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| Platoon Sergeant |
Crossing the painting desk are the first few recruits for my 28mm US Airborne platoon for Chain of Command. These are some of the BTD figs I picked up on a deep discount from their Veteran's Day sale, and they are some solid, well done minis.
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| Platoon Leader |
To start them off, I chose to do the command group and the BAR team from 1st Squad. I opted to try something different with the basing, so these guys were based and then gravel added prior to getting a coat of black primer. Following each coat of brown-tones, I used the excess paint to drybrush the rocks to get a different overall feel from my usual flock-dominated basing.
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| Squad Leader with his BAR section |
I broke out the Flames of War US Paint set I picked up on discount several years ago for these guys. The Uniforms are all in US Tan-Earth with Grey-Green Equipment and Green-Violet Helmets. The patches were done in Bronze Green. For the weapons, I went a different direction and did a mix of Flat Black with VJ Metallic compound. I think it does a good job of providing the metallic sheen without the steel tones so often seen thanks to the influence of "Bolt Gun Metal" from GW.
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| A pair of snipers, or just two models for the same Sniper.... |
I tried something a little different and went for Stylized Unit patches and stripes for the NCOs. I've seen a couple companies doing decal sheets, but these will do for now.
I opted to go with the 101st, rather than the 82nd because...reasons
Great job, Jake! Snipers looks especially nifty. This will be a handsome platoon.
ReplyDeleteI picked up several handfuls of WWII figures from the Black Friday sale to bolster my project as well.
Cool, I am interested to see what develops. I have some Artizan figs en route to give me some indirect fires and anti-armor capabilities.
DeleteNicely done! Singly based figures seem to demand a little extra attention to detail!
ReplyDeleteIt does, but these guys are an interesting diversion
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