Thursday 20 December 2018

Israeli mechanised infantry c.1973


I realised that having posted a report of the Gnuston Heights game (in  five parts, starting here), I still had some photos of the preparation which hadn't been posted.  My battalion of Israeli Mech Infantry was created with some figures of unknown make.  I'm not even sure what (if anything) they were meant to be but - to my dodgy eyes at least - they painted up looking reasonably like Israelis.
At the time I completed them I was having my drive re-paved so I had access to a pile of builder's sand for the photos.  Well you would, wouldn't you?
 The first company with still-wet varnish.
 The trial platoon in the open air.
Speaking of air....

9 comments:

Duc de Gobin said...

Superb stuff, and the sand looks the part.

'Tell the Project Manager we can't start the job.'
'Why?'
'The customer needs the sands. Apparently there's a war on?'

Tim Gow said...

Duc de Gobin
The truckload of sand offered great photo opportunities. But the new paving is not without gaming possibilities....

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Paving implies hex or square based gaming

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

PS Working out the dimensions of a 1/48 scale Sherman which to a simple mind like mine does not seem too far off 1/56 scale when viewed across a lawn such as Knueston's

Pete. said...

They certainly look the part Tim.

Cheers,

Pete.

Don M said...

I have to say they are pretty good stand ins, and the paving stuff was a lucky bonus lol.

Tim Gow said...

Geordie
Various sized squares and rectangles. It has possibilities!

Tim Gow said...

Pete
Aside from a bit of knife was very much a case of ‘conversion by paint’.

Tim Gow said...

Don M
I originally wondered if the figures represented Japanese troops, so it took ages to teach them Hebrew....