As I’ve been rather busy throughout the pandemic and the lead pile wasn’t getting any smaller, I decided to enlist the aid of someone to help paint up my armies.

About a year ago I had received the kind gift of dozens of Americans. I had purchased a few additional supports but then the project halted and they languished.

In February, I happily met a local fellow who is getting into the business of painting miniatures. I have been really blown away by the quality, price, and speed of his service. He has a video tutorial that shows how he was working on the GIs for those interested in speed painting. He’s on Facebook and Instagram @jacquesofallgames and is setting up his website for those interested. When it’s up, I’ll edit this post to point to it. So without further ado, here is my American infantry force for Chain of Command.

The core platoon is made up of 3 squads, each with a BAR team and a rifle team. Here are the squads:

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The Platoon HQ consists of a Platoon Commander, Platoon Sergeant and Bazooka Team.

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Some support options. I had the support based separately where possible so I could track casualties:

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I also had sufficient additional troops (most armed with carbines though, so maybe tanker or rear area troops) to create two additional squads that I can use as needed on the battlefield.

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All in all it’s a pretty big force and I’m hoping to use it the Pint-Size Campaign called “29 Let’s Go!” in the spring.