Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Changing Gears

So, my great endeavour to put a new army on the table for Kublacon has come to a grinding halt.  After making decent progress, I ran into a major snag, as my go-to primer is out of stock everywhere locally.  I kept being told that it would was ordered and in the system, that it would be here 'next friday', but five fridays later, I've been forced to concede.  On top of that, my five-year-old started T-ball and I never realized how much of a time commitment that could be, even at this level.  With only three weeks left until I fly back to California, I dusted off my 1. Fallschirmjäger army that I originally built for the 2013 Nationals.  With the changes since the Cassino book, plus the reduced points total I would need to go with a non-fortified list. 


I wanted to get to eight platoons, as the list at six platoons wasn't really any better.  Everything is good to go, except for the Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon, which is in various states of completion.  I also need to perform a little bit of repair and paint touch-up throughout.  
I think two platoons of solid infantry, eight Marders, two smoke templates, and two small gun platoons should do OK, it's not an event winner, but nothing German really is anymore.  Leaves more time for the in-house pub, right?

Thse were originally part of Tunisia  project from about 10 years ago.  No primer, no problem!
Additionally, my 'expensive hobby' finally came back from the body and paint shop.  21 months, but I think it was worth it.  The rest of the work will be completed by me, slowly but surely, whenever the wife allows me to buy parts.




6 comments:

  1. That "Expensive hobby" is bloody gorgeous mate!

    Painting one AA platoon is a far cry from a whole army. :) You should do well in the tournament!

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    1. Thanks Dai. It's starting to come along nicely.
      We'll see about the FJ, big US artillery parks and breakthrough guns could be all bad.

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  2. Just a tiny thought about your list, do you think the panzerknacker on the 2ic is worth the points? He will be baby sitting the mortars all game. You may not have anywhere else you want to spend those 5, so feel free to ignore me. :)

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    1. I didn't really have any other way to spend it. For some reason this list, unlike every other German list I've ever seen, makes you upgrade the 1iC and 2iC together, they must both be Panzerfausts for 20 points or Knackers for 10 points. I came up 5 points short in the list for a pair of Fausts, and was stuck with Knackers for the HQ and the Light Gun Command team.

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  3. Dude, I think we have the same color paint on the 'tangs.

    I'll see abut driving mine down to Shifting Sands or something someday. Looks good!

    FJ should be interesting choice. Going to be a weird tournament.

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    1. Sam, maybe next year we can both drive them to Phoenix.
      Looking forward to the event!

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