Hello Challengers,
The British Indian Army of 1941 started WW2 under trained, under equipped and poorly led. As such they were found wanton when faced with the onslaught of battle hardened Japanese veterans. Thus I have chosen them for the theme of Inconstant. By 1944, the remarkable Sir Slim had transformed the Indian army into a highly professional and effective fighting force.
As my preferred WW2 game, Chain of Command moved sourcebook from Europe to the Far East theatre, the game has become a lot more real. Being Australian, a number of my relatives fought in the Far East, Middle East and Pacific, and the game suddenly seems much closer to home.
These two are an Indian Vickers team. The figures are by Eureka. Indian troops are often depicted in wargames with beards and turbans. However, a significant number were clean shaven and wore the Brodie helmet as seen in photographs of the time.
I added lurid green tufts to emphasise the contrast between the khaki far east uniform of the time and the green of the jungle, a problem for the allies in the campaign.
I shall pick up a few more of this range at Cancon, Australia’s largest wargames convention on the coming fortnight, and time pending will paint enough for a squirrel. I’ll also be looking for a background for photography, rather than using an old piece of packing chipboard, which has a good colour, but can cause the camera to focus on the chips.
Points,
10 points for a 28mm weapons team,
20 points for the ‘Inconstant’ theme.
Kind Regards
Geoff.
From Millsy:
Nice to see some Eureka minis getting some love Geoff! I'm hoping to pick up a few things from them at CANCON this year too.
I think you've really nailed the skin tone here, something I am working hard on at the moment myself. I like the fact these are clean shaven too, as opposed to bearded as you point out.
Nice work and a cool 30 points added to your total.
Cheers,
Millsy
Nice job, and nice historical comments!
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