Singling Revisited

My Singling book went on sale today at Wargame Vault. I am now 7 sales away from having sold 50 copies of the book. The book has not performed as well as I would have throught it would. Still, I am happy with it and it was fun to work on and playtest. I want to thank everyone who purchased a copy and those who have reviewed it. It is much appreciated. It is possible, that by days end, it may reach Copper level. I am very pleased with this.

https://www.wargamevault.com/en/product/540383/battle-for-singling-dec-6-1944

Singling Scenario Release Update

The release has been going well on the Singling scenario book so far. The book is half way to copper status on WargameVault.

For whatever reason, I never posted the cover. I came up with two of them. The one above is the one I went with. The one below is the initial cover that i took from a historical photo.

As before, they are available on either PayHip at $5 and at WargameVault for $6. On the PayHip site, is also some STL files for some of the building parts in 1/100 scale. Those are pay what you want.

Thanks again, everyone for your support.

Singling Scenarios Released

The Battle for Singling was fought on December 6th, 1944. A reduced company of infantry and tanks launched an attack against the town of Singling, France. The Americans believed they were attacking a different town. The town was defended by a battalion of German troops with armor support in the form of Panther tanks and self propelled guns (likely JadgPanzer IVs). The Germans had been fighting non stop and were attempting to recover in the town. The infantry put up a poor defense but the armor fought hard against the American attackers.

This scenario set will allow you to play the battle as three distinct scenarios using the Chain of Command rules or using the What a Tanker rules. Each provides unique challenges to the players. The games are intended to be played simultaneously with players from each table choosing from a limited set of support options with the ability of troops to move between tables to support one another.

You can pick it up here. I have some STL files for some of the custom buildings I made for the scenario. I may throw those up for free on the payhip site as well. The back five pages of the book has pictures of the buildings that are still standing in the town today as well as some modeling suggestions for how to build some of the more distinctive buildings in the town. Don't forget to use the coupon code 55thLapAround to get 50% off this title or anything else on my Payhip site this month (October 2025). It is also available on WargameVault.

Setup for Scenario 3 of Singling and other Things

I am finally finishing off the SIngling campaign. The third of the three scenarios is almost set up for a play test over the weekend. The last scenario is a fairly simple one with German armor attempting to move on the town center and the US armor on the outskirts trying to stop them. Hopefully, this will let me finish this and be able to release it soon.

Sharp Practice has started its pull on me again. I am looking at the January to May 1779 period in Georgia again and wondering if it would make for an interesting multi-player game similar to Thomas' Star of Bravery. I am looking at the possible factions and how to address them. There are so many groups operating there that it presents some colorful options. There is the recently victorious British Regulars in Savannah who took the city in December 1778. The Provincial Units that were raised locally and brought in as support as well as the loyalist Militias. The Militia units were from East Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina as well as Georgia locals. On the other side, there were the Continental Army stationed in South Carolina that operated across the Savannah River. The Georgia State Line troops had largely been absorbed by the Continental army. And the County Militias. Wilkes, Richmond and Burke Counties had very active militias that opperated up and down the Savannah River area and some times further south towards Sunbury, Georgia. Operating with part time troops, the militia of both sides struggled to keep their numbers up. Often men flocked to more popular leaders. When that didn't work, sometimes more coercive methods were used to build up the numbers. With men fighting on one side then another depending on whom had more power to force service in his local area.

This period of the war included some significant battles such as Kettle Creek and Briar Creek that could make for interesting conclusions to the campaign. However, I am not sure how to pull this off yet. I am looking at some form of map campaign based on the excellent Campbell Map of 1779. This map covers Georgia from Savannah to Augusta. It does not include Wikles County which lay just to the north. It will be interesting if I can pull this together.

October Birthday Sale - New Item - Other things

Birthday Sale

Well, it is October 1st 2025. In a few days I will have had my 55th lap around the sun. As normal, I will run a birthday sale on my scenarios on my PayHip store. The coupon code to use is: 55thLapAround

I had hoped to get my Singling scenario book complete before the sale. But that is dragging on in playtesting. Hopefully, it will be available this month. If not, I will launch it here as half price for a while before moving it to WargameVault.

Sharp Practice

What I did do is work on another Sharp Practice scenario. This does not fit in with the other scenarios that I have published with TooFatLardies. It is a stand alone scenario that may become part of a larger book. I ran across an article on a small action fought on July 29th, 1781 in North Carolina. My focus has been Georgia and South Carolina to date. In reading the scenario, it seemed a perfect scenario for Sharp Practice and had the oportunity to include some fun things. The forces are small with just around three groups per side with less than 31 troops per side. There really is no hero of the story other than Temperance Alston who managed to save her kids and stop the fighting. I have listed the scenario for $2.00 on the site but with the coupon code above, you can pick it up for $1.00. Once I have play tested it some (which will be after the Singling scenarios release) I will reupload and increase the price. Here is the link to the scenario: https://payhip.com/b/cqMtg

Hobby Purchases

I periodically scan eBay for items that could round out some of the terrain or miniatures that I currently have. My river terrain that I am using is from the old JR Miniatures line. I have the full set of 6mm, 15mm and 28mm muddy rivers. These are nice as they give some size options for what I want to represent on the table. Even though I have the sets, you never can quite have enough river sections. i found two straight pieces of the 15mm rivers on eBay still in their original packaging. I made an offer and they are on their way to me. Very pleased. Never can have enough trees or rivers.

I am on the look out for some odds and ends to complete out the winter troops for my Americans and Germans. I have plenty of Infantry. I would like to get some BAR armed Americans so I can field a force other than armored Infantry. But since those are just a few figures, I will probably get miniatures from 3D Breed and print them myself.

Algernon

The facebook group for Algernon Pulls it Off has inspired me to revisit my WWI aircraft. I have a scenario set that I am working on for it based on the Austro-Hungarian pilot Heinrich Kostrba of Flik4. The scenarios are largely done but my game table is still covered with Singling terrain. It is another project on hold.

Singling - Western Side of Town

I ran a playtest of the west side of town using What A Tanker. The game was great fun. The Americans had a difficult time even though they outnumbered the Germans. Unlike the historical battle, the Americans were able to effectively fight back. Part of this was due to some very poor die rolling on my part for the German armor. I still need to replay the game using the Chain of Command Rules. I expect it will play slower but still be a fun game.

This is a view of the table. The hill dominates the table. There are two bunkers on the table but are both facing away from the direction of the attack since they were part of the Maginot line defences. The Germans were deployed on the table in the bottom left corner while the American entered from the right hand side. The American advance went historically up till the first shot. Due to poor dice rolling, the Germans failed to take out the lead American tank. After that, things slowed down considerably. The Americans had three tanks damaged and one was completely knocked out. I really like the What A Tanker rules.

Here is a view up the hill that the panther had from its hull down position.

Singling Book - ACW Book

Playtesting is progressing. I have started the wrapping up of the images for the game. I have a few more playtests to go. Too many things going on to be able to finish this out lately. I hope to have this ready for release by month's end. I am very close.

I have sent an initial copy of the ACW book to the author of Dawn of Iron to review. I am also slowly building up all of the needed models. There are the newest elements of the fleet.

This is 3 prints of the USS Commodore Perry to represent the Commodore Perry, Hunchback and Morse. Then two prints of the CSS Jeff M Thompson to stand in for the USS Commodore Barney and USS Shawsheen. Then a print of the USS Harriet Lane and a print of the CSS Tuscarora (to stand in for the CSS Seabird).

I still need some standins for the following US Ships:

Ship	Image
USS Isaac N Seymour
USS Ceres
USS General Putnam
USS John L Lockwood	No Image Found
USS Henry Brinker	No Image Found
USS Underwriter
USS Stars and Stripes
USS Philadelphia
USS Southfield

Singling

The town is really coming together. I took pictures over the weekend but always have issues with things in the background of my images that make them look bad. I started to mess about with some photo editing tools and produced this.

Definitely better than the shelves and other stuff in the background. This is a view of the school house and building 28 on the right and buildings 8 and 9 on the right. I will add some additional snow to this and see how hard it will be to clean up. Not sure if it will stay on the rooftops. That is left to be seen.

Terrain Complete for Singling

I managed to complete building 12 over the weekend. This is a damaged row house that US troops occupied the attic of and used the holes in the roof to shoot a bazooka down onto the German Armor in the street below. I went with one of the color schemes mentioned for the town with a tile roof. The visible roof frames are cut up sprues from the other MDF pieces of the model. I am not entirely happy with it but it works.

I have the table now set to get some playtesting in on the scenario for the center of the town. I am getting really close to being done with this. Here is an image of the central portion of the table. Visible are buildings 8, 9 and 10. Also the large pile of horse dung in the center of the courtyard. Also visible are the school and building 28 in the upper right hand corner. The courtyard to the left is where there American tanks were located and exchaned shots with German Jadgpanzer IVs after destroying part of the wall. It is not very clear in the image, but there is an elevation change running behing the school across the top portion of the map. Building 28 is on the upper level of this.

Anyway, this is a very promising start. I need to figure out a way to take better pictures and have a backdrop from which to place behind it so my shelves and other hobby stuff is not seen,

Building 12

I have started assembling the buildings that I bought on ebay. There are 8 separate buildings that can be put together and joined. I did a pretty good job of putting these together except when gluing them together in a row, I of course messed up and glued one in backwards. I also put one of the wall facings in backwards on another building. Again, very frustrating. However, I have four of them put together as a rowhouse. I used spare sprue from the parts and made a roof support to create a bombed out version. Then tiled the roof. I need to do some more with the roof but it is coming along much quicker than I thought.

I have taken some cutters and cut holes in the supports where it is not covered by the tiles. I think it is coming together.

I also ordered some paint for my 1/144th aircraft for Algernon Pulls it off. I started painting on the scheme that I wanted for some Nieuport 11s. I realized after starting that the scheme is more appropriate for 1917 than 1916. While disapointed, I still like the scheme. It is an interesting comparison between the 3d prints I received years ago from Shapeways and the modern prints now. The newer resin prints are not paint sponges requiring many coats to paint. The details are clearer and better. It is really interesting to look at.

No pictures of the Nieuport 11 so far. I may take some later once I get the rest of the paints in.

Chain of Command 2 Playtest 1

I got in my first game on Sunday. I played the Attack and Defend scenario from the main rulebook using my new scenario for Singling. It worked great. I used the historical forces for the US troops as the attacker but a full Panzer Grenadier Platoon for the Germans. That was probably a mistake. The US forces were the historical remnants of two platoons whose combined total was less firepower than a normal single paper strength platoon. The action ended up being a tank engagement as the scenario is designed for Big Chain of Command with each side having an armored unit and an infantry element on the table. I really liked the Final Countdown. I ended up using a shock marker dial for the final countdown. The game had fairly historical results with even fewer casualties. I miscalculated the German support points and short changed them a bit. I really don't think it mattered that much. I plan on running some more games on this table to get a full feel for it before finalizing it. But it was great to finally play a game again.

The primary action was between the armor. The US Infantry came close to the Jadgpanzer IV in the town center spotting it in the smoke. The armor then engaged it ineffectively causing it to retreat. Similar to the historical outcome. The US tanks never made it close to the courtyard with the horse dung. The US infantry siezed the objective marker in the church. One accomplishment that I had was getting to play with completed fencing for Building 28. The fences received a very basic paint job. I made a mistake with the metal work. I should have painted it black. Instead I did a silver and then put a rust wash on it. Not 100% happy with it but it will do.

In looking at it, I am not 100% sastisfied with the chimneys on some of the buildings. The ones where I just went with a black chimney, i need to revisit. I might brick them or at least paint some kind of stone work on them as they look off compared to the rest of the building. I also need to up my jump off point game. Using an unpainted wooded 25mm base just seemed bland. It worked but is bland. Overall, I am pretty happy with how this is turning out.

The last big part of this is the elevations. I am sold on the idea that the excersize mats are the way to go at this point. I have a 6'x 4' matt currently under this. I need two more identical ones that I can do surgury on them to get the look I am going for. The hope is that this will prove to give me flexibility to design multiple hill terrain options. The matts come with an edging piece so you don't have a puzzle piece look on the sides. This edging should be able to be cut as a slope to avoid an oddly stair stepped look under the ground cloth. It is still on the to do list.

Singling - Next Steps

This project is getting really close. I still have not received building 12 even though it was ordered on May 7th. I have an existing building that I can use as a standin. It is not as large as I would like but will do.

I am missing the fences around building 28. These are still being painted. I just got some basing on them last night.

They need the iron bars painted and the wall itself painted. I should have made details in the walls but it will do. I also need some walls on the west side of buildings 9 and 10. These featured in the battle as the tanks had to run over and shoot through them (litterally) in the battle. I have some taller generic walls that I plan on using.

Lastly, the large pile of poop in the courtyard of buildings 8,9 and 10 is missing. THis is painted up and ready to go but I have no idea where I put it. And I forgot to look for it last night.

The only other missing item is the elevation. I am not sure how to accomplish this yet. The terrain elevation plays an important role on two of the three tables for this scenario set. i would like to get two more sets of floor mats that I use for basing. These come with nice edge pieces that hide the puzzle piece look that it would otherwise have. I think I can use those to arrange the table the way I need. Also, if necessary, I can pin items down through the cloth into the floor mats. I will have a trip to Home Depot soon.

Singling Progress - Getting Close

At this point, I have all of the US Infantry painted up. I am missing a pair of soldiers armed with SMGs and a winter 60mm mortar operators. I have the spare figures to serve as crew. All are now based and ready. Here is what I have so far:

HQ with a Platoon Leader, Platoon Sergeant and a Bazooka team that can be taken from any of the other squads.

The Headquarters Squad

First Squad (this is missing an additional man with a SMG.

Second Squad (this is missing an additional man with a SMG.

60mm Mortar Squad. The mortar and crew is a stand in from my other US Infantry. The additional crew are winter troops.

The LMG Squad

This gives me a nearly full platoon of US Armored Infantry. I will not need it for the scenario as the units were severly reduced. As shown before, I also have a full German Panzer Grenadier platoon. They also had casualties so would be reduced. This gives me more than enough to game.

Where are we with terrain? Well I am 90% done with Building 8. I made significant progress on this building over the weekend. I had an old Impudent Mortal 15mm L shaped building. I wrapped it in brick paper and added some tile roofing. Then I used some old windows and doors that I found in a drawer. I want to do more with the chimney but am not sure what I will do with it.

Lastly is the school. I was able to get some paint on it over the weekend. I still have to paint the details such as the door and windows but it is coming along. Another couple of hours of work, and I will be ready for the scenario. By this weekend, I will start running games on this terrain.

Singling - Wrapping it up

I am still waiting on one final building. It shipped in early May but still has not made it yet. Hopefully soon. I have been working on the couryards of building 9. Since you can order them separate from Sarissa, I will make this one a winter one.

Building 8 is still proving to be harder than I anticipated. I am trying to 3d print some doors and windows for the building. My printer is still being problematic.

The fences for building 28 have been primed. I think I should be able to get a number of them knocked out over the weekend. I just need to work out the basing for them.

Once those are doine, I still have US Infantry to base and a bit more armor to paint. I should be close enough to get a game in soon.

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Well, the weekend has come and gone. I figured out how I was going to base the fencing. I am pretty happy with what I have come up with. I need to paint and base them still. I also started to base my US infantry. In going through the miniatures that I have, I have the lions share of the miniatures that i need for the scenarios. I still need two LMG teams (m1919s) and a 60mm mortar team. I have a stand in for the mortar team. I am ordering some LMG teams from Gajo. I have a couple more steps left to finish basing the infantry that I have. I think I have enough to start some playtesting. Once I have the snow on the bases, I will be in good shape.

That just leaves the terrain left. There is still the building that has not arrived. Building 8 needs doors and windows. I have also finished the yards for Building 9.

The school is in better shape. I was able to spackle the building over the weekend and I think I am ready to paint. The windows on the back and side are not 100% accurate but I had so much trouble with getting window frames printed, I just went with what I had. I still need to build an angled base for it. That part will take some tinkering. That leaves me with the hill structures for the games. If I can get some cheap foam sheets, that should do the trick.

I also completed the two bunkers that I need for the Singling table.

I did receive my Hansa-Brandenburg C.I model from XPForge. I really like the model.

It was good progress for the weekend. Except for my 3d Printer. That was still frustrating.

New Miniatures and Singling Continued

I received some prints from a friend at work. While my printer is still having issues, he printed some Sherman tanks for me. I received four hulls and 12 turrets. For whatever reason, his prints did not have the fit issues that mine did. These are a mix of the 75mm turret and the 105mm turrets. In addition he got me a number of fence pieces to finish out the Singling build. I now should have enough to complete the build. He also gave me the misprints that I can use a wrecked fence pieces. Lastly, he printed the windows I need to finish out the school house. I was able to glue these in place last night. I still need to plaster the building and paint but I am confident that this will move forward at a better pace now. For building 8, I did more brick paper on the building. I need to work out what I will do for doors and windows. The roof is built but I need something to fill the gaps in the angle joins in the roof. I haven't figured that out yet. But it is moving forward. I actually believe that I can see the light at the end of this tunnel.

What is left once the terrain is wrapped up? I need to base the US Armored Infantry platoon. I do not have the LMG teams for the platoon. I am looking at buying some from Gajo if they have any. I need to finish painting the second Jadgpanzer IV. Then I need to assess what Panther tanks that I have. I should not need more than 3 total. If I make some wrecked models, that would be a nice to have but not necessary. For the Americans, there were a total of 13 total tanks in the company that attacked Singling. No platoon had more than four Shermans. Actually, 1st Platoon had five tanks but Sgt Kenneth Sandrock's tank broke away from 1st Platoon and supported the advance of third platoon up the center of town.

Platoon	Commander	Gun
Co HQ	Captain James Leach	76.2mm
1st	1st LT William F Goble	75mm
1st	S/Sgt John Fitzpatrick	75mm
Ist	Sgt Emil Del Vecchiop	75mm
1st	Sg Robert Fitzgerald	76.2mm
1st*	Sgt Kenneth Sandrock	76.2mm
2nd	2nd Lt James N. Farese	75mm
2nd	Sgt Joseph Hauptman	76.2mm
2nd	Sgt John Parks	75mm
2nd	S/Sgt Bernard Sowers	75mm
3rd	1st Lt Robert Cook	76.2mm
3rd	S/Sgt Max Morphew**	75mm
3rd	Sgt Giles Hayward	75mm
3rd	Sgt Robert Grimm	105mm***

Notes:
* - Did not remain with 1st Platoon in deployment
** - Platoon Sergeant. His radio failed and he didn't deploy in the battle.
*** - Assault gun from HQ Company attached to 3rd Platoon.

Both the Company HQ tank and Sgt Sandrock's tank would be available as support elements as how they deployed. Historically, they both deployed to the town center or in support of it.

In comparing the structure of the US Armored Infantry platoon to the men of B Company, 51st Armored Infantry Battalion was rather jarring. The entire company was closer to platoon strength. In looking at Gary Kennedy's Bayonet Strength website for the November 1944 TO&E of an Armored Infantry Battalion showed the following company paper strength:
Company HQ: 1 officer, 8 men
Maintenance Section: 1 offier, 6 men (probably not deployed in combat unless things go really wrong)
Admin & Mess: 34 men (Again, probably not deployed)
Anti-Tank Platoon: 1 officer, 32 men wiht 3x 57mm Atni-Tank Guns
3 Infantry platoons: Each of 1 officer, 55 men with 2x LMGs (M1919) and 1x 60mm mortar

This is a formidable force. But the B Company that attacked Singling was a shell of this force. The only component that was close to full strength was the Company HQ which had 1st Lt Belden and six men. Lets contrast this to the Chain of Command Armored Infantry Platoon from the new Core Rulebook.

Organization	COC Strength	1st Platoon	2nd Platoon	3rd Platoon
Platoon HQ	Lt (Senior Leader) S/SGT (Senior Leader)	Lt Price T/Sgt Mitchel	Lt Padgett Sgt Heitz*	Lt Cowgill
HQ Section	SGT (Jr Leader) 7 men	Cpl McElwee	-	PFC Stanton
Mortar Team	60mm Mortar 5 men	-	-	S/Sgt Herring 2 men
Rifle Squad 1	Sgt (Junior Leader) 9 Riflemen 1 SMG	Sgt White 7 men	6 men**	6 men**
Rifle Squad 2	Sgt (Junior Leader) 9 Riflemen 1 SMG	S/Sgt Sayers 7 men	6 men**	Sgt McPhail 6 men
MG Section	Sgt (Junior Leader) 2 LMGs 10 men	-	-	S/Sgt Dennis 3 men***

Notes:
* - Was newly added to the platoon and used as a runner.
** - The squad was commanded by a PFC.
*** - I am assuming that they just had a single M1919 LMG with them but the battle reports do not mention a machine gun being used by the infantry.

Just taking 3rd Platoon, the Chain of Command platoon should have at least 48 individuals, 3rd platoon has only 22 people. 1st Platoon only had 19 men and 2nd platoon had 14 men. This is 55 men total with an additional seven men in the Company Headquarters! The main thing that they had going for them was that the German Infantry was equally battered and apparently had a much worse force morale based on the number of troops captured.

Chain of Command Squared Arrives

I got my PDF from Age Of Glory. I have been steadily working my way through the rulebook. This is going to have an impact on me finishing the Singling supplement as I want to play more games using these rules first. So far, the changes are straight forward. I like the armor activation. I am reading it through and enjoying it. I still have a good amount to read yet. But I am looking forward to getting a game in.

Over the weekend, I was able to get a little bit of painting in on building 9. The bulk of the building is painted. I have the shutters of one floor to go. I used a speed paint on the brick work on the bottom floor but wasn't completely happy with it. I am experimenting with some lighter bricks in the middle of it to see how it goes. I am hoping that tomorrow, I will get some additional windows printed from a friend. That will let me finish the school building. I also had him print some more of the decorative fencing. This leaves building 8 left to finish. I have started on the roof. I was thinking of using brick paper for the building. I am trying to figure out how to get the shapes right for it. I will try to finish off Building 9 tonight and its courtyards. The picture below is before I did the shade on the roof (I think). The back side of the bottom floor still needs paint.

This means I need to get to work on my US Infantry. Fortunately with my handy PDF of Chain of Command, I know what forces I will need. The interesting part of the battle of Singling was the reports showed the Machinegun and mortar sections were not used as such. They were issued two bazookas from the company stocks and they went to battle with those. There are pictures online of a mortar team at Singling but this was not mentioned in the after action reports. I wonder if this was a staged picture after the battle.

Below is the current status of the town square.

Singling Buildings 8 and 9

I made some progress on both buildings. The rowhouse, building 9, was base coated and the roof and chimneys are on. I will have to paint the chimney tops black but the brick paper is on. The roof will need to be painted still. The upper floor is painted. I am going with a dark wood for the shutters and white for the sills and window frames while the rest of the house is a dirty white. I think I have at least three more hours of work to finish this with its gardens.

Building 8 is just getting started. I have some of the roof in place. I will be using brick paper for this. I don't think I will put too much effort into this building.

The school is still sitting in its same state of incompleteness. I decided that i will just manually make the windows for the back and the side. I have had nothing but trouble with my 3d printer. I hope to get it fixed but am just not sure what to try next.

I also have some pillboxes that I picked up off of ebay. I am happy with them They match the singling AT bunker and the small machine gun bunker fairly well./ They still need to be painted.

I did manage to get my winter trees finished. I am very happy that these are done. I sould have everything I need for Table 1 of the Singling battle. Table 3 should be mostly ready. I just have Buildings 8, 9, 12 and the school left for table 2.

Singling - The Orchard & Chain of Command 2

I found two likely models to use for the bunkers on the western side of Singling. There is an eBay trader named MiniatureTanksCompany that had two that would fit the bill of a anti-tank bunker and a machine gun bunker. The machine gun bunker is still visible today. It is a simple square structure that is low to the ground. While I was there, I notices a nifty miniature of a German Field kitchen in 15mm. I got that as well. I have no idea what I will use it for, but it could make for an interesting objective. While I was shopping I purchased some decals for the armor I need for the battle. This should put me in pretty good shape.

Chain of Command2 is ordered from the US retailer. I have watched the videos that have come out on YouTube and some of the changes look really good. I am looking forward to getting my hands on them. I joined the TFL Patreon on the free level so far. I have some reservations and wonder what this will mean for the future of independent scearios for their rules but will wait and see what happens. I have some IABSM scenarios that I have been thinking of converting to Chain of Command.

I have been working on the winter trees. I have finished just under half of them so far.

The ones in the bin are the completed ones. Some of the snow mixture started turning a dirty gray. I will have to throw it out and try again.

I did finish one more building. I think I am happy with how this turned out. This will be Building 6 on the map.

I also started on the large row house that will be house 9 on the Singling map. It has a long way to go. I added the tile roof and painted part of one side.

I also finished off my platoon of German Panzer Grenadiers. It is complete based on the Chain of Command list in the original book. I also have an addition LMG team and a panzershreck team. I have enough miniatures to add another Junior leader and plenty more riflemen. I just lack additional light machinegunners.

From the picture, you can see my painted version of the large pile of poo that stood in the courtyard of buildings 8, 9 and 10. It is mentioned in the after action reports and I felt it was important to have availible on the table.

I am still waiting on the final building that I have ordered. I should have it by month's end. Not sure if I will have Building 9 finished by then but I sure hope so. Here is there the village stands:

As shown, building 9 is in progress.
Building 8 I need to get a building for this. I may have an existing one that I can use.
Building 12 has been ordered and is in the mail.
The School house.... I am very frustrated with this. I can't get my printer to produce the remaining windows. It is a simple object but the printer is just not printing. The items stick to the bottom of the resin tub no matter what I do. I will have to figure something else out to get that building finished.
Building 23 I will use something out of my existing collection.
Building 33 will also be an existing building.

I am getting very close to finishing this build off. I need to get some more fencing built to surround building 28. I have some existing walls that I can use for the large yard next to building 10.

I managed to take a look at some miniatures in a drawer. I have been watching the Crusty Colonel's YouTube channel and enjoying his Sharp Practice games. I took a look at my French Napoleonics. I was modeling a Legere Unit. I have a mounted officer, 9 groups of Chasseurs, two groups of 6 Carabiniers and a group and a half of Voltiguers. I have a number of sergeants for the Chasseurs (like 5 of them) and three officers and musicians for them as well. I have a Carabinier officer and musician as well as a sergeant and musician for the Voltiguers. Lasty in support, I have a light gun with four crew. On painting sticks, I have enough Voltigeurs to make another group of six and some Carabiniers to make them groups of 8 instead of six. I also have a drum major and a pair of sappers/pioneers. Lastly on painting sticks I have a pair of mounted ADCs. I have some French cavalry as well. They need some flock on their bases but are otherwise completed. There are three groups of 8 (possibly Hussars). I think I want to start a campaign with them. I will have to look at my British forces.

Follow Up on Winter Germans

I am struggling with my winter Germans. I am trying to give them snow bases. I am basing on US pennies for individual figures and on FOW small bases or some round bases for LMG teams. I have a small tin of Army Painter snow flock. This is the same flock that I was using on my winter trees. I read the section on this in Pat Smith's book on winter terrain but he was using Woodland Scenics products. I tried to use his recipie with the Army painter product and I am not sure that it looks right. I only did one squad just in case I didn't like it.

Here is the rest of the platoon.

In all, it could be OK. I will look at getting some Woodland Scenics snow at the local train shop and trying again.

Also, the building that I intend to use for Building 6 in Singling is coming along. I managed to get some painting in. I still need to paint the downspouts and shutters on it. The doors are also in progress. Still thinking through if I will change the scheme.