German Casualty and Prisoner from Classic Toy Soldiers

The German casualty and prisoner are both made by CTS. In fact you can get these two figures in both the German assault squad set and the German medical team set by CTS. I'm not sure what the prisoner has to do with a medical team, but I can't complain. I have both sets so I have eight of these figures (four for each pose). The American does not come with the set that the Germans do, he is from the US infantry set #2. I added him in because I painted him today and thought he would look good as a guard or guy on patrol.

From left to right is the American guard (not included in the set), German casualty, and German prisoner.

 Here is a picture of the guard escorting the prisoner.

Same idea as the last picture, but has all three poses incorporated.

I'm not sure what I'll do with the German prisoner and casualty. I think the American will fit in just fine in a war game, but not the Germans. The only reason I painted these today was to practice painting German camouflage patterns. I have so many Germans wearing camouflage smocks it's ridiculous.

US Artillery Crew and 105mm Howitzer

The Classic Toy Soldier Company has released several high quality sets in the past year or so. These artillery crew members are from US infantry set #2. The gun is also by CTS. I'm glad set #2 came with an artillery crew, now I don't have to use G.I.s as crew members. I have had this set for quite a while now, but I just got around to painting the crew members. They are some of the first figures I've painted. What do y'all think?

 Here are the crew men in action. I like the guy in the cap, don't have many WWII figures with that head gear.

 Here is another shot of the crew in action. I wanted to get a good picture of the gun's breach.

 Here are the crew members by themselves. From left to right is the gunner, loader, and commander.

Here is the 105mm Howitzer gun pictured by itself. The gun barrel elevates and the trail hitches move.

War Gaming Table Update #1

For the past half month or so I've been working on a gaming table for the war game I created. Since I have no money right now I have to wait and buy materials. But I'm slowly making progress. Sorry for the poor camera quality, I was using my cellphone. I'll make sure to use my HD camera next time.

This is the original idea and layout of the board I drew in paint.

 When I first started I did not have enough grass mat to cover the board!

I finally bought some ballast and scenic cement for the roads. This was the end result, I'm pretty proud of it. I have little experiences in terrain making so I got some tips from TheTerrainGuy on YouTube. That is a sign I got from a 21st Century Toys set in the middle of the crossroads.

The end result should be a rural farming community in the Frence bocage. Perfect for my WWII war game.

Introduction to the Company of Plastic Blog

Welcome to my blog! I'm new to blogging, but I'm eager to start. In my blog I will post pictures, reviews, updates and other things related to toy soldiers and war gaming. Most of these post will be about WWII themed figures in the 1/32. I will eventually start a second blog for news and battle reports for the war game I created, so keep an eye out! If you'd like, tell me what got you in the hobby and what you do with your figures. If your not in the hobby, maybe you have some interest learning about it. Leave me plenty of comments, I will do my best to respond.