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I converted a Regiment Games Naval Party figure from a Bren gunner to a Boys anti tank rifleman -the gun came from the Bolt Action British desert sprue.
The pictures show him as converted and then painted, the latter has an officer and the sniper as well.
Simon.
I have had a look at the Easy Army website for a Naval Landing Party army list, and I don’t agree with his version. I have written oneat https://littlewars.org.uk/wargames/NavalList.html here, and welcome comments.
Having said this I do find the Easy Army setup good, and reasonably easy to use.
“The Navy’s here!”
My naval landing party comprising two full sections, an anti-tank rifle team, a sniper and his number two, and a Lieutenant to lead them.
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I wrote a reasonable review for the Naval Section figures but Warlord Games haven’t uploaded it to the website. They’re not alone with this as other manufacturers haven’t either; in fact are there any reviews on Warlord Games’ website?
Anyway, here is my review of the Naval Section:
This is a set of ten metal 28mm (1/56<sup>th</sup>) scale figures made for the ‘Bolt Action’ rules.
<It consists of a Chief Petty officer armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun; a Lewis gunner with his number two; and seven riflemen (armed with the ubiquitous Lee Enfield), three of whom also have ‘Molotov Cocktails’ -more of which later.
The figures are well moulded but had numerous vent trails but only required a little tidying. They all have the tall gaiters normally worn by boarding and landing parties, and the ratings have the 1908 pattern webbing with rifle ammunition pouches, except for the Lewis team, who have four Lewis magazine pouches each.
The ‘Molotov Cocktails’, however, as moulded are a let-down; they are the shape of a milk bottle and have large wicks -in other words they are petrol bombs! I cut off the wicks and painted the bottles dark brown (to make them look more like beer bottles) with a red crown cap. In order to reinforce the point I managed to add a small white square with the number ’76’ in black, as the official designation was the Number 76 Grenade.
The pack describes the set as suitable for Early, Middle and Late war periods; I would disagree with this. They are perfect for 1939 to early 1941, but in the first few months of 1941 Lanchester sub-machine guns were issued for boarding parties. Landing parties would probably have half their number armed with Lanchesters and the rest with Lee Enfield rifles. Those armed with the Lanchester would have a pair of the distinctive three-magazine pouches on their 1908 webbing. By 1944 the Lanchesters were being replaced by Sten guns and the ratings would be wearing Navy Blue battledress with the 1937 webbing. Despite my reservations I like the figures with their blue uniforms -I ended up painting them in Humbrol Oxford Blue (104) as it looked better- as it makes a change from the normal khaki of the British infantry, and my fellow club members agree. And yes, I’ve ordered another pack.
I think these figures would benefit being moulded in plastic as multi-pose figures, with a choice of weapons and pouches. An officer figure would also be welcome -the only good figures I’ve found so far are the Regiment Games range by Badger Games of Milwaukee WI. They are only $9 for a set of four…plus $20 postage back to the UK!In fact I did buy a second pack; photo to follow.
I am an old-school wargamer, having started back in the 1970s -my school had a wargames club. I’ve recently retired and have moved to Scotland; initially I wasn’t going to try Bolt Action as my current club only use the 28mm figures and my pension won’t quite support the cost, but I let myself be persuaded. I now have a section of British infantry and two Naval sections…and am planning to get some commandos.
Simon.
