A couple of scenarios in Memoir '44 involve british Airborne forces and I just couldn't bring myself to use US infantry to represent Howard's and Frost's, so I decided to make up some airborne troops. I used some spare Revell paratroopers, mounted on similar size bases to those used for the game miniatures.
I enjoyed painting these and will equally enjoy deploying them on the game board:
Using a Crescent anti-tank gun and slight conversions of some old Lone Star paras, I have created a bit of additional firepower for my 1/32 parachute regiment force:
A little weekend project saw the painting of these wonderful old figures by Lone Star Harvey. They date back to the 1950/60s and I have a couple of boxes of them. There is another set in berets, but they have more modern weapons and wear battledress.
These figures make up the Mortar Platoon. Somewhere I have some loaders, which I will add when I dig them out.
I painted these using Speed Paint, however, unlike my ancient figures I gave them a sepia wash and when that was dry, I dry brushed them to give some highlights.
I am quite pleased with the results: