More stunning greyscale paintwork of our figures

At least I have found the time to post a new entry on more talented painting of our figures by Martin Niklaus. A new way to look at 28mm figures and a very impressive one !

More pictures on his great Blog  here and here

Thanks Nick !

Some stunning greyscale paintwork of our figures

Thanks to the talented Martin Niklaus we can now discover our figures from a new angle... Stunning!

More pictures on his great Blog

Thanks Nick !

Some armor reinforcement for the French - part 5

And finally the pictures of the LVT from Warlord. I hope that you like them as much as I do ;-)

Some armor reinforcement for the French -Part 4

Finally some pictures of the finished M-24 Chaffee from Warlord

The LVT pictures will follow very soon.

Some armor reinforcement for the French - Part 1

Thanks to the fantastic wargaming resin kits from Warlord Games, we have easy access to some of the vehicles used by the French during this war. With a little detailing work and some nice painting they can bring variations to your French Indochina War games...

So I have started working on a M24 Chaffee light tank  and a LVT4 amphibious tracked vehicle.

The versatile M24 was used in many situation in Indochina in support of infantry action.

Most notably, 10 of them were dismantled and transported to Dien Bien Phu were they were reassembled by a special team from the Legion. They were then used intensively by the « Escadron de Marche du 1er Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval » in counter-attack to recover lost ground or opening road between fortified positions until the end of this epic struggle, firing some 15.000 rounds.

Each of the 10 vehicles bear the name of a famous French battle or French officer :

Conti from Captain Hervouet (Commanding officer)

1er Peloton
Mulhouse, Bazeilles, Douaumont

2e Peloton
Smolensk, Posen, Ettlingen

3e Peloton
Ratisbonne, Neumach, Auerstadt

Some of this tanks can still be seen at Dien Bien Phu today, sad relics of forgotten times

Some photos of our game at Salute (2)

Meanwhile the French column advance along a jungle track, perhaps a little bit overconfident, under the supervision of a MS500 observation airplane...

French command sitrep

I like it also in black and white ;-)

Some Vietminh painted by Andy