I have had these gents for entirely too long. I think Major Bill asked me to do them a year ago. Due to some painful annoyances in my digits and arm, I have not been up to getting much done on these. I took a long time off from painting and Bill has been very cool about it. Now, however, I am determined to finish them. Having overdue work nagging me in the background of my life keeps me from feeling like I can work on anything else. I am very keen to do some 15mm Sci-Fi and maybe some 6mm or 10mm stuff as well. However, I am linear in my processes so I feel I can't start those until the 82nd is done.
The 82nd consists of a 3 platoon company boxed set, the old one with the full 3 platoons and the extras like the supply carts etc. The entire list:
1x Lt. Turnbull
5x Command teams
6x Bazooka teams
3x Snipers
1x Pathfinder marker
3x 60mm mortar teams
27x Rifle/Mg teams
A grand total of 159 figures! All with the American flag on one shoulder and the "AA" Patch on the other. In reality, the shoulder patches are so small that I can really only suggest their presence with colors rather than a full rendering. Sure I could make them huge but then things look a little cartoonly in my opinion. They are painted to represent the green M1943 uniforms issued after Normandy but prior to Market garden.
Here is one example of the finished stands.
The helmets need to be a little greener I think. I do like how the crater effect turned out with the dirt being darker to reflect recent impact. 9 Stands have these, and 9 have stones of larger size with 9 stands being "plain". This provides visual reference for platoon ident. without resorting to unsightly means.
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