CoC - Western Front - Martlet Map 3 Game 6 report

[vodkafan]

No UK supplier I know of. I have a few German  Victory Force miniatures if you want to do a comparison before you send for any? Not FJ just a couple of NCOs with Mp40s

[Digits]

Do you have any Artizan minis to stand them against mate?

[Ash]

I've just been looking at Victory force as well, shame they have to travel so far. Could do with another bren team and some riflemen...

[Digits]

Going to hit the same problem with my Panzer Lehr too.  Artizan only make 18 minis.  That includes one MG42 team.   So I will need to make up the balance with late war in zeltbahn and in smocks to disguise the short (or lack thereof) tunics. 

[Digits]

Hmmm....nothing achieved for the last few weeks, been busy.

But stupidly, I have bought a few bits which is getting piled up awaiting attention!

I bought a box of warlord volksgrenadiers  to put with the Panzer Lehr.  They appear to have short tunics so should fit in I think.


So...here’s what’s on the table to do (or will be following Christmas Day!)

Buildings to paint

Chateau
Church
Timbre Framed Building
Ramshackle Barn

Scenics to Make up and Paint

Bridge
About 10ft of Warlord Plastic and TBM resin walls
More Wire Fencing
Another box of palisade fencing
Jump off markers
Rubble piles
7ft of railway line

Figures
Platoon plus supports of Fallschirmjager
Most of a platoon of Panzer Lehr




So, have my work cut out, especially as I’m also playing with other projects! Lol


Thankfully Jamie is painting a few AFV’s for me and he’s making some great looking bocage, buildings and other scenery for out games too. 


As it happens, we are desperate to start our Ardennes campaign following lockdown and there is a LOT of gaming to go go with that....so the Normandy minis do not need doing in any hurry.  Will be good to get through the scenic stuff though....very useful for the campaign.

[has.been]

Wishing you well for all that work.
I look forward to completion pictures.
Hopefully seeing it all sometime in the new year.

[Shahbahraz]

I'm also looking forward to seeing what you do.

I confess that the Rubicon King Tiger kit finally tipped me over the edge, and coupled with a voucher and Warlord's 3 for two deal, I now have a Volksgrenadier Sturm Zug, and a Tiger Ausf B on the workbench, awaiting paint. Of course, this means I also need to build a whole winter terrain selection as well.

[Digits]

Funny you should mention it...Jamie asked me to get the Rubicon King without Zimmerit instead of the resin one I had.   He’s going to paint it up to match my winter tanks. 😉

Good luck with yours....

[Shahbahraz]

Funny you should mention it...Jamie asked me to get the Rubicon King without Zimmerit instead of the resin one I had.   He’s going to paint it up to match my winter tanks. 😉

Good luck with yours....

yep, that's the one I am assembling. I can't find any evidence for whitewash finish in the Ardennes though. Poetic license required

[Digits]

Admittedly not much evidence...though this one was whitewashed to half way up it.

[Digits]

Decided to open my Christmas present from the missus. 

Decent sized pieces of kit!  The church is a good size and will dominate a table but the Chateau is a lovely building!  I don’t know why but I thought the base to be made of rubber like the farm set but it’s actually resin.   Going to have to find somewhere safe to store it. 



It comes with wallpaper so you can decorate each room.....not sure I will do that yet, but it’s an option.  It will be a tough nut to crack in any game though.

[Digits]

I have also been putting together some Warlord plastic walls and cleaning up a few from TBM too.

Paintwork this week....

[Captain Blood]

  wow. The chateau is an impressive lump!

[Eclaireur]

The Total Battle Miniatures chateau looks a beauty 
very impressed that they put the wallpaper in there!
EC

[flatpack]

I can see the wallpaper that they supply, but can’t see the pasting table or stepladders ?...