Guarding the Chateau

This is a Warlord set I purchased to give the French Resistance somebody to kidnap or assassinate.

There's a shady Gestapo type..

A party functionary with a familiar hairstyle...

And finally a couple of sentries.

Now I just have to find them something to guard!

Fallschirmjager - Finished Unit

Some of Warlord's finest 'Green Devils' all set to face the US 101 Airborne and of course those pesky resistance types that have been pottering around these pages.

 

Eighteen in all with some lmg and mortar teams to come.

 



Listen very carefully...

...the last of the French Resistance group are here.

Ready to destroy that 88, rescue lost Allied airmen or aid US paratroopers.

This is the last section of these I have. There are a couple of more figures languishing in the garage but they look more East of the Dnieper than West of the Rhine.

Should make for some interesting games (like I have time to play!).

All figures are Bolt Action and the advantage of resistance fighters is you can make the uniforms up.

Bolt Action 88

The grand plan of clearing my painting desk is coming to fruition and I'm even resisting the temptation of a mad cackle or two after that statement.

Next off the bench and into the garage is an 88.

The crew are painted in Luftwaffe colours, just to be different.

I've built, well that's a strong word, smeared some wood filler across a piece of MDF to make a base.

It can also be deployed in one of Adrian's Walls Eastern Front bunkers.

All figures are Warlord, the bunker is Adrian's Walls and all uniform mistakes my own.

US 101 Artillery

All those lovely pictures and fascinating documentaries of the Waterloo commemorations have me hankering for another crack at some Napoleonic figures. There are plenty in the garage but, unfortunately, I've made one of those Faustian pacts regarding clearing the painting desk before starting any new projects.

You probably know the sort, the type that just gets you frustrated at the lack of progress especially if like me your painting speed falls somewhere between glaciation and tectonic plate movement.

But here are some that have reached the finish line or at least I've got to the point that I ain't going to fiddle with them anymore.

More stalwarts of the 101st in D-Day gear, this time manning a 75mm pack howitzer, so some supressing fire coming the Wehrmacht's way soon

The model is from Warlord Games' Bolt Action range.

Two More Resistors!

A couple of more likely lads to join the active cell

 

 

 

I'm going to have to find them something to do soon.

 

 

Both are from Warlords Partisan range.

 

The whole group emerge from a wood. Looking at them maybe I need to lay off the French blue.



Panzer Crew

 

 

This is Hauptsturmfuhrer Schmitt  the free miniature with the Bolt Action Tank War supplement. He’s going to end up as a target for the French resistance.

Found this miniature very dynamic and facially quite fun, though bordering a bit on the comic book caricature; I resisted painting him with a red skull!

Fallschirmjager

Don't think the photograph shows the splinter camouflage. Followed the guidelines in the Flames of War Market Garden supplement then gave them a brown wash and highlights. Just equipment to finish off and they'll be ready to take on the French resistance I've been painting up.

 

These are Bolt Action figures from Warlord. Aim is to finish them off by the time the holiday season is over. Probably the first resolution of the year busted!

101st Test Pieces

Deploying swiftly to the aid of Jean and his comely comrade two Bolt Action U.S. paratroopers. As is ever the way with my collecting I have a horde of these waiting for some primer and paint. Maybe one day these two will be reinforced!

Jean has a Long Moustache

And here is Jean with friend, best not to ask questions. Guess the two are out hunting Nazis or avoiding that tiger from a couple of weeks ago. Models from the Bolt Action range.

Colonel Steiner

Let's hope Jack Higgins' lawyers haven't spotted this chap in Warlord's Bolt Action range; leather jacket, sten gun hmm... When I get round to gaming with him must remember to use my Bavarian Cockney accent.

Battlefront Tiger Tank

Another model that has been sitting around forlornly hoping that I would finally get off my lazy whatsit and pick up a brush to finish. Well it finally got it's wish, not too sure about the result though. Never tried to splodge a 28mm WWII vehicle before, have done plenty 40K where you can pretend naff paint jobs are to reflect 'character' (especially if it has an Orky look).

Still that's one more off the workbench and on to a table (sometime, somewhere).

Test Piece – French Resistance

Damn those rule and figure manufacturers! Just when you think you’ve got everything you’ll ever need in this lifetime of wargaming something else catches your eye and surreptitiously empties your wallet!
Always wanted to do something on the French Resistance, so have emptied the coffers to the benefit of Warlord’s Bolt Action Partisan range. This is the first piece…



More will follow… just as soon as I finish those Napoleonics, Ancients, Paratroopers, FoW stuff, Huguenots, Space Marines, Empire chaps… ooooh did I just see a Warfare Great Northern War range?

What I’m Working on Now…

Just starting out on Bolt Action. Haven’t actually played a game but enjoyed reading the rules and was tempted with an army, German paratroopers. This is the first lot to get a first coat.

What I’m Working on Now…

Tanks… lots of tanks…

T-34s Plastic Soldier Company.

Shermans from Plastic Soldier Company

A stack of Plastic Soldier Company Stugs

Plastic Soldier Company Tigers and some Battlefront APCs

Bolt Action Tiger with Battlefront APC for scale.