PeterA: A Few More British Paras from FAA (78 points)

Earlier in the Challenge I painted up some old FAA British Paratroopers for Millsy's Millpond, which had languished deep in the lead pile for many years. I was quite pleased with how they turned out and last week I had a push to get the rest of them done.

These are intended to be used for gaming Market-Garden, hence the autumnal feel to the basing. First up is a HQ element for the platoon. Unfortunately, over the years some figures have gone MIA, so there should be a figure carrying a 2" mortar but he has long since disappeared. There are also a couple of Battlefield/Blitz figures in there to make up the numbers (lovely figures, just a shame so many of their ranges are no longer available). Leaders are on hexagonal bases as I also intend to use these figures with Chain of Command rules, so keeping them easily identified is a plus. To help identify different units on the tabletop, I experimented with painting the platoon leader's Denison smock a different base colour, but I wasn't happy with the look so went back to the previous colour scheme.

Then we have the second section:

The Bren team and rifle team:

I also had a firing PIAT and 2" mortar team. They would be allocated to a different platoon which has lighter webbing, so theirs is painted to match. Of course, once they were completed I read that many paratroopers avoided applying too much Blanco to their kit as it stood out too much - typical!

Points:

19 x 20mm figures = 76

1 x prone 20mm figure = 2

TOTAL: 78

Finally, a group shot of all the FAA figures done during the Challenge - the lead pile is now just a fraction smaller!

PeterD here, Miles has some family business today so we're going to have some pinch-hitters stepping in at the minion seat today.  Great looking red devils Peter, I really like the autumnal basing that you've used.  Your Para force is shaping up very nicely - thanks for the group shot.  I concur on your scoring- 78 points it is!