While I continue to paint the infantry sections for this army (one and a half left to go...), here are a few of the other elements of the force drawn from the Platoon Organisation Chart.
MMG Team
Vickers MMG team from Warlord. I like to have members of my weapon teams based separately, so I can remove casualties as they occur. So, of course, my first example goes against that statement entirely! MMG loaders should be attached to their gunners, though, and that's what we have here. Team NCO is separate, and pointing like any respectable team leader should be...
Mortar Team
Separate team members! I like to put a mortar and its loader together on a pill base and position the rest of the team accordingly. I don't like basing teams on 60mm round bases- it makes them difficult to position in terrain/ buildings and a bit unwieldy. These are Artizan Designs miniatures.
Flamethrower & PIAT Teams
Both of these teams are Foundry casts. I aim to add the flamethrower team to my engineer section and swap out its Bren team occasionally (once they're painted), but otherwise I'll operate them as a separate team. I intend to get another PIAT team eventually, too, but for now, one team is going to have to be enough...
Sniper Team & Mortar Spotter
The mortar spotter is an Artizan Design figure. I love the pose and the image it conjures of desperate communication going on during the thick of a firefight. The sniper is an Empress Miniatures design, drawn from their WW2 British range. I've co-opted him into my force purely because of the Denison smock he's wearing and also because I don't like any other airborne sniper figure that I've seen. A puzzle for me is his footwear. The sculpt, to me, looks like he's got sacking over his boots- for stealth (?!) or to keep his precious carpet slippers free from muck and grime... If anyone knows the reason for them, answers on a postcard, or in the comments below... Sniper team '+1' is a Warlord figure.
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