Over the last few weeks I have acquired... a few more things... despite really wanting to AVOID acquiring MOAR STUFF!?
Orion was ordering her Hungarian army from two different places, so I piggy-backed on those orders and picked up a few things...
(And... there are a few of my OWN orders arriving this week!?)
First, some USMC Forward Observers... I have a pair of miniatures I'm currently using as Observers... but... these were inexpensive and there were other things i could use those minis for... so... These came from 401 Games in Toronto.
Next were two Anti-Tank Rifle Teams - one for the Chindits (in case they ever face a Japanese Tank!) and the other for the Japanese (in case they ever face an American tank!). These came directly from Warlord Games!
I finished painting these all up over the long weekend!?
USMC Forward Observer Team...
Or... If I'm using them as Forward Air Controllers (because USA forces get those sweet, sweet, extra air attacks!) I guess, technically, they're probably US Air Force personnel (or US Navy...? If the planes are flying off of a carrier) that have been attached to the raiders...? (or did the USMC have their OWN air wing...?!)
Now I need to pick up some American aircraft for them to call in...
I also finished up the Chindit and Imperial Japanese Army Anti-Tank Rifle Teams!
I'm not entirely sure how useful these will ever be...?
I guess I do have a Japanese Chi-Ha tank... so...
Mind you... The Boyes Anti-Tank Rifle only has a penetration value of +2... and a Chi-Ha has a Damage Value of 8+... so on the front armour, assuming the anto-tank rifle hit the tank, they would need to roll a 6 (on a d6) just to do superficial damage... And any any opponent is definitely going to try and blow these up as a priority target (as the force has very little other anti-tank capability...)
Similarly, I expect the Japanese anti-tank rifle similarly be of little use...
Perhaps even LESS useful... as their main opponent is Orion's Americans... and she's got a Sherman! The anti-tank rifle cannot do a thing against frontal armour...
This, along with the assortment of fantasy figures painted last week, I'm just ahead of the number of miniatures I've purchased... so... there's that... I'd like to get a bit DEEPER into the black, though!!
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Great looking WW2 types, I know anti tank rifles are useless but you've got to have them, armoured cars? Half tracks? I am so not in the black after my last buying spree, ho hum!
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Thanks!
DeleteAh, yes, I suppose... I guess I always think of things in the context of "is it useful against historical opponents... that I own..." because, until Orion started putting together armies... the only opponents my miniatures were ever likely to face were the opponents that I owned myself!
While doing all my looking around for information on Matilda IIs I found a lot of pictures of them in the service of the 14th Army in Burma... which briefly had me thinking maybe I shouldn't do them all in Caunter Camouflage for North Africa, and do a few in Green for service in the Far East... but the decided not to because it will be more fun to have tank battles in the sand... and damn, the Japanese (that I own) would have a REALLY HARD time taking out Matilda IIs with this anti-tank rifle...
Mind you... they do have the Chi-Ha (and a second one on the way)...
AND I do have all those Cruiser tanks for tank battles in the desert....
Maybe I WILL paint a pair of them for service in the Far East!?
You probably could do a couple of matildas in green, you've got enough and then you can use it in European blitzkrieg too!
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This is true!
DeleteNice work as always. The Antitank rifles are a must for early war even if they were marginal then!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, the Marine forward air controllers are probably calling in Marine fighters as they did have (and do have) their own. Plus Navy fighters (mostly the same planes) and possibly long range Air Force fighters or light bombers.
Thanks!
DeleteVery nice painting and basing! And congrats on painting more than you bought, even if it's not as much as you'd like!
ReplyDeleteGoing deeper into the black sounds like it could be a line from Firefly. :)
Ha! I hadn't thought of that, but it DOES sound like it could be a line from Firefly!
Deletethanks!
Your observer team could also be a Naval officer calling in fire from a ship too
ReplyDeleteOh, for sure! Which would be totally fun and apropos for Marine Raiders!
DeleteI was just thinking they'd be Forward Air Controllers because the US forces in Bolt Action have a special rule that allows their Forward Air Controllers to call in air strikes twice in a game - instead of just once like all the other forces!
(already ordered myself a Vought F4U Corsair for them to call in!)
Thanks James!