Jeeps with trailer.

Probably the last painted for this year. Jeeps with trailer.
They are 15mm miniatures and from Forced In Battle. It are nice mini's and easy to paint.
None of the 4 mini's are sculpted the same. Only the drivers and passengers are all looking the same.
These will be a nice addition to my US 101st Airborne Division Battlegroup. Used as a Supply Column.

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My 2011 / 2012 FoW project 6: Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon (Colonial) painted.

First Sorry for the long wait but there is finally an update for this blog. I had some trouble at work that had to be solved first. Next I like to welcome all new followers of this blog.
What we have is a painted Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon (Colonial) for my France Early War Escadron de Reconnaissance army. Just like the Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon this platoon is not from Battlefront but from Forced in Battle.
The colors I used are all Vallejo.
Uniform and great coat: Green Brown (879)
Helmet: Olive Green (888)
Pack: German Camo Orange Ochre (824)
Blanket: Flat Earth (983)
Boots: Chocalate Brown (872)
Webbing, Canteen: German Camo Beige (821)
Gun stocks: Beige Brown (875)
Gun metal and tin-can on back: first German Grey (995) then drybrushed with Gunmetal (863)
When all the basecoats where done they all did get a wash of Game Color smoke with a few drops of the basecoat color added to this wash thinned down with water. After that a little drybrush is done using the basecoat color.
Base: Is painted using US Field Drap (873). Then after this has dried I used a mixture of GaleForce nine Spring Undergrowth (GFS010) + some cheap flock Fibres Medium Green, to flock my base. Also some real small pebbles are added. All this together gave a sort of rough terrain look.
With this platoon painted I now have 2 completed platoons.

Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon front

Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon back

Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon Command team

Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon VB team

Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon Rifle/MG team

Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon Rifle/MG team

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My 2011 / 2012 FoW project 5: Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon painted.

The first full platoon for my Escadron de Reconnaissance is painted. It is the Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon from Forced in Battle. Only thing left to do is to seal it but my spray can of varnish is empty and I want to wait with sealing the platoon until the Infantry platoon is also painted. The platoon normally comes with Laffly S20TL trucks but I will add these later as they aren't available yet.
I must say that I am pretty happy with the end result and the bases although the pictures don't do them any justice.

Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon front

Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon back

Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon commander

Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon HMG teams

Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon HMG teams

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My 2011 / 2012 FoW project 4: List change and Infantry and HMG platoons primed

I have decided to change the look of my Escadron de Reconnaissance Company. I decided to make the change for 2 reasons. I did get an HMG platoon, a platoon that I didn't included in my old list but now that I have one certainly wanted to add it to my list and the other reason is that other players who wanted to make a German panzer list decided not to do so after looking at my old list because it was simple too strong for there list. As I don wanted to have an army only to stand on a shelf eating dust but actually wanted to use I changed the list. For the old list look here.

The new list  now looks like this:

HQ
1 Panhard AMD-35

Combat Platoons
Deep Reconnaissance Platoon 4 Panhard AMD-35
Deep Reconnaissance Platoon 4 Panhard AMD-35
Reconnaissance Platoon 3 Renault AMR-35 (7.5mm MG), 2 Renault AMR-35 (13.2mm MG)

Weapons Platoons
Fusiliers Machine-gun Platoon
Fusiliers Mortar Platoon

Divisional Support Platoons
Medium Combat Platoon 5 Somua S-35
Fusiliers-Voltigeurs Platoon (Colonial)
All-terrain Towed 105mm Artillery Battery

Air Support
Sporadic Fighter Intercept Moraine Saulnier MS.406

The infantry platoon and HMG platoon that were send to me as a gift are now based and primed.

Infantry platoon

HMG platoon

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Found in my mailbox.

Yesterday I found the following items in my mailbox. An early war French Infantry platoon and early war French HMG teams. They are a gift to me. The figures are not from Battlefront, the usual stuff I buy and paint, but are made by Forced in Battle. The figures look great. They have the same size as the BF figures. The figures have hardly any flash and there are no mold-lines to be seen. Maybe if you want to complain then it is about the variety of poses. The HMG teams come without an Command team but because I have some figures left over from the Infantry platoon I can use these as an Command team. Also both platoons come without bases, so I bought a blister with medium bases from BF to use these. Both platoons are a nice add to my France Early War Escadron de Reconnaissance army.

Infantry platoon.

HMG teams.

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