Groupe Franc Motorisé de Cavalerie

[Redmist1122]

I found these guys from Crusader by accident, and couldn't resist the buy for a platoon.  I bought enough to outfit a Chain of Command platoon.  The figures haven't arrived yet, and wanted to know what uniform they wore.  Any ideas?  I came up short using Google.

Any help would great!

Here's the link for the figures:  http://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=1025

Thanks.

[fred]

Although  a different cut to standard French uniforms, the colour was much the same a greenish brown, googling dragons portes brings up some images of reenactors

[Hang Tuah]

Hopefully you'll find the following thread inspiring: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106050

[lou passejaire]

here is my version :


the motorcycles troops uniform was said to be more green than the standard french uniform .

[Keith]

Those are lovel Lou - any chance you coud share a quick breakdown of colours used?

[Shahbahraz]

Very nice work on those. I see each squad has different coloured flowers.

I also like the colour diagram, very helpful. Is there an equivalent for standard French infantry or other arms of service?

[SABOT]

Great work and of current interest to me and au reckon this force is becoming more and more popular. 👍

[lou passejaire]

for the color used, it's a mix of vallejo english uniform with olive green ... and a wash of sepia wash mixed with green ink

for french infantry uniforms, same mix with less olive green , same wash ( some minis on the right are in french standard uniform

i used different colored flowers to help with the squad structure .

about the groupe francs de cavalerie do you know this book :
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015046339548;view=1up;seq=7
GFMC n°5  story . with a complete list of weapons and vehicles at the end ...  ( and in English )

[Shahbahraz]

Thanks for the book link. I shall enjoy that. I am very much looking forward to getting mine finished and on the table. It is a very much neglected subject in English speaking countries, and the French campaigns have political overtones these days, with only Dunkirk and Arras ever mentioned. I see Osprey have published Case Red which I will probably get. Hopefully this is a sign of growing interest in the French forces.

[Redmist1122]

@ Lou,
  Wow!  Those guys look nice...I can't wait until these figs show up...been waiting about 10 days now.  About average from UK to US.

Thanks for the color scheme too!

[Redmist1122]

Looking through the EW 1940 Handbook, I guess what I really was fielding were the , "Reconnaissance Motorcycle
Fusilier Platoon". 

I think that the motorcycle guys could fit the bill for either.

Thanks again for all for you input and inspiration.