Now that the main tank force is out of the way, it is time to add the supporting elements for the company. I started with a platoon of halftracks to add a…
Tag: French
BBB – Battle of Mars-la-Tour, August 1870.
Background This battle, one of the most sanguinary of all those that were fought during the Franco-Prussian war, took place on August 16th, 1870. The French, defeated all along the line, had…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Shermans
With the mid war equipment out of the way, it was time to move to late war. Unfortunately, the 1st FFI was rechristened as a mech division for the invasion of France….
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French T30s.
With the APCs out of the way, the next thing I needed was some artillery support for the French. So, I pulled out the T-30s and a couple of jeeps. I believe…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French M3 Scout Cars.
With my new decals at hand, I am now working through my backlog of French late war armor. It is funny, this was the force I meant to start with. However, my…
Lend Lease Armor Project – French M3a3s
Last year I started my big push to paint up my metric ton of unpainted Flames of War allied vehicles. The plan was to do them in mass, using the same colors…
Rebels & Patriots – Recruit the Huguenots!
Horse and Musket Tuesday time had come and I am back from my various traveling. Now that my basement repairs a finally done, I can finally get back to my collection and…
Gajo Napoleonic Cavalry.
I was cruising the Gajo painted mini website to pick up a few Italians to fill out one of my FoW companies. While doing that, I saw they have restocked their Napoleonic…
FoW – Battlefront French R-35 Tanks
While walking around Historicon, I came across a unit of seven Battlefront R-35 tanks that were based painted. They were only six dollars each, so I figured I would pick them up…
BBB – The Battle of Castiglione, August 1796.
For our Napoleonic game, we decided to play the Battle of Castiglione (1796), using Bloody Big Battles (BBB) as the rules. The battle in 1796 was one of several battles that were fought at…