Sunday, July 21, 2019

British Early War Platoon

I am currently working on a British Early War Platoon for Chain of Command.
As I have mentioned before, my main force is composed of miniatures from Plastic Soldier Company, even though they are Late War, I'm not really bothered by it, and supplemented by some Peter Pig.

I'm aiming for a 1940 Regulation Platoon, that amount of figures will be enough to field a 1939 Regulation Platoon if I need to.

This is my progress so far.

HQ
1 x Platoon Lieutenant (Primed)
1 x Sergeant (Primed)
1 x 2" Mortar Team (2 men) (Being painted)
1 x Boys AT Rifle Team (2 men) (Assembled)

1st, 2nd & 3rd Squads
3 x Squad Leader W/Rifle (Being Painted)
3 x Bren Team (9 men) (1 team ready, other 2 being painted)
3 x Rifle Team (21 men) (13 Ready, 5 being painted, 3 primed)

The current batch of minis on the painting station.

Monday, July 15, 2019

Head surgery

I purchased some figure kits from Peter Pig to enhance my British Early War platoon. Among them a 3" mortar pack that I didn't really needed, but the figures might be repurposed for something else. For example, there was a nice folk with a knee on the ground and binoculars that I have already earmarked to be a spotter.

But what I did needed was a Lieutenant and Platoon Sergeant and a Boys Team, all those where really useful, except that the scale was not exactly right with the rest of my miniatures from Plastic Soldier Company. You might not notice it in the first picture, but the difference in the figures is quite noticeable, specially the small helmets.

I decided that with the right heads, the difference would not be so noticeable, so I went in and did some head surgery to the Lieutenant and Platoon Sergeant.

An original Lieutenant, a PSC rifleman and the modified Lieutenant.
The Platoon Sergeant and Lieutenant among some PSC soldiers.
Both figures turned out pretty good, and even if they seem that the head is a little big in the pictures, when viewed from the angle you would see them if you are playing, they look alright. 

Now I have to base to do all the process of basing and priming and eventually finish my platoon that hasn't really advanced much since my last post.