested another game before he had to head off home. We chose a Normandy scenario based upon the operation to secure the village of Maltot near to Hill 112.
Maltot village, held by elements of 272 Infantry Division and supported by 10th SS Panzer Division in reserve, was a key objective for the Allies, in order to secure the high ground over looking Caen, Hill 112.
Here is the centre of Maltot, with German defences extended forward into the hedgerows and buildings.
On the British right flank are the Churchill tanks of 9RTR, supported by 5 Wilts and a 25pdr battery in direct support.My grandson, Ben, came to stay for the weekend and he wanted me to show him an example of a wargame. I set up a small game based in WW2 using adapted Memoir '44 rules. The game was based on a German attack to secure a river crossing and an iron works being held by Soviet forces.
The objective. German tanks have already crossed the river further upstream in a picture taken towards the end of the game:
I played the Germans and began my attack in true blitzkrieg style, with a massive armoured assault, supported by Stuka dive bombers and artillery:
Last night I finished the remaining Japanese infantry, mainly heavy weapons. There is a light mortar and light machine gun, both by Airfix; also a heavy machine gun. Two more Airfix charging infantry finish off this batch.
I am not too sure where the heavy machine gun came from, possibly BMC, but I may be wrong.
Last night I finished off the other half of the box of HaT Italian infantry.
I also managed to acquire two boxes of Italeri Republican Roman infantry, which when painted will complete my Roman army. They are in the process of being cleaned up and primed for painting.
Continuing my experiments with WW2 figures and Speed Paints, I have just completed some Airfix Australian infantry. Getting the green shade was a challenge but I finished up with a 2:1 ratio mix of 'Holy White' and 'Camo Green'. The white is actually a light grey. The webbing is 'Pallid Bone'.
The figures were quite clean with good definition and nice detail.
These were the only Australians that I have, so I am missing a couple of poses, including a Bren gunner figure.