What AVRE 'ere?

An AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) of course - much needed support for the Brits in Operation Martlet where they were stymied in their first encountered by German MGs in hard cover. A few "flying dustbins" launched from the 290mm spigot mortar should help clear a way through the opening phase of the Chain of Command campaign I am hosting for the lads at EWG.

The kit is a Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 model which I can highly recommend.

Sassanid Persians

Inspired by the upcoming release of a new Sam Mustafa ruleset for the later part of the Roman Empire called Aurelian I painted a regiment of Sassanid Persian cavalry - 28mm figs by A&A with LBM shields and banner. I have a ton of Sassanids to do, but I find they take forever to paint. Even if I don't finish my Persian horde in time for the release of the rules, I still have sizable late Roman and Gothic/Sarmatian armies to play with.

Norman Saga Warband

Over the last 2 weeks or so I worked up a 5 point Saga warband of Normans for a buddy from the club in exchange for a copy of the CCA Spartan expansion. Nice figs - these are Gripping Beast 28mm with LBM shield transfers.

British troops for Operation Martlet

Over the last 2 weeks I have been working my way through a reinforced platoon of 20mm Brits for the Operation Marlet Campaign from TooFatLardies for Chain of Command. The figs are a mix of vintage Platoon 20 (casted by RAFM), Plastic Soldier Company, and even a few Revell and Matchbox dudes. See if you can spot them:

Thematic Byzantine DBA army

I spent the last 2 weeks on working on this Thematic Byzantine army for DBA 3.0 in 15mm. Not sure of the figure manufacturers, but it looks pretty sharp. Lots of cavalry, including a couple of double elements (6Cv) that I have never fielded before. I used a LBM 28mm shield transfer for the banner.

US WW2 Rangers

Here are some 1/72 Valiant US infantry done to represent Rangers for this scenario modeled after the climax battle scene from The Eagle Has Landed. I plan to host this using Bolt Action at our next club night.

I'm a big fan of the Valiant figures- wish the range would expand to early war and eastern front.

 

English longbowmen

I finally tackled some gems hidden away in the lead mountain - 24 classic 28mm Foundry and Citadel longbowmen. These are great figs - I think they might be Perry sculpts from years back. Based individually for Lion Rampant to fight Scots and French.