Last British regiments for Quatre Bras and some stuff for Crete 1941

I completed the remaining two elite infantry regiments for the Quatre Bras orbat for Blucher, they are both Highlander and I intended them to represent the 42nd and 92nd regiments (Black Watch and the Gordons). I also completed the Airfix Bofors gun kit I picked up from Terry (truck already assembled) and a RAFM MkVI Vickers - perhaps my favourite early war tank. These are for a Crete scenario I would like to host, perhaps using Bolt Action.

Early war allies in 1/72 & 1/35

I worked my way through a Tamiya 1/35 Chenillette over the last couple of weeks which was fun to build (great kit!) and something different for a change. This was a Christmas present last year.

 

 

I also completed an Airfix Matilda in 1940 colour scheme, and a couple of Lorraine 37L carriers and an R-35 tank in 20mm by RAFM. I did these to play around with my airbrush and try to get the tone I wanted for the Chenillette (Vallejo brown violet). I didn't do multi-colour camo on the R-35 so it could stand-in for models in service with other countries.

10mm British line infantry

Four regiments - figs by Magister Militum.

Just a couple of highland regiments and commanders - then Quatre Bras is complete!

1/72 6-pdrs and 10mm Hanoverians

Rainy long weekend here in Alberta so there is stuff getting done - so far I knocked off one of the old Airfix 6-pdr kits plus an extra gun cobbled from my bits box -these may have a role to play in the upcoming next chapter in the Operation Martlet campaign. Also finished are two regiments of Hanoverian infantry for Quatre Bras from Magister Militum.

Nassauers

It's been a while since my last post since we took the kids to Florida for a short spring break. Since coming back I finished a couple more regiments of 1815 allies - Nassau infantry and a Belgian hussar regiment.

I also experimented with a basing sabot for 10mm fantasy figs. I picked up Pendraken's Warband rules and quite like them for 10mm massed fantasy battles, here I am thinking of using my Battle of the Five Armies GW troops, but the rules require large bases. Here I have fit 3 40mm bases on an 80 x 40 with a dice holder in one corner to mark the unit morale. Might work...

Treebeard and Dutch Napoleonic infantry

I dug out a GW Treebeard kit I had stashed away for an option to add to my Elven KoW army, and also finished two stands of 10mm Dutch infantry for the ongoing Quatre Bras project.

Treebeard is pretty cool...

Black Brunswickers

Managed to get a start on the Allies for Quatre Bras - starting with the Brunswickers.The men in black are about as simple as it gets to paint!

These are 10mm Magister Militum.