BEF from Peter Pig

[Fitz]

I bought these 15mm WW1 BEF figures from Peter Pig some considerable time ago, and they've been sitting around half-painted for about that long. I'm not at all fond of production-line painting figures, so that's a situation that happens a lot. I have a platoon of 15mm WW2 German Grenadiers in the same plight; I really should do something about finishing them off as well.

I'm pretty pleased with what I've seen of Peter Pig's figures so far. I thought at first they were a bit blobby, but on closer acquaintance I find they have a decent level of detail, they're not too fragile, and they paint up nicely. I wouldn't mind a little bit more variation of pose for troops like these, who spend most of their time in skirmish order, but I can live with it. At least they're not all identical.

These figures aren't actually intended for WW1 gaming; there aren't nearly enough of them for that. They'll be used for skirmish gaming: pre-war colonial fights, maybe a spot of repression in Ireland (in fact they were originally going to be painted as Black & Tans before I decided to keep them a bit more generic), and possibly a bit of inter-war VBCW stuff.

[von Lucky]

I thought these were 25mm for a second ("Wait, Peter Pig do 25mm?!" thought I). Excellent painting!

[Mason]

I thought these were 25mm for a second ("Wait, Peter Pig do 25mm?!" thought I). Excellent painting!

So did I!
Most excellent indeed.
 

[Burnin Coal]

Excellent brushwork makes them into a really impressive body of chaps....look forward to seeing the Germans

[DoctorPete]

Well done!  Not "contemptible" at all!   

[grant]

Terrific work on those!

[Metternich]

Great work for the Great War.  You would think they were 28mm, not 15mm.

[mellis1644]

Impressive stuff 

[redzed]

really nice painting

[Turbo-Ben]

They are great! Do you have more of them on your painting table? I'd love to see some cavalry models painted to that level!

[Fitz]

I've got an 18pdr and crew sitting on my desk that keeps looking reproachfully at me and saying "Come on dude, just get on with it, for crying out loud!" I'd like to do some more (cavalry, as you suggest, as well as some Germans) but there are many other half-finished projects in the way.

[Abwehrschlacht]

Amazing work!

[Firescale Whack]

Great stuff, especially in numbers! Do you find it difficult at all at that scale manoeuvring them around the table?

[Fitz]

Great stuff, especially in numbers! Do you find it difficult at all at that scale manoeuvring them around the table?

No, not really. The 12.5mm washers I use as bases lowers their centre of gravity a bit, as well as providing a snag-free surface, so they're no more trouble to manoeuvre than 20-25mm figures.

[Leapsnbounds]

There's always Africa