From GeoffT: Angels (95 points)

Hello Challengers,

This week I have Angels to represent the 9th sphere of paradise.

Well, they are kind of angels. They are Winged Fezzed Monkeys with Angel wings by Eureka Miniatures. I do hope that is close enough for the theme. They will constitute a squirrel, for the Wicked Witch of the Wests Army.

Also we have some more German’s as well.  Here is a Marder 2 tank hunter.  Marder 2 referred to the chassis, the 2 version being based on a Panzer 2 chassis.  The gun could vary, this one is a Pak 40.  Marder 2 nominally had three crew, but sometimes shown as four in historical photographs.  In this case it has 3, the driver is inside the vehicle.  They were manufactured between mid 42 and mid 43, so could have dark gray or dark yellow factory paint.  I have done the latter, with a 1944 camo design and crew in late war camo smocks.

So we have:

20 points for Angel theme,

9 winged monkeys in 28mm, is 45 points

1 x 28mm vehicle = 20 points, and two visible crew for another 10 points.

Kind regards

Geoff

From Millsy:

The monkeys are superb Geoff and an interesting choice for angels and hence the paradise theme. From my POV who's to say what an angel actually looks like? Popular lore would suggest an idolised human but that's impossible to prove so your representation holds as much water as anything else for me.

Your Marder is a wonderful piece and the camo is brilliant with the variations of tones AND colours making it really pop. You don't often see open topped tank hunters in games, mostly being left behind in favour of actual tanks so it's great to see you've chosen to field something that was both common and critical to the German war effort.

95 points it is mate, which takes you within spitting distance of your total as we near the end.

Cheers,
Millsy