Hold Until Relieved. Hold Until Relieved.
Brit Building!
So next step was to get the British Airborne built up and primed. They came on 2 sprues with 6 bodies on each. Models look great – I particularily like the fact that there 19 unique heads on each sprue so lots of ability to make each one unique!
Now I’ve built a couple of these Warlord plastic sprues before and I’m quite often struck with something I call sprue paralysis! There are just so many options you often don’t even know where to start! A big problem I always have is I’m never sure what my army composition is going to be in the end. Unlike Justin, I’m not a huge fan of list building – and I’m definitely not into building super cheesy armies or trying to game the system by say just giving all my Germans all assault rifles! I prefer a more rounded approach but when it comes to building minis it can make it a little difficult to make up your mind if you don’t have a clear plan!
Fortunatley, the scenarios that come in the box have clearly defined army lists – so no thinking required! So for the British it was,
- Maj. Howard with one man with a rifle
- One PIAT team of 2 men
- 2 Infantry sections consisting of 3 men. One NCO with SMG and 2 men with a rifle
- 1 Infantry section of 3 men. NCO with SMG and a Bren gunner and loader.
Still – to avoid the sprue paralysis I first clipped out all the bodies, glued them to bases, then decided how I wanted to model them and split up the forces.
Next up – on with their heads! (and other body parts!)
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