Wednesday 18 June 2014

Enough for now?

I think I now have enough Spanish Civil War troops. They are all 10mm Pendraken miniatures. One of the benefits of the Spanish Civil war is that the uniforms, clothing and equipment are about the same for each side. Thus by changing the flags Republican Militia can represent Nationalist Militia, and as regular army uniforms were used by both sides again by having interchangeable flags that issue is resolved.

The top picture shows my forces as I have tried to explain they can be seen as interchange able by swapping the flags I shall list the troops from right to left, starting at the front and moving backwards.

  • 3 Platoons of Guardia Civilia with a single 14.5mm Hotchkiss Machinegun.
  • 6 platoons of troops in regular army uniforms. These may be regular army, Communist or Facist troops or indeed most other factions as mentioned uniforms were used by all.

  • Regular army uniformed Machinegun company again all 14.5mm Hotchkiss machine guns. 10 guns in all and company command. These may be split inot the platoons or grouped together as the situation demands.
  • 1 Platoon of Guardia Assaulto (pre war paramilitary police). You had to have served in the army before being accepted into this force before the war but I am not sure that was the case during the war. Again used by both sides.
  • 2 Medium trucks to be used as tows for the 155mm (French) Field Guns. The guns have crews in regular army uniforms.
  • a Single Bilbao Armoured Car of the type used by the Guardia Assalto.

  • 7 platoons of Militia dressed infantry. Again these could be on either side as Flange Militia, Poum Militia, Anarchist Militia, Communist Militia etc. So very versatile troops again just needing a change of flags.
  • 2 Heavy trucks.
  • 5 Medium trucks 3 with Trailers. Again all trucks are interchangeable and my be used for transporting troops or supplies.

  • 2 Platoons of militia armed 14.5mm Hotchkiss Machineguns. Just as the regular army machine guns they can be grouped together or allotted to each platoon.
  • 5 stands of Cavalry both mounted and dismounted. These were mostly used as scouts.
  • a small platoon of Dynamiteros. only 6 stands because we don't want to over do it.
  • Trucks already mentioned.
  • A single Armoured truck armed with a machine gun and enclosed.
  • a Light truck with 3 medium mortars. These are in regular army uniforms.
  • 4 Tankettes (Italian C33s). 2 man very light tanks armed with Breda Machine guns. A gift from the Italian Fascist Government
  • 2 Unknown tanks I am not sure what they are but they look right and will probably not be used
  • A light truck with ambulance markings.
  • A staff car of a type usable for civilian as well as military intentions.
  • 3 T26 of Russian Origin but used by both sides as sufficient numbers were captured. They are in a grey livery as they were at this time and interestingly Russian Tanks changed to a green livery by the end of the war. Needless to say many were re-painted to suit local conditions.
  • 2 Italian 65mm Mountain guns with Civilian crews and also packed up on mule mounts for transportation purposes.
  • 1 105mm Howitzer with limber. Civilian crew.
  • 1 fuel tanker with trailer.
Additionally I have sufficient casualty markers for a game and a single pill box. Unpainted (and unmade) I have a transport aircraft. Yes tis will be done, but aircraft were really rare. Although I might buy some just for fun.

By many peoples standards this is not a huge army it is however large enough for a battle and I hope enough to keep 6 people entertained for a day. I am writing my own rules as I have not found any commercial rules for this conflict that I like. So please do not ask what rules I will be using. I am going to keep it simple though and not sweat the small stuff.

 I hope that has satisfied you with a SCW fix now you can see what I have been working on.

So what's next. Well in the short term more 10mm colonial stuff.
Thanks for looking today. Have a good couple of days and I hope to see you all soon.
Best Wishes Clint


24 comments:

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  2. They look fantastic Clint! Especially with that pencil for scale. I know 10mm is small, but this really shows just how small they are. And there's so many of them!

    I have to admit that using the same uniform is a disadvantage hobby wise for me, they're all the same! Surely this helps with interchanging units, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist here and I don't like my miniatures used for two different things too often for some reason :D

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    1. Thank you Mathyoo. I know what you mean about using figures and then re using them again and again. Luckily I have a number of command figures left over so I could make some dedicated with the right flags. I will have to see.

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  3. Well done sir and great to see them all assembled like this - a wonderful sight! Just seeing the pencil helped me get a feeling for the scale, now doubly impressed.

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    1. As I am sure you realise the pencil was included for just that purpose. (Not to impress anyone, just to give scale). Thank you Michael. The nest time I think you will see them all out is for a game.

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  4. Looking forward to a game with the little marvels Clint, nice collection!

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    1. Thank you Fran. It should not be long. Got to get some terrain done first, but should not be long.

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  5. Is the C33 tankette the same one that was used in the Italian invasion of Ethiopia? If so then I've heard that the locals discovered that one way of dealing with such vehicles was to gather a few stout men and turn the thing onto its back (thus blocking the hatches and trapping the crew). Sonunds a bit like an urban legend to me, but I suppose it could have happened...

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    1. It is the same tankette. (Well a different one but the same make/model). I have also hear that story and the fact that they could be flipped over with telegraph poles. Maybe it is all fictional who is to say.
      Thank you C6

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  6. Very impressive, Clint. I always feel a sense of achievement whenever I finish painting any figures so you must be so proud to have amassed and (just about) finished this army. Well done, sir!

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    1. As you know no wargames project is ever "Finished". and you are also right there is a sense of achievement coupled with a sense of emptiness. But I do appreciate your comment thank you Bryan.

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  7. Even though we've probably seen all of these as they were finished, seeing them all together is quite a sight. I doubt anyone realised just how much you had accumulated - Great force for a game.
    I think you're only missing a rogue camel unit to complete the ensemble !

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    1. Being honest I was about 1/2 way through when I started blogging. So they are an old project that had stalled. (I have several old projects that I intend to carry on with at some point but I get side tracked easily). My current side track is 20mm zombie play by blog planning.
      I have no spare camels at this stage, but maybe for the future. I have now started on some terrain. Done about 90mins work so far and it is just Stanley knife on hard board so nothing to show.

      Thank you Joe.

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  8. 10mm lot of painted goodness. Looks fantastic Clint, well done on completing a very good looking project.

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    1. Cheers Carl. Not complete yet.... There is always optional extras to get. Stukas for example. But now working on some terrain.

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  9. Thank you Clint for this display of 10mm madness its impressive but I can already sense the nagging feeling that its not enough hence the Stuka comments.

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    1. It is not enough for everything I want to do but it is enough for now. Thank you Robert.

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  10. very nice army, and thank you for the explanations on the uniform trick. The armies are very flavoured with all these vehicles with different paints. I like it!

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  11. Looking mighty fine, Sir Clintos!

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    1. There may be enough troops for a Reject game now! Gracias Don Rousell.

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  12. 10mm always makes me feel all cross-eyed, so brilliant job on those!

    Here, have a Liebster award for your excellent blog* :)
    http://mythostransmissions.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/liebster.html

    * assuming you don't have one stached in a cupboard somewhere

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    1. Thank you for your comment Paul. I have been given 5 Liebster awards from people this year and I have declined every single one of them. I mean no offense by declining the award merely that this blog is for my enjoyment and as such awards are not my bag.

      Cheers Mate.

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