Kriegsmarine command squad

So I got the command squad of my new Drop Trooper substitutes out of their plastic for the most part.

 Forgive the sideways picture, I'll see if I can get it fixed.

 For now you can see what comes with the 5 man command squad:

 5 Torsos
 6 Leg sections
 7 Heads (5 helmeted, 2 not)
 accessory sprue,
 and weapons in the plastic baggie

 There aren't any extra weapon choices at this point.  What you see is what you get when ordering.

 But it seems that DreamForge Games will be opening a
bits service for their mini line soon, for extra and alternate weapon loads.

I hope to have paint on these sometime this year, we'll see though.

There's Germans falling fom the sky!!

Woo!  More reinforcements for my fledgling Secrets of the Third Reich armies.

I ordered a command squad and two 5 man squads of Kreigsmarine from Dreamforge Games to use as my FJ heavy armor drop troops.

They finally came in yesterday. 

They are just a jumble of parts in plastic envelopes right now, but soon they will be assembled and painted!

These are excellently designed and produced miniatures.

Though not as bulky as the Westwind Productions German Droptroops, these will work very well.

They are futuristic, yet retain a very WW2 Wehrmacht feel.

The armor is enough to give them a heavier than regular troop look while still being the fast moving airborne troops they are supposed to be.

I'll have some more pics out of the plastic soon.

Fallshirmjager reinforcements coming!

Well, I haven't even started on my FJ's for SoTR, and I have more reinforcements coming.
Mark over at Dream Forge Games is taking pre-orders for his excellent Iron Core Sturmtruppen and Kriegsmarine units.

I ordered a command section and a full squad of Kriegsmarines.  That should give me enough troops for an FJ Drop trooper platoon OOB, MechaGrenadiers OOB, or even the FJ OOB from Bella Europa with Drop Troop support.

Can't wait to get them in my grubby mitts!

Tin Cans: US mecha support

I managed to start work on some of my light mecha support for my US Paras in SoTR.

I have 4 AT-43 Red Blok Kolossus suits to use for my light mecha support, with a medium and heavy mech to follow.

It's been a while since I have painted any vehicles, so I'm trying to work out the rusty skills and bring my airbrushing skills up at the same time.

Here are a few I have managed to get some work done on.  I am not happy with the very dark green suit, so I'll be going back over that one with a coat of US Dark Green again.

I need to work on my washing steps to pick out the armor plating, and then highlighting and weathering.
These suits may just end up as test beds for new painting techniques.

Finally! Airborne squad finished.

I finally managed to get my US Airborne squad for Secrets of the Third Reich finished today.  There is a never ending list of things to do when you have children.

I had hoped to get to their mecha support, but that may have to wait until later in the evening or tomorrow.  At least they should go fast, with the majority of their paint job utilizing my airbrush.

First up is the squad Sergeant, and to his right the corporal leading the fireteam.

Next is a shot of the whole squad including mortar support.

This should give me enough of a start to have some demo games opposing my next project:
a German Fallshirmjager squad.

Both demo forces will get backup in the form of Mecha to start expanding into Weird War 2.

I do also have the US Sentinels that will provide some strength to this force.


 The squad has some firepower support with the M1919 LMG team, plus the attached mortar team show below.

US Airborne!

So, I managed to get a US Airborne squad with mortar support nearly finished. I just have to finish the basing sometime this week.
A few pics of the squad, MG team and squad leader.


I will have better pics of the finished squad soon.

Progress!

Well, I have news!

As I type, my first squad of Bolt Action US Airborne are on their bases awaiting the dip!

As soon as their basing dries they will be off to the dip process, then a final paint pass and landscaping.

I hope to have pics up soon of the full squad with their mecha support which will be up next on the paint table.