Having dealt with the Republicans we now progress to the forces of law and order. Luckily for me, among the many styles of helmet in Spain, the Spanish Army had adopted a helmet which looked not unlike the German M1916 but with a more domed top. So a natural starting point was the Armies in Plastic 1916 Germans.
Two of these chaps are straight from the AIP set. The officer is actually from the AIP French infantry set with a German head.
Some figures from cheap and moderately nasty Chinese origin WW2 sets picked up in a Belgian supermarket a few years ago. The central pair are US, the others German. Supposedly. I trimmed off some of the more obviously WW2 bits of kit - such as the German gas mark tins. The rest of the conversion was achieved by the magic of dodgy paintwork.
The German officer from the above sets. The multi-tasking bugler/standard bearer is an ACW figure of unknown provenance.
The whole ensemble plotting the downfall of the republic.
11 comments:
Very nice! Can't wait to see them in action.
These look great how about some Carlists next? Those berets would look splendid on the Wargame table.
Alan
I look forward to seeing them in action!
"The rest of the conversion was achieved by the magic of dodgy paintwork." This is by far the means of conversion I am most comfortable doing myself.
Reese Crawford
They’ve already seen action - they appear in several of the photos in this post: https://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/2018/09/news-from-spain-part-2.html
Tradgardmastare
I’m sure I’ll do some Carlists eventually but coming next is the Foreign Legion!
John Y
It’s amazing the difference a new uniform colour can make.
Nationalists, the forces of Law & Order?
That would be the forces of repression until 1975 when the last Fascist Dictator died.
Simon Jones
Best not to take anything on this blog too seriously.
Look forward to seeing these getting a good stuffing (we can but hope!) by the Republicans :)
Red_Cardinal
They held off the reds at the Ebro last year. There’s a rematch planned for July...
I would have thought Bob C would be getting interested here
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