All,
Well what do we have here, it's another force I bought off Ebay from King's Colours, of course! I must admit, whilst I enjoy painting, it's pretty damn cool to get a box in the mail, open it up, and pull out a force that you're immediately able to jump into a game with. Now I just gotta get jumping into games with them!
This was definitely an impulse buy; I'm not really that crazy about Fall of France, can't see myself really playing it out, over and over. As a matter of fact, when I decided to do it with my Kampfgruppe Klink it was the first time I'd ever considered playing Fall of France, and when KG Klink was done with it, I figured I was too. But I saw these guys on Ebay for what seemed a reasonable price, and I'd been collecting early war Germans, and it seemed like you could pit these guys against some early war Germans for some pretty balanced games, and I immediately began picturing my boys going at each other in some Fall of France games, with me umpiring, so I couldn't help but pull the trigger. Then, to top it all off, another gentleman on Ebay just happened to be selling several light tanks for a very reasonable price, so I scooped those up, too. I even ordered a 3D printed armored car, though it's languishing on the painting table, primed in green...
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French leadership.
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Four light machine guns of the FM 24/29 Chatellerault variety.
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A trio of NCOs.
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The anti-tank gun. 25mm gun, so cute! ;)
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And the leviathan, the Char B1 bis tank.
To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
https://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2025/06/28mm-wwii-early-war-french-from-warlord.html
All in all a great deal, ready to hit the table.
V/R,
Jack
The Fall of France is on my 'to play' list, as I have enough British and Germans, bar a few small units that need painting up. Some French would of course be nice, especially their tanks with their very cool camo schemes!
Love it
Steve - Cool, looking forward to it. AFTER your Canadians in Normandy, of course ;)
Thanks Will!
V/R,
Jack