Friday, March 29, 2024

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: The completed Weapon Squad

With the Mortar Team and Junior Leader painted and based, the Weapon Squad is complete now and so is my 15mm US Armoured Platoon 💪Miniatures are mostly Battlefront, with a printed 3D Breed to complete some missing poses.This Platoon will be used for Chain of Command, Battlegroup and 'O'-Group.Weapon...

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: 2nd MMG-Team is now finished too 💪

My US Armoured Platoon in 15mm is still growing with the 2nd MMG team finished now, so just the Mortar team and the Junior Leader to command the Weapon Squad are still left to paint.Miniatures are Battlefront again, with the odd printed figure (STL from 3D Breed) as a small addition here and there.Ready...

Friday, March 22, 2024

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: 1st MMG-Team done

The first of the two MMG teams for my US Armoured Platoon in 15mm has now also been completed.The figures are again from Battlefront, reinforced by a printed figure (STL from 3D Breed).The MMG team consists of 5 figures for CoC - the 2 figures on the additional base are then considered an optional loader...

Friday, March 15, 2024

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: 2nd Squad ready to serve

And the 2nd Squad is done now and so the infantry squads of this US Armoured Platoon are ready for action (HQ, 1st and 2nd Squad); the weapon squad with the two MMG teams and the mortar team are already on my painting table.Battlefront plastics again, this time I used Lavender flower tufts on all...

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Chain of Command AAR: Operation Husky - Attack on an Objective

Last Saturday Max and I met up for our monthly CoC game, this time at Roll the Dice, a tabletop shop with lots of tables to rent for games.We chose "Attack on an Objective" as the scenario, Max wanted to attack another village defended by my Airborne with his Bersaglieri.Thanks to my FR of +4 and that...

Sunday, March 10, 2024

"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: 1st Squad

After a little break with painting historical miniatures I´m back on track and so the 1st Squad joins the platoon.Miniatures are all Battlefront plastics, used white flower tufts on all bases for easy identification on the battlefield.The complete 1st squad, Squad leader is single based for CoC, where...

Friday, March 1, 2024

Chain of Command AAR: Operation Husky - The Flank Attack

The Bersaglieri are not letting up and have "bitten" into the US Airborne, this time we chose Scenario Five: "The Flank Attack".While the Bersaglieri platoon receives support from an MMG, Light Mortar and an AB41 armoured car, my Airborne are just able to lay a minefield to secure their right flank.The...