The Challenge ended on the 21st March, I'm still catching up on posts
How are we into the final week of the Challenge? I really wish it would go on for another month or so, I always seem to push myself to get more painting done. When its ended I have a painting lull, I suspect most of you, my fellow challengers are the same?
I am hoping this won't be my last post, but this is a biggy, for me anyway. This last week, I somehow found a lot of time to paint 65.5 figures, all for my and Lee's Russo-Finnish Winter War project. Here's a few photos of what I painted this week.
8 Officers and 1 Suomi KP/31 Sub Machine gunner
A radio Operator and his lookout
A Lahti-Saloranta M/26 Light Machine Gun firing and 2 x 2 man teams carrying the M/26..
A 10 man Infantry squad
Another 10 man Infantry squad
A third 10 man Infantry squad
A fourth 10 man squad!
And an 8 man Infantry squad
Simo Häyhä , famously known as "The White Death", was a Finnish sniper during the Winter War. He is widely regarded as the deadliest sniper in military history, credited with at least 505 confirmed kills in fewer than 100 days of combat.
What Finnish army would be complete without some soldiers throwing, Molotov Cocktails, Satchel Charges (Kasapanos) and hand grenades.
A close up of the Lahti-Saloranta M/26 Light Machine Gun, I have 1 other that I painted up previously in the Challenge.
And to go with the 2 M/26 machine guns, I have 2 teams carrying the weapons, so on the table you can use these to move the figures around the table, then the others when they set up. (Sad I know)
Close up of some of the infantry, the kneeling figure on the right is an NCO, but I'll probably use him as a normal infantryman.
Officers, the one in the centre is a Russian figure!
And here they all are in their new home.
64 standing or kneeling figures
3 laying down figures.
65.5 figure x 5 points
Makes a nice fat total of 325 points!
A very impressive tally of Finns Ray, you were a man on a mission that's for sure, great productivity and super work, should make for a great game when they hit the table.
ReplyDeleteI do hope so Donnie, after all that effort!!
DeleteThat is a lot of figures! Well done, sir.
ReplyDeleteCheers Alex!!!
DeleteImpressive collection Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal!
DeleteExcellent final output, Ray.
ReplyDeleteNot quite the final, Rich, come on you know me.....
DeleteImpressive!
ReplyDeleteThanks John!
DeleteI don't know what scale you'll be playing at, but with 67 miniatures you've assembled half a 1:1 scale company. I note that my message to you on February 2nd wasn't a waste of time, since the machine gun loader has retrieved his rifle from next to him. This prompts me to give you the following information.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the composition of Finnish units, but generally, box-fed MMGs have a crew of three: one gunner, one loader, and one ammunition handler. Belt-fed MMGs have a crew of two: one gunner and one loader.
I commanded a reserve commando company in the 1980s. Each combat group had a Model 24-29 machine gun manned by three men.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusil-mitrailleur_mod%C3%A8le_1924/29
Naturally, I wouldn't hold it against you if you limited your MMG group to two men.
To be honest I'm not a WWII period, expert what so ever so went along with the info given. I've built the army from a Bolt Action list, your right it does ay Machine guns should have 3 figures, I took that to be the heavier guns, like the Maxim, which come with 3 men from Parkfield miniatures. But smaller guns like the DP-28 and M/26, come with two figures and in the rules say 2 figures???
DeleteSo your guess is as good as mine, and I'll probably rebase the other machine guns and move the rifle, because now you've said it, its gonna bug me. LOL!
That is a huge batch and they all look great. Nicely done Ray.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, I'm very pleased with them.
DeleteAn impressive looking collection Ray, nicely done
ReplyDeleteCheers Neil.
DeleteThis is a very nice group of figures Ray, they look fantastic and 60 + in a week is very impressive too!
ReplyDeleteNot quite a week, some we're painted earlier in the Challenge.
DeleteAn incredible number of figures to paint in one week. One week, really? Great job!
ReplyDeleteNot all, Jon. But at least 80% of them. They're a very easy paint job, believe me!
DeleteAre the Finns finished Ray? (sorry, couldn't help myself 😁)
ReplyDeleteThey look great and will give the Russians a bloody nose no doubt.
Yes the Finns are finished, but I would like to get a Flamethrower and a Panzerfaust???
DeleteImpressive array of well done figures.
ReplyDeleteCheers Sgt!
DeleteSuch lovely winterish uniforms. I am always cheering for the Russkies LOL
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