Weird war french soldiers gallery + renforts belges !

[karl von Mago]

My gallery of french soldiers for weird war two. They are an improbable mix of westwind heads and guns, wargame factory bodies, GW pouches / weapons (with some arms). There's some mage knight, confrontation and warlord bits too...

All the little family



Battle chaplain and gunner





Warbot (mage knight)





Infantry squad



Lieutenant and a lost "gendarme" (french military police, for a paint test)




Poilus divers

[karl von Mago]

Trench raiders - nettoyeurs de tranchées

[pocoloco]

Wonderful!  Great to see French forces, and the Weird part makes them even more exciting. Nice builds and paint jobs, trench raiders do look like business!

[v_lazy_dragon]

Funky conversions! As has already een said great to see something different fo WWW2 games

[ollv]

Great ! Vive la France ! 
Is there a reason for the "chouans" (chuan) symbol ?

[karl von Mago]

It's my idea of french "templar style" troup to fight occult german forces of evil... No direct link with chouans, i use it more like as a christian holy sign ("sacré coeur").

And for practical purpose, i had nice red earth decals on my bitz box 

[Rigel]

Great minis, I like the gendarme, i think it's a great idea mix diferents uniforms.

[Amalric]

Excellent conversions! 

I look forward to seeing them in action.
Any vehicles in mind for them?

Thanks for posting the pics.

[karl von Mago]

WW2 french army as a lot of funny (some already "weird style" IMO)  tanks : b1bis - h39 - somua s35... but i have no idea at the moment of weird component (except the classical electic/tesla/sonic canon).
I think i will add more mech, using AT43 or dust models.   

[Benny]

I feel inspired, i did wonder what to do with my Wargames factory figures, the heads make a huge difference and seem less german, I may do a small russina force.

[Penchour]

Bien vu   De très jolies pièces, indeed.

[Rigel]

WW2 french army as a lot of funny (some already "weird style" IMO)  tanks : b1bis - h39 - somua s35... but i have no idea at the moment of weird component (except the classical electic/tesla/sonic canon).
I think i will add more mech, using AT43 or dust models.   

Two or three years ago I made a list for a French player for SOTR:1949, we talk to include weird things and our proposals was: Rad-wraits (survivors to a atomic bomb in France), and a great ape from the african jungle (to use like a soviet urzine).

I think you can add specialist zombie hunters troops (like gendarmes), Haitian vodoo, weird troops from indochina...

Don't forget to explore two great ideas to make french more attractives: Foreign Legion (elite mounted troops) and the "La Nueve", spanish republicans figthers enrolled in the french army, also elite.

[karl von Mago]

Thanks all !

Rigel, you've a lot of excellent ideas :
- i will use gendarme for anti-zombi troops (i lack of objectivity with gendarmes, i'm one of them  ). But i'm not satisfied with the model i used for prototype (a warlord plastic german) and i'm looking for another range of plastic models. I must also find a "weird touch" for gendarme, maybe medieval pieces of armor, or "blessed" weapon" (sword, axe ?)... All ideas appreciated !
- for rad-wraith, it's hard to give a "french touch", that can be immediatly recognizable on the model, to undead style troops. And no, i don't want to use ghouls wearing baguette, croissant and beret 
- I have think of "napoleonic ghost", easy to make with just a paint job, or "napoleonic skeleton" mixing plactic models, but with a big conversion job.
- all colonial troops (tirailleurs senegalais, spahis, tabors...) could be a nice addition with giant ape or djinn for weird touch.
- for the légion étrangère, Dust range has "British Commandos Kill Squad", with legionnaire heads. Just a little conversion (maybe more rustic weapons) and it will be perfect.

Lot of possibility, little time !!! 

[Penchour]

what about a leashed 'Bête du Gévaudan'? Something huge and feasome, chained with an handler. Another possibility could be to have a long range cover action team : paramilitary partisan specialized in deep unedrcover missions of sabotage. Of course, the use of 'troupes coloniales' made of the various colonial ethnies is a must have, from indochinese artificers to fierce desert fighters ... not to mention a large scope of canon fodders for vanguard armies to reconquer radioactive wastelands :/

[Bergil]

Great work there, loads of fun to look at.