Building a BEF Force: Part 1 - The Core
After getting the Warlord Games Dads army set when it first came out a good few years ago, the inspiration of building a 1940 British Army for Bolt Action has been sitting in the back of my mind. Following the release of the two Operation Sea Lion campaign books the idea expanded to being a larger army, a combination of regulars and the various home guard and other options offered in the campaign books. After building up the collection over Christmas and Salute 2018, I finally managed to put paint to figure and finish some units! The aim is to build the army up in a particular way, focusing on the infantry first, then the support weapons and finally the armour. So I present to you the first infantry squad and the command figures. Overall I enjoyed painting these, since they are all metal the definition was much sharper than that of plastics. However the flipside was that they chipped fairly easily, meaning a few repaints were needed along the way; they have since been sprayed wit...