{"id":5620,"date":"2016-08-22T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T00:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2016-08-22T00:01:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T00:01:26","slug":"a-platoon-of-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5620","title":{"rendered":"A Platoon of Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A squad of Polish soldiers, 1939<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The theme for Fall In 2016 in November is Poland. \u00a0I have always enjoyed the early WWII campaigns, including Poland. \u00a0I have quite a few 20mm \/ 1:72 scale figures, but I have been slowly duplicating my 20mm WWII collection with 28mm figures, which I like better. \u00a0I signed up to run a very large 10mm Look, Sarge, No Charts: World War II<\/em> game, the battle of Lvov in Poland in 1939, and two 28mm skirmish games with Combat Patrol (TM)<\/em>. \u00a0Since I didn’t have 28mm Polish, I needed to get a platoon painted up quickly.<\/p>\n

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A closer view of the Polish squad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To assemble a platoon of Poles to run my Combat Patrol (TM)<\/em> games at Fall In, immediately upon returning from Historicon in July, I ordered a platoon of Poles in 28mm from Warlord. \u00a0It took several weeks to file, prime, base, and paint these 60 figures, but I finished them this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Polish Anti-Tank Rifle Team in the Platoon HQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I block painted the figures and then dipped them in the lighter brown shade from Army Painter. \u00a0This is the first time I tried to completely dip figures with Army Painter rather than brushing it on the figures. \u00a0I am pleased with the effect. \u00a0I don’t see myself using this technique on 18th century figures, where I will want the brighter colors, but I am pleased with the speed and effect on WWII figures.<\/p>\n

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Company Mortar that I may attach to my Polish platoon for special missions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Polish squads could be quite large, as large as 18 men, including two leaders and a \u00a0version of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) produced under license in Poland. \u00a0My squads are a little smaller than that, at 16 figures.<\/p>\n

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Polish 75mm field gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Warlord, one of the few — perhaps the only — manufacturers of 28mm Polish infantry, also makes a 75mm gun and a 37mm gun. \u00a0I didn’t quite get the color right on the guns, but they are passable. \u00a0Neither gun would be organic to a platoon, or even a company, but again, they will mike nice attached support weapons for specific scenarios.<\/p>\n

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Polish 37mm anti-tank gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The platoon HQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The platoon HQ should be five men, including the two-man anti-tank rifle team. \u00a0The machine-gun would not<\/em> be organic to the platoon, but might be assigned by from battalion or company for specific missions.<\/p>\n

There is nothing like committing to run games at a convention, when you don’t have all the figures to run the games, to provide the necessary impetus to get painting done. \u00a0I am very satisfied with the platoon and will be quite happy to field them on a gaming table soon.<\/p>\n

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