To put it bluntly these have been a royal pain in
the neck to do, literally. For the last two weeks I
have been unable to tip my head downwards, eaten all
the paracetamol and Ibufrufen stock in the UK and had
a sadistic physio therapist trying to rip my head from
my neck. I now paint in a very unusual and amusing
position. Anyway onto the rifle platoon.
Battlefront`s 15mm British Rifle Platoon(late)
gives you 37 metal figures including a Piat, a 3 inch
mortar and two Bren guns. Basic bases are provided as
usual.
I opted to use Vallejo paints instead of GW simply
because Vallejo have a very good range of WWII colours.
I use a variety of paints including P3,Vallejo and GW so
no extra costs. Saying all that there are GW paints in the
mix.
Couple of things that gave me problems apart from the neck
were a black base coat which makes its virtually impossible
to pick out details especially the webbing. Secondly I forgot
to add a bit of depth to the base so my men stood a bit
proud, but hopefully the gravel and static grass hides this ?
Lastly I wish I had added a few spare bits of equipment on
the ground, perhaps next time ?
Plus points, I love my new Noch puffer bottle and the
effect you get with it and I have taken a liking to Vallejo`s
Flat Earth colour 983. I have always used other colours for
earth but Vallejo`s seems to hit the spot for me 🙂
Click on a picky for a larger image 🙂
Sorry about the floating bases in the pictures. They are
still sitting on French out of currency coins for painting.
I`m thinking 4th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
or 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment to stick with
the 11th Armoured Division theme.
The model warrior 
These look good! I love the sense of accomplishment (or is that relief?) that comes with finishing a unit. Hope your neck feels better soon.
Its relief lol
They look great. Having just finished my own British Platoon for Chain of Command, in 15mm, I can relate to some of the problems you encountered, especially finding some of the details on the minis.
I agree with the lovely natural colours of the Vallejo paints, unfortunately I had none at the time I painted up the infantry, but the GW paints did the job.
How are you differentiating between squads or platoons (sorry not 100% up to speed on Flames of War, so not sure how much that is needed)?
Also never realised there was a big difference using the Noch. Does it look substantially better or is it just easier to apply?
Thanks,
FOW is mostly Platoon sized actions(30-60 men) and an infantry platoon is made up of rifle squads(basically 4 men on a base). I know of people who play COC and FOW with the same troops , you just have to be a bit flexible with the rules 🙂 Reference to the Noch its the puffer bottle that makes the difference, not the grass. It just generates static helping the grass stand up 🙂
Thanks for the information.
I have seen a few CoC games using FoW bases. I imagine it would work fine.
Hmm, ok, we don;t seem to have anything like that in our gaming or model shops. I’ll have to keep a lookout.