Sunday, 4 January 2015

28mm Wargaming - Starting a Late War British Army

I've decided to get into WW1 28mm gaming recently after picking up a copy of the rulebook Though the Mud and the Blood. I've played other scale WW1 games, but this is the first time that I'll be playing any historical games in 28mm. I do have some experience painting on around this scale though, having collected Warhammer 40k for a number of years. For my starting army I've chosen late war British, I've ordered a Platoon to get me started and they will be representing the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose regimental museum resides in my home town.

So here's what I've got to paint up. 5 packs of Great War Miniatures figures, 2 packs of infantry, 1 officers and NCOs pack and 2 packs of bombers. I'll be building up the platoon on the late 1916 and 1917 guidelines as mentioned in the back of the Through the Mud and the Blood book, so these chaps will be used for the bomber, rifle grenadier, and rifleman sections. With a Lewis Gun pack and another infantry pack and officer and NCO pack, I'll have the correct amount to fill the platoon, as well as having a few officers spare.

And here's a few pics of the bomber section and the platoon Lt. painted up in a section of trench that I've painted.





Once this platoon is done I'll be moving on to some support units, mainly coming from the Machine Gun Corps and the Heavy Branch. Updates and more work in progress pictures to come.

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