28mm Warlord WWII Late War British

[bigjackmac]

All,

First, an admin note.  I've completed all my painting, the daughter is about set to head off to college, and the little league baseball season has ended, so I'm all set to start playing games again.  But then I noticed that I still have a whole bunch of 28mm forces to post, so stand by to be spammed, I'm about to kick it into overdrive so that I can get all these posts caught up. 

Greetings, glad you're here!  You've seen my British 8th Army and my Brits for Sicily and Italy, so come on in and take a look at my British infantry for late war, Northwest Europe.  I say British, but you'd better believe I'll happily pretend they're Canadians as well; you have no idea how much I want to get into the battles around Caen!  And there's a few more models in here, just in case, will explain later.  In any case, I bought one of Warlord's Army boxes and got enough troops for a rifle platoon plus a 6-pdr Anti-Tank Gun, a Vickers MG team, and a 3" mortar team.  I also have an engineer team, and they're from Warlord, but I think I had to buy them separately.


The Platoon Sergeant (left, with Sten slung, reading the map for the platoon leader), and the Leftenant, practicing his jazz hands while wielding his Webley.


A lovely shot of the 2" mortar team; love the pose.  It's probably more realistic to have the gunner in the prone, but I like the kneeling position much better.


The PIAT team hustling forward.  I like the pose, but would still have preferred a firing option, but not possible in this set.


The Corporal section leaders, looking good with Stens at the ready.


And the vaunted Bren.  Again, I like the pose, but prone firing is the classic standard that I'm missing.

To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
https://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2025/06/28mm-warlord-wwii-late-war-british.html

So there you go, enough guys to allow me to do a British rifle platoon from the beginning of the war to the end (or at least Market Garden).  More to follow!

V/R,
Jack

[Steve J]

Those look great, but the running with the PIAT seems wrong to me, as they were pretty heavy I believe. As you say, a firing pose would have been much nicer.

[Raider4]

The Corporal section leaders, looking good with Stens at the ready.

Lovely painting as always, but that pose . . . You're not supposed to hold the Sten by the magazine, it'll cause feed problems.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Stonking work old chap. Really evocative.
The horseshoe bag on the flame thrower pack was black rubber if my memory serves.

[fred.]

Good stuff again Jack. The contrast paints are working well on these historical figures. 

I do agree with the dark grey / black for the weapons rather than the more silver on some of the others. 

Raider4 there are some other figures holding the stens under the barrel - so perhaps more of a what arms are provided / sculpting issue.

[bigjackmac]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it!

Steve - Yeah, prone firing would have been preferable, maybe even kneeling and loading.

Raider - Certainly, but nothing I can do, the arms and weapons are molded together.

Lemmey - Yeah, I probably should have looked that up before I painted it, but I'm moving too fast, been using Creed Camo for all sorts of British gear.

Fred - I do worry that I've gone a bit overboard with the silver on the weapons, was supposed to be a dry brush but became way too prevalent in my haste.

V/R,
Jack

[fred.]

Fred - I do worry that I've gone a bit overboard with the silver on the weapons, was supposed to be a dry brush but became way too prevalent in my haste.

Fairly easy to tone down with a black or blue wash. And as it is on weapons very accessible even when the figures are finished. 

[bigjackmac]

Hmmm, good point.

Jack