Built on the standard ORBAT for a British late war platoon for Chain of Command the North Novas field 35 men (Currently though 3 section is still under construction so a section of Royal Marines is filling in for them).
No. 48 Commando with their Tommies
On the left flank of Juno beach however, No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commandos landed so my commando section is a fitting tribute to them.
Calling in some trusty RCN fire support
2 Section commander
The North Novas, marked with their yellow and blue shoulder flashes, along with the rest of the 9th Canadian Brigade landed in the early afternoon of June 6th to relieve the regiments of the 7th and 8th Brigades, who assaulted Juno beach, and continue the push inland.
Nothing like the pipes to rally the troops
Landing with each brigade was an armoured regiment of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; the 9th landed with The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, of which both my Firefly and Sherman, with A Squadron markings, belong to. Along with the Canadian’s who assaulted Juno Beach were Royal Engineer units mounted on Hobert Funnies to help clear beach obstacles and fortifications.
Wouldn’t want to tangle with that throuple
My Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE), with its destructive 290mm Spigot Mortar, is one of those tanks. It is painted and marked in the colours of “Charile 1,” the AVRE that is displayed in front of the Juno Beach Centre.
The destroyer of worlds, The 290mm Spigot Mortar2 SectionScout SniperNo. 481 Section
I apologize for the lack of posting. I was struck by a vicious man-cold (conveniently during a very busy week) and laid low.
I am feeling better now, but there hasn’t been much gaming-related work in the past week. I have managed to assemble the Warbases Late-Roman Church. It is a solid kit, but with many little parts dry-fitting is a must. Sadly, it must wait for finishing as I’m trying to get some terrain done for our upcoming Arnhem campaign.
The ChurchFrom the frontThe roof is removable, and there is a lot of room for people hiding in the shadows…
I’m excited for when I do have time to turn to this kit. The interior begs for some interesting treatments. It is a little small on the interior, but if you were to build this to scale there would be no room on the table.
Waiting in the nave…
I think they’ve done a good job at balancing the look of the building and playability. There are bound to be assassins waiting in the shadowed arches… Warbases has a done a great job with this kit.
I’ve also been slowly building Warbases low wall for WW2 wargaming. These are great little walls. They are quick and simple to assemble. I did wrap them with some weak elastic bands to keep their form.
Low stone walls with short columns
The walls are low enough for standing figures to fire over.
A good defensive position
These walls will be given a textured finish in the coming days. I have about 4′ of these so they’ll be giving definition to fields and yards.
The last bit of work I managed to get done, was finishing up my Frostgrave Cultists. These figures I’m using as Red Cap goblins in my RPG. I’ve had them almost finished for some time so last night I did a last overview and then a thick dark wash. I’ve purposely left them a little plain, so once I’ve finished flocking their bases they’re done in my eyes.
My Red Caps. Kitbashed from a Frostgrave Cultists, Warlord Celts and Greeks, and some Gripping Beast Late Romans
The kit itself is pretty good, and provides a solid variety of options. I have used the undead parts to make some undead Saxons/Vikings, and have added shields from a variety of Warlord and Gripping Beasts.
Lastly, I’ve continued to add some blogs. Miles (at Lair of the Uber Geek) has recommended The Man Cave. Please take a look on the side as I slowly get the wargames blogs organized.
I’m hoping to get a fair bit done in the coming days (including the promised post from Lucius about his Brits) as work has settled down, and my man-cold has finally fled.
This past weekend was a slow gaming weekend. Family and household tasks got finished, which is nice, but no wargaming or RPG occurred.
I did manage to get the first bit of camouflage paint on my FJ support. I need to work on tracks/wheels and do a wash, but these at least are coming along. I found it interesting that the Wehrmacht did not have a standard camo scheme, and after looking at pictures of AFVs in museums or in historical texts and online, it really seemed like some were sprayed, some were painted and as long as there were three colours I’d be good. I also noticed that quite often vehicles were not photographed with designations or squadron/battalion numbers. I will be ordering some decals nonetheless, as I like the look of them. All that to say that I am happy to note that I’m not breaking the mould as there is none so on I paint!
The AFVs are moving towards completion
An additional gaming related event happened today: the arrival of a medieval tower I purchased last week from the Wargames Alchemist. The price was very reasonable, the process was quick and painless, and the product was as ordered and very well packaged. It arrived quickly and I’ve now taken to looking at the ‘Alchemist’s site routinely. It is a mix of 15, 20 and 28mm so far spanning Ancients to WW2 so I suggest that you check it out!
Well, I’ve finally been following through with my goal of doing 1 project at a time and finishing it before moving on.
FJ Officer
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.
The FJs assemble
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…
