[N.B. The copy in this post is orange and blocky and looks really weird because...well, because Blogger evidently hates me.]
Still taking advantage of Bath Youth Hostel's bandwidth, what follows is the now delightfully obsolete first look at my 28mm Bolt Action core platoon. I say 'now obsolete', because since taking these photos a fortnight ago I have now completely finished (and based) all of the following:
- 2Lt,
- Artillery FOO (the Brits get him for free!)
- 1 Section (10 men, with an LMG)
- 2 Section (ditto)
- PIAT team
- Sniper team
- 3-man Vickers MMG team
- 6 pounder A-T gun team
- Cromwell tank
- Recce Carrier, and
- THREE transport Universal Carriers
But THESE are the only ones of which I have photos. So here you are. CAVEAT: As ever, the photos don't do the models justice, and - in case you're unfamiliar with Bolt Action minis - the figures are understandably hunched over...not standing up, bulletproof like my poor ol' Guardsmen (but more about them anon...).
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| "Group Hug!" - Ah, it feels so long ago... |
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| 2Lt (left) and ginger FOO (right, in the dashing leather jacket and scarf). Yes - he's pointing at the map with the stem of his pipe in a very manly way. |
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| PIAT! Note the converted handle on the ammo case... |
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| Sniper and spotter |
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| 1 Sect (to make them minimum force-legal, they can be split into two 5-man sections) |
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| A close-up of that map. And the pipe. :) |
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| 'Havoc' - my Cromwell. It's covered in weathering powder - as is the recce carrier - but it doesn't show here. More about weathering powder soon, too... |
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| Recce Carrier. It now also has a Boys A-T rifle, which is obsolete history-wise, but the only in-game A-T option at the moment... |
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| Note the stowed Bren, inside the right of the hull. I'm pleased with this wee conversion! |
Thanks, All.
- Drax.
PS: With luck and a following wind I'll be able to take some proper pics soon...
Very nice. They look great. I really like the vehicles. Great work. Let me know how you enjoy bolt action!
ReplyDeleteThanks, mate - I'm super-super looking forward to it!
DeleteWilco...
Great work, everything looks really good! I love the facial expressions on the infantry, a very determined bunch. You have to be a lot more precise painting those larger vehicles, the detail is a lot better than 15mm, as you would expect.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! Yeah, they're certainly a very shouty bunch...but then again, battlefields really aren't quiet places, are they?
DeleteI know I'm not painting as much detail as I could, but in researching, I was astonished at how bland the British vehicles are - even at 1:1 scale!
Mind you, the pics don't do them justice: the details (metalworks, tyres, tool hafts etc.) are actually painted - promise!
These are flippin lovely mate. Really like the basing too - good use by adding just enough, but not nearly too many flowers, bravo.
ReplyDeleteI have found myself using my own pipe to direct others. Very manly, pipes.
I may have been known to use a pipe as a teaching aid.
DeleteAs for the basing? Yeah. In twenty-mumble years of gaming, I've never once been happy with my basing...until these figures.
And that's due in a massive part to the addition of flowers - THANK YOU!
Your contribution, incidentally, has not been overlooked: I'll be putting up a post anon about the basing itself...
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteCheers! Continuing the 4KSLI theme...
DeleteJolly good show chaps, now to sock it to Jerry; next stop Eglise Stain Pierre in Cean !
ReplyDeleteYup - now I get to watch impotently as they all get mown down by MG42s tomorrow...
DeleteReally nice painting - a very realistic Cromwell and I love the detail on the FOO's map
ReplyDeleteCheers, mate - I am improving, albeit very incrementally!
DeleteThe only thing I need to improve on it really is the antennae: they look daft at the mo...
Thank you very much, sir!
ReplyDeleteI only wish I could take credit for the sculpting. Very long-time readers of my blog will know that there's a very subtle light blue motif running through all of my forces, so the colour of the silk scarf was a no-brainer!
Cheers, Muppet.
They look utterly bloody lovely, look forward to hearing of their great victory over the weekend
ReplyDeleteCheers mate - it's up now, if you're interested...
DeleteLovely work Drax
ReplyDeleteThanks mate - always a pleasure to see you knocking around these parts...!
DeleteFantastic paint work as ever Drax! I figure I'll pick up Bolt Action at some point.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm getting there...slowly...
DeleteThey look fantastic Drax :) might try to con you into painting a tank or something for our project!!
ReplyDeleteCoo - thanks for swinging by, Damon: it's a privilege to have you here!
DeleteIf you're serious, I could certainly be tempted...