Saturday, 25 August 2012

British - Parachute Brigade.

Two squads of British Airbourne from the 1st Parachute Brigade are dropped in behind the front line to provide support to M. Bertin Vaux and his band of resistance fighters...

Captain Henry "Harry" Fortescue and Sgt. Donald McIvar organise the men.


Figures are from Bolt Action.

Saturday, 18 August 2012

French Resistance II.

At last, M. Bertin Vaux and Marc-Jean Ferrand are joined in their struggle against the Nazis by some new recruits to the cause. M. Vaux is not entirely happy to see his daughter Yvette has also joined them but at least she knows how to handle a Sten!

M. Bertin Vaux and his valiant fighters move out...

"Vive le France!!"


Figures are from Artizan and Foundry.

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Germans on Patrol VIII.

A late war German grenadier platoon under the command of Oberst Henrik Lutz.

Oberst Lutz and command unit.

'Tank Killer' weapons team under Hauptmann Finkel.

First Gruppe, under Leutnant Kuefer.

Second Grupp, under Leutnant Reiniger.

Third Gruppe, under Hauptmann Wechsler.

The whole Platoon.

There is still an MG42 and a mortar team to add to this group.

Figures are from Artizan and Bolt Action.

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Germans on Patrol VII.

A single MG42 team hold a position.

"Schießen!"

Later war uniforms with 'splinter' camo, of a sort.

Figures are from Bolt Action.

Sunday, 3 June 2012

Germans on Patrol VI.

Another SS unit, this time in a mix of plain 'Feldgrau' uniforms and some in 'Pea-Dot' camo.

Hauptsturmführer Junker and his unit.



Figures are old Bolt Action.

Not painted by me, they were given to me so unsure of the artist!

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Germans on Patrol V.

An SS unit in M43 'Pea-Dot' Camouflage uniforms.

Rottenführer Thalberg at ease.

Scharführer Blau directs fire.

An example of SS camo from the Imperial War Museum.

Lots of MG's in this squad!

Figures are from Artizan.

Sunday, 6 May 2012

Fallschirmjäger III.

9th June, 1944. Another unit of Fallschirmjäger preparing themselves for the defence of Carentan.

Hauptmann Traugott and his command squad with Medic, Radioman and MG42.

Leutnant Maurer and his rifle section advance.

The 2nd MG42 team.

Jagers, 2 armed with FG42 automatic rifles.

The squad moves out...

Uniform from the Imperial War Museum.



Painted as 'later war' Fallschirmjäger.

Figures are all from Bolt Action.