More than a few months back I began working on my Flames of War American armoured rifle platoon. After a 6 month holiday in Europe, working on some Empire of the Dead bobbies and plenty of procrastination I have finished the infantry. Unfortunately I still have 3 half tracks to go but at least its a big step forward to completing my American Hell on Wheels company.
I quite like this platoon, it is nice have such a large diversity of units in a squad, yet the riflemen with ROF 1 keeps the cost down. It felt like quite a mission painting these guys up as it is a large platoon especially when you include the half tracks, however the most important thing is they will look amazing on the table alongside the rest of the company.
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| The different squads are separated out as you can see |
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| Command with the M3 37mm gun which can be swapped for a bazooka team |
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| Rifle squad number 1 |
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| Rifle squad number 2 |
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| Mortar team |
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| Light machine gun team |
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| I broke this guys base while painting, now he is limping along side his partner |
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| The backs are labelled by squad to match their half tracks |
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| labelled halftrack |
I quite like this platoon, it is nice have such a large diversity of units in a squad, yet the riflemen with ROF 1 keeps the cost down. It felt like quite a mission painting these guys up as it is a large platoon especially when you include the half tracks, however the most important thing is they will look amazing on the table alongside the rest of the company.
Nice units - are the troops wearing camo?
ReplyDeleteCheers Dean. Yeah they are, they were issued to some US companies late war. Unfortunately it resulted in friendly fire as the rule of thumb was that camo ment Germans and bad communication they reinstated the old uniforms.
DeleteI currently have some US halftracks on my painting table.... I really must use yours to nudge me into finishing them.
ReplyDeleteThey are cool units, definitely worth it I believe.
DeleteNice work Steve. The Armoured Rifle platoon is a great unit, it can take on anything, and I'm sure it will serve you well.
ReplyDeleteCheers Paul. I certainly hope so, I worry that so much diversity in one unit is bad. I guess I will just have to take them for a spin to find out.
DeleteGreat work Steve, these look great and it is so encouraging when you get that first platoon finished. Now I just need to think of ways of beating them...
ReplyDeleteNice looking units!
ReplyDeleteNice Yanks with plenty of razzle dazzle!
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