Exams Over- Time to build, paint and game!

Now that I have finished my exams, it is time to sit back, relax and well, write another post. Relating back to my last post 'WW2 Armies', I have had some feedback and I have started to compile a list of the two armies. Sorry, no pictures yet, but there will be some soon. Anyway, here is the current composition of the two armies:

Monty's Normandy Army 1944

4x (17pdr & 15cwt truck)= 1 anti-tank platoon
3x Bren Gun Carriers= 1 Carrier section
4x (25pdr & Quad) = 1 25pdr platoon
2x Dingo
2x Humber Armoured Car
1x Monty's Caravan
80-100 Infantry (all the gun crews, plus some infantry companies)
1x Willy's Jeep
8x M3A1
4x Sherman Firefly (The ones from the Normandy landings post) = 1 Firefly platoon
4x Sherman M4(all M4A2s?) = 1 Sherman platoon
4x M10 Tank Destroyers = 1 M10 platoon
1x Small Carry case with foam

Rommel's 21st Panzer division, Normandy 1944

2x (Flak 88 & sd.kfz 7)
3x Wespe Self Propelled Gun = 1 Wespe Platoon
1x Rommel's Grief
4x Panther = 1 Panther platoon?
2x Panzer II = Panzer II Command Platoon
1x Motorcycle Section (4 Motorcycles + 2 Motorcycle Combinations)
Infantry (80-100, some different sections)
4x sdkfz 222 Light Armoured Cars
6?x Krupp Protze Trucks
4x Panzer IV F2s
4x Sd.kfz 251/1 Armoured Half tracks
4x StuG III Tank Destroyers
1x Small Carry case with foam

[Please note that these army lists are wholly incorrect, as they would not fit in a small case, as well as the fact that it would take months to paint them all- I may produce a more accurate list in the future]

Well, as you can see these armies are fairly large, (considering their scale, 1:72 to 1:76) and the way they are organised is for approximately 4 hour skirmish scenarios (at the club, we do not have time for more than a 4 hour skirmish). Battles are generally played with 2-3 units per side and with that taken into account, there are approximately 169-2197 potential unit combinations per army (not taking into account the fact 2 armies play each other, generally)! This allows for a lot of different games. The armies will come with the latest edition of our house rules, as well as a book of scenarios, lists of organisation and command structures. Both armies unit types are researched from Tables of Organisation and Equipment.

Using the list for the allied army mentioned, it is possible to construct a basic British Normandy force, but I will explain how to do this in greater depth in another post.
The photos of the German forces in the small carry case in the previous post have a grey paint scheme, suitable for circa 1941 to 1943? as I understand. To achieve the later war look, they will need to be painted with a sand base coat, followed by red-brown and mid/dark green camouflage spots according to one reasonably reliable website. Anyway, I shall have to do some re-painting.