Monday, 9 May 2011

20mm WW2 Painted British Home Guard 1/72.

The Home Guard (initially "Local Defence Volunteers" or LDV, or in slang, Look-Duck-Vanish, hence the name change) was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 until 1944, the Home Guard—comprising 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, usually owing to age, hence the nickname 'Dad's Army' — acted as a secondary defence force, in case of invasion by the forces of Nazi Germany and their allies.[1][2] The Home Guard guarded the coastal areas of Britain and other important places such as airfields, factories and explosives stores.


More information here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom)

These are some of my Home Guard forces defending a bridge from Sgts Mess http://www.sgts-mess.com/ for my What If? Operation Sealion WW2 Game, a mixed bag quality wise but not too bad seeing as I need them.

The bottom 3 pictures before the award pictures are for a fellow blogger Dr. Willett's Workshop http://drwillettsworkshop.blogspot.com/ (good blog, go visit) who asked for some comparison shots on a samurai building picture I posted last week.











Got this award from the zombie overlord over at http://zombehseverywhereman.blogspot.com/ , go visit the zombie madness and thank you to zombie prince.


If you knew me persoally you'd know that very few people would associate me with sushine as I am considered more with black clouds, thunder and depessions but Kicking Rocks  http://ggc151.blogspot.com/ (go visit, good blog) nominated me and I thank him for it
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Now a lot of people have been debating these awards as everything from a good thing to a fecking bad thing, me I have no problem with them and I find them good for promoting around the blog community, so if you read this blog today and you want an award to promote your blog please take one or both and link me if you feel like it to say where you got it or the people who originally gave it to me, I don't mind. Some of the blogs I sent awards to recently took it less than positively but that's the beauty of the blogosphere.
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40 comments:

  1. Unknown9 May 2011 at 10:25

    nice again!!!

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  2. Paul O'G9 May 2011 at 10:30

    Good stuff (I like the river terrain particularly)- and congrats on the awards

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  3. Trey9 May 2011 at 11:00

    I'm with man man cave on the river terrain. Very nice! I'm glad to see your blog getting the recognition it deserves from zombies everywhere.

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  4. Astronomy Pirate9 May 2011 at 11:02

    The Award thing is a bit silly, I dunno if I will do it again either.

    Also, Dad's Army sounds like a useful homefront defense, and I guess everyone had to do their part.

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  5. kingsleypark9 May 2011 at 11:12

    Looking good Fran!

    How did your eyes cope painting the 20mm figs? Obviously couldn't have been too bad given how well the figs have turned out?

    Is that a Last Valley river piece?

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  6. Chris C.9 May 2011 at 11:24

    Great figs. Sealion is a great choice for a what-if game.

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  7. The Angry Lurker9 May 2011 at 11:38

    Yes, Last Valley before his long holiday.

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  8. kingsleypark9 May 2011 at 12:08

    Aye well his holiday is finished and he is back producing his terrain pieces. He had a stall at Carronade and seemed to b busy

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  9. mekelnborg9 May 2011 at 12:26

    I like that old man with the machine gun.

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  10. Solsby Kid9 May 2011 at 12:44

    Congrats on the award :D

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  11. BTN Hip Hop9 May 2011 at 13:13

    thats a really awesome set youve built up.
    congrats on your award.

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  12. Jay9 May 2011 at 13:32

    lol, look-duck-vanish!

    did you use a separate light for the pics? they have a nice spotlight effect on them. :)

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  13. BigMike9 May 2011 at 13:40

    that 2nd picture of the gun emplacement by the bridge totally looks like a tilt shift camera trick on a real guy ;O)

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  14. The Angry Lurker9 May 2011 at 13:40

    No, just a cheap camera with flash.

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  15. Anonymous9 May 2011 at 13:48

    Awesome setup and congrats on the award!

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  16. Zombie9 May 2011 at 14:53

    I dont know why but the first few pics remind me of Saving Private Ryan. lol. and thanks for the shout out! :D

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  17. Paul´s Bods9 May 2011 at 15:43

    "who do you think you are kidding mr..." "Don´t Panic!! Don´t panic!!! " Does the set come with the airraid warden ("evening napoleon") and the little old guy who was always needing the toilet. (My sister dolly makes wonderfull cakes) ??
    I don´t remember a japanese pagoda in the series.
    Cheers
    Paul

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  18. T. Banacek9 May 2011 at 15:46

    You seem like a bright and sunny guy to me!

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  19. Oilfield Trash9 May 2011 at 15:59

    Another great job.

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  20. ed9 May 2011 at 16:25

    congrats, and nice pics

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  21. Zombie Ad9 May 2011 at 17:43

    Hadn't seen these in 20mm before. I think it is always best to look on the positive side, otherwise we might as well just be cynical and not bother with any of it.

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  22. Bart9 May 2011 at 18:35

    those are awesome. grats on the awards. i never get em lol

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  23. Porky9 May 2011 at 18:45

    Cool terrain, and a good new header pic. I hope these awards are kept in check. The Stylish is alive and taking over!

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  24. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)9 May 2011 at 19:30

    The award blog thing is nice to help spread the blogs around. Congrats btw.

    Christopher

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  25. The Happy Whisk9 May 2011 at 19:37

    I like the bridge and the water a lot. The whole thing is cool, but the water got my eye along with the bridge.

    Congrats on more awards. Sunshine, huh? That's great. And so big, too.

    Miss Wiggy is down for her nappy nap. She goes full nuts and then passes out. Got her frozen peas and string beans for her tinkle treats. She loves them both. The long frozen bean seems to help her chewing.

    She wants to put EVERYTHING in her mouth these days. Oy. Well ... back to chores. I gave her an extra pat for you.

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  26. Jazz bazooka9 May 2011 at 19:44

    hooly god that looks like a lot of work

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  27. G9 May 2011 at 20:39

    great post - I loved Dad's army and the real stories behind it.
    Congratz on the award...well deserved

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  28. Ray Rousell9 May 2011 at 21:09

    Nice paintjob on the figres Fran, they look good with the terrain! As for the blog awards, as for the blog awards, I've got no problem with them at all, it's quite nice getting a little recognition for all the hard work we all put into this silly little hobby of ours, now if the award came with a £100 figure/beer or PS3 game voucher, it would be better but beggars can't be choosers!!!
    As for the Sunshine award........I'm afraid I agree with your comment, Kicking Rocks don't know the real Lurker.....there's more sunshine beaming out from my arse!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  29. DocStout9 May 2011 at 21:26

    I wonder if any of the figures in this line come armed with that little bit of insanity known as the PIAT. The whole idea makes me laugh. Box + spring + anti-tank shell = weapon. Just don't try to use it from a 2nd story window, the shell will just fall out.

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  30. Herkybird9 May 2011 at 22:28

    Nice Figs again! - Well done!

    Stiilll like those Samurai buildings!!!

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  31. LunaSihne9 May 2011 at 22:39

    Whoa. Those are pretty nice.
    And congratulations on the award.

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  32. Kicking Rocks9 May 2011 at 23:31

    Thats nice! i got the zombtastic one aswell!

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  33. Ante Babaja9 May 2011 at 23:32

    those are awesome

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  34. Unknown9 May 2011 at 23:37

    These awards are starting to remind me of e-mail chain letters

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  35. Malkavian10 May 2011 at 00:27

    Damn man, that bridge looks freaking cool, and the houses there look epic.

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  36. Unknown10 May 2011 at 01:40

    I nominated you for the Zomtastic Blog Award today at my blog! :D Check it out

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  37. 12310 May 2011 at 02:40

    How dare you give me something nice!!!

    also, those first three feel really atmospheric

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  38. Anonymous10 May 2011 at 08:24

    hehe, didn´t know there was a zombie award^^

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  39. MRanthrope10 May 2011 at 08:30

    the awards are kinda spam, but they signify that someone actually reads/likes what you do, so thats awesome! Congrats AND thanks for always pushing my lame ass blog on your legions of followers/disciples. haha

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  40. Dr. Willett's Workshop10 May 2011 at 20:37

    Thanks for the pics! Wow, what a difference in size. You do expect the shrine to be bigger though.

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