West German Panzer Grenadiers

Following on from several earlier posts*, I have now completed my West German PzG Battalion.  Here are photos of some of it, with a repainted Leopard from the Panzer Btl sneaking in to some of the shots.  All of the figures are Airfix, while the MILAN AT missiles are scratchbuilt.

*Links to earlier posts:
Big Germans
Making a MILAN
Murderous Marder musings

Les Matelots

My star purchase at the recent Birmingham Toy Soldier Show was this batch of Starlux French sailors.  You might remember I picked up a quartet of similar figures last year so I was delighted to find these.

As well as the more usual musicians there are officers,  deck guards, signallers and this chap carrying a large shell.

The several musicians have considerable panache!

Sambre 57BC - part 1

This was another game played on Hexon terrain tiles with 25mm toys from my collection.  The original scenario notes can be found here.

Here are some of the Romans (X Legion and chums) with their part-built camp.

Many of the Romans came from a recent purchase.  I did my usual repair work and rebasing before applying a coat of Ronseal.

They don't look bad.

The chaps waggling their pila (or pilums?) are old Garrison figures I've had for some time.. I used them to represent the veteran legions.

And here come the hairy types!

The first lot of Belgians crosses the river and beats up some Roman light troops

Others followed and soon the Roman left was very messy...

...but X Legion saw off all who tried.

The Romans strengthen the line during a brief lull in the proceedings.

More on this soon.

Big Guards

Following on from my 1/32 scale Guards are these 1/1 scale versions I spotted during a recent visit to Windsor.  I wish I could paint 'em this well!







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