1940 French Infantry

[Hertsblue]

Nice little models, realthing, and beautifully painted.

[realthing]

Many thanks. Got some armoured reinforcements at Salute today but no sign of the WWI VBL rifle grenade launchers though so this project isn't finished yet

[realthing]

Finally got round to doing the rifle grenade chaps. These are from the French WW1 range, namely F30 the newly-released rifle grenadiers. I've added a backpack to make them more compatible with the other WW2 figures and flattened off the tip of the grenade launcher itself. Otherwise they are unchanged from the original figures. The other figures are from the WW2 French infantry set. The platoon is now ready for a crack at the Boche!

[toxicpixie]

Tres bon!

[Techno]

Magnifique !
Cheers - Phil.

[paulr]

 

Very nice work on the backpacks

[realthing]

Thanks for looking by. It's been an interesting little project and a change from painting brightly coloured troops in longer lines. Now I seem to remember I was supposed to paint some zombies.... (15mm sadly, must get some of the new Pendraken figures)

[Ace of Spades]

Excellent stuff! Good to see there's more people interested in French 1940 troops! I'm just about to start my WW-1 French and had the same plans for the VB-launcher
I've painted up quite a few in 20mm already and I especially liked to paint the camouflage on the French tanks. If you need some more info send me a message and I'll see what I have for you...

Cheers,
Rob