15mm WWII - German Grenadier Platoon 2

Hey all!

First off, let me wish a Happy New Year to everyone, and thanks for stopping by The House of War over the last year and taking a look!

Anyway, for my first post of the New Year, I thought I would go with some more 15mm WWII Germans; in this case, the second of my two Grenadier Platoons.

Like the rest of my German army, these guys are modeled to look like they are entrenched and ready for combat... being that my buddy's American army is SO much bigger, it just looks better when they are all set up together. These guys get a few crates and barrels to hide behind.

As with my other Grenadier platoon, these guys carry panzerfausts to deal with enemy armor, but not as many submachine guns.

As always, figures courtesy of Battlefront!

15mm WWII - German Tiger Tank

Time for the first of the "Big Dogs!"

This is my first Tiger tank for my 15mm WWII German Flames of War collection!

Now... what military guy could resist a Tiger tank or two? These behemoths, while produced in small numbers, were absolute masters of the battlefield (assuming they didn't get stuck in the mud or were unable to cross a bridge) with a massive 88 as its gun and thick, thick front armor. Cost and intricate design (which led to mechanical problems) eventually brought the Tiger down... along with a TIDE of cheap-o Shermans... but the Tiger tank will ALWAYS have a place in any military historians heart as one of the meanest, ugliest, and most dangerous damned tanks to ever exist.

Mine has a radio antena fashioned out of a thin piece of screen wire. The commander is a top half of a guy cut and glued in. The front tarp is made of rolled and painted green stuff.

Model courtesy of Battle Front!

15mm WWII - Entrenched German 88s

I thought it was time to bring back a little more 15mm WWII. This time; that scourge of the battlefield, and possibly the most dangerous weapon in the German army; the 88mm gun.

I actually have four 88s in my army; this pair is entrenched, to keep in style with the rest of my army. Both stands have men running around them operating the guns, and even a few guards. I left the dirt at the front of the stands brown, to represent where it has been all dug up and thrown in front. I tried to paint the sandbags to match the rest of the force.

I do not have the command stands for this group in this shot; for some reason I seem to have only one set of command for all my 88s, so I'll show them with the other pair.

Figures from Battlefront!

15mm WWII - German Command 1

Hey all!

Sorry it has been a few days without posts; I've just started work again, and it is tiring!

So; up tonight, some more 15mm WWII Germans! This is one of my two command stands; they don't necessarily fit the Flames of War army lists, but I wanted a few command stands.

This group is meant to represent an officer checking a roadsign and motioning his men past. There is a box with a few sandbags on it to reflect the "built up" nature of my German army.

Figures courtesy of Battlefront!

15mm WWII - German Mortar Platoon

Here is a bit more of my 15mm World War Two German army.

This is my mortar platoon, which is used to support my infantry and armor.

As with the rest of the army I went with the "dug in" look. I took this pretty far with this unit, as I imagine them being a bit further back and having had a little more time to dig in. These guys use sandbags (rolls of green stuff clipped with toenail clippers) and boxes, but also have strung some barbed wire across the front of their position.

I have only one spotter for this platoon, although I think I am supposed to have two.

As alway; minis courtesy of Battlefront!

15mm WWII - German Grenadier Platoon 1

Well, the 15mm American Civil War Confederate army inspection has been completed... on to my 15mm WWII Germans!

I have a small WWII German Flames of War collection. As with a few of my older collections, this one was made basically as an OPFOR for my friend's Flames of War Americans, all of which came into being over multiple watches of Band of Brothers.

My buddy has a sizeable American force, and so I created a small German force to defend against it.

"Defence" is the operating principle of my German force. I did a bunch of work with green stuff and the like to create a force that has the common theme running throughout it of being somewhat entrenched and prepared to defend. Barbed wire has been strung, sandbags and crates have been stacked for cover, machine guns and rifles poked past them. The force isn't totally FoW ready; I believe I have a few too many 88s, but how do you resist such cool minis?

The first unit up for inspection is not a command unit, as I traditionally do on these things, but instead a unit of late war German Grenadiers. These guys carry the newly-deployed StG44 submachine gun and panzerfausts, as well as some MG42s... a LOT of firepower with these guys! As mentioned above, they are heavily dug in; the most built up stand involves a large crate, a pallet, and a sandbag emplacement... these guys look great tucked in between a building!

Next up; my force commanders, and then maybe... a Tiger?

My entire 15mm WWII collection is courtest of Battlefront!