Thursday 31 May 2018

The Few

“Never in the field of wargames blogging, has a post read by so many, owed so much, to so few minutes painting...”



Another of my ‘quick wins’ today, as I strive to clear my painting queue of traffic.

I’m not entirely sure why I hadn’t finished these before as both models needed very little work to complete.



Winston Churchill was a free miniature I got with the Operation Sea Lion campaign book, and there is actually a scenario that features him in there.

Even when games don’t feature ‘Winnie’, he’ll serve well in my VBCW royalists and LDV units in the Sea Lion games. The only issue is that smg’s, like his Thompson, aren’t easy to slip into LDV lists, as they tended to be issued to front line units.



This little contraption is something I threw together for my VBCW force several years back, using two unarmed schoolboys from Woodbine Designs.

The idea is that it’s an improvised mortar using some guttering nailed to a barrel. I probably still need to add the actual projectile, but that’s not a problem big enough to keep it on my table.

In game terms, the closest unit I can find for this is a Spigott Mortar or Blacker Bombard in the Home Guard list from Campaign Sea Lion, although it’s not got the ‘Dangerous’ rule, it is a mortar that is ‘Tricky to Aim’ and has an inexperienced crew, which seems appropriate. It does need a third crewman, but for that I’ll use the teacher model as the Science Master overseeing the boys’ experiment.

15 comments:

  1. Excellent job on them mate. They all look great!

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  2. Paint work is excellent as always, but the mortar is simply inspired! I agree that the Blacker Bombard would be a good fit for this model.

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    1. Thanks. Ideally I’d use the BUF Improvised Mortar, but that means messing with army lists.

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  3. Well they look superb! Great job Sir.

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    1. Thanks. They were quite simple, but I wasn’t going to do anything daft like pinstripes.

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  4. They're look excellent Kieron (or "spiffing old bean" considering the genre) - and I can't wait to see the Science Master crewing that mortar!
    These 'quick wins' are producing some real eye candy, keep 'em coming :-)

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    1. Thanks. I’m not sure how I’d built up so many half done bits, but I’m enjoying clearing the desk a bit.

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  5. Great paint-job on these few, these very few.
    I don't think I'd be volunteering to be anywhere near that 'mortar' though.

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    1. Me neither. That’s why I’d like it to count as dangerous; it seems somewhat appropriate.

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  6. really nice work as always. That bombard/mortar is sweet!

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    1. Thanks. It’s taken years to get round to finishing.

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  7. Nice work on those Kieron. Great stuff. :)

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  8. Great thinking and a project well executed. They look fantastic together.

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