4Ground Detached House.

Just built the lovely pre-painted 'Detached House' from 4Ground.

I also picked up the ruined version but have yet to tackle it. As this was the first attempt at a 4Ground building I really had no idea but following the instructions proved to be pretty simple even for me. One thing I would say is that a couple of the pictures on the instructions are not overly clear and I am sure at least one was in reverse! Having said that, it is all fairly instinctive and everything fitted together perfectly. I would recommend a good strong PVA glue (unlike the cheapo stuff I was using) as I ended up using a dab of super glue to fix the outer walls of the roof section.

A few quick pics, with a couple of Artizan British Paras I am working on for scale -

The completed house.

Loft space - plenty of storage.

Upper floor.

Lower floor.

Some Paras investigate...

I opted for the 'no damage' look as I intend to use this for various periods and may well buy another to mix and match with the destroyed version.

The layers come apart simply and sit on little tabs at the corner of each floor. It all fits nice and snug and is quite sturdy on the two lower levels as the walls are effectively double thickness.

There is loads of room inside the buildings but I did find that my 2p based models are not able to stand in the doorways or stairwell. Anything up to about 25mm base size will fit perfectly well though. Good job most of my WW2 stuff is on 1p bases then!

Hopefully it will get to see some tabletop action soon as we are planning to have a first game of Troops, Weapons & Tactics in the near future!

Germans on Patrol III.

The next group of Germans done. These are effectively an understrength veteran 'gruppe' still in their early war uniform. They look to be more of a 'defensive' squad with the HMG and ammo carriers and a couple of MP40's. Transport is provided by three Kfz 250's - a Kfz 250/1, a Kfz 250/7 with Mortar and a Kfz 250/9 with 2cm Cannon.

Leutnant Werfel and his men emerge from their bunker on orders to move to a new location...

The men exit the safety of the bunker.

Feldwebel Achen and Leutnant Werfel pause before moving out.

Gefreiter Biermann thinks he spots something and pulls up his MP40!

All is safe. The gruppe move out...

Figures are from Black Tree Designs. Vehicles are from Bolt Action and kindly prepared and painted for me by Tony Nicholls. Bunker is from the excellent p.m.c. range found on ebay.



WW2 Terrain.

With over 200 inches of bocage done here's a snapshot of 4ft x 4ft table with additional bits of terrain just thrown on to fill up the space. Just need some roads.

Buildings.

Just got these is the post today from Dark House Games! They are a very simple construction, kind of 'click & snap' and require little or no work - they are a bit flimsy without a dab of glue. They are very plain (two colour plastic) and need a paint job but to be honest you could probably use them as is. I picked up these two to check them out and I must say I am pretty happy with them. They are ideal for most modern periods and a reasonable scale to match 28mm miniatures. I picked them up with a modern zombie project in mind but think they can easily fit into WWII.

'Hanger' and 'Cathedral'.

Close up of the 'Cathedral' - makes a very nice small church.

The 'Hanger'. Leutnant Dreher and Jäger Krause secure the perimeter...

There is quite a selection of these and the prices are very reasonable for what is in effect an immediately useable building.