Screaming Eagles for Bolt Action

My local club is going to be playing some Bolt Action to recreate one of the upcoming battle anniversaries. I’m bad and can’t remember which one but I know it is late war. Since I finished up one project and those new Romans aren’t primed I need to find something to paint. I dug through my boxes and found my old Warlord Bolt Action minis. These I primed two summers ago and they have sat in a box since. I bought these on one of Warlord’s sprue sales and got a great deal it was like 50% off. I ended up with 6 platoons worth of tiny fighting men.

Since this was all chucked in a box I needed to sort them out into units to see what I have and what options I can field. I picked up the new 3rd edition rule book for Bolt Action and see that composition hasn’t changed just the points. So looks like past me made way more SMG soldiers than I have units. Not sure why but I have enough of what I need to field 5 platoons of Airborne and a platoon of Airborne Pathfinders. I also have an HQ, Medic, Sniper, 3 Bazooka Teams, and 2 Light Mortars. Sorted each into a small tub and I plan to magnetize the bases on these as well.

I have a few months until the battle so plenty of time to get at least one platoon done if not more. I’d like to get a Machine Gun unit, Anti-tank rifle, and Pack Howitzer to give me more options. I’ll probably pick those up with the upcoming Armies of the United States book to fill out that free shipping. Excited to be painting some WW2 again and will be a nice break from Romans.