Tea in the Desert
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April 8, 2019 at 2:24 pm #159585CorsoParticipant
I have always been interested in the North African front of world war 2. Warlord Games’ plastic british and commonwealth kits are good value for money besides being nice miniatures. So I decided to start a small project – a small force for Bolt Action. The game does not require a large number of troops (unlike pike and shotte and Hail Caesar), and have some friends who play the game – one has Germans, one has Italians, and another has Americans. So Brits for me, though I’m still keeping an eye on Warlord’s promise of a release of plastic Italians soon.
I assembled and painted my first squad – Australians. I took extra time for painting them, especially the flesh and basing, which I had to change the colour because I didn’t like the way they were turning up. Veterans would have had darker skin, so the skin is a bit lighter than it should have been. Also, most probably they would have worn helmets in battle, but hats make them more recognisable during a game.
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April 8, 2019 at 5:57 pm #159596Greg SParticipantThey are very nice indeed.
April 8, 2019 at 5:59 pm #159597Dr DaveParticipantLovely Aussies.
April 8, 2019 at 6:13 pm #159598Charge The GunsParticipantSuperb! A very nice paint job indeed. All with the bayonets fixed, so Dr. Dave will be happy 😉
April 8, 2019 at 6:36 pm #159602invisible officerParticipantNice tea drinking guys.
April 8, 2019 at 8:17 pm #159603Marc TitleyParticipantVery nicely done.
April 9, 2019 at 7:51 am #159611Stuart HarrisonParticipantFantastic work – when I get around to my Aussies I hope they’re somewhere near half as good!
One detail you may want to take another look at – the Lee Enfields appear to be painted metal on top, they should have full length wooden hand guards.
April 9, 2019 at 7:49 pm #159675CorsoParticipantThanks for the feedback guys!
Enfield rifles modified accordingly – thanks Stuart 😉
Lieutenant next in line……
April 15, 2019 at 3:00 pm #160005CorsoParticipantLieutenant and attendant done. Used the commonwealth box for both of them.
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April 20, 2019 at 12:20 am #160237Joakim NybergParticipantLooks nice buddy 😀 Keep em coming
April 21, 2019 at 7:32 am #160250CorsoParticipantThanks Joakim!
Light mortar team added, this time Indians.
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