Chaffee Company and Destroyed Chaffee Objective

Hello All

Ben here with another US update. I have painted up all the Chaffee's from the Cavalry Group Box Set I got from Christmas.

I painted them in my standard US tank method, which is very simple but effective. After a base coat of black spray I paint them Brown Violet followed by a quick dry brush of Green Grey. Then I black line the whole model with a pen and pick out details.

One thing I tried on these which I liked was I painted the tracks German Grey instead of a metal colour. I did this as I find painting grey a fair bit easier than painting metal and as I heavily weather the tanks not much of the track colour shows through so as long as it's a dark colour that looks about right it doesn't really matter.

 I'm quite happy with how they come out, they aren't the best thing I have ever painted but I do think they look good on the table (which is what I was aiming for). I'm not sure I'll play the whole company often, but I have my eyes on the Cavalry Recon list and I will use a platoon or two of Chaffees in that list.

Arsenal

Tank Teams

Name	Mobility	Front	Side	Top	Equipment and Notes
Weapon	Range	ROF	Anti-tank	Firepower

Light Tanks
M24 Chaffee	Light Tank	4	2	1	Co-ax MG, Hull MG, .50 cal AA MG.
M6 75mm gun	32"/80cm	2	10	3+	Smoke, Stabiliser.

The Objective was a lot of fun to paint! I'm really happy with it!

'Snowing' it up was an interesting process as too much snow and whats the point of having such a nice model on the base (a cheap crap one would have worked just as well), but too little and I thought it might look a little out of place. I think I got the balance jut right.

 So there you go, I hope you have enjoyed reading this post, me and Dave got a game in with my Chaffees vs his Fallschirmjagers, which will be posted in a day or so, so keep an eye out.

Well thanks for reading and until next time

Ben