Sunday 7 October 2012

Panzer Grenadier Platoon

At long long  last I have finish my Panzer Grenadier platoon.
These suckers did take me a while to complete and I really felt the absence of my airbrush.
That said I really enjoyed painting them and as promised in my last post I made sure I did a piece of terrain.

In battle I've struggled to use them to any effect.  It's always a toss up between mounted or not and if not do I want the halftracks on the table.

I think a general rule of thumb is mounted when facing infantry and dismounted if facing tanks.  In today's battle against Adam, they went down pretty hard to an artillery bombardment from a double width howitzer template.  Then I made a mistake with the rules, which states they can auto un-bail from a bombardment, oh well live and learn I guess.

If anyone has any feedback I'd appreciate it, i'm always looking to improve my modelling and painting skills so anything really is of help.

That's all for now

Dave







5 comments:

  1. Very nice job. I'll look forward to reading of their exploits...

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  2. Very nice- weathering looks fantastic

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  3. Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments.

    Popped out and bought a new Airbrush today. I feel a review coming on

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    1. I ended up with a Harder and Steenbeck Evolution Solo.

      I took along a sample of minis to Everything Airbrush, spent some time with a chap there talking through my requirements.

      Funny thing is, they fixed my old one for free from spares they had lying around...so now I have two.

      One thing he gave me as a tip, was do not stick varnish through it, that may have been what wrecked my first airbrush....good tip.

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