And finally… the first of the 5th
Brigade battalions – all of which will be made up of figures from Gripping Beast/Woodbine
Design Company. I like these figures. They lack a respirator case,
but I can probably let that go. The figures are very dynamic and available with 14 different head
options! I ordered a few of the 4-figure packs (Officers, Sergeants, Lewis-gunners, Bombers) with stuff other than the plain
old Brodie helmet - thinking I'd mix and match some of the head options into the battalions. I kind of regret doing so now – as each battalion now has a
dude with a bandaged head and a guy in a gas hood. I wouldn’t have minded the gas
hood so much if they actually had respirator cases and were wearing the helmet
over top – the plain gas hood just sort of sticks out a bit. Ah, well…
The 22nd Battalion,
CEF was largely recruited from French Canadians in Quebec.
(Remember: click on the pictures
for a bigger version):
22e Battalion (Canadien Français)
Detail of the formation patch. The blue patch of the Second Division surmounted by a red circle (red for the middle brigade of the division and the circle for the senior battalion within the brigade).
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Very splendid brushwork on the Canadians. The drab tunic makes the blue shoulder patch pop. Puttees look great too!
ReplyDeleteThe blue patch should be darker, actually. I'd originally painted it darker, but it all just looked so dark - it was indistinguishable from the black, so I used a brighter blue... (to make it stand out a bit more! or "pop", as you say...).
DeleteThe patches would have also been much smaller than I've painted them... but again, I wanted them to stand out enough that hopefully people will be able to tell the units apart.
What a beautiful group! Excellent job with great details!
ReplyDeleteMerci, Phil!
DeleteThey look fantastic - nicely based too! Keep it up Tim!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
DeleteWell, perhaps they can be the first to be removed as casualties! I think it's odd that they'd have then in the gas hoods without helmets... If I were really motivated I could carve half his head off and add a helmet. Or I suppose at some point I could order some extra heads and just replace them... I'm not feeling THAT motivated at the moment, though. Who's going to notice 4 guys in gas hoods when I have over 600 figures on a giant 16' long table!?
ReplyDeleteLovely to see these Vandoos, Tim. I am really enjoying your Great War project.
ReplyDeleteThanks Padre! I'm having fun with it too!
DeleteGreat looking troops, I guess the gas mask chaps stick out a bit but in amongst so many others I'd say it's fine, I think the oversize patches work well in this scale, do them smaller and you'd barely notice them. Nice painting as always.
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain!
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