I managed to finish off the Bren Team for the 1st Squad of my BEF force. This consists of a 3 man team.
And here are the happy lads all together.
I also recieved the first of my reinforcements from a couple orders I did with Warlord Games. I did this first order consisting of 4 rifle squads
A command Blister & BEF AT Rifle, 2" Mortar Team
A Vickers MMG, & 3x 2lb AT Guns.
As I was about to check out, they had a note about adding items to cover additional shipping costs....sure enough The Matilda II was one of the options!
So the next day of course they posted they were having a sprue sale...so I added some more stuff for the BEF force as well as a couple sprues of weapons etc. And just as before, there will be a 2nd Matilda II free to cover the shipping pains.
Now with all this done, I went through a bunch of my boxes of WW2 stuff to see what else I had.
2 Morris Armoured Cars likely bought from Ian Crouch
A 2nd Matilda I, (I ordered a 3rd one from Warlord Games to complete my troop)
3x Scout Carriers from Army Group North Miniatures
5x Mark VI B's, again from Army Group North. I will need 4, but I am hoping I can swap the weapons on the 5th one for one of the variants.
An A-9 Tank purchased from Ian Crouch
And lastly my remaining Matilda II from Army Group North.
So at some point I will need an additional 2 A-9's & a Troop of 3 A-13's & that should deal with all the armoured forces I need.
So I guess you can see what my future paint sessions will be all about, so stay tuned!
Things are escalating! Look forward to seeing the force take shape!
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon, I have a couple squads of highlanders somewhere too, which seem to be camoflaged atm.
DeleteLooks like fun, Terry!
ReplyDeleteThat will just complete the first force....still have the French, Germans, Russians & even a couple boxes of Polish squads. This wasn't a can of worms, more like an industrial dumpster!
DeleteThe painted squad looks excellent Terry. An army of these blokes will be a fine sight on the table and it looks like you really have your work cut out for you with all the new stuff lined up!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dai! So I guess its a bit of a competition now to see whether I get this finished before the pandemic is resolved to where we can meet at the club again or not. Vaccine supply is still quite a challenge here in Canada, so its a typical hurry up & wait scenario.
DeleteThe bren team are a 'must have' addition to any British force and with all the armoured suppot coming with addtional reifle sections this is going to be a superb collection !
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe! Speaking with my gaming chums, they said I went a little over the top....but then isn't that what the Tommy's do? Go over the top that is!
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