Painter's Block (Part 1)

Like most miniature painters, I go through periods where I just can't seem to paint.  I want to, I really do, but the "mojo" just isn't there.  

A decade or so ago when Flames of War first came out, I bought some painted Afrika Korps platoons and tanks.  I also bought a bunch of support platoons and vehicles in blister packs (unpainted).  I never painted the blisters.  I played FoW with the painted DAK troops I bought. 

 It always bugged me cause I could never have more than a few platoons of infantry, an HMG platoon and some tank, etc.  I spent a lot of time "noodling" out how I would paint them, but I never did. I decided to play in an early war FoW tournament that HMGS-PSW was putting on in late March.  I decided to take something different, a DAK MG Kompanie.

So my force would need:

Command

MG-Kompanie HQ      2 x Cmd SMG teams

Combat Platoons

MG-Platoon

                        1x Cmd SMG team

1x Light mortar team

1x Anti-tank rifle team

4x MG34 HMG team

MG-Platoon

                        1x Cmd SMG team

1x Light mortar team

4x MG34 HMG team

Weapons Platoon

Schützen Anti-tank Gun Platoon        

1x Cmd SMG team

3x 3.7cm PaK36 gun

3x Kfz 70 trucks

Divisional Support

Anti-tank Gun Platoon

1x Cmd SMG team

3x 5cm PaK38 gun

3x Kfz 70 trucks

Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon         

1x Cmd SMG team

1x 8.8cm FlaK36 anti-tank gun (8 crew)

One interesting thing about the MG kompanie is you can swap out the HMG teams for Rifle/MG teams before you deploy.  I had plenty of rifle teams, but only one HMG platoon.  I did have one 88 FlaK36, but it needed some work.  So I had a lot to paint.

I have always worked better with a deadline so with brush in hand I head off to my nerd cave.