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Products mentioned in this Article
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![Tale of Two Cities Tale of Two Cities](/Portals/0/all_images/Logos/Tale-Cities-Logo.png) |
Week One:
Dave Griffin
Upon looking over the new Forces book I decided to join the Dark Side and choose Germans. Talking with my compatriot, Bruce, I decided to make up a 1500 point Grenadierkompanie for our project since he wanted to run a Panzergrenadierkompanie.
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Company HQ
Company Command Panzerknacker SMG team & 2iC Panzerfaust SMG team - 60 points.
with 2 Snipers - 100 points.
Grenadier Platoon
Command SMG team & 8x Rifle/MG teams - 155 points.
Grenadier Platoon
Command SMG team & 8x Rifle/MG teams - 155 points.
Panzer Platoon
4x StuG III G - 380 points.
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Pioneer Platoon
Command Panzerknacker SMG team & 9x Pioneer Rifle teams with Supply RSO - 260 points.
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Platoon
Command SMG team & 2x 8.8cm Flak 36
with Extra Loading crew - 180 points.
Artillery Platoon
Command SMG team, Staff team & 2 Observers Rifle teams with 4x 10.5cm LeFH18 - 210 points.
Total points: 1500 points.
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After creating the list, I looked through the Battlefront product range and listed out the codes I need as well as keeping a tight budget in mind:
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GE721 |
$ 12.50 |
GSO122 |
$ 5.00 |
GE732 |
$ 17.50 |
GE732 |
$ 17.50 |
GE796 |
$ 29.00 |
GE276 |
$ 12.50 |
GE550 |
$ 14.00 |
GE550 |
$ 14.00 |
GBX13 |
$ 75.00 |
Total Cost:
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$ 197.00 |
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Now that I had the basic information in front of me I needed to break up the army into easy bites to keep the wife happy and not choke up production. I created the following plan to take advantage of prices and what I think it will take me time-wise to produce:
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Purchase
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Build
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Week One
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GE550 $14.00
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Week One
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StuG III G
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GE276 $12.50
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8.8cm FlaK36
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GE550 $14.00
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RSO
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Total: $40.50
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Week Two
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GE732 $17.50
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Week Two |
GE732
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GE721 $12.50
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GE721 |
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Total: $30.00
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Week Three
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GE732 $17.50
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Week Three
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GE732 |
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GSO122 $5.00
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GSO122 |
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Total: $22.50
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Week Four
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GE796 $29.00
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Week Four |
GE796 |
Week Five
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GBX13 $75.00
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Week Five
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GBX13
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My co-worker Rob was going to play Allies so he and I traded tanks from the Achtung sets since I needed StuGs and he needed more Shermans.
I decided to front load the vehicles and 88s since I can spray them all at the same time and hopefully take care of two platoons at once. Both platoons required assembly so by putting them first I also started with a clean slate and no hold-overs from weeks before needing to get finished.
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Week One
Running a bit behind schedule (don’t we always?) but not badly.
The 88s are painted and on the bases. The trickiest bit of putting together this model is the proper setting of a pin in the base (optional) and drilling a good hole if you want the gun to be able to turn. I still need to finish the bases but they should be ready to be matte sealed by Monday.
Right: Dave's '88s' and his RSO.
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The StuGs went together well and are painted,
decaled, camouflaged, and black-washed. I used the stippling technique
out of the hobby book for the camouflage and am relatively happy with
how they turned out. I still need to weather and seal them, but I’ll get
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The RSO vehicle for the Pioneer platoon is in the same status as the StuGs, almost done.
The first Grenadier platoon and HQ section I got earlier in the week and are already trimmed, cleaned and ready for priming.
It cost me a couple of hours this week with the StuGs, but I think I’ll make up for it by not having them floating around undone next week.
~ Dave.
Left: Dave's StuGs. |
Last Updated On Monday, June 25, 2012 by Blake at Battlefront
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