From DavidB: German Panzer Grenadiers (90 points)

 

 canned heat- going up the country

Now that I am retired from military service, I work security for a nuclear power plant. It is the night shift, but since both day and night are 12 hour shifts, I like the nights better since I can wake at 2pm better than 2am. The only issue is I work Wednesday to every other Saturday. If I did not make good headway on my off days, it is easy to fall behind. Like the secure military installations, nuclear plants limit website and wifi so Blogspot has been denied as is most shopping. For some reason I can access YouTube and watch a familiar face from our AHPC (Big Lee and his Miniature Adventures) as well as how not to blow up your airbrush compressor.

Last week I finished painting some Panzer Grenadiers after finishing work. An Arctic blast delivered 3-5 feet of snow that made work interesting for the perimeter zones and also made home interesting too as the 50MPH gusts blew in one of the basement windows. I had JUST finished taking photographs and was asked   ordered to check the window out and make repairs. No problem, the boys wanted to go out especially the Saint Bernard, Roger. Snow drifts, excited dogs and sub zero temperatures gave the infamous gremlin Murphy all the pieces needed.

the last photo taken with my phone before disaster.

I shoveled out a place for my buddy Nova to take his constitutions without snow touching his rear and shoveled a path to the window to get a good look. Roger is infantry and loves to dig when bored. With pie plate sized paws, he digs trenches and foxholes fast. Frozen snow when shoveled can conceal such hazards. I found his latest creation when stepped upto my hip in it. I have no idea where my coffee cup went, my missing shoe went across the street to a neighbors home who brought it by the next day. My phone was absolutely crushed, but we didn't find out how bad until the rice bowl had absorbed all the snow and melt from it....being more exhausted rooster than spring chicken, I needed a few days to recover. Roger and Nova were first responders and although enthusiastic, they made things worse. Roger goes straight to CPR compressions and being 200 lbs, it is very noticeable! ;)

I have a new phone now, It was actually sheer bliss not having one for week. I am only concerned with how much (all data) was recovered from a dead ,crushed ,powerless phone. at least there is no video of Roger doing CPR on an uncooperative victim of his crimes.

These are from Warlord Games and the starter set that also gave me the Rangers. My friends and the Warlord booth crew at Adepticon even gave me extra sprues. I took my time looking for the right greenish grey. As they all are wearing different uniform styles and gear, I leaned into that and gave them a mish mash of camouflage pants and blouses to match the camouflage smocks some have. Some have darker grey uniforms while others have the green grey as well.

The platoon leader flanked by his NCOs all equipped with smgs

I can take three in the squad, but settled for two with antitank . there was plenty of rifles to make sure everybody had one.

Two squad support MG teams

It was not until I painted them I realized I used all the running bodies here.

I really like the options on the kit and it was very easy to make them look like hard bitten veterans slowing Allied advances in Italy.

I will definitely get a full kit to make a larger force of Panzer Grenadiers. I plan on using these as more QRF or Reconnaissance by Force with German Armor.

18 gives me plenty of options for a squad at present.

So now a week late 18 Germans for 90 points and squirrel

squirrels- 40k white scars, fantasy orcs, allied infantry, axis infantry

skulls- 11

stompy robots of death- 0

Wow David that's quite a lot to take in! Lost phone, snow and dogs aside, the Panzergrenadiers look very nice, and 18 of 'em makes a nice variety to equip your force. Late-war Heer infantry could certainly be a rag-tag bunch and your mix of uniform colours and camo bits is quite appropriate. Ninety points for you!

Dallas