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Photos of 10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC

Painted in 2021

Since discovering Red 3 Minis at the PAW show last January (pre Lockdown!!) I've been slowly replacing, rebasing and repainting my 10mm WW2 armies, aiming to get a more coherent set of figures and vehicles for late war Germans, British and US forces on the table at some point under BKC IV

I've posted quite a few WiP shots so far on Twitter and Facebook, and also on my Blogger site, but have finally gotten round to doing some proper photos of the finished stuff as well in the lightbox. There is also lots more of this stuff on my Links Page

So, these are the "studio quality" shots of the 10mm British WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC - the Germans are on another page

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, Victrix Shermans in 10mm, Painted in 2021

These are Victrix plastic Shermans

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

I used the provided decal set to give them a fairly generic US or British finish, without going too mad with too many stars either

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

I did however use all of the vehicle names, many of which are quite American - they were just too cool not to use

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

The base paint is Vallejo Bronze Green 897. They have a drybrush in Army Painter Leather Brown, and a light final one in Vallejo Ivory.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

This shot shows a Victrix Sherman, then a Pithead one, and at the front a Pendraken Sherman Flail

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

The same three tanks from the front view. The Victrix one is by far the best and most realistically proportioned I think.

Fury - Sherman vs Tiger battle

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Here they are from above

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

And from the front again. The basing is 30mm wide, and 40mm deep for the normal Shermans, 50mm for the flail

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Victrix & Pithead

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

An Arrowhead (formerly Wargames South) Cromwell - amazingly detailed kit, although I think I have still got to add the turret bin again once I find it.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Tetrarch light tank, Pithead Polsten howitzer, and two Pithead British Airborne jeeps. Such a cool model!

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

With added 57mm gun

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Wargames South British Paras with a Pithead motorcyclist as well to represent motorcycle riding Para units

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

And with better lighting!

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Pendraken Sherman Flail and Priest

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Minifigs Bren Carriers, with added passengers from cut-down spare figures.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

These Minifigs ones seem to scale better than many other ranges

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Room to add tiny stars to one side

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Pendraken half tracks - not sure if these models have been remodelled as I bought these ones years ago and stripped them down with Biostrip (affiliate link) to repaint them this time around.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

and again... Transfers done with the classic Gloss varnish, Microset, Transfer, Microsol, Gloss varnish, Matt varnish method. Time consuming but worthwhile metinks

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Half track and scout car, all from Pendraken

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Recce elements on 40mm rounds - M8, Daimler Dingo, and (late war) Stuart

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

And an added Jeep from Pithead again

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Pithead airborne jeep. The figures are slightly battle worn when seen this close up

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Always good to get some paras in berets involved

The proper history of A Bridge Too Far

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

....and from the back too

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

These are Butlers Printed Models of british trucks and a prime mover artillery tractor

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

They look OK at wargaming distances but I was surprised how visible the printing lines were close up.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

The roof of the canvas backs was particularly bad and needed a skim of filler before painting

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

This lighting is rather harsh for the printing lines to be fair.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Arrowhead Churchill and what I think may be a Pithead carrier.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

The carrier is on a 40mm round base for recce

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Some of the crew have black berets - one must also be Michael Caine I guess

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Arrowhead Churchills - again, excellent models

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

The detail takes drybrushing very well - but I can now see I missed a bit of the repaint on the inside sponson of the tank on the left!

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

...and again

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

That sharp Cromwell

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

The 5 layer transfer technique has killed any shine here nicely

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Pithead Humber armoured car.

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

And again

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

I didn't base this for recce as it may be more useful as a mobile fire point

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Arrowhead Crocodile. A large base...

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

And firing at you...

The Tank Museum on The Crocodile

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

A slightly different angle - sod it, I took the photos so I will use them all!

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

and detail from the rear

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

These I think are both Minifigs - M10 and M18 Hellcat tank destroyers

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

The tracks on the M18 look a bit wild !

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Chaffee - again I think a Minfigs model

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

I may revisit the sides to add stars to the turret at some point

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Chaffee and M8

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

US command stands

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

Para mortar and HMG team - I put these all on 30x20 bases

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

One of my favourite pieces - a Pithead model of a British artillery observer up a ladder on a truck. I think this was a Western Desert thing, but for an AOP in BKC it'll appear in Europe in my forces!

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

And again - I think Spike Milligan talks about this in his biography

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

And again

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

You can't have too many photos of something this much fun!

10mm WW2 Vehicles and Infantry for BKC, 10mm, Painted in 2021

OK, maybe you can....

All of these photos also appear in the 10mm Gallery on this site

The Summary

It's sometimes good to revisit some old figures, with better painting techniques and with new castings being released

These were fairly easy to do compared to the cammo-ed up Germans, but I am now keen to get them on table as soon as I can

A wide range of manufacturers also present, which is nice - finally I think I am managing to just buy the best castings for each model rather than being obsessed with price alone, which is something we talked about in one of the Madaxeman Lockdown Podcasts too


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