28mm late war British & Germans Arnhem etc

[commissarmoody]

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

[Volleyfire!]

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]

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]

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

[Ash]

Command groups

[commissarmoody]

Nice!

[Ash]

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

[FreakyFenton]

They look cracking. Are these the Warlord ones? 

[Ash]

Are these the Warlord ones? 

Yes they are; metal ten man section inc Bren

Here's the next four:

[Harry Faversham]

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

 

[carlos marighela]

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

[Paul Hicks]

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]

And I understand almost impossible to obtain nowadays. 

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

[Ash]

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

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.


Here's the Bren team



Boll@cks! Forgot to do the butt plates...

And I understand almost impossible to obtain nowadays. 

Found these on eBay, still in the box (slightly squashed) £11.50 + p&p.

[Shahbahraz]

Oh. That was a good score. I wish my eBay skills were on a par.