28mm late war British & Germans Arnhem etc

[Harry Faversham]

Just read a little gem on uniform conversions used by the Canadians in Holland, January 1945, in what the Dutch called the severest winter for fifty years. Canadians on the front line cut the sleeves from issue greatcoats and sewed them to their leather jerkins. They also 'liberated' a large stock of Jerry Para smocks that they took to wearing, but the rear echelon Brass put a stop to that as soon as it was reported!

[commissarmoody]

That's pretty cool, but can understand ordering the troops to stop useing captured German camo.

[Harry Faversham]

Still caused a bit of agg though C. The Brasshat who stopped it was a British Brigadier and not well thought of by the Canucks. He visited a Canadian 25pdr. Regiment and saw some of the lads wearing the smocks. Assured that the Regiment's FOOs didn't wear them up the line (actually they did!) he still ordered the unit to lose the Jerry tackle.

[commissarmoody]

  It's the mission of useless higher ranking REMFs to make life as miserable/difficult as possible for front line units. 

[Ash]

Reinforcements have arrived...

[FreakyFenton]

Sweet! The bagpiper is cool! 

[Ash]

Sweet! The bagpiper is cool! 

Working out the correct tartan is proving a tad less obvious than imagined.
Going to do the kilt in Leslie tartan, although Royal Stewart has also been suggested, so may do the pipes in that.

[Ragnar]

Looking forward to seeing these done up.

[Ash]

Looking forward to seeing these done up.

Been waiting for new minis in this range for a while, and now I've ended up with a load of other stuff; eight more Nam marines already primed & a 1/16 Rhodesian figure that is nearly prepped for paint.
Not sure what to attack first...

[moiterei_1984]

Those Brits of course 

[FreakyFenton]

Working out the correct tartan is proving a tad less obvious than imagined.
Going to do the kilt in Leslie tartan, although Royal Stewart has also been suggested, so may do the pipes in that.

I think the blokes on the Warlord side used Leslie tartan. But I'd imagine royal stewart would be a nice blotch of colour too.

[Ash]

I'm going for the Leslie, after looking at the Royal Stewart and recalling all my previous attempts at painting anything red (other than the odd spot of blood) I think I'm going to chicken out of attempting it, so the pipes will match the kilt...

I've started on these, and the Nam figures, and the big bloke; then five modern SF minis arrived so they are now based and primed as well!

[FreakyFenton]

Nice! Looking forward to it! 

[Ash]

The Brits won the painting race, USMC still in need of some weathering...

This is pack LB8

[FreakyFenton]

Good job on the smock of the two radiomen. The pair with the greatcoats also look cracking though!
Might have to invest in a few!