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Wider Wargaming => Non-Pendraken Stuff => Topic started by: petercooman on 22 August 2016, 03:09:33 PM

Title: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: petercooman on 22 August 2016, 03:09:33 PM
So finally managed to paint these up. THey are all pithead miniatures. The plan was to mix them with pendraken troops, to get more poses for my skirmish forces, but i messed up somewhere down the line, and used all my pendraken models for BKC.

After that i found out i had only kept british paratroops separate and no regulars, so i just used the pithead ones. Luckily i had just enough for a platoon!

These are 3 squads of 10 men, a hq section and some add ons, like extra models for a mortar, two piat teams, and some replacement bren gunners lying down.

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03878_zpsrylwytzi.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03878_zpsrylwytzi.jpg.html)

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03879_zpslo7iilj0.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03879_zpslo7iilj0.jpg.html)

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03880_zpsli3ewlaf.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03880_zpsli3ewlaf.jpg.html)

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03882_zpsvr7mewl2.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03882_zpsvr7mewl2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 22 August 2016, 03:36:54 PM
So your British only fight on a drill square, the term is SECTION, not SQUAD.

Nice stuff.

IanS
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: petercooman on 22 August 2016, 03:59:24 PM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 22 August 2016, 03:36:54 PM
So your British only fight on a drill square, the term is SECTION, not SQUAD.

Nice stuff.

IanS

True that, sorry  ;)

Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 22 August 2016, 06:44:51 PM
Nice work
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: fred. on 22 August 2016, 07:18:00 PM
Good stuff, I do like the Pithead British Infantry - they have all the extra kit / pick axes / shovels etc that photos of Normandy always show
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: paulr on 22 August 2016, 07:47:17 PM
 :-bd =D> :-bd
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: petercooman on 22 August 2016, 08:23:13 PM
Thanks all!

Quote from: fred. on 22 August 2016, 07:18:00 PM
Good stuff, I do like the Pithead British Infantry - they have all the extra kit / pick axes / shovels etc that photos of Normandy always show

They are indeed well equipped!

I think they also complement my pendraken minis very well . Adding a good amount of variety in painting. (i think i painted about 17 stands of infantry for BKc, so different poses are a welcome thing on the painting table!)
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: bigjackmac on 22 August 2016, 11:07:48 PM
Peter,

Excellent looking troops!  I'd never thought much of Pitthead troops, but you've made them look pretty damn good.  But I really want to see more of your Red Devils in action ;)

V/R,
Jack
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: fred. on 23 August 2016, 06:43:41 AM
The Pithead infantry is quite variable - I really like their British Infantry and Paras, some of the others are less good. They do have some great poses in their ranges though.
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: petercooman on 23 August 2016, 06:56:54 AM
 The red devils are still recovering from that pounding they took  ;D

I'm actually planning some fights togheter with these guys  in the normandy bocage. I am writing the unit profiles today, and hope to be able to start after that!
Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: petercooman on 23 August 2016, 02:01:03 PM
Allright, got everything costed up, now to sort my scenarios and i can get starting!

For anyone interested, i'll attach the army list file. Only listed what i have lying around, still have to add AA stuff

Title: Re: british rifle platoon for normandy (skirmish games)
Post by: petercooman on 23 August 2016, 03:14:25 PM
new attachment, forgot the partisans