From PeteF: We are Gathered Heer (50 Points)

After a short balloon trip I took a break from Challenge Island exploration to chip away at the WW2 Germans. This is a squad of ten infantry that came as part of the Warlord Games box of Blitzkrieg Germans.

I enjoy working with hard plastic figures and like the variety you can get with all the heads and different equipment set ups. The main thing that can go wrong is head positioning - one of these must have slid a bit while it was curing - can't see it from 2 foot though.

This was my first, very small, experiment with chipping medium - I painted a coat of rust, then the medium, then green before giving it a brush. I think I'll use some on at least the wheels and tracks of the tank that I'll be tackling soon. Are you supposed to varnish over it afterwards or just leave it once you have all the chips you want?

Challenge X is really helping with motivation for this project. The Blitzkrieg box has spent a long time on the shelf of shame - just a tank, a mortar team and another squad and I'll have a 1,000 point army for Bolt Action.

Ten 28mm infantry for 5 points each. Now for some camels.

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Well, even more Blitzkrieg-era Germans! It's good to see the Challenge inspiring people to dig out their assorted boxes and get moving on all sorts of projects.  Whether for Bolt Action or Chain of Command (or whatever other awesome rules are out there), it looks WW2 gaming is definitely getting a boost from the early phases of Challenge X. 

Great work on these Pete, they look ready to take Europe by storm. 50 points on the tally sheet for you!

GregB