British 4.5" howitzers part 2

Continuing the 4.5" gun theme. On the right is the next pair painted up for Northern European use. The crews are as provided.

To the left are a couple of Emhar British 13pdrs that now have some much more suitable crews.

British 4.5" howitzers part 1

The latest set of guns from Hat are in hard plastic and fit together far easier than the rubberery material they were using. Here's the first of them completed, a pair of British WW1 4.5" howitzers. They are combined with the crew figures from their separate British crew pack, who have had their heads swapped with the extra sun-helmeted heads provided with the set.

The result a nice pair of guns to support operations in warmer climes from 1910 through to 1930 and beyond if you ignore the spoked wheels that were replaced with a rubber tired version.

Only downside, I finished the bases and then remembered I'd forgotten to add the extra boxes and shells that were provided!

Egyptian Artillery

These sneaked onto the painting table will I wasn't concentrating. They are the latest Strelets set for the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 but the uniforms were so generic I had to get a set to add to my Askaris.

There were enough figures for three gun crews (only 2 guns) so two crews were given white uniforms.

The other in Khaki with a rather fine looking officer

Does this mean I'm start the Sudan? - No decision yet, but my resistance is weakening

Dio et San Marco

The special part of my Italian forces for the Big Game, the Italian Marines. Very much a paint conversion in line with the illustration in the Osprey book. These were based in Tobruk North Africa, but I'm using them to represent the Naval Infantry that fought on Leros.

The figures are mostly from the Waterloo 1815 Italian Support Group plus their Folgore MMG with head swaps.

Italians for Leros

Part of my commitment to this years big game is a company of Italian infantry, so I took the opportunity to add more heavy weapons to my Italian forces and also rebase quite a few figures to give a more consistent feel to the force and also provide a better match to the terrain they will be fighting over.

Heavy weapons are from the Waterloo 1815 Italian Support Group set, which had everything I needed except 81mm mortars. The reworked infantry behind are Esci/Italeri Alpini.

SYW Hanoverian Artillery - update

Having acquired some additional artillery pieces I've now painted them red and added them to the figures painted earlier.

The pair of light guns are from Revell's SYW Austrian Artillery and the heavier ones from Esci/Italeri's French Napoleonic Guard Artillery. However as I didn't want howitzers I replaced the barrels with some spare ones from the Zvezda Napoleonic French Artillery.

More US Paras

The 2nd battalion joins the first.