Distracted....moi!

Of course I haven't been distracted.   Well not much anyway, in fact I'm confident that I can claim it isn't a case of me getting distracted but instead I'm just clearing some unpainted lead from the pile of shame.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it!  The distraction, oh yes , that.  It's the part painted World War Two stuff.  Well it's low hanging fruit isn't it.  Get it cleared and it is a good start to the years targets isn't it?  A platoon of Fallschirmjager some armour and support vehicles has now crossed the painting table, been based and is ready to go.

About a decade ago I read an entertaining book by a chap called Andy Johnson called 'Seelowe Nord' covering a what if version of Operation Sealion, itself very much a what if scenario of course, in which the landings happen on the Yorkshire coast between Scarborough and Filey.  I lived in East Yorkshire at the time and the places being described were all very local to me so of course it triggered a bout of the old "ohhh shiney complex".  The idea of armoured combat over my local geography was too good to pass up and off went an order to Heroics and Ros with follow up fill ins from GHQ Micro Armor and Irregular Miniatures  I got a fair amount painted before other things distracted me and so the balance has languished in a box for a decade or so.  In a fit of sudden enthusiasm (see not distracted at all really, enthusiasm that's the ticket) I sorted through the stuff and got down to finishing off some vehicles and figures.

The might of the Wehrmacht!  Well perhaps not.

The British stuff has already been posted so I haven't pictured that again.  This batch are the Nasty Nazis.  Fallschirmjager with blue labels consisting of three rifle sections each of an LMG base and two rifle bases, plus platoon HQ and some support weapons attached from company level.  Two bases of 50mm mortars for the Panzer Grenadier platoon and a platoon of mighty Panzer IIs.  Recon provided by the four Armoured Cars.  The rest are part of the train for the SIG33 and StugIII batteries I already had.

I came up for air yesterday and realised that I have now completed 34 infantry figures, 22 assorted vehicles and eight assorted other bits, and it's only half past January.  Next stop East Yorkshire.