28mm late war British & Germans

[Idguardnomore2]

The body armour figure is from war games foundry British paras range.

[Ash]

The body armour figure is from war games foundry British paras range.

Thanks very much. Just had a look at their stuff. Size wise he's a good fit with the Warlord & Empress ranges.


                       Empress                                                Foundry                                     Warlord

[Truscott Trotter]

I used the Foundry casts as the core of my Para force then mixed in Warlord, Blacktree and Artizan. They all work well together IMHO and I am fussy!
BTW nice beret colour too 

[Shahbahraz]

I'm just tossing up as to whether to paint the paras I have or splash out on the Empress Late War British...  of course, I should do both, but I still have at least 7 or more unpainted platoons in the stash.

[Ash]

I'm just tossing up as to whether to paint the paras I have or splash out on the Empress Late War British...  of course, I should do both, but I still have at least 7 or more unpainted platoons in the stash.

I was going to just say get the Empress, as they are just too nice not to, however seven unpainted platoons, all sitting there taunting would, for me cause pause for thought.
Having once upon a time decided that all my old 40k Imperial Guard really, really needed to be repainted in Multicam, at the same time; it absolutely killed my interest in anything 40k, and they ended up languishing in the 'box of shame' for half a decade, whilst I got into 20mm African bush Wars.
I did eventually finish them, one squad at a time and would reward myself with new purchases of the then new late WW2 Empress British blokes etc.
So, I can only say what works for me to keep the motivation going, is start to paint what you already have, even one squad at a time; then every time you reach one of your own goals reward yourself with something new and shiny.

[Hu Rhu]

So, I can only say what works for me to keep the motivation going, is start to paint what you already have, even one squad at a time; then every time you reach one of your own goals reward yourself with something new and shiny.

Which you then have to paint.      What we wargamers go through to reach our goals, even though we constantly move the posts.

[Shahbahraz]

I was going to just say get the Empress, as they are just too nice not to, however seven unpainted platoons, all sitting there taunting would, for me cause pause for thought.
Having once upon a time decided that all my old 40k Imperial Guard really, really needed to be repainted in Multicam, at the same time; it absolutely killed my interest in anything 40k, and they ended up languishing in the 'box of shame' for half a decade, whilst I got into 20mm African bush Wars.
I did eventually finish them, one squad at a time and would reward myself with new purchases of the then new late WW2 Empress British blokes etc.
So, I can only say what works for me to keep the motivation going, is start to paint what you already have, even one squad at a time; then every time you reach one of your own goals reward yourself with something new and shiny.

I've actually been not too bad this year, finished off a ton of painting including two Chain of Command platoons, and a heap of vehicles, and I am a good way through finishing another two platoons, one of Winter Germans, the other of Volksturm (Civilians with armbands). Once the Volksturm are done, a platoon of Fallschirmjager would let me run the Road to Hamburg pint-sized campaign, but on the other hand, a platoon of USMC would give me another opponent for my Japanese, and of course, I still have British Airborne and US Paras to do, for a potential Market Garden campaign...

[Ash]

Finally got around to some new additions.

British & German mortar teams from Empress




Also got sent some rather cool sniper figures from 'tid shed gamer', very much appreciated.




Only other thing I'm currently drawn to is the LVT-4 by Rubicon; thanks to Carlos for the recommendation.

Interesting (to me at least), when looking at pictures of the kit, I realised that those British tank crew blokes I found on eBay are Rubicon figures of crew for the LVT-4. Figures are a lot nicer than they look in the artwork.
I've found various option for getting the kit, but not for the Polsten 20mm add on pack, Rubicon have it listed as out of stock. Anyone know of anywhere else to buy one?

[Digits]

2 in stock

https://www.firestormgames.co.uk/rubicon---lvt-4-water-buffalo?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlNno2NXq8QIVs4FQBh3VsghOEAQYAiABEgKZPfD_BwE

[FreakyFenton]

Thanks very much. Just had a look at their stuff. Size wise he's a good fit with the Warlord & Empress ranges.


                       Empress                                                Foundry                                     Warlord

Yup! A good example can be found on moiterei's blog as well, he has created "Hohenstaufen"-Division I believe with a mix of Empress, Wargames Foundry and Artizan (and/or) Warlord I believe.

I got some of Foundry's german FJ's and they also scale well. In total the range seems to go great with other ranges.

[Ash]

2 in stock

https://www.firestormgames.co.uk/rubicon---lvt-4-water-buffalo?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlNno2NXq8QIVs4FQBh3VsghOEAQYAiABEgKZPfD_BwE

Cheers Dave, another company I'd not heard of. It's actually the 20mm Polsten I was on the hunt for.
Rubicon are out of stock, and according to them they only sell resin & pewter direct. So until they make some more I'll have to put that on hold.
1st Corps make a nice looking one on a scenic base; whilst the gun would probably work, making the vehicle mount is not something I can do.
https://1stcorps.co.uk/product/polsten-20mm-anti-aircraft-gun-3-crew/

Yup! A good example can be found on moiterei's blog as well, he has created "Hohenstaufen"-Division I believe with a mix of Empress, Wargames Foundry and Artizan (and/or) Warlord I believe.

I got some of Foundry's german FJ's and they also scale well. In total the range seems to go great with other ranges.

I'll check that out. Thanks.

[tin shed gamer]

Ash,
Although I made that one. Rich H. Sent me some printed versions he'd done .I might be able to track down any spare sets I have.
Failing that ask him and he might have some left over.

[Ash]

Little bit of progress. Scenic bases have arrived; from Javis (think it's the same company who made the base I used for the Vickers & USMC (Vietnam) RCL).



This one will probab ly need a bit of chopping to fit the figure bases.



Also bought an LVT-4 (Rubicon) BNIB via ebay.
Starting to convince myself that I can make the mount for a Polsten, could be a lot of swearing & bloodshed ahead...

[commissarmoody]

And they are looking good. I need to put in a order for those sets.

[Ash]

Got them up to the pre snow stage:

LB12 British






VG17 German