New AWI French Infantry

The three replacement infantry regiments are now complete having just missed the month end. There is Saintonge (front left), Soissonais (front right) and combined Grenadiers (rear) with a flag for Agenois. All the figures are Revell SYW Austrians.

All the units were involved at Yorktown in 1781 and replace the same regiments originally converted from Airfix AWI British Grenadiers, which have seen heavy service over the years.

Off to Crisis

In a few minutes I will be off to Antwerp to attend the Crisis show on Saturday. I'll be with the Gentlemen Pensioners/Lance & Longbow Society as we join with the Alde Garde for the Battle of Arcen 1511. This is a what-if encounter from the Guelders Wars. If you get chance pop by and say hello.

On the workbench - November 2018

Made good progress last month but still some bits to do as annotated below

• First to Fight WW2 British desert 37mm mounted in portees (sorted out the portees and underway here's a WIP picture)
  
• Start on rebasing my SYW/AWI French army, this will also involve replacing 3 regiments (a third of infantry are rebased and the replacement regiments are nearly finished)
• so loads more SYW/AWI French cavalry, artillery and commanders
• four regiments of Napoleonic Polish Infantry, plus some gunners
• Napoleonic Russian Guard Artillery
• WW2 French 75mm guns and crews
• plus a batch of palm trees for the club

But most importantly off to Crisis in Antwerp

AWI French rebasing - infantry

Just manged to finish a batch before the month end. These are the more colourful units. From front to back, L to R Chasseurs Voluntaires de Sainte Domingue, Lauzun's Legion Infantry, Deux Ponts Infantry Regiment, Dillon Infantry Regiment
Grenadiers de France (or possibly Bombardiers de la Marine for the AWI)


Most are composed of Revell SYW Prussian Infantry, excet the Grenadier which are from the Austrian set.

Early WW2 - German vehicles

A nice collection of vehicles from First to Fight to add to my Early War Germans. At the rear variants on the sdkfz 251 Ausf A L to R 251/6; 251/4; 251/1 Front row a pair of kfz70 Krupp Boxer trucks then an sdkfz 247, sdkfz 221 and sdkfz 223.


Generally nice kits, but the assembly instructions are not clear and it is worth checking with pictures of the vehicles to make sure where all the pieces fit.

just need to add some crewmen/passengers

WW1 Tropical Infantry - back to East Africa

Although these Hat British Infantry could be used in the Middle East, my main intention was to use them in East Africa.

The machine guns come from the Strelets dismounted camel corps with head swaps

WW1 Dismounted camel corps

I decided to only paint the same number of dismounted figures as I already had mounted. This should provide me with enough dismounted figures for when I get around to adding some horse mounted troops to the force. To the right are the Australians and the left the British.

In the middle is the machine gun from the Australian set along with an odd pack camel I acquired from the Early War Miniatures rummage box.