From BobV: 28mm Chindits (90 Points)

 Happy Wednesday Everyone,

My continuing goal for this challenge is to paint as much of my existing lead as possible without buying anything new (we'll see how that turns out). As I was putting last week's winter soldiers and paratroops in storage, I came across an unpainted squad of Chindits. I quickly realized that these were the last of my unpainted 28mm minis from WW2. I decided that I had  to put my Baron's War mini's on the backburner and finish these up to complete the era.

There are 18 members of the squad including the mule. They are Warlord Miniatures, black primed and painted with a mix of Vallejo and Army Painter acrylics. 

Here is a look:

I tried to bump up the lighting in this one. I am a complete amateur in photography so I decided to just throw as much light as I could at the figures before taking the pics. I think the light is bit better this week.

Here is a shot of the amateur setup:

 

For points I am claiming 18 x 28mm infantry @ 5 points = 90 points.

And now onto the Baron's War...

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"...without buying anything new..." 

I understand those words, but...that particular combination of words in that specific order makes no sense. I find I need to pop off to the Perry's web store right now!

Fine painting here Bob - great work on these fellows. I also want to recognize your photography! Taking photos of minis is always a little tricky. I will humbly suggest you could still do with some more light on the front parts of the figures, and also note that your selection of a backdrop is almost too perfect! The little chaps blend into the background, as well they might!

But this is all me getting persnickety! These Chindits look the business, and you are absolutely going the right way in terms of photos to share with all of us. I know the Challengers will relate to those efforts, even as they appreciate your fine work!

And also struggle with the phrase "...without buying anything new..."....like, how does that even work???

90 points for you sir!

GregB

From SylvainR: Tray 03 - 6mm Early British Logistics & Command (44 points)

 

This will be the last tray for the British Expeditionary Force. First, below, is a group of 10 elements of "Logistics". Among the huge amount of 6mm WW2 stuff I got from my friend RobertR, I found these utility vehicles that had no direct role in combat. I decided to create logistics elements with them and I have been drafting some rules on how they could be used in a game other than as objectives. We'll see how it works. I already have similar logistics sets for the early German army as well as for the British army in the desert.

This unit of logistics vehicles is made up of a combination of models from CinC, GHQ and Heroics and Ros. You might have noticed that the bases are less detailed than usual. I will be soon starting to work on late WW2 armies and since I will have a lot of models to re-base I used these logistics elements as a test bed for a simplified process to make the bases. Basically, I need 2 fewer "steps", which, when adding up, will save me some time.

A note on the recovery vehicle, below: my wife's grand-father, "Bud", drove a similar recovery vehicle for the Canadian Army during WW2, first in Italy and then in the Netherlands. There is a picture of him with his truck but, unfortunately, the photo is at my wife's uncle's farm and I did not have an opportunity to get a copy before posting this entry.

 

After completing all the other units for the BEF, I created little dioramas for the Battalion HQs.

Here is one HQ for the Cruiser Tanks Regiment and another one for the Infantry Tank Regiment. Despite being named "tank regiments" these British units were about the same size as German tank battalions. On the Cruiser tanks, the blue diamond indicates that these vehicles are part of the regimental HQ.

Below, you can see the HQ for the infantry battalion and a little vignette for Vereker (Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gorth), the overall commander of the BEF. He was given less demanding tasks after Dunkirk. I added a cow crossing the road in front of his car, for fun.

 

On the Vereker diorama, I added a road sign (see below, enlarged) giving directions for both the first battle and the last battle fought by the BEF during that fateful summer of 1940. Note the French spelling for Dunkirk ("Dunkerque").

With the command elements finished, I can now declare that my BEF army is complete. There are 8 trays of units but, when consolidated, should come down to 7 trays.

 I can now mark off another 6mm WW2 project from my to-do list. Yeah!

The next army is "Early German 2/2". It consists of a battalion of Fallschirmjagers (done before the challenge), a battalion of cavalry, a battalion of motorcycles, and various engineer units.

Points claimed:

-  8x 6mm infantry at 1/2 points each = 4 points

- 20x 6mm vehicles at 2 points each = 40 points (I did not count the trailers)

Total = 44 points

Thanks for reading!

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More brilliant 6mm work Sylvain! Well done for working in such items as logistics and command...not always glamorous for us from the wargaming perspective, but of course in real conflicts absolutely essential. Rules which find ways to take that into account without ruining the game experience (which often happens with, say, recon elements) can be a challenge, but I am confident you will succeed.

I also love the road signs, and it is a reminder...that battle at Arras in early WW2 is another one that I know almost nothing about! I need to read up!

44 points - well done!

GregB