Bench Update January 2024

January Figures Purchased

6mm GHQ 

US 2.5 ton trucks - 1 pack of 5

US M4A3 105mm Shermans - 1 pack of 5

German Sdkfz 251/C7 - 1 pack of 5

German Sdkfz 251 2 / 9 - 1 pack of 5

US M5A1 Stuart - 1 pack of 5

German Pak40 75mm ATG - 1 pack 4 guns,crew 2 vehicles.

Completed 

2 bases of Frech Chasseurs 1/72 

1 base of Grenadiers in bicorn 1800 uniform

Bench update for October 2023 6mm buildings

 I finally finished all of my 6mm buildings I had purchased from Historicon. the Diabolical Terrain French building sets are superb. Once I purchase and finish the US infantry and Greyhound armored cars, I will purchase a canvas drop cloth and paint it up for a Battle of the Bulge game. 

Bench Update for 6mm US and Diabolical Terrain

 Most of the US armor was bought painted from I-94 Industries. The infantry has yet to be purchased but the support units are completed.

Really nice 3D prints from Diabolical Terrain 

Bench Update 6mm WW2 Germans

 So far the German army is almost complete. I am not flocking the bases as they will be used for the Battle of the Bulge and possibly Normandy. This is my first attempt in 6mm. 

Work Bench September 2023 part 2 - 6mm

 The GHQ armor is for a 2024 game for Fistful of Tows or Rapid Fire. They are placed on 20mm square and 20mmx30mm bases. I was able to finish the Panthers, King Tigers, Mark IV, Sdkfz 251, Opel Blitz trucks, mortar teams and MG teams. 

Work Bench Update September 2023

 Now that the American figures are completed I am starting on the German Panzer Grenadiers. I picked up these figures at Historicon. They were primed white with a base coat and several washes of Agrax Earthshade and Nuln oil between paint layers to get a proper Cammo look. 

I tried pea dot on a few fisures and other cammo patterns displayed on the box. The panzerfaust figure was fun to paint. 

I also notice that these are larger than the Caesar and Pegasus figures and won't look too good on the same table with the Italeri figures. These painted quicklyand are the better of all available kits.  

Work Bench Update August 2023

 I am working on 1/72 US infantry from Italeri. I love the figures but there is a problem. They are larger than the Pegasus or Caesar figures and I can't combine them in the same unit. So I will have to use these figures specifically for the game. 

This will give me enough figures for a full platoon including a mortar, radio and MG team. Enough for a skirmish game with the tanks. These figures are painting up much better the the Pegasus and Caesar kits. I am very happy so far. I hope to get a box of  US in Winter gear from Italeri but was unable to find any available kits from my local source. I thought I could use these and can always get more later. 

The other project is the Terminator game. My son and I looked and found some very good troopers from Copplestone. These are works in progress, they paint up very quickly. We looked at pictures from the movies during the future war dream sequences. There are a lot of gray drab color schemes. These will finish quickly and the bases will have rubble and gray stones. We still need to build terrain.