Whitstable Wargamer

Again apologies for the long break - doesn't seem like I'm getting the hang of blogging regularly! Despite that I have made more progress on the BEF, finishing both the 2 Pounder Gun and the Vickers Machine Gun Team, hopefully giving the army a bit more of a punch - at Early War Standards at least. As you can see I managed to fit both of them on a 60mm round base, I aim to minimise the base sizes so they aren't as clumsy during a game. Luckily with the exception of a possible 25 pounder all my gun teams will be able to fit on 60mm bases. I've found that one of the few annoying things of building a 28mm all metal army is how much of a pain building the artillery guns can be. Slight bends and miscastings means that the fit will never be as flush as they are on plastic kits, and using super glue can be a double edged sword. Despite this the gun went together relatively well, I left the gunner of the gun until both were painted to make it easier. I based the other...

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...