Well, I’ve finally been following through with my goal of doing 1 project at a time and finishing it before moving on.
My Fallschirmjager are almost finished, and only need some touch-ups (and the flamethrower needs the flame painted). I need a bit more work on the camo but these are pretty much table ready! If people are wondering, I’ve been aiming for the Sumpfmuster 43, I’m using the Artizan FJ painting guide found on this page.
My goal was to paint up a force of FJs that met 2 criteria:
- Look like FJs
- Look good on the table
I think I’ve met that already, which is nice. My troops are a mix of plastic and metal Warlord as well as some nice Blacktree sculpts. I’ve got:
- 4 sections of 10 men each including 2 x MG42 teams per section
- 1 mortar team
- 1 flamethrower team
- 3 Panzerschrek teams (only 1 painted so far)
- 2 sniper teams,
- 4 pioneers
- Pak 40
- Sdkfz 251
- Sdkfz 222
- Panzer II Luchs
- Stug
- Tiger
- Tiger II
- MG 42 (primed but not painted)
That should give me plenty of options for the table and gives me something for every support list in Chain of Command The only things I’m thinking about adding are a FOO and a flame tank (either Panzer III Flame or captured Char B – Panzer B2 [F]).
My next push is the ’42 and the last of the Panzerschrek teams and then the vehicles. The Tiger 1 is almost done, just needing the decals under the Tiger II. The rest will be getting finished shortly.
Lucius has got a pretty wide range of Brits and Canadians with armour painted up and I’ve got a Humber AC and another Sherman almost done, so we’re hoping to be able to press on with Arnhem or Caen in a short bit. Another delaying action played over the same ground as the last game then a push to get the terrain painted and then we’ll start the campaign!
It’s been so nice to actually focus on a project and make real progress on it. Once these guys are done I’ll be able to varnish them and switch focus to something else on the list. Probably my 1:1200 ships…