Main Project - The Brits

So here is the list of things I need to do for my project. It’s totally (at this point-in-time) based on the scenario from Battlefront’s D-Day Book. I have considered some simple changes to the lists, but want to try the mission as per the book first.

First the British Force which is representing the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 8th Brigade and attached units.

Company HQ – 2 small infantry stands, 1 for Company Commander and the other for his 2IC.

4 Rifle Platoons – 3 small infantry stands, Platoon commander, PIAT team and 2” mortar team plus 6 medium infantry stands for rifle/mg teams.
I’ve got 2 completed platoons already – what I might call generic British late war infantry. For the final 2 platoons I want to use them in an upcoming tournament, and I want them to look a bit special – so they’ll be based with beach obstacles etc. I’ve already started to paint the obstacles on the bases – but the 2 platoons will form part of the 3 month painting challenge.

Pioneer Platoon - 1 small infantry stand for the Platoon commander, plus 3 medium infantry stands for pioneer rifle teams. I’m not painting any vehicles for this platoon as they will be next to useless on the beach and will just provide targets for the Jerries to shot at.

MMG Platoon - 1 small infantry stands for the Platoon commander plus his Carrier. 4 medium infantry stands for Vickers MMGs plus their MMG Carriers. I’ve got 2 MMGs about ½ painted, and I need to spice up the carriers a little before even starting on them – so a fair amount to go here.

Anti-tank Platoon (Self-Propelled), Royal Artillery – 4 M10 self-propelled guns. I’ve nearly completed 2 – with just their crew to paint and some details in the open turret top. The other 2 haven’t even been undercoated.

Field Battery (Self-Propelled), Royal Artillery – 4 Priest self-propelled guns plus 2 command teams, a staff team and an observer. The Priests are base coated, the command teams and staff team are finished (for the same army as the two completed infantry platoons) and I just have to paint the observer team. I’ve also decided not to include the Sherman OP tank as I think a small OP team may be more survivable on the beach.

Armoured Platoon – 3 Sherman DD tanks – COMPLETED!!

2 AVRE Sections – 4 Churchill AVRE tanks – 2 AVREs are COMPLETED!! One other is base coated – and I’ll be attempting to make it a Fascine Carrier, while the other hasn’t even been put together and I want to make it a Bridgelayer.

Flail Platoon – 3 Sherman Crab flail tanks – I’ve put them together but have yet to attach the flails – A job I’m not really looking forward to.

And finally a Commando Platoon. 3 small infantry stands, Platoon commander, PIAT team and 2” mortar team plus 4 medium infantry stands for 2 SMG Teams and 2 rifle/mg teams. This unit has not even been cleaned and undercoated.

I almost forgot - from memory I think I have 4 to 6 LCAs, 2 LCMs and 2 LCTs to paint as well. I'm thinking I might buy one more LCT so the Priest Battery can loiter off the beach and pound anything the observer can see. Just a though at this point-in-time.

So a fair amount to do for the Brits. Next up…the Germans