From Millsy: Cruel Seas - Regia Marina Italian Fleet (210 points)

Hi All,

My latest entry is from the Warlord Games Cruel Seas stable and represents the Regia Marina / Italian fleet. It's composed of the boxed starter set plus an additional F-Lighter and a blister of MT Marchino Explosive Motorboats.

Having spent quite a lot of time of late painting a seemingly innumerable number of shades of brown on my 15mm barbarians, I thought I would change things up by painting a seemingly innumerable number of shades of grey. What fun! Not. You'll notice I hand-painted all the distinctive "candy stripe" markings, or as I like to call them "vino and fetta" markings. Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Anyway, here's some pics of the fleet all table ready... Those who believe in one or both of the tropes that a) Italians were generally useless in WWII and b) newly painted forces always get out sound thrashing on first game will be pleased to know the latter is true at least.

Gabbiano-class Corvette

Fiddly to assemble and paint, with crap armament and a flimsy mast the Gabbiano-class Corvette is the [ahem] "pride" of the fleet. Or perhaps more accurately an early example of a Mediterranean playboy's luxury yacht.

Marinefahrprahm F-Lighters

Slicker, cheaper points-wise, better armed than a Gabbiano-class Corvette and pretty much torpedo-proof with due to the shallow draft, the F-Lighter is a better choice in every respect.

MZ Motozattera

The MZ Motozattera is the little brother of the F-Lighter with more room for vino and deck chairs.

MAS Boats

Just the ticket for a quick jaunt to shore fore more vino. I've got two sets. One came without the masts for some reason so I made my own. And I added jaunty flags at the stern because I could.

Fiat CR32

One biplane, painted like a dog poop that's growing mould. Also, it seems I've run out of vino jokes now. Sorry...

MT Marchino Explosive Motorboats and Torpedoes

Can't wait to try the exploding boats. At least then I'm making a conscious decision to explode when using these.

So that's everything. Points based on a past entry for the same fleet are as follows:

8 x MAS Boats = 64 points

2 x Marinefahrprahm F-Lighters = 40 points

1 x MZ Motozattera = 20 points

1 x Gabbiano-class Corvette = 20 points

6 x MT Marchino Explosive Motorboats = 48 points

16 x Torpedoes = 16 points

1 x Fiat CR32 = 2 points

Total = 210 points!

Cheers,

Millsy