Life is returning to normal after the Christmas period, although here in
Spain we still one additional celebration to go through: the epiphany day on
January 6th. This has been (still is) the traditional day to
exchange presents; but as many other cultural imports from the United States
(Halloween or the Black Friday just to mention the latest two), many Spaniards
now has shift their allegiances to the 24-25th December date,
changing the Three Wise Kings for the fat bloke in red.
My first Thursday entry is as
usual in this edition of the Challenge, related to the British Airborne
project. Having completed the commanders (“Big Men” in the Toofatlardies
parlance) and many supports, today I bring my first section into play.
The British Airborne Platoon composition for Chain of Command is made of
an HQ section and three rifle sections.
Each rifle section has a rifle team (5 men with Lee Enfields and 1 with
a Sten MG) and LMG team (Bren gun with three crew) led by a Sergeant (Superior
Junior Leader).
This is the rifle team…
… and this is the LMG team
The rifle team is from the Warlord British Airborne plastics box in
28mm. The quality of the sculpting is good, especially the heads and the
multi-pose and gear options allow for a wide variety of poses and equipment.
The number of parts is significantly smaller than in the first plastic boxes
issued by Warlord (for example, the British infantry box) and the sculpting is
much better too.
With regards to the LMG team, the two prone models are from Wargames
Foundry and the knee-firing model is another Warlord plastic. The foundry
models are truly nice. These are
early-design sculpts by the famous Perry Brothers; although somewhat
smaller than the Warlords, as I suspected once painted and based, the
differences in size are hardly noticeable on a wargaming table.
Therefore I score an additional 45 points with this entry in the
Challenge (9 models x 5 points each).
Gorgeous figures with a wonderful take on the distinctive para camo! Lovely clean painting on some very characterful sculpts, I'm glad to hear that warlord are reducing the parts in their bolt action boxes as I found them somewhat overwhelming!
45 points it is to you Benito, splendid work!
All the best Iain
Gorgeous figures with a wonderful take on the distinctive para camo! Lovely clean painting on some very characterful sculpts, I'm glad to hear that warlord are reducing the parts in their bolt action boxes as I found them somewhat overwhelming!
45 points it is to you Benito, splendid work!
All the best Iain
Brilliant work on these. The camouflaged coats are excellent. Very nicely done sir!
ReplyDeleteExcellent camo. Cleanly done yet very convincing.
ReplyDeleteLovely work, Benito :)
ReplyDeleteYes also love the camo - plus really liked the detail of the dirt on the sole of the boot showing on the prone shooting figure. Big thumbs up for this painting from me.
ReplyDeleteA fine job on these paras Benito - this project is coming along very nicely!
ReplyDeleteMore good work Benito!
ReplyDeleteLovely job
ReplyDeleteLike the rest of that force they look bloody awesome.
ReplyDeleteThese are very nice. Looking forwards to seeing the platoon completed.
ReplyDeleteJust incredible stuff Benito. I’m shocked that many of these are plastic - I agree, Warlord must have come a long way with their plastic stuff, although your fine brushwork is as fine an enhancement as one could have for any miniatures!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work Benito.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work indeed, these look great and the camo is especially nicely done.
ReplyDeleteLovely work Benito! You're cracking them off at a good rate now. :)
ReplyDeleteAs usual, many thanks for your very kind comments, highly appreciated
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying seeing this project develop.
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff, camo is never easy on a mini but you have done a great job
ReplyDeleteLovely work yet again Benito - the consistency of these figures, especially the tricky Denison smock camo - is outstanding.
ReplyDeleteGreat work Benito. With troops like those you'll be able to take and hold any bridge in North West Europe!
ReplyDeleteThose figures and paintjobs are gorgeous!
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