Friday, 15 March 2024

From SylvainR: Tray 11 - 6mm Early WW2 British Trucks (60 points)

This is my final WW2-6mm entry for this year's Challenge. After finishing the French, the Allies minors and half of the early Germans, I am presenting units for an army I started last summer: the British Expeditionary Force of 1939-40. Since most of the infantry and support weapons were already painted, they were quickly re-based before the start of the Challenge. I now offer some trucks, my favorites :-).

First, we have 18 lorries, namely Thornycroft trucks, to transport three infantry companies. The fourth company was already painted and is not shown here. The models are from GHQ.


For the photo, below, of a single truck, I used the flash of my cellphone. It seems to better show the details.

Next, we have 4 Humber "Box" cars, to carry company HQs. The models are from CinC.



Four Morris 4x6 tractors, for towing big guns. The models are from GHQ.

Four CMP Quad tractors, often used to tow 25 pounders guns. The models are from Heroics and Ros.




That's all the 6mm miniatures I had prepared for this year's Challenge. Soon, I will start sorting, organizing and preparing a new pile of unpainted models, so you can expect to see the completion of the BEF next year, as well as a battalion of motorcycles for the German army along with a few other surprises.

Points claimed:

- 30x 6mm vehicles at 2 points each = 60 points

Total = 60 points

This will also count towards the "Really Little Guys" duel.

Thanks for reading!

From Millsy: I've been so impressed by your 6mm stuff Sylvain I couldn't resist jumping in on one of your final posts to add my 2c worth. You have such a crisp, clean style I find really engaging and it only seems more impressive given the tiny scale. 11 trays worth of tiny men and machines is quite the feat and you must be justifiably pleased by how much you have painted over this Challenge. Well done mate!

6 comments:

  1. Great work Sylvain - Millsy nailed it in his comments at the bottom of your post. The trucks are not glamorous, but they are essential, particularly for games like "Spearhead". Great work on all of these.

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  2. Fabulous work Sylvain! As Greg say, support vehicles aren't very sexy, but every army needs them. Congratulations for getting as much done as you did during the Challenge. Well done!

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  3. Another great collection of little vehicles Sylvain.

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  4. Looking forwards to seeing all your Really Little Guys laid out at the end!

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  5. Its been great to see this project over the weeks, great quality and lots of it

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  6. The consistency of your basing in this project is always impressive. Getting the scale right it always tricky especially in scales like this. You always seem to pull it off so it looks just right.

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