Added a couple of commandos to work with the French resistance, some second hand figures given a paint refresh...
WW2 - Somewhere in France
A simple approach to WWII Wargaming; modelling military, naval, airforce and civilian items.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
French Buildings ....
The 1/72 Valiant and Amourfast buildings finished ....
a row of four 3d printed buildings....
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Some French Buildings (4) .. Shop ..
I used the left over shop front bits from the Valiant 1/72 house and combined them with an ArmourFast 1/72 Farm House to make up a shop...
Friday, March 4, 2022
Some French Buildings (3) .. Church
Had to have a suitable church, rather than faff about and scratch build one to suit I found a nice 3d printed one. I went for the iconic one from St Mere Eglise - printed for 15mm.
Why 15mm ? Any bigger for 1/72 or 28mm and it would dominate the table too much. It is about a foot long and nice inches tall (no bigger in footprint than the church I use for Somewhere in England).
I had to tweak the main door to make it larger, by filling in with cardboard - works ok for 20mm figs - a bit small for 28mm figs, but will work well in game as a backdrop item ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Some French Style buildings (2) ....
This time, a couple of Valiant 1/72 French House/Shop kits, good solid buildings with the option for 'instant ruin' where the top half comes off. For me I wanted them solid so filled in the slight gap between the two halves with some wood filler.
I made up the two - one as a shop and the other as a house.....
they'll get painted up at some stage.Sunday, February 27, 2022
Friday, February 25, 2022
Some French Style buildings ....
Needed to add a bit of French style housing stock, I've had a look at the Amourfast farmhouse
I bought two, easy to assemble (reasonably priced). The plastic is a bit thin, but when built it holds together well - extra internal bracing for robustness could be added, but otherwise fine. They also have possibilities for kit-bashing.Although 1/72, it is a good size and looks OK with a 25/28mm figure; since they be used with 1/72 (20mm) figs as well then they'll do.
I have a couple of Valiant 1/72 houses on order to see how they'll size up. I have been ogling some 3D printed items too.