Invasion of the Netherlands in 28mm

[answer_is_42]

Great work! Really enjoying the thread!

what an excellent thread! you are making me proud 

Thank you, you're too kind. I'm working on the terrain at the moment, expect some pictures soonish.

[Helen]

Great work on your project, well done.

Helen

[Daeothar]

  Very nice; you're building up quite the force there! Are you going for a Grebbeberg setting? I noticed the pictures in your initial post. If so, there's no need to limit yourself to flat polders; the area around the Utrechtse Heuvelrug is quite hilly and wooded and the Grebbeberg is not called that for nothing...

Also, most of Brabant, Limburg Overijsel and Drenthe are quite broken up with woods and the occasional row of hills. Not many polders to be found. The only places the Germans attacked (through) that are like a cut up billiards table are Friesland and Groningen (to get to the Afsluitdijk through Kornwederzand) and some of the areas in Zuid Holland, where the Fallschirmjäger landed (to capture the queen and the airfields there).

The tankettes, I feel, are/were more of a novelty within the Dutch army than a serious part of the organisation and operations. Now Landsverk armoured cars on the other hand... Neither saw use at the Grebbelinie though; the tankettes towed guns within the Fortress Holland and the armoured cars saw action in Limburg and Brabant, during delaying actions, and another squadron fought the air landing Germans around Leiden and the airfields.

Oh; and as one Dutchman to another; please, please don't do windmills...

As it is, I've been toying with the very same idea myself for some time now, and your work has convinced me to go ahead and make it happen. I've already painted a squad of EW Fallschirmjäger for another project (pulp RPG campaign), so the opposing forces have a head start already...

Following your thread, I did notice however, that even though your painting and basing is good, I must admit to being quite disappointed by the sculpts. Nothing you can help of course, but those guys are not for me. I do very much like your 7 Veld though!

And since there really are no alternatives out there, I've more or less decided to sculpt them myself. Multipart (seperate heads and arms) to increase the range of poses. I should also look into casting them, preferably in metal. The demand for such a rather obscure subject would no doubt be small, but perhaps some people might be interested (I'm looking at you 42  ).

I will probably start within the next couple of months; first some ongoing projects need finishing. Still; I am stoked to get started on these guys...

Keep up the good work! Oh, and maybe I missed it, but what rules will you be using with these guys?

[carlos marighela]

"Oh; and as one Dutchman to another; please, please don't do windmills... "

Yes if you want something truly iconic do some shopfronts with scantily clad women reclining behind the plate glass. 

[answer_is_42]

And since there really are no alternatives out there, I've more or less decided to sculpt them myself.

Keep up the good work! Oh, and maybe I missed it, but what rules will you be using with these guys?

Oh, don't tell me this after I've painted all the Outpost figures!  
Can't say I'm hugely happy with the figures either, although to be brutally honest the Dutch uniform of WW2 was quite ugly anyway...  

If you do go ahead with this though I'd strongly advise you look at Romanians as well - the two armies are so close in terms of uniform, you'd be able to produce them as either (just add some ZB LMGs and a couple of other bits). There would certianly be a market for them, if not for Dutchmen.

I’m currently using Disposable Heroes for my games.

Edit: Oh, and on the topic of location, I'll just say 'South-West ish', so as to not rule out the possibility of French support (Panhards/R-35s are cool).

[Daeothar]

Better late than never, right?

I'll just say 'South-West ish', so as to not rule out the possibility of French support (Panhards/R-35s are cool).

Good idea. You'll have potential for urban areas, as well as wooded and rural. And think of the Moerdijk bridges; you'll be able to fight both airborne troops and regular Heer plus SS! And the armoured support such as the tankettes and the Landsverks would not be out of place either. Plus, you could what-if a running tank battle between forces of R-35s and Panzer 1/2/3s as well! Good call

[Lord of Jerwood]

really enjoying this thread  great work also solved a problem I had. 

[Jager1815]

Hi all, check this out 

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=90525.0

[Jager1815]

http://www.may40miniatures.com/landsverk-m36/

new post on our blog.

[6milPhil]

... not only did the Romanian army use Dutch made helmets, they were attired and equipped almost identically to the Netherlands army.

That's interesting, for a brief moment I thought I might have the solution for doing Romanians to join my German forces against Soviet Russia. Of course in 6mil no one makes WW2 Nederlanders.  Guess I'll file the heads of some soviets, to my eyes they look very similar kit wise.

[Captain Darling]

Very cool looking 1940's force, well done!

Any reason your Pz I still bears the full white cross used in the Polish invasion?