Tea in the Desert
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I have always been interested in the North African front of world war 2. Warlord Games’ plastic british and commonwealth kits are good value for money besides being nice miniatures. So I decided to start a small project – a small force for Bolt Action. The game does not require a large number of troops (unlike pike and shotte and Hail Caesar), and have some friends who play the game – one has Germans, one has Italians, and another has Americans. So Brits for me, though I’m still keeping an eye on Warlord’s promise of a release of plastic Italians soon.
I assembled and painted my first squad – Australians. I took extra time for painting them, especially the flesh and basing, which I had to change the colour because I didn’t like the way they were turning up. Veterans would have had darker skin, so the skin is a bit lighter than it should have been. Also, most probably they would have worn helmets in battle, but hats make them more recognisable during a game.
Fantastic work – when I get around to my Aussies I hope they’re somewhere near half as good!
One detail you may want to take another look at – the Lee Enfields appear to be painted metal on top, they should have full length wooden hand guards.
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