tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post1360430436217709889..comments2024-03-25T18:56:22.992+11:00Comments on The Tactical Painter: Getting ready for 29, Let's Go!The Tactical Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980190745315043364noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-30619621286751071742022-04-29T08:48:44.079+10:002022-04-29T08:48:44.079+10:00Thanks. Listing the BAR as a team is a game mechan...Thanks. Listing the BAR as a team is a game mechanic to give the large American squad greater tactical flexibility than if it operated as one large team. It is an abstraction, otherwise the squad suffers from the lack of flexibility of a Russian squad, which operates as a single ‘team’. In practice the relatively weak firepower of the BAR means it operates as part of the squad and contributes to its firepower, but making it a separate team for rules purposes makes the American squad more resilient to the effects of shock and allows for a greater degree of tactical flexibility. As for the corporal, yes, that’s plain wrong!The Tactical Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980190745315043364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-4793771017063119932022-04-29T03:28:09.933+10:002022-04-29T03:28:09.933+10:00Great stuff all round! I'm a big fan of scatt...Great stuff all round! I'm a big fan of scatter terrain as it's a great way to deploy 'hidden' units too - you never know when that innocent looking bush or farm cart might be hiding a deadly MG42 or panzerfaust team! The walled gradens are a great idea too - I've used the bottom of chocolate gift boxes with a 'gateway' cut in, but yours look much better.<br />Whover wrote that army list needs to read up on the US Army though: the BAR wasn't part of a separate 'team' but integral to the squad which usually maneuvered as a whole, with covering fire given by .30 Browning M1919's from the weapons platoon. Also there were no corporals in an infantry platoon! Prior to Normandy, the army wanted to give every man in a combat leadership slot a pay raise: the best way to do this was to bump everyone up one rank, so squad leaders became staff sergeants, assisted by buck sergeants who were formerly corporals. (I was an active member of the 29th Division living history unit for ten years) https://www.29thdivision.com/<br />"29 Let's Go!"<br />Stuart Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022842236659046045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-67580470326341465632020-03-24T11:44:35.938+11:002020-03-24T11:44:35.938+11:00Brilliant jobs here all around! In the beginning ...Brilliant jobs here all around! In the beginning I thought there would be only a few items but the amazing just kept coming. You’re definitely all set up for the next campaign. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-89210241674302286972020-03-23T20:17:59.817+11:002020-03-23T20:17:59.817+11:00Ah, so you didn’t spot the small panzerfaust penet...Ah, so you didn’t spot the small panzerfaust penetration? It is very small.....The Tactical Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980190745315043364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-79613136959500031632020-03-23T20:16:32.305+11:002020-03-23T20:16:32.305+11:00Thank you everybody!Thank you everybody!The Tactical Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980190745315043364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-8281551699723787362020-03-23T20:15:33.069+11:002020-03-23T20:15:33.069+11:00Brendan, that’s a neat idea. I have some single sa...Brendan, that’s a neat idea. I have some single sabots spare, I’ll give it a try.The Tactical Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980190745315043364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-23254508799728830172020-03-21T07:22:45.179+11:002020-03-21T07:22:45.179+11:00All I can do is echo the above comments, imaginati...All I can do is echo the above comments, imaginative and inspirational. Consider most of these ideas 'borrowed' :) I reckon your work has improved the look of so many tables. Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866756432233805848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-55286007644706152262020-03-21T07:21:14.558+11:002020-03-21T07:21:14.558+11:00That's a really brilliant idea Baron... person...That's a really brilliant idea Baron... personally, I would also be inclined to include a micro dice frame to show the number of shots too. Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866756432233805848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-83687033623452811752020-03-21T01:45:57.007+11:002020-03-21T01:45:57.007+11:00You, sir, I going to make me throw away all my kit...You, sir, I going to make me throw away all my kit and start over!!!<br />Dick Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243435682283381550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-83909141229679282942020-03-21T01:30:32.653+11:002020-03-21T01:30:32.653+11:00Excellent work there! Really looking forward to yo...Excellent work there! Really looking forward to your campaign reports<br />Cheers<br />MattThe Wargames Tablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454593374321456477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-77398760241603267792020-03-20T23:02:05.265+11:002020-03-20T23:02:05.265+11:00Damn I'm so jealous!! Excellent work Mark I li...Damn I'm so jealous!! Excellent work Mark I like your train of thought and all it comes up with.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393294514028719491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-55501645821170894222020-03-20T21:34:07.445+11:002020-03-20T21:34:07.445+11:00Nicely done as usual! I think I might have to try ...Nicely done as usual! I think I might have to try to make some of those flame thrower elements.john de terre neuvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898285039988448895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-61111106980243319472020-03-20T20:42:07.514+11:002020-03-20T20:42:07.514+11:00Have either of you considered using one of the com...Have either of you considered using one of the command (ie single figure) sabot bases from Charlie Foxtrot and the like? If you use them "the other way around" you can plonk the figure into the hole and have the "flame" on the squared off end (the bit that normally carries the leader rating).Baron von Wreckedoftenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625953409547293251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-33547838056315346812020-03-20T18:54:57.488+11:002020-03-20T18:54:57.488+11:00Very fine additions and refurbs there, looking for...Very fine additions and refurbs there, looking forward to following you our campaign in due course.Phil Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951076081660516802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-4620100122664208612020-03-20T18:42:53.336+11:002020-03-20T18:42:53.336+11:00You Sir, are an inspiration. Where do you find th...You Sir, are an inspiration. Where do you find the time?Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11850405838230787742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-6462740125928477482020-03-20T17:52:49.688+11:002020-03-20T17:52:49.688+11:00Great collection! Sooner or later I'll have to...Great collection! Sooner or later I'll have to do a flamethrower flame myself...Remgainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234133500090328957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-46362654125482661292020-03-20T17:09:00.130+11:002020-03-20T17:09:00.130+11:00I love your attention to detail here, Mark, and yo...I love your attention to detail here, Mark, and your work looks so good. Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068889968857575433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-4793876583662693052020-03-20T11:02:47.094+11:002020-03-20T11:02:47.094+11:00A lot of great ideas and beautifully painted vehic...A lot of great ideas and beautifully painted vehicles, troops and terrain , looking forward to the AAR, Agree with the flame from the flame thrower I made mine with the permanent flame, I found that it did get in the way while trying to position the flamer behind cover, will have to make some adjustment on mind thanks Mark.<br />cheers John JOHNBONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830166637834096778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861229654080360536.post-53978322598470920102020-03-20T10:40:09.701+11:002020-03-20T10:40:09.701+11:00Wow you have been busy Mark. Like the Sherman wrec...Wow you have been busy Mark. Like the Sherman wreck but wouldn't it look even better with an 88mm sized hole in the front? Truscott Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13085299179943095488noreply@blogger.com