Happy New Year, All!
I decided - as I had less homework than normal this holiday - to challenge myself to get an entire project done. To this end, I opened-up my options as polls in a couple of my games clubs, and the winning option for completion by the end of January 2019 was 1000 points of British Paras:
To be more precise, a list from the Market Garden campaign book for the 21st Independent Company - the British Pathfinders. I've always been interested in those who drop in first, and I enjoy playing unusual lists too. It's going to be a tricky list, mind: there's no free artillery FOO, no AT guns, no vehicles, no on-table artillery, none of my beloved 3" mortar...essentially nothing that couldn't be sneakily parachuted in. What they do have is more PIATs, snipers and 2" mortars than normal, a Captain as their default OC, and a cool special rule for the actual pathfinder sections.
The plan (ha!) is to make some progress - however minimal - as often as I can: every day, if possible. I'm now on Day 8, and by now I have all 39 men in the platoon based, primed, base-coated and with the desert yellow base-coat on their smocks. It's been quite a slog!
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| Day 1. Metal teams assembled. |
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| Day 5...maybe? All models assembled and based. |
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| Day 6 (below, too.) All models primed and base-coated with English Uniform. It looks better without a flash. |
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| Day 7: some smocks base-coated Desert Yellow |
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| Day 8: the rest of the smocks base-coated. |
It's been an uncharacteristically speedy start (for me) and although I'm dreading the painting of the Denison smock camouflage, I think I should be okay to get them finished by the end of January.
I must say, it's really weird for me to see a 1000pt Bolt Action army represented by just 39 men! Still, I've wanted paras for ages - they're so damned iconic - and as I got the box set essentially for free in a trade for some mid-90s Space Marine odds-and-sods that I found in a box, I'm laughing, really!
More updates as I get to them.
Happy New Year, folks - my 2019 be a great one for you!
- Chris.
Happy new year mate.
ReplyDeleteAnd to you, Sir - all the best for 2019!
DeleteCranking out that many minis at once, I had to double check and make sure I wasn't looking at the Mordian7th blog...lol!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Admiral!
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HA! Yes, mate: you and me both!
DeleteHappy New Year to you and yours too, Cheef!
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Oooh, looking good there.
ReplyDeleteCheers, matey!
DeleteIs this Winter Challenge thing all my fault? It's been ages since I set myself a large single project to attack.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm home at Easter, I have a new Platoon to attack....
Great score on the swap as well. Love to see the camo smocks complete.
I dunno, mate: I just needed to spur myself on!
DeleteYeah. Camo smocks. Love 'em.
Yeah.
Ooo, do love to see a well done Para force.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing how this gets on mate.
Thanks, mate!
DeleteIt will definitely be a para force done. As for "well done"? Well, I guess we'll see, eh?!
What a great project to kick off 2019. 39 figures should be enough for a starting platoon for Chain of Command too...just saying haha!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
DeleteI'm very interested in CoC - only ever played it against myself though. I plan to try it properly soon...
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