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Friday, March 18, 2016

Warlord British Paratroopers-Test Figures

One might expect that my continued interest in painting figures for Operation Market Garden is due to the work of Cornelius Ryan in A Bridge Too Far.  Admittedly, it is his work that introduced me to the historical events that took place in an operation that cost so many lives.  However, it is the work of Geoffrey Powell in his book Men At Arnhem, that has moved me the most and has convinced me that I must see this project through.

Because I have no experience in painting cammo, I chose to first complete three test figures  Although I am not entirely pleased with the results, it is a start and I know I can improve with practice.

Figures are 28mm and are from Warlord Games.



I shall paint a few more advancing figures to work out the bugs in my technique before tackling my PIAT and light mortar teams, the only defense these troops had against the might of German tanks.  

Just prior to the onset of the Analogue Winter Painting Challenge, I purchased It Never Snows In September by Robert J. Kershaw.   Please feel free to recommend any books that you feel might be of help to me.





12 comments:

  1. they look ever so small! Love how you did their rucksacks and the base too, dear!

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    1. They is tiny little soldiers and painting them hurts my poor eyes :0)

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    2. why do they make them so small?

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    3. They are so small because they are used in tabletop games. In historical games there can be hundreds of these little buggers on the table at the same time. There are also terrain pieces to go with them. Houses built to scale, trees, battlefields. It's really rather extensive.

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    4. I know, I've seen all those countless times around blogger, I especially like Phil's settings :), but I thought they could be at least five centimetres tall not so small?

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  2. Real beauties, love the sniper and there's no bugs!

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    1. Thank you Francis, but that beret is too red!

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  3. The beret may be to red (I always make the same mistake! :-D)but the cammo is right on! Really like these figures!

    Greetings
    Peter

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