Great War British Officers and Staff

Not French. I’ll get to more of those shortly – these have been haunting the workbench for some time and I finally finished them up last night! Huzzah!

These figures are from the “British Captains, Generals and Characters” pack from Scarab Miniatures (which I picked up from North Star Figures). They just happen to be very good stand-ins for characters from a certain British comedy TV show set in the Great War… I’m sure it’s just coincidence…

 They also have Red Baron and Rommel and Staff  packs I’d be keen to pick up at some point… and are one of a very few companies that make Great War Italians!? (I think Old Glory also makes a few Italians).

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From left to right we have; Pte. S. Baldric, Capt. E. Blackadder, and Lt. G. Colthurst St. Barleigh.

From left to right we have; Capt. K. Darling, Gen. Melchectt, and Driver “Bob” Parkhurst.

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More of the French? 

Great War 1914 French Infantry (Part One)

The first of three French Infantry units I have to paint….

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These are from Great War Miniatures. I really like the poses and detail that go into these.

Usually I call these units “battalions” I have three such units making a regiment. It might be nice to some day get another three to fill out a brigade… of course, if you have a brigade you might as well do another and be able to field a whole damned division…

There is no end.

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Production has slowed somewhat this week and will continue to be slow over the next week. Now that I’ve got these done, it’d be nice to finish up the other two, but I don’t know if my attention span can last that long at the moment. 

Great War French St. Étienne Machine-Gun Teams

I have been working on some British officers… and still am… but I kind of got distracted by these… and finished them up while watching the last two episodes of Game of Thrones season two last night.

With this lot I have officially painted 100 more 28mm foot than I have acquired so far this year! Huzzah!  (though I still need to catch up on vehicles and mounted troops…)! No more painting deficits and it’s time to bring down that painting debt! I should really do a big stock taking like the one I did a few years back - just to see where things are at… It will, however, probably prove… embarrassing!

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Two Great War French St. Étienne machine-gun teams from Great War Miniatures.



Really quite a nice little kit.

I also have three French 1914 infantry units from GWM and a unit of Dragoons to fix up and paint.

Oh and I have that unit of Chasseurs à Cheval that I painted up last summer.

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Those British Officers… or maybe a unit of 1914 French… or Martians… or… something else completely different. 

MORE World War Two USMC Medics and Casualties

I’m not sure what possessed me to paint these either. Likely because the were acquired recently (as in this year) and have been floating around the painting areas getting prepped and based and primed and gooped… and  looked simple enough and… well… just got painted… Unfortunately, other than the four medics and four casualties I now have, I only have a single squad of leathernecks painted… a Regular rifle squad, and two more squads of Marine Corps raiders.

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These jarheads are from The Assault Group. Some of the assault group stuff leaves something to be desired, but their WW2 marines are first class!



The Casualties.

The Medics.

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Um… Some Great War British Officers…? 

1st battalion, 4th Martian Infantry Regiment

Some Space:1889 Martian colonial forces…. I’m not sure, really, what inspired me to pull these out and put some paint on them?! These things make sense way too late at night when I've mostly been working on them...

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The British officer is from Black Tree Design and the Martian infantry are from RAFM.

I picked up enough martian colonial infantry for four such units. One I’ve already painted as the 2nd Battalion Queen’s Own Martian Rifles (the Parhoon Rifles). Originally I thought I’d do two in Khaki (as this one above) that would ostensibly be British, but could be passed off as Martians in the service of just about any colonial power. The fourth I’ve been planning to do in light blue tops and dark blue bottoms to pass as Belgian Martian troops. Rather than doing a second unit in Khaki, however, I’ve decided to do a unit in dark blue tops and red bottoms and call them “Tirailleurs Martien” in French service.

I also have some High Martians - at least one sizable unit painted and another to be painted. I figured I could use them as per light cavalry that can pass through (over) any other troops… I also have some Colonial Martian Artillery and native Martian Artillery for support.

What I really need to get doing is Martian native troops - Oenotirians and such - as an opposing force. Though I suppose I could pit any European colonial force against any other… with some Maritan colonial infantry fighting along side.

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Um… There are some WW2 US Marines just needing some finishing touches on bases and some Great War British officers under way… not sure about after that… perhaps the “Tirailleurs Martien”, just to get them finished… 

Great War German Jägers

I may have mentioned I’ve been watching the second season of Game of Thrones this week. All the intrigue and politics and back-stabbing really reminds me of the various Hordes of the Things campaigns I’ve run, and that’s got me thinking… Maybe more on that later…

And what is with all the Great War Fantasy figures all of a sudden!? Hasslefree Miniatures is making English Halflings and Tsarist Dwarves and Black Hat Miniatures is making German Goblins and FRENCH Halflings!? Did I miss the memo stating that this is now “a thing”? Is there a specific set of Weird War One rules out there that people are using them for? Are there MORE of them out there!? This is one of those things that I just can’t decide if it’s awesome or just daft. It’s a fine line.

In the meantime I’ve finished up a few more Great War Germans…

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Great War German Jägers from Wargames Foundry. Most plates seem to show them in more of a green coloured uniform. Some look just a greener grey-green feldgrau, others I’ve seen look almost dark green or rifle green!? I went with the greener grey-green feldgrau – which happens to be the feldgrau I use for mid-late WW2 Germans…

A casualty from the same line.

This finishes up the early war Germans that I have. At some point I’d like to add some 1914 regular German infantry, but that will probably have to wait until the new year (conveniently, Renegade Miniatures usually has their 5-for-4 sale around that time…)

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There are a number of odd and sundry things polluting the temporary workbench… Martian colonial troops… zombies… Great War French…. Masai warriors… Elves… Whatever shall I do next!?  

Charles de Gaulle and British Great War Casualties

Just a couple odd items that don’t really fit with the bigger post I’ve got for you today…

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Charles de Gaulle from Black Tree Design. I have no idea…. When am I ever going to use a Charles de Gaulle figure!? I guess I do have some WW2 French… both Early war continental and Legionnaires for North Africa… I suppose he could wander onto the table to boost morale of the troops. Or be a target of assassination by some crack SS Kommandos in a pulpy WW2 game…?

Two British (or Canadian) Great War casualties from Old Glory.

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I have some Great War German Jägers coming up in a separate post right after this….