From ClintB - 15mm WWII US Engineer Platoon and Extras (76 Points)

Well as mentioned last week these are the last of my 15mm US Paratroopers. First up we have an engineer platoon. 

7 stands in all. A command stand and thanks to Mr Docherty the Lieutenant is called Lt Spiers. Having run out of SMG figures I have given them M1 Carbines so they will now count as a rifle command stand. 3 other Rifle stands a .30 cal LMG stand and while they are not in the rules assigned a bazooka stand they are allowed 2 Flame thrower stands. 

As with all the US Paras I have painted they all have the US flag on them. The Flame thrower stands just have a single figure on them as after all who wants to stand next to an extremely explosive bullet magnet. But they should scare the tanks and keep them away. Well at least I can hope. I could not find anyone selling US para flame throwers so I have used US Marine figures instead just thought to let you know before someone brightly points out the uniform discrepancy. I know I am a slacker and should have sculpted one from scratch. Yeah Like I was always going to! Yeah right!

Then we have the casualty figures for the game. 8 in all and all lying down. These are the figures you hope will never see the table top and then when you start playing wonder if 8 will be enough!

I did have enough .30 Cal teams so I have mad them up as well so I can swap them with Bar Gunners should points allow and these extra 5 stands should just about give me enough to replace all the BARs,  (If I add the one from the Engineering platoon). It is always if points allow and having checked with the rules writer there is nothing stopping me having both BARs and .30Cals in the same platoon as long as I have no more than 3 in total. In the army list it refers to them as 30mm Calibre, so I guess that slipped past the rules proof read. Oh well.

And lastly for the US Paratroopers I have the odds and sod. In other words any base I could make with spare figures. Which is to say 1 additional sniper, 1 additional Garand Rifle stand and one M1/ SMG stand. I think these will mostly be unused and probably never see the tabletop but they are done now and you just never know. Maybe in the future they will change the army-lists. Who can tell. Not me that is for sure.

Points wise a lot less than last time only 42 figures of which 8 are lying down. So call it 38 15mm figures @2pts a figure should be 76pts.


From Curt:

Like their compatriots from your last week's entry, these paratroopers are terrific. Your basework continues to sing with these fellows as well (I like the spray of red flowers and the reeds). 

I particularly enjoyed your 'on-assignment' Marine-come-Paratrooper flamethrower operator.  I can hear him drawling, 'So, just how far is Okinawa from Eindhoven anyway?'  :)

Capital work Clint!