Invasion of the Netherlands in 28mm

[answer_is_42]

Hello all,
So I’ve started a new project; a Dutch infantry platoon for Disposable Heroes in 28mm. I’ve already got an early war German infantry platoon (see below) and wanted a more ‘original’ (obscure?) force to face them. The Dutch army in 1940 was woefully under equipped and, indeed, undertrained but the troops nevertheless fought as hard as anyone else.

For figures I am using Outpost’s 28mm Romanians; not only did the Romanian army use Dutch made helmets, they were attired and equipped almost identically to the Netherlands army.

Three squads of eleven, a three man command team, an M08 MG team and enough figures left over to crew a yet-to-be-acquired infantry gun:


The chaps at Outpost were very nice and kindly replaced all the figures with rolled greatcoats with those without for me, although this does mean that I have one less pose. The figures themselves are quite good (although the helmets could do with a bit more work), and scale well with my foundry Germans :


My only real complaint is with the Officer figure, who is waving his pistol around in a rather silly manner. A bit of greenstuffing fixes this:


The basic Dutch infantry support weapon was the Lewis Gun. My platoon will have one (or maybe two...). This chap's was supplied by Company B:


Finally for today I put together the M08 HMG:


I did not intend to include and armour in this project (the Dutch had virtually none), although I have become rather taken with the idea of a Vickers-armed Carden-Lloyd tankette, five of which were used by the Dutch during the invasion:

Anyone know where I can get one in 28mm?

Finally a couple of poor photos of my Germans (Foundry with a smattering of Crusader/BEF). You will notice that they are somewhat outnumbered by the Dutch (an excuse to buy more! )...








Thanks for looking!

[stone-cold-lead]

Nice looking set of Germans there. Will be good to see how the Dutch turn out. Who makes the Panzer by the way?

[answer_is_42]

Nice looking set of Germans there. Will be good to see how the Dutch turn out. Who makes the Panzer by the way?

Thanks! The PZ IA is from Empress (SCW range).

[stone-cold-lead]

Cheers. Didn't know Empress did vehicles too. 

[Steve F]

Good to see an under-represented theatre get some attention.  Google revealed that Reiver Castings does a 28mm Carden-Loyd tankette:
http://reivercasting.wordpress.com/

[Helen]

I did not intend to include and armour in this project (the Dutch had virtually none), although I have become rather taken with the idea of a Vickers-armed Carden-Lloyd tankette, five of which were used by the Dutch during the invasion:

Anyone know where I can get one in 28mm?

Company B will have one of these vehicles out this year.

Cheers,

Helen

[Dave Knight]

Always good to see unusual WW2 subjects like this, particularly in 28mm

[Modhail]

Heh, nice to see someone gaming my neck of the woods...

You said you didn't want to include armour, but have you looked at the Dutch armoured car squadrons? We had a bit more of those than the Carden-Lloyd Tankettes.
Just have a look at these two links:
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/hol/Netherlands.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_vehicles_of_World_War_II#Netherlands

[joroas]

A nice collection there, Pete.   

What rules are you using?

[carlos marighela]

Nice project,  it'sgood to see folk getting off the well worn path, so to speak.  I think Company B were talking about doing a Carden Lloyd carrier weren't they?

I must say I'd really struggle with the temptation to paint the Dutch as Smurfs.

[answer_is_42]

What rules are you using?

Disposable Heroes

Good to see an under-represented theatre get some attention.  Google revealed that Reiver Castings does a 28mm Carden-Loyd tankette:
http://reivercasting.wordpress.com/

Order placed (£10?! damned cheap, too). Thanks for the link.

You said you didn't want to include armour, but have you looked at the Dutch armoured car squadrons? We had a bit more of those than the Carden-Lloyd Tankettes.

Yes, I am aware of the armoured cars, but I prefer the Carden-Lloyd (sorry!), and I very much doubt I could find an AC  model!

Thanks for the comments.

On another note, I am still looking for a gun to convert into a 6-Veld infantry gun (57mm Krupp). Any ideas? Images:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=37530.0

[answer_is_42]

They're ALIVE!  


Decided to go against the list in the DH Futile Gallantry book and only put together two squads, partly as it felt a bit silly having the Dutch outnumber the Germans, and partly ‘cos  I’m a bit lazy. I'll do the others at a later date.

[Dave Knight]

It would be good if you could post a picture of the Carden-Lloyd when you get it

[answer_is_42]

First squad done:






Well, I think so anyway. Whatcha think?


Base colour was Vallejo's 'German Uniform'.
Not convinced by the helmets, but they're painted now...
Big photos, sorry.

[joroas]

Gosh, that was quick!