Author Topic: 28mm late war British & Germans (Read 134525 times)

commissarmoody · « **Reply #165 on:** November 11, 2019, 05:10:18 AM »

Nice, wasn't he supposed to be the guy who directed folks off the Beach on D-day?

Volleyfire! · « **Reply #166 on:** November 11, 2019, 06:26:15 PM »

Quote from: commissarmoody on November 11, 2019, 05:10:18 AM

Nice, wasn't he supposed to be the guy who directed folks off the Beach on D-day?

Indeed he was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Maud

Ash · « **Reply #167 on:** November 12, 2019, 10:12:38 AM »

Quote from: carlos marighela on November 10, 2019, 09:14:06 PM

Duffle coats were a rather warm sandy or fawn colour.

I seem to recall the colour being refered to somewhere as 'camel' . I tried a khaki basecoat, a thin wash of dark brown, then highlighted with more khaki then a mix of khaki & dark sand, looks a tad dark in the pics. I'll have a go at putting some command groups together and take some lighter pictures.

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #168 on:** November 12, 2019, 10:22:41 AM »

I saw some originals many years ago, and they varied from a khaki to a warm sandy colour (camel).

Ash · « **Reply #169 on:** November 13, 2019, 10:14:11 AM »

Command groups

commissarmoody · « **Reply #170 on:** November 13, 2019, 10:40:54 AM »

Nice!

Ash · « **Reply #171 on:** December 19, 2019, 07:18:54 PM »

Picked up a box of 28mm WW2 British paras from eBay:

FreakyFenton · « **Reply #172 on:** December 19, 2019, 07:43:43 PM »

They look cracking. Are these the Warlord ones?

Ash · « **Reply #173 on:** December 19, 2019, 08:46:08 PM »

Quote from: FreakyFenton on December 19, 2019, 07:43:43 PM

Are these the Warlord ones?

Yes they are; metal ten man section inc Bren

Here's the next four:

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #174 on:** December 19, 2019, 11:46:06 PM »

Stunning mate, lovely Paras...
lose the stripes on the Corporal's left arm though.

carlos marighela · « **Reply #175 on:** December 20, 2019, 01:18:57 AM »

IIRC those are the last of the Hicks sculpted former Bolt Action figures. I have another of the packs floating about somewhere.

Paul Hicks · « **Reply #176 on:** December 20, 2019, 06:47:11 AM »

Quote from: carlos marighela on December 20, 2019, 01:18:57 AM

IIRC those are the last of the Hicks sculpted former Bolt Action figures. I have another of the packs floating about somewhere.

Yep my sculpts from when I owned Boltaction Miniatures. Sculpted back in 2006. Ash has done a great job on them.

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #177 on:** December 20, 2019, 07:25:46 AM »

And I understand almost impossible to obtain nowadays.

What the world needs are Paul Hicks sculpted BEF... (he said, innocently).

Ash · « **Reply #178 on:** December 20, 2019, 09:36:12 AM »

Quote from: Paul Hicks on December 20, 2019, 06:47:11 AM

Yep my sculpts from when I owned Boltaction Miniatures. Sculpted back in 2006. Ash has done a great job on them.

Some great faces in there, but I have to say I think your latest creations are even better. The late war Brits (Scots) are absolutely superb.

Tom & Jerry

Quote from: Harry Faversham on December 19, 2019, 11:46:06 PM

Stunning mate, lovely Paras...
lose the stripes on the Corporal's left arm though.

Interesting; thanks for info.
I was using the Osprey book 'The Paras: British Airborne Forces 1940-1984' as a guide, and the pics of NCOs show chevrons on both sleeves so I just went ok and copied the illustrations.