Eve of Invasion

So it's almost 75 years since D-Day and we are having a large game refighting Utah and the associated para drops. Brecourt Manor here we come. I'll be the paras and therefore won't need rescuing. In fact I think it will be me that ends up clearing the beaches from behind.
Dave and James are running the germans and there will be about 6 of us gaming. I've seen the test shots and it's going to be amazing.
My pre battle task was to finish my Germans, and here they are

All the infantry. A Fusilier company, scout platoon, couple of 7.5cm field guns and 8 MG42s. The field guns are actually the WW1 version - had some dodgy stuff from Battlefront lately

The MG42s, quite like the home made sandbags

The Armour - this was all painted previously and in reality only the pak40s will be needed 

Couple of 3.7cm flak. Bit annoyed with the barrel angle - crappy assembly instructions and horrible casts from Battlefront

Captured Russian field gun - pressie from James

PzII turret gun emplacement

And finally because I had them and they needed painting, but not for weekend

3 Tetrarch light tanks

Can't wait for the weekend - Dave has a plan for para drop scatter using paper chits and a hairdryer - i expect most of my force will end up in Belgium

Clearing out the painting desk

With the challenge about to start I thought I'd finish off some of the things that had been started, Dave has been doing this and it's a good way to get back into painting.
First up a couple of crappy elephants from ebay, the home of poorly sculpted miniatures. We have a large hail caesar battle coming up and these will be useful. Also my Pontic army will double as almost any successor army so these are a good option

These are different sizes and came in a pretty bashed up shape, had to add a trunk to one of them but they will do. Based up on 40x60 so can be used for Impetus or any other rule set

I have a minor WW2 addiction caused by James. I picked up a load of german infantry from him and have been looking at them for ages. I've just finished by 1st platoon. I'm using them as Normandy based Fusiliers, far too many SS and paratrooper units out there. It often seems to me that the entire of WW2 was fought only using elite troops.

These are 352 regiment and have a lot of MGs, each base is an MG Rifle section. I done a platoon with officer up graded to a Panzershrek . Also done the company commander and 2IC

More still to paint inc air landing artillery support