I was part of the Secret Santa thing this year run by RoyW, standing in for the Wileys. I do find this fun and received a great present from my Santa in the form of a couple of Bad Squiddo female figure packs for VBCW. They are great. Sorting out my light box (not quite right yet) and painting getting better although the eyes look they've all had a very bad night. it is New Year's Day so they can be forgiven
Medics - great figs
Land Army Girls. Again very nice but I always think that they look like Grayson Perry. We'll see what Lady Sarah thinks of them
At Partizan earlier in the year Warlord launched their Sealion range for Bolt Action and these are from the Defenders of the Realm set. Very nice figs. The Tommy gunner originally came wearing roller skates but even I'm not that barking so i just built up the base. The Bren Gunner in overalls was originally carrying a different weapon but I raided the bits box.
Defenders of the Realm
That's 12 figures for 60 pts
Happy New Year Martin!
Gosh, that's one cool collection of VBCW related figures indeed! Having seen the series "Land-Girls" those figures actually are my favourites. That said all these figures have a charm all of their own and are slightly reminiscent of Dad's Army as well.Personally I would have removed the skates as well, so good choice as are all the other conversions. I also like the way the basing ties all the figures together, well done!
A well earned 60 points! Cheers Sander
Nice work Martin! :)
ReplyDeleteRoller skates? Had someone been reading the Beano when they came up with that idea? ;)
Cheers Tamsin. Hope you feel better. Worse is i think roller skates were a real thing
DeleteNice work. You put your skates on to get those painted. (I'll get my coat...)
ReplyDeletecheers, no rush for the painting except for Capt Haddock obviously:)
DeleteThose are some great sculpts!
ReplyDeleteThey are excellent figures
DeleteSo excited to see the Land Army ladies I am such a fan of Annie/Bad Squitdo's work! Awsome work Martin!
ReplyDeleteCheers mate. Her stuff is really great. Met her at a show, she's lovely and as batty as you would expect
DeleteI've heard her on some pod casts and I have to say "lovely and batty" sounds about right. I shared this post to her private group on Facebook.
DeleteNice work Martin. Lovely ladies.
ReplyDeletecheers, do like female figures
DeleteVery original figures and excellent paint work
ReplyDeletethanks, getting there
DeleteNice work, the Grayson Perry squad are spot on!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
cheers, do like Grayson
DeleteLove the Land Army figures (the Grayson Perry comment is hilarious). I have some of those on the bench as well. Very characterful sculpts.
ReplyDeleteTa, don't know why the hair is so weird, I have other figs with much better looking hair
DeleteIt's the 40s. Hair, like everything else, was in crisis. :)
Deletehair crisis I understand but it's all a bit of a Scooby doo do
Deleteeverybody wanted hair like Veronica Lake
DeleteChr*st, I'd still like hair like Veronica Lake - though it might look a bit off with a beard, though I'd risk it.
Deleteshe was made to cut it short as all the factory workers who copied her kept getting their hair caught in the lathe. still it would be nice
DeleteI work in an archive. The worst risk would be getting it caught closing a book (or perhaps drooling in it after falling asleep at the desk).
Deletethat could smart though and the risk of paper cuts must be quite high. I work in a University, occasionally somebody blows something up
DeleteCurt with Veronica Lake's hair, now there's an image that's ingrained in my brain along with that yellow snot spewing purple worm and Ray in a thong.
Deletethink it would look good, a rugged David Sylvian
DeleteExcellent work Martin.
ReplyDeletecheers mate
DeleteLove the Land Girls! Puts me in mind of 'Went The Day Well?', one of my fave WW2 flicks.
ReplyDeleteTa, they are a bit Thora Hird aren't they. Do like the film
DeleteWell done Martin!
ReplyDeletethanks
DeleteExcellent stuff, I like the land girls packs - certainly something a little different on the tabletop.
ReplyDeleteCheers, love a female force that's not wearing fur bikinis. Have the Womens Institute and other fighting females
DeleteOh, I do like the Land Girls!
DeleteMore please 😊
Great set of minis, Martin! I quite like the armed ladies, but the medics are nicely done. The medical portion seems understated in most games! ;)
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