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Author Topic: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (WW2 Bocage Country Game Full Report...Page 12...11 Nov 24).  (Read 28362 times)

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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (FFoL:BB Completed Battle Report...Page 9...23 Nov 23).
« Reply #135 on: November 28, 2023, 05:48:28 PM »
Excellent looking game and superb AAR!
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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (FFoL:BB Completed Battle Report...Page 9...23 Nov 23).
« Reply #136 on: November 29, 2023, 11:26:44 PM »
Thanks, fellas! 
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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (FFoL:BB Completed Battle Report...Page 9...23 Nov 23).
« Reply #137 on: November 30, 2023, 07:59:07 AM »
Great AAR and a lovely looking game.   :-*


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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (FFoL:BB Completed Battle Report...Page 9...23 Nov 23).
« Reply #138 on: December 03, 2023, 05:11:41 PM »
Great AAR and a lovely looking game.   :-*

Thanks, M'Lord!

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Now that I'm back, and recovered from, vacation, and I've done the additions to my modern forces I wanted to, It's time to switch gears.

Wargames, Soldiers, and Strategy, Issue #128 had a series of scenarios set in late WW2, involving US and German troops.  I will be painting some additions to my WW2 collection so we can play these scenarios out.  It'll take some time, as I'm getting into 28mm ACW stuff at the same time.  But, I'll be posting pics of these additions as I get them done.  Stay tuned...

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Thanks, flatpack.  Unfortunately, the painting is going slowly at the moment.  Real life keeps rearing its ugly head...too many pots on the fire...but all in due time...

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Well, I've now gotten to the WW2 stuff.  First up are US GIs, all 28mm.

These 5 guys are various manufacturers.  The chap on the left is a plastic Perry Miniatures GI, to round out my mid-war 3rd squad (he's as replacement for one that was broken during a game some time ago).  The middle 2 guys are a sniper team, made from Warlord's new US Rangers box (except for the spotter's left arm - that's a Perry arm).  The 2 guys on the right are late-war Wargames Factory plastics, to round out my late-war 2nd squad.





The rest of the boys are my late-war 3rd squad, all Empress Miniatures.  These 3 are the squad NCOs and the BAR gunner:





And these are the squad's riflemen:





This is the whole Empress squad:



Next up are some Empress Miniatures' volksgrenadiers - a squad (2 NCOs, an MG42 team, and 5 riflemen) and a panzerfaust team of 2 men.  I will also do a Wargames Factory grenadier, to round out my Heer 2rd squad.  Pics of these will follow once completed - painting should start next week...

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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (28mm US GIs...Page 10...31 Jul 24).
« Reply #143 on: August 01, 2024, 12:10:11 PM »

 Those Empress G.I.'s look great. How do they compare in size to Warlord's G.I.'s?

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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (28mm US GIs...Page 10...31 Jul 24).
« Reply #144 on: August 01, 2024, 09:11:26 PM »
They do look good. Lovely work Jim!
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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (28mm US GIs...Page 10...31 Jul 24).
« Reply #145 on: August 03, 2024, 08:35:41 PM »
Thanks, fellas!

Those Empress G.I.'s look great. How do they compare in size to Warlord's G.I.'s?

Since we all have our own preferences, here's a shot to compare a couple Empress miniatures guys with a couple Warlord guys.  You may, of course, draw your own conclusions.  Please note, though, that the Empress fellas are attired in the 1943 field jacket, while the Warlord chaps are wearing the 1941 combat jacket.  In my opinion, they size well together, but I now have 2 platoons - one in the '41 jacket, and one in the '43 jacket.  My plan is to have support weapons (bazookas, MGs, mortars...) in both types of jacket, as well.



Hope this helps...

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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (28mm US GIs...Page 10...31 Jul 24).
« Reply #146 on: August 04, 2024, 12:15:19 AM »
You can always mix 'n' match, the M1943 kit was pretty slow and sporadic in terms of reaching the troops at the front, so there were people wearing M 1941 Parsons jackets and the old shoes and gaiters combinations until the very end, either through choice or availability.

The old Wargames Factory box, which was actually a really good set of sculpts had a bet both ways and gave 'em M1943 combat jackets with shoes and gaiters, which while technically possible did look slightly odd on every figure.

If you have any of the Perry metal US figures I'd be curious to see them in a figure comparison. I've been eyeing off their chaps in shirtsleeves as candidates for the SW Pacific for years and it seems that the plastic US are a bit bigger than their 8th Army and DAK.

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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (28mm US GIs...Page 10...31 Jul 24).
« Reply #147 on: August 04, 2024, 12:52:38 AM »
Yep.  One of my late war US squads are Wargames Factory.  All my GIs have the Big Red One patch, so I can mix and match if I want.  I may try to come up with a big scenario for both platoons...

As for the Perry metal GIs, I don't have any.   But now that you mention it, I may get enough to do a squad of Army GIs for the Normandy campaign dressed in the brown duck-hunter camo.

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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (28mm US GIs...Page 10...31 Jul 24).
« Reply #148 on: August 04, 2024, 09:16:36 AM »
They're looking great! Really like the Empress guys.

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Re: CapnJim's WW2 stuff (28mm US GIs...Page 10...31 Jul 24).
« Reply #149 on: August 05, 2024, 04:53:54 PM »
They're looking great! Really like the Empress guys.

Thanks!  Mr. Hicks does indeed produce some lovely sculpts, which are a joy on which to apply paint...

 

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