Gallery: Davenport, Jon

In 15mm, mostly PSC with some Zvezda and Old Glory:  5 tanks, 2 half tracks and an armoured car.

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I'm preparing a 15mm British army for the Peninsula in anticipation of Dave Brown's Napoleonic follow up to Pickett's Charge. Truth be told many of the figures have languished half painted for many years but I am now motivated to do what is intended to be the entire British army in in the Peninsula in 1813. They are only on the old-fashioned twelve figure battalion standard because I have so many other Napoleonics - French, Russian, Austrian and various others - already done that way but I think theylook nice. I replaced all the pewter flag poles with florists’ wire in order to fit the new GMB colours which are now easily ¾”. 

15 generals, 168 infantry, 102 cavalry, 15 guns

Two 20-figure Hessian grenadier battalions for my AWI collection using Foundry Prussians

Ten more AB 18mm British battalions – 138 foot, 1 mounted

Fifteen 15mm Spanish buildings – old Drum castings

A few Soviet vehicles in 15mm.  A group of five Flames of War T-72s – the second batch I’ve done – in plastic; very nice kits. 

A group of Soviet recce vehicles – T-72s, BMP-1s, BTR60s and BRDM2s – all Old Glory/Skytrex; not as nice as the plastic T-72s but nice at the price.

The Peninsular Project continues with eight more British battalions - mostly the 5th Division with a couple of other battalions I was missing colours for. 118 x 18mm figures; all AB with GMB colours.

The British infantry of the 6th Division 1813.

112 AB figures, with GMB colours, including both the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) and the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders). 

Mercifully, the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot were “de-kilted” early in the nineteenth century so the 42d and 79th were all the tartan I had to paint.

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Over the long Easter weekend, I did an Army Painter exercise on some 28mm Old Glory Beja, with a few Perry command. Not great but adequate for They Don’t Like It Up ‘Em.  Four rubs of 39 figures each – 156 figures – flags by the Flag Dude.

 twenty PSC 15mm T34/85s for IABSM

Empress 28mm modern British infantry – a full platoon (28 figures)

Empress 28mm modern British infantry – a full platoon (28 figures) plus a couple of sniper teams; the Company Sergeant Major; a couple of chaps with combat shotguns and three chaps with the venerable GPMG to add extra firepower to the sections if, as is likely, I field them as Royal Marines (10 figures).

Some early war German vehicles.  Twenty three altogether including Panzer IIIs, halftracks and 38(T)s (all PSC) and a few bits and pieces from Zvezda (there are more than 23 vehicles in the picture which includes a few from an earlier batch).

BEF armoured vehicles.  Cruisers are PSC (10), Vickers are Peter Pig (6) and the scout cars are Old Glory/Skytrex (2).