Finished: 15mm SP Bofors

Hi folks,

Yet another allied anti-aircraft unit for my collection. This time some 40mm self-propelled Bofors guns. 

These rapid-firing AA guns were mounted on a Morris C9/B truck and used for mobile air protection of armoured divisions. I had previously painted four of these, but this left me short of the full unit strength of six so I've added the missing two. Decals have been applied for the AA regiment of the 1st Polish Armoured Division. 

These are both older 15mm resin and metal Battlefront kits. 

I chose a more subdued highlighting colour for these, to match them into the older models. 

I'm quite happy that this pair match in well enough to not immediately stand out as having been painted years later. 

I've still allied AA units in the painting pile, so expect more of the same shortly. And another 6 of these in the painting pile for the Canadians...

Finished: 15mm Battlefront command teams (with piper)

Hi folks,

Just a small post for my own documentation really. While my son J was visiting, I gave him some painting lessons and he worked on a couple of figures to add to a command team I'd planned. Specifically another piper for my Scottish infantry battalion. Ideally, I'd like one of these per company, not sure if this is my 3rd or 4th. 

J did most of the base colours on the two other models, while I did the highlighting. Excuse the poor quality of the image. We used a lot of Vallejo Xpress paints on these, specifically the new British Uniform and Khaki colours. 

The other team was a random character set I'd had in my spares pile - something from the old Italian Infantry Aces pack, I think.

Finished: 15mm Polish Crusader AA

Hi folks,

Trying to keep up my momentum with blog posts and painted units. 

This week, I finished a pair of 15mm Battlefront resin and metal Crusader AA tanks. These were intended for my Polish Cromwell force (10 Pulk Strzelcow Konnych). Equipped with two 20mm autocannon, they were supposed to provide local air defence to tank units.

I've two more pairs of these tanks in the painting queue (both for Canadian units). Honestly, I've more of these vehicles than I would ever need if I ignored tactical markings, but when I drew up my painting plans I included a pair with each Squadron for my various forces. Each regiment would have had 11 or so of these, and I've probably got a regiment worth...

I've also never used an allied AA unit on the table, yet seem to have loads of them. Up next - more allied AA!