Utgaard's WW2 projects - An oasis for our Operation Exporter games

[Utgaard]

At the moment, our small CoC group from the Ingolstadt-Munich area has mainly focussed on the ‘Operation Husky’ / Sicily setting, with the option of extending this to southern Italy.

While my two comrades-in-arms have built up and expanded the Axis forces, I had decided on the US Boys; I had already painted a platoon of US Parachute Infantry, which I had then expanded further and have now added US Armoured.
This allows us to easily depict the battles at Gela, for example.

For the older stuff please have a look on my Blog at:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/


My Armoured Combat Command so far:



The Armoured Infantry:



M10 Wolverines

[Pattus Magnus]

Beautiful work on those! Sicily and southern Italy are campaigns I find quite interesting. It looks like you’re well equipped to play some games!

[SJWi]

Absolutely wonderful. Congratulations on gaming a much neglected theatre of WW2.

[Utgaard]

Thank you very much, we like to play outside the usual settings 

Just a few additions here and there from now on to add some more support for my US Boys from time to time - my next project will be the Fallschirm-Panzerdivision HG.

[Utgaard]

Some more support for my US Boys finished.

M16 MGMC, M15 CGMC, M3A1 - all from Battlefront



Some close-up´s.
Particularly like the passengers for the M3A1, two of them are shown taking a little nap 











Many more pics on my Blog at:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2024/06/hell-on-wheels-us-2nd-armoured-division.html

and from the WiP stage:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2024/05/hell-on-wheels-us-2nd-armoured-division.html

[Utgaard]

For Chain of Command Support Option I needed an additional Junior Leader for my Armored Infantry and so I quickly painted one; 15mm miniature from Battlefront.



More pics at
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/

[FifteensAway]

Oj, just stop!  I've been trying hard to resist doing WWII in 15 mm. (my chosen scale of choice) and you are NOT helping!! 

Very nice work - far beyond what I'd do I'm sure.  But still damaging my resolve (well, a little, resolve is pretty strong).  Oh, temptation.

[Utgaard]

Thank you 

Listen to your inner voice, resistance is futile 

[Zenza Raggi]

Excellent painting. Just yesterday I was telling another poster on the Napoleonic board that until then I had never before seen 15mm figures singly based. And now this.

I look forward to seeing the collection expand.

[Utgaard]

I have restructured (and rebased some of them) my 15mm US Parachute Infantry a bit among other things and so all my Junior Leaders are based separately now.

In the course of this I painted a few reinforcements and can use them now to field a 3rd squad.
All miniatures are from Battlefront.



More pics on my Blog:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2024/06/band-of-brothers-101st-airborne-in-15mm.html

[CapnJim]

Everything looks good so far.  Well done!

[Utgaard]

Many thanks 

[Utgaard]

Marker for Minefields made from popsicle sticks, the signs itself are just printed and a bit weathered afterwards.







More details, pics and pics of the tip stage can be found here
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2024/06/chain-of-command-game-marker-minefields.html

[CapnJim]

I like those.  Nice job on them...

[Utgaard]

Thank you very much