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Title: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Yarkshire Gamer on March 19, 2020, 05:21:22 PM

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https://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2020/03/troops-on-parade-28mm-italian-desert.html (https://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2020/03/troops-on-parade-28mm-italian-desert.html)

Hi,

It's time for another episode of the occasional Troops on Parade feature here at Yarkshire Gamer, a good excuse to get an entire collection on the table for a good photo and video sesh.

Today it's the turn of my 28mm Desert Italians who after a recent blitz on vehicles is now pretty much finished.

The blog link has lots more pics and a link to a YouTube video review of the army.

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: joekano on March 19, 2020, 05:25:07 PM

Great collection!

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on March 19, 2020, 06:51:30 PM

Very nice.

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Helen on March 19, 2020, 07:20:50 PM

Lovely work on your Regio Esercito collection.

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Captain Blood on March 19, 2020, 08:21:40 PM

Blooming heck.  :o
You don’t do things by halves do you?  lol

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Tim Haslam on March 19, 2020, 09:28:34 PM

Bye eck!
Bloody marvellous.

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Yarkshire Gamer on March 19, 2020, 10:46:22 PM

Cheers everyone.

My armies do tend to start with a box of plastics and a couple of vehicles plan and ends up covering the table  lol

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Admiral Hawke on March 19, 2020, 10:48:27 PM

Wow. A ridiculously large collection for 28mm. That would pretty much fill up my entire table.

Your forces look spectacular. :-)

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Truscott Trotter on March 19, 2020, 10:49:36 PM

Excellent stuff Ken - any chance of a close up of the bikes/trikes?

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Sinewgrab on March 20, 2020, 01:23:02 AM

I am in awe.  Simply gorgeous.

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Yarkshire Gamer on March 20, 2020, 05:54:47 AM

Quote from: Truscott Trotter on March 19, 2020, 10:49:36 PM

Excellent stuff Ken - any chance of a close up of the bikes/trikes?

There s a couple on the blog post itself, plus a minute or so on the video and they have their own post,

(https://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2019/02/28mm-dog-tag-miniatures-italian-ww2.html)

Should cover  it  :)

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: commissarmoody on March 20, 2020, 06:02:00 AM

 :o
Now that my eyes are back in my head. That's a Great force you have bashed together there. So when can we expect some Sicilian defense force and the Italian Social Republic army to be done?

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Rommel on March 20, 2020, 07:28:35 AM

I suppose it was painted in a week?
Very Nice big collection!

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: carlos marighela on March 20, 2020, 08:09:00 AM

Christ on a bike! That’s a very impressive collection. :-*

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Keith on March 20, 2020, 08:27:39 AM

Whooa ... good grief!

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Aaron on March 20, 2020, 01:18:42 PM

I'm impressed with how you can crank out such quality paint jobs in such quantities! I love the early desert campaign.

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: carlos marighela on March 21, 2020, 01:41:25 AM

Tis rare indeed, outside of an ‘adult’ dating site, to see so many tiny privates on parade.

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on March 21, 2020, 08:26:12 AM

Well thank you Carlos for causing the flushing of my nasal passages with hot tea and soaking my tablet.

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Chimpfoot on March 21, 2020, 09:09:09 AM

Blimey :)

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: NurgleHH on March 21, 2020, 07:24:58 PM

Quote from: Captain Blood on March 19, 2020, 08:21:40 PM

Blooming heck.  :o
You don’t do things by halves do you?  lol

Hmm Richard, Italians???

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: discok3 on March 23, 2020, 10:22:19 AM

Fantastic mahoosive collection  there
Out of interest have you ever used them or most of them in gaming?

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: Yarkshire Gamer on March 23, 2020, 11:54:58 AM

Quote from: discok3 on March 23, 2020, 10:22:19 AM

Fantastic mahoosive collection  there
Out of interest have you ever used them or most of them in gaming?

The army is built to fight two campaigns we are doing, the first one covers Op Compass 1940 - 41 and has 23 scenarios (we are up to 10) the second covers Op Crusader which covers late 1941. These figures cover every option in each scenario for the Italians (I have a British Force which is much bigger than this for the same reason and I am working on some Germans). I hope to have a massive all in game one day with everything just for the hell of it, with the help of my local club in Leeds. Below is a link to our most recent game if you haven't seen them.

https://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2019/12/op-compass-game-8-dont-wake-sergeant.html (https://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2019/12/op-compass-game-8-dont-wake-sergeant.html)

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

Title: Re: Troops on Parade - 28mm Italian WW2 Desert Force
Post by: discok3 on March 23, 2020, 12:37:28 PM

Ken you are an inspiration mate with regards your painting regime and collection.I hope I can get to that level one day