Tuesday 22 January 2019

From ChristopherS - US Airborne (80 points)



1 Squad Leader, 1 BAR,  2x Paras w/ Thompson smg
Adding some more Airborne reinforcements to my already existing collection. I've noticed through gaming I just didn't have enough Airborne troops so decided to paint up some more. I've been playing quite a bit of CoC and more squad options tend to be the most popular choice so these are needed.


6x Paras with M1 Garands
In terms of WWII I've always been drawn to the Airborne assets of all sides to US Para's, German Fallschirmjäger and just about any nationality that fielded troops of this type. I suppose it's a combination of uniform, Esprit de Corps and typically tough as old boots in a fight.


1x Bazooka  w/2 crew, 1x medic, and 1x LMG w/2 crew

I painted these using mostly with Vallejo paints and some Foundry and AP adding additional highlights plus some MIG pigments on the bases.

The figures themselves are from Artizan Designs and because of some exaggerations they pack a lot of character and are very painter friendly. They are really great models to work with just the right amount detail to suggest who and what they are, but not so much you get lost in it.

I have some more on they way....

So that's 15x 28mm miniatures for 75pts. total.

Thanks for viewing!
Miniature Company- Artizan Designs



Lovely work Chris, these look excellent. I agree with your assessment that they have plenty of character and they must have been great fun to paint. In my experience, a well-sculpted model is such a pleasure to put a brush to its often reflected in the finished paint job and clearly, that enjoyment comes across completely in these figures. In fact, they are so nicely done I'm going to award a few extra bonus points for the excellent brushwork. 
Lee

20 comments:

  1. I see what you mean about the character in the sculpts and lovely paintwork to boot!

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  2. Nice work Christopher :)

    I'm also a fan of Artizan's sculpts - lots of character and very easy to paint :)

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  3. Fantastic work, Christopher! Artizan stuff is such fun to paint. Now you need to get together with Benito and Nick and you'll have Market Garden all sorted. :)

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  4. Absolutely brilliant Chris! I‘m sure they work perfectly with your other Paras and I‘m looking forward to a game to bloody these lads.

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  5. These are really nice, something so very cool about US paras

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  6. Nice looking sculpts and lovely painting!
    Best Iain

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  7. Very well painted. I love the Artizan rage and actually my US paras unit is from these guys

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  8. Very nice work Christopher - I can almost hear the variety of accents from this group.

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  9. Great work on these stalwart Airborne troops. You've done a great job on the khaki, the subtlety of the shading and highlighting is simply splendid. Well done, Christopher!

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  10. Very nice work - I have long been tempted by the Artizan Paras and your excellent work is not helping me resist!

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  11. Really nice. I am a big fan of Artizan sculpts and you have really done them justice.

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  13. Gorgeous painting and groundwork as always, Christopher.

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