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WW2 The Warmongers Convention

Crossfire

Since I recently discovered the Crossfire rules I have been painting and basing my 1:72 scale figures to begin playing games set in Europe. Many of these are from sets that I bought when I was a lot younger and I'm finding uses for figures that never used to mean a lot to me.

Scenarios

World Crossfire Day: April 4, 2009

Local CF Scenarios

Company Designations

For the moment I'm trying out marking squad stands with various vegetation and debris that identify them with a particular platoon.

  1. Grass
  2. Bushes
  3. Pile of rocks
  4. Log(s)

Company markings (when I get more than one) will be a colored stripe painted on the edge of the base (red, blue, green, etc.)

Basing

The standard base size of 1.25 inches is a little small for 1:72 scale figures so I have gone to 1.5 inches as my standard base size. Platoon Commanders (PC) have a half width rectangle base (1.5 x 0.75 inches). The Forward Observers (FO) are based on a smaller stand that is 1 x 0.75 inches to distinguish them from PC stands.

British Figures
British and German Figures, in various stages of completion

When basing these figures, I glue them to a thin piece of corrugated cardboard and use a layer of Spackle on top to blend in the individual bases of each figure. Then I paint the "ground" brown and dry-brush with a light tan. So far for the grass I've used sand and fine sawdust, both painted green.

British Figs Close Up
A closer shot of the
British figures

Painting Notes

These are notes about how I'm painting the figures. It's a work in progress as I try to get the washes right. I've also started using dry-brushing to highlight the clothes.

Pants Jacket Skin Helmet (and Socks) Webbing Canteen Other Kit Rifle Notes
British

Base: 3p Nutmeg Brown, 2p Espresso

Wash: black

Dry-brush: Nutmeg Brown

Base: Safari Taupe

Wash: brown + orange

Dry-brush: Antique White

Base: Flesh

Wash: Espresso + Bright Red

Spanish Olive Café-au-lait Add 1 part Bright Red to brown used for pants Café-au-lait Nutmeg Brown
German

Base: Pewter Gray

Wash: black

Base: 1p Spanish Olive, 3p Pewter Gray

Wash: black

Dry-brush Dolphin Gray

same 1 part black added to gray used for blouse Black Brown Spanish Olive, Pewter Gray, or Tan Nutmeg Brown Entrenching tool is black with a tan handle
United States

Base: Spanish Olive

Wash: 2p olive, 1p black

Spanish Olive; same wash as pants same Spanish Olive Safari Taupe Spanish Olive Spanish Olive or Pewter Gray Nutmeg Brown Brown boots

Sources

The British Army 1939-45 (2): Middle East & Mediterranean (Men-at-Arms Series, 368)

The German Army 1939-45 (5): Western Front 1943-45 (Men-At-Arms Series, 336)

German Airborne Troops 1939-45 (Men-at-Arms Series, 139)

Stands

These are notes about what figures I'm using to create the stands in each unit. The ones highlighted are incomplete.

See the listing that matches the Crossfire rules.

German Squad (dsc_6905-3) Germans: 2 companies, using a mix from ESCI: Afrika Korps and Revel: German Infantry

Armored Support

Artillery

British: 1 company using figures from ESCI: British 8th Army, a few from ESCI: British Soldiers and Airfix: 8th Army.

Armored Support

American: 2 companies using figures from Revell's US Infantry (Set 02503) and the ESCI U.S. Paratroopers 82nd box, with just a few ESCI US Infantry and Airfix.

Armored Support

Vehicles

This is a list of model sets that would provide useful vehicles for Crossfire. Obviously any of the 1:72 World War 2 models made by Revell, Airfix, etc., are appropriate, so I'm just listing ones that might not be so obvious.

Interesting note: comments on how to pronounce "Jagd" in Jagdpanzer, Jagdpanther, etc., can be found in a Battlefront Forum thread (e.g. Jagdpanzer would be "yahktpanzer").

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