Scotty's Wargaming
Saturday 13 April 2024
DAK Transport
Wednesday 10 April 2024
433rd Panzergrenadier, C Company plus supports
With all the rain yesterday in the north east, I got plenty of time to get some painting done. So here they are, C Company, 433rd Panzergrenadier. Like both A and B companies these are all from Forged in battle. Their boxed sets are great value.
Now all infantry needs supports, so I needed to get some of these added. These are the 1st 4 of 8 HMG teams. Their is also a couple of Pak38s (I need another 6 of these).
Lastly, I just had to have one. No German force is complete with at least one of these 'big cats'. Also it annoys Mitch. So a Tiger I from the plastic Soldier company. I've had this sat un-built for years. You may also notice I've started adding some decals to the vehicles.
Very happy with my output on these. 3 companies of infantry, 6 support teams and 11 vehicles in less than 2 weeks. Still got a few things need adding, namely some trucks, more AT guns, mortars, AA Guns and a few more tanks. Hopefully get a game in when I get back from Normandy next week.
Should get back to the ECW shortly.
Monday 8 April 2024
B company 433rd Panzergrenadier
In this interlude from painting ECW, I quickly completed the last stand of infantry for A company and all 9 stands for B company. There is also a light mortar and a couple of LMG teams. I would just need another company for a starting force for O'group. I also added another 5 vehicles to the collection. 2 Sdkfz222s, a couple of Panzer IVs and a Marder II.
Our other set of rules for this collection is Rapid fire reloaded. Thankfully the basing of the infantry is the same which is always a bonus. So here is everything done so far for the 433rd Panzergrenadier regiment.
I've now got C company on the painting table along with 4 HMG teams and a couple of Pak40 AT guns. Looking at a scenario that Mitch has provided I will be short of a few things, namely trucks, lots of trucks, AT guns, Howitzers and tractors to tow them along with a couple of 81mm mortar teams. There is also another 3 Panzer IIIs, at least they are already ordered.
Saturday 6 April 2024
DAK update
Monday 1 April 2024
Afrika Korps
Sunday 31 March 2024
More Covenanters
As I mentioned in the last post, I had made a start on another regiment of foot for the Scots Covenanters. Thankfully with today being rather sunny for a change, it meant quick drying time for the bases. SO they are finished ahead of time. I also completed another 2 mounted officers and casualty bases from Peter Pig. The officers actually complete all of out requirements for Marston Moor
I've also come up with an idea for labelling the bases of the commanders for easy identification as there will be over 30 for the game. I just need to get the text size adjusted and they should be good to go. Well at this point I think I'm rather fed up with painting pike and shot units so a little diversion is required on a new project is required. Then I can get back to the last few units required.
Saturday 30 March 2024
Covenanter horse and casualty markers
With a few days off work for Easter I decided to forge ahead and get some more painting done. First up is another regiment of Covenanter horse with a couple of extra mounted officers. These will just leave one more regiment to do, the bulk of those will be figures from Peter Pig.
I always feel that a project is nearing completion when you start the work on the extras for a game. These are the first of the casualty markers that I need. The figures are from Peter Pig. I added 2 dice frames as we will need to mark both hits and casualties for the game.
These were quick and easy to do, so I ordered another set, which should hopefully be here in a few days. I'm also hoping to get another Covenanter infantry regiment completed this weekend.