From IanS: 15mm WW2 Japanese (122 points)

Dear All

It has been awhile since my first and only post so far and at last I have completed various entries, after 5 weeks of work place inspections have taken me away from painting. So its that thyme again sorry for the pun for the remaining Japanese figures for my Chain of Command 1943 Infantry Platoon. All figures are from Eureka and the flag from the Internet. First up is the 2nd Rifle section consisting of a junior leader indentified with rifle flag and two teams. The first being a four man LMG team and the second a nine man rifle team.

Next up is the 3rd Section which is the same make up us the 2nd.

This time a rear view of the rifle team.

The 4th section of this platoon is a Knee mortar section consisting of a junior leader and 3 four man teams each with a knee mortar. Junior leader

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Now on to the support options that you can pick for your platoon. I have tried to have a variety of support options which would potentially cover as many scenarios as possible. The MMG team with five figures including a junior lead with sword and binoculars.

The forward observer

ANti tank rifle two man team

Three man scout team

Three man Kamikaze tank killer team

Now we have the Platoon command team, in the new Far East chain of command book it has the platoon command as two officers, but Eureka do a very nice standard bearer and bugler so I have put two figures on each command base so first up is the second in command with the bugler.

and last but not least the man himself with standard bearer

Points: 

59 15mm figures at 2pts each = 118 pts 

1 15mm crew served weapon = 2pts  4 points

Total = 120pts 122 points

A clear case of life getting in the way of the important stuff, he? However, it's good to see you back Ian. Let's hope you can do some catching up in the final days of the Challenge! You certainly have done a fine job with these Japanese soldiers on their herby bases (I missed the pun at first!). The flag bearer will be a nice focal point on your table, and I again like that little rifle flag too. You have miscalculated slightly according to the Spreadsheet of Doom, so 122 points for you!

Martijn