Military Miniatures

The Bren Gun Carrier Crew have been painted and fitted into the vehicle. The driver (seated figure) was difficult to fit into position. In the end I took out the steering wheel, glued the figure onto the seat, but without his arms. After refitting the steering wheel the driver’s arms were glued into place. No such problem with the officer standing up and leaning on the Bren gun carrier’s front. After moving the Bren gun to the left, the figure was easily glued into place.

The completed bren gun carrier crew in place

You can’t see in these photos, but the driver has tatoos on his arms!

The French Lancer has also been based. I decided to place the bucket directly onto the polished wooden base instead of on the model’s base.  It gives this model of the French Lancer a bit of individuality.

French Lancer Based

I have a number of projects on the go all at the same time. So, instead of launching off into yet another diorama, I have decided to sort out all the ‘little jobs’ that need to be completed before going further.

The French Lancer  was missing a bucket. That has now been painted with thin washes of various shades of brown for the wooden staves, silver with a number of reddish brown washes over the top for the two iron hoops and yellow/green/brown for the bucket rim.

The wooden bucket

And now complete with artificial water.

A bucket of water

I have used an oblong wooden base from Andrea which I have now stained with wood dye and am in the process of varnishing with a dark, gloss coating. This base is a bit larger larger than the figure’s own base so I am thinking about putting some extra plaster/scenery around the figure to use up the area.

The Infantry Square now has a hand made “L” shaped wooden base of darkly stained and polished wood. This is now ready for the individual fitting of the 40 odd infantry figures, followed by the ground or grass on which they will be standing.  I decided not to add the charging French Dragoon figures. Instead these 4 mounted figures will be put on their own round base with appropriate coloured and churned up ground. That base has now also been stained and varnished. Looking at the picture below, I have just realised that the two separate bases make quite a powerful diorama!

The L base for the infantry square and round base for the mounted dragoons

And I have built and undercoated two 1/32 scale British Bren Gun Carrier crew that I promised to do for someone.

Bren Gun Carrier Crew

A busy few days and almost ready for the next diorama.