Thursday 2 June 2011

20mm Painted WW2 British Royal Navy Shore Party.

A WW2 British royal navy shore party from Elheim figures http://www.elhiemfigures.com/british_63.html , consisting of : 1 RN officer with revolver, 1 RN rating with Lancaster SMG and 4 RN ratings with SMLE in square rigs.
These will look good among all the khaki fighting the Germans for my What If? Operation Sealion skirmish game, will need to find a Royal Navy admiral type figure as I have just found a WREN (Women's Royal Naval Service) figure from the SGTS' Mess range of figures to add to the masses.

Some pictures with some size comparison shots included.



L to R, Lamercraft, SHQ, Grubby Tanks and Lamercraft








66 comments:

  1. Some nice looking figures. Always like the RN blue in my own colonial games as got a bit sick of Khaki

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  2. Very nicely done -- keep up the good work!

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  3. For that authentic look, make sure the WREN is serving the Admiral a cup of tea!

    And your jack tars should get an extra Morale bonus if they've had their grog ration!

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  4. @Paul of the Man Cave: Hearts of Oak/Rum bonus +1.

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  5. Very nice work. They look like good figures for skirmish gaming.

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  6. Nice minis, 20mm? That's a bit of an unusual scale no?

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  7. @Dr.Willett's Workshop: One of the most popular scales in plastic in the beginning because of Airfix, Matchbox etc.....

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  8. Very nice and I the navy stuff always looks eally great.

    Christopher

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  9. They do look good. Nice work, Fran!

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  10. Nice, they'll definatly fit right in!

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  11. Those are really good sculpts, nice paintjob as well!

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  12. Love the +1 rum bonus idea :)

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  13. seem like some dangerous fellas!

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  14. 20mm rules Fran !! (Sorry for my outburst)
    Great work - as always!
    T.

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  15. how bout a kick line gentlemen? bit of choreography?

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  16. When on earth do you get the time for all this. It is very impressive.

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  17. I always wondered what those little guys looked like unpainted! :D

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  18. Your faces and line work is really neat.
    Great stuff.

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  19. ANything special planned for these guys Fran?

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  20. @Dangerous Brian: I want the initial games to be a mix of miniatures, civilians, home guard, regulars, tankers etc.....to give the feel of everyone together to throw them back into the sea.

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  21. So uh, those trees appear to be made out of some sort of plant or hemp?

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  22. those looks amazingly detailed :O

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  23. Nice job on them. The details are pretty good.

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  24. Great work on these, I never could figure out how anyone could hold their hand still long enough to make these things.

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  25. Those look great! You're probably the second person ever to have painted those up. I again must advise that you seek out the FAA range for Home Guard characters, ARP wardens and suspicious-looking nuns.

    @Dr. Willett's Workshop
    20mm is hardly an unusual scale when you consider the amount of stuff available - Norwegian infantry, Japanese paratroopers and Dutch 6-veld guns for example.

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  26. that's toy soldiers at a whole other level.

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  27. They look excellent :D Good stuff sir!

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  28. very nice!!! very very nice......

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  29. These are the best figures you've put on your blog so far, the painting is absolutely fantastic, they are truly superb, they don't look like they're that much of a complicated paintjob but boy, they defiantly hit the spot, did you paint them??

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  30. Dang those look pretty awesome!!!!

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  31. Look good.
    Where these guys saw action in the War?

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  32. I really like the Sealion premise. Are you going to paint up some Fifth Columnists to cause troubles with your brave defenders?

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  33. Wow, I love the texture on those trees in the background!

    Can I touch it?

    Can I?

    Can I?

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  34. I was the bloke on the left. Always had my hand(s) in my pocket . . .

    ;O)

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  35. Great figures Fran. It looks like it will be a fun game.

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  36. Awesome details, they look like their ready for battle!!!

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  37. Unusual figures to see on a Wargames Table but will fit the bill for your What If scenario where no doubt Blighty will have to throw everyone into the conflict to defend from the Hun

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  38. the Very Model of a Modern British Admiral. (I know it's supposed to be Major-General, but this is the navy)

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  39. Looking cool man haha LOL@Astronomy pirate

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  40. nice party, they look detailed

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  41. Very cool assembly of Royal Navy figurines. They actually look battle ready. You did an excellent job.

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  42. These are just so very cool.

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  43. Very cool details on those guys. The rifles look a bit huge though

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  44. Veryy nice! you have a sweet collection man

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  45. The poses are very dynamic, and suggestive of action rather than showy. I can imagine they'd look great on the table too. Good stuff.

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  46. How do you store all of these when you're not using them?

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  47. Damn !!! Another great work !! You are a Paint-Machine -)

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  48. they look amazing man ! keep up the great work

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  49. those are some mean looking dudes

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  50. @Ray: I don't remember:P
    @Curt: Got a dodgy nun painted and ready to go.

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  51. They come along very nice :)

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