MattW Belgian command 32 points

 Belgian commanders 

Two completed bases for my WW2 Belgian build. 

Commander, horses and Uhlan are FAA, the Chasseur Ardennais is Early War Miniatures 

The commander is FAA, radio operator is AB, the Chasseur, cavalryman and table are Early War Miniatures. 

20mm figures @ 4 points x 6 = 24 

20mm mounted x 1 = 8 

Total points 32

Cheers

Matt

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Hey Matt!

Wow, nicely done vignettes and impressive photography skills! I feel as though I'm looking at movie -stills. One can imagine the discussions between the commanders. I enjoy the slightly muted colour tones, and really nicely done details on the various packs/baggage on the horses.

Well done!

Another 32points for your scoreboard (I've drafted Curt to be my minion of spreadsheet updates)

- Sarah

From MattW: Belgian infantry & Artillery (208 points)

 Belgian Infantry 

The first of my Belgian Infantry battalions is a mix of Figures Armour and Artillery and Battlefield/Blitz ranges with an odd Early War miniatures range. 

1st Battlion 

Command, medic, DBT mortar, anti tank rifle and spotter team

Officer commanding and medic 

OC and medic 

Mortar team spotter 

Anti Tank Rifle 

Anti tank rifle 

HQ company 

Rifle company 

Rifle Company 

Rifle battalion (I am short one company of 8 figures) 

Support Battalion 

Mortar teams

Machine gun company 

Artillery 

Artillery observer team 

100mm Artillery piece 

20mm figure @ 4 points x 50

Artillery piece @8 points = 8 points 

208 points h up

Cheers

Matt

TeemuL: And here's Matt with his third post of the day, just before my bedtime. But since my bedtimes are flexible, I'll go through this. That's quite a lot of minis, Matt! It would be nice to see them all together in a group shot, byt maybe you are saving it for the final post after the Challenge? I'll go through the Maths tomorrow morning, it is too complicated with the phone. But you will get your points, Martin too.

From MattW: Chassuer Ardennais heavy weapons battalion (64 points)

 Chasseur Ardennais support elements MattW

A follow up on last weeks entry support elements for my Chasseur Ardennais. In the majority the figures are Early War Minatures, some battlefield/blitz and FAA. EWM artillery and Anti tank gun. Each Belgian Infantry regiment had three battalions of Infantry and one battalion of heavy weapons, this battalion was split into three support companies, this in turn was allocated to support the rifle battalions as required. 

Artillery and antitank 

Bofors mountain gun, cannon 75mm model 34 infantry support gun.

Fonderie Royale de Canons (FRC) 47mm anti tank gun coy 

A interesting development of this gun, it used the same carriage and trail as the 76 FRC canon. The Chassuer Ardennais carried two barrels on their vehicle the 47mm anti tank and the 76mm IG on the Vickers carrier or Alvis Straussler Hefty so they could be swapped out as required. 

Fonderie Royale de Canons (FRC) 76mm mortar gun coy 

Medium machine gun coy 

Maxim 1908 MMG

Colt 1914 MMG 

2x 20mm guns @ 10 points 20 points 

12x 20mm crew @ 4 points = 48 points 

Total 68 points 

Cheers

Matt

TeemuL: 20mm guns are only 8 points, but otherwise your math is right. Some nice firepower for Belgian infantry, should help fighting back the invaders. I very much like your basing, too, it creates a nice backdrop for the gun crews. The green berets look cool, I guess they were actually used at that time?

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!