Tuesday 12 January 2016

From PaulS - 28mm WW2 Heer (105 points)

These have been sat in the box of undercoated figures for the last two years, so it is a relief to have finally got them done.

These are all Warlord figures and, with the exception of one figure, they are all the plastics from the old Bolt Action starter set. They aren't intended for use in Bolt Action, so the groupings below are all rough guesses. They will be used for things like 7TV, so the actual unit composition isn't relevant. This may change when the Bolt Action or Achtung! Cthulhu weird War rules come out, but for now... 

We have an officer with his two body guards. The one on the right is the only metal figure in the force.

 Next we have a medic, who would probably be shot by the allies if anyone spotted him with that pistol... but he needs to defend himself against the mythos beasts that he is likely to face in the future.
 Then we have a sniper team... not that headshots work on things without heads.
 Fire team 1 has 1 MG and 2 panzerschreck to add a bit of punch to the rifles
 Fire team 2 has 2 MGs and 1 panzerschreck

In total this is 21 Heer to add to my small WW2 collection. 



One of the great things about the Challenge is that it encourages people to paint up figures that have been sitting forlornly in their primer (or even unprimed) for a long time, looking whistfully on as other figures get painted.
A lovely bunch of Heer here Paul.  21 x 28mm foot figures gives you 105 points.

28 comments:

  1. Great set of figures with an interesting history ahead of them.

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  2. Very good looking troops. I like the clear bases it makes them very versatile. They will be great minions for 7TV villains. Just right.

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    1. Thanks! Now I just need a ww2 Vampire to lead them through the Vlad's Army missions

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  3. very nice, I like the crisp colours and dour expressions!

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  4. Good to see old figures get there chance, nice work

    Ian

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    1. I was beginning to feel very guilty about them sat there so long. Now to see if the guilt will also let me finish off the two 40k tanks that have been sat gathering dust (literally) for 3 years!!

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    2. There are some models near my painting table for which I consider "dust" to actually be "secondary primer" *cough*

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    3. I guess it would save adding weathering powder to the tanks if I just roughly brushed the dust off and then varnished the rest so that it stays on forever ;)

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  5. Great unit. I like the facial details. I also want to see what they end up fighting.
    Cheers Peter

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    1. There are some mythos beasts lined up for later in the challenge :)

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  6. Great work Paul - and good to see stuff that had been sitting around get under the brush!

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  7. Love that this challenge/competition brings out those long lost forgotten projects to be worked on! And these are done up great mate! Congrats!

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  8. Fantastic job on these. I thought the white medic helmets were targets. At the risk of sounding beardy, I'd just like to point out that those are Panzer Fausts not Panzershcrecks. The latter look like the American Bazooka. (Beard shaved off).

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    1. Well spotted! I'd fixed that in the queued post on my blog, but forgotten to update it here for some odd reason :/

      As for the white medic helmet... *shhhh* don't tell him that! He's already paranoid about being shot for having a pistol!

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  9. You are all over it today Paul. I love these Warlord figures and you've done a great job with them. That last shot of them together is fantastic!

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  10. Great work on the troops, Paul! I like your color choice and posing.
    I have a few too for pulp WW2 gaming. Still in process of nailing down forces and figures.

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  11. Nice! The Fieldgrey looks spot on.

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    1. The uniforms were done using the Plastic Soldier Company Field Grey undercoat with a series of washes and glazes in places

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  12. Good to see some "historical" plastics getting some love Paul. You've done a great job on them too.

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    1. Thanks. Historical they may be, but their adventures probably won't be!

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  13. Nice work. Those poor bastards have no idea what's in store for them, I'm guessing...

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