In an attempt to round up 1500 points of 17th SS Panzergrenadier troops to make up a suitable force to retake Carenten, I painted up a couple of 81mm mortar stands, a command stand and a forward observer stand. This will allow me to break off the other two 81mm mortar stands from the heavy platoon and make up a separate 81mm mortar platoon. This will get me closer to the desired 1500 points, though I will still have to throw in a
Heer nebelwerfer half battery and perhaps some
ost-truppen to round out the force. Perhaps I should even make a
falschrimjager platoon to lead the way, or at least soak up incoming rounds. Though the
ost-truppen is pretty good at that too.
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| Command stand - this time the NCO is pointing the correct way! |
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| I used the summer oak leaf pattern for all of the stands. I wanted to do these as rapidly as possible, which for me is not that rapid. |
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| FO stand looks out over a bush. Flocking works wonders for your stands. |
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| The FO stand looking ahead. |
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| Another 81mm mortar stand. I need something to pin the FV of the 101st. |
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| Flocking covers many minor painting transgressions on the boots of your miniatures. Trust me on this one. |
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| I also did this HMG stand to test out just how miserable it would be to do. I glued the castings together on the stand prior to priming and painting as I thought trying to glue them together after painting would be too miserable. It was miserable even still, but much less than I expected. The figures are slightly off center on the base, which meant a nice sized piece of lichen to even it out. |
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| Another view. At least this HMG team doesn't have an NCO pointing the wrong way. |
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| The rear view. From three feet away it looks fine. Really! |
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| On to Carenten! Before the @#$#@! Luftwaffe runs away! |
