{"id":7313,"date":"2018-01-23T00:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=7313"},"modified":"2018-01-23T00:44:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:44:00","slug":"the-day-after-barrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=7313","title":{"rendered":"The Day After Barrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barrage was a great success, but on Sunday I was pretty tired and couldn&#8217;t really get motivated to do any of the other stuff I needed to get done, so like any good war gamer, I painted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7314\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7314 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4470.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4470.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4470-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A full platoon of Pig Iron &#8220;serious&#8221; science fiction figures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have already painted one platoon of Pig Iron figures. \u00a0I really like them. \u00a0I bought an enemy platoon. \u00a0They have been assembled, filed, primed, based, and awaiting paint for some months. \u00a0I figured they would be quick and easy to paint, since I didn&#8217;t plan to paint them in any elaborate camouflage patterns, just territorial beige.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7321\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4477.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7321\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4477.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4477-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The three rifle squads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I organized my platoon into three rifle squads a heavy weapon squad, and a couple of extra teams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7320\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4476.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7320\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4476.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4476-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The left half of the rifle squad picture, showing the B teams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7319\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4475.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7319 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4475.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4475-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The right half of the rifle squads showing the A teams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7318\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7318\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4474.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4474-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An anti-tank section with a section leader.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7317\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4473.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7317\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4473.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4473.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4473-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The heavy weapons squad. One team has a light machine-gun and a flamer. The other team has a heavy machine-gun and a light machine-gun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7316\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7316 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4472.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4472-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sniper team attached to the platoon headquarters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7315\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7315\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4471.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4471-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The platoon headquarters with the platoon leader, platoon sergeant, and radio operator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Share this post : The Day After Barrage on Linkedin'  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