From PeteF at Benito's Brook: We Don't Need Another Heero (35 points)

This is the final miniature from the Blitzkrieg Germans starter army box. This box sat on the shelf for a while, a squad got painted, then some stuff was primed for Challenge IX, a gun was painted. For Challenge X I decided it was high time to finish the job.

Early war Germans did not have the panzerfausts that were common later on. The infantry used a modified potato masher grenade as an antitank weapon. They would cut off six charges and strap them to one grenade for seven times the power. I did the same thing on a miniature scale to represent this relatively primitive solution to tank-busting.

I can't imagine what it must have been like to go up against armour - even crappy early war allied armour - with one of these modified grenades. Although I grew up on a diet of jingoistic trash mags that extolled the virtues of the Tommy and didn't have anything good to say about their enemy, with a bit of perspective you can appreciate courage whichever side it comes from.

The whole starter army - finally painted

Now I'm ready for some Bolt Action or Chain of Command. I thought I'd pretty much finished my WW2 stuff but a local guy was selling a bunch and I saw his Facebook ad... now I have late war Americans, Germans and Brits to add to the pile for Challenge XI and beyond.

Paths of history and forgotten complete

30 points for a new area explored plus 5 for the mini for a total of 35, taking me just past my 1,000 point ChallengeX target.

The "Panzerknacker" must have been as scary for the soldiers employing it as for their targets. And you have reached your target - surely that means you will be increasing it in due course...

TamsinP