03.14.11

Proposed US Tank Company

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:38 am

2000 Pts – US Tank Company List

1 Company HQ, 140 pts

  • 2 M4, M4A1, or M4A3 Sherman
  • 1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke)
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG
  • 1 Coax MG
  • 1 Hull MG

1 Tank Platoon, 275 pts

  • 4 M4, M4A1, or M4A3 Sherman
  • 1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke)
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG
  • 1 Coax MG
  • 1 Hull MG

1 Tank Platoon, 355 pts

  • 4 M4A1 (76mm) Sherman (Protected Ammo)
  • 1 M1 76mm gun
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG
  • 1 Coax MG
  • 1 Hull MG

1 Tank Destroyer Platoon, 335 pts

  • 1 HQ Section
  • 1 Carbine team
  • 1 Jeep with .50 cal AA MG
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG
  • 2 Tank Destroyer Section
  • 1 Carbine team
  • 1 M20 utility
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 2 M10 3in GMC
  • 1 M7 3in gun
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG

1 Armored Rifle Platoon, 240 pts

  • 1 HQ Section
  • 2 Rifle team
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 2 Rifle Squad
  • 2 Rifle team
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 1 60mm Mortar Squad
  • 1 M2 60mm mortar
  • 1 Firing Bombardment
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 1 Light Machine-gun Squad
  • 2 M1919 LMG
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG (Passenger-fired)

1 Armored Rifle Platoon, 240 pts

  • 1 HQ Section
  • 2 Rifle team
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 2 Rifle Squad
  • 2 Rifle team
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 1 60mm Mortar Squad
  • 1 M2 60mm mortar
  • 1 Firing Bombardment
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 1 Light Machine-gun Squad
  • 2 M1919 LMG
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 M3 half-track
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG (Passenger-fired)

1 Armored Field Artillery Battery, 325 pts

  • 1 HQ Section
  • 1 Carbine team
  • 1 Staff team
  • 1 M2 half-track
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 1 Observer M4, M4A1, or M4A3 Sherman OP
  • 1 M3 75mm gun (Smoke)
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG
  • 1 Coax MG
  • 1 Hull MG
  • 2 Gun Section
  • 3 M7 Priest HMC
  • 1 M2A1 105mm howitzer (Hull Mounted; Smoke)
  • 1 Firing bombardments (Smoke Bombardment)
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG

1 Recon Platoon, 90 pts (Reconnaissance Platoon)

  • 1 HQ Section
  • 1 Rifle team
  • 1 M2 half-track
  • 1 .50 cal AA MG (Passenger-fired)
  • 1 Bazooka team
  • 1 Recon Squad
  • 1 Rifle team
  • 1 Jeep
  • 1 Recon Squad
  • 1 Rifle team
  • 1 Jeep
  • 1 AA MG

Validation Report:
Briefing: Fortress Europe; Theater: Normandy
List satisfies all enforced validation rules

Composition Report:

  • CHQ: 1 (1 – 0)
  • Combat: 2 (2 – 3)
  • Weapons: 1 (0 – 5)
  • Support: 4 (0 – 8)
  • Air Support: 0 (0 – 1)

Total List Cost: 2000
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07.09.09

MechWarrior

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:41 am

Apparently Harmony Gold has thrown a legal wrench into the works and MechWarrior 5 is D.O.A. MechWarrior on computer appears to be making a comeback.



04.09.09

How long?!?

Posted in Uncategorized at 3:44 pm

03.11.09

Major Reinforcements have arrived…

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:03 am

Here is our first grand daughter. Arriving at 4:56 PM Monday in a C-Section she weighs in at 6lb 7oz.  Her orderliness is already impressive. We are referring to her as Baby Malan now because the parents have not named her yet. Mother and daughter are doing fine… the father is still being treated for shock….

01.25.09

Toorkish Lancers

Posted in Uncategorized at 3:37 pm

The figure I selected had a helmet on rather than a turban. The lance is one I purchased from VVV a few years ago when I was working on an ECW army.They are made from brass wire and have a flattened and pointed tip (and you *do* have to be careful reaching for them as they are sharp!) The pennant was made from cutting up an aluminum pie pan and glued together with superglue.

I tried to carry over the same color scheme I used for the infantry and like the look of them so will probably add some to my universe!

01.06.09

Terrain making

Posted in Uncategorized at 6:00 pm

I took the rock chips I liked and arranged them on pieces of medium density fiberboard (MDF). I filled in some of the overhangs with pliable resin and waited until they were set up. Then I spray painted them black to ensure that they looked the way I wanted them to. Then I made molds from them using MoldMax 30 from SmoothOn. The castings you see below were made from an expanding type of foam that expands 10:1 by volume. I used this as I wanted to make sure I got the resin into all of the crevasses. Once the resin had set up (about 15-20 minutes) I took the pieces out and spray painted them with black spray paint from WalMart and drybrushed them with craft paints. The flock is from GF9. I am pleased with how they turned out. I have had several people ask me if I can make them for them. If you are interested, let me know and I can send you one each of them for $15 which would include postage. You can then paint them as desired. 

 

 

 

 

Name Dropping

Posted in Napoleonic, Uncategorized at 8:38 am

Bumper Stickers

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:12 am

01.05.09

My painting table

Posted in Uncategorized at 4:21 pm

will be my miniatures painting table. I am fortunate in having a wife that likes thing to look nice, even when they might get cluttered. One of the benefits is a nice painting desk which is set up on a permanent basis. The top is a formica countertop laid over some drawers with a wall section on the right. I have a CD/Tape Player/Radio on the top right so I can listen to books on tape when I paint. There is a Robart paint shaker on the shelf immediately below it with room to store tapes and CDs. Many months ago I bought a bunch of bottles from Western Plastics (see bottles on bottom of page) to store some of my GW paints in. They fill the left two shelves along with glue, etc. The front and right shelves contain my Reaper Master Series paints and Vallejos . I have my brushes stored in glass containers on the right and a cutting board I paint on to protect the countertop. I have a goose neck lamp with a Reveal light bulb in it (100 watt) so I get good colors and so I can see. If I am painting using blending and advanced techniques, I also use a MagEye optical magnifier. The drawers contain bases, plasticard, miscellaneous "things" you always need when working on miniatures. It’s a nice setup and is in the basement so I can be cool when painting in the summer.

10.21.08

I *HATE* When This Happens!!

Posted in Uncategorized at 11:31 am

I *really* liked the figures! Like the title says, I hate when this happens. My promise to not buy more until I got through more of my lead mountain is eroding. I can see using these figures as the basis for a light infantry unit in my Imaginations! The figure on the left is an S3-001 Jacobite advancing with Musket which I converted to an officer using a Turkish pistol and some of the additional items RSM sends with their figures (the Claymore in this instance). The  figure in the center is S3-003, Stand and Fire, and the one on the right is S3-005 Advancing with Claymore/Axe which I added a brass spear from VVV to and made into a standard bearer (unfortunately VVV no longer sells these fine weapons!). Sigh, looks like I’ll be placing another order to RSM next month!

 

 
 

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