Better photos of the Chester BUF

As promised here are some better photos of the Chester BUF which I posted a few days ago....

HQ including Political Officer

A Section

B Section

HMG and "Post Rider"

Char B1s "Valkyrie"

Transport Section

As it stands the full force looks like this:

Command
1 x Unit Leader with Pistol
1 x Colour Bearer with Pistol
1 x Political Officer with SMG

A Section
1 x Section Leader with SMG
1 x Lewis Gunner
8 x Troopers with Rifles

B Section
1 x Section Leader with SMG
1 x Lewis Gunner
8 x Troopers with Rifles

Support
1 x Vickers HMG and 2 x crew

Armoured Unit
1 x Char B1s

Transport Section
2 x Lightly Armoured Covered Lorries
4 x Drivers

Reconnaissance / Post Driver
1 x Unarmoured Single-seat Sports Car

They're intended for use with Bolt Action but really could be used with any skirmish level rule set.

Cheers,

Millsy

The Chester Flying Column, British Union of Fascists 1938

Hello All,

I've been rather quiet of late but I've not been resting on my laurels. Firstly, I don't have any laurels. More importantly, I've not been resting anyway.

What I have been doing is beavering away at my BUF project for our VBCW campaign. I finished the painting and basing tonight and thought I'd throw a few quick photos up to keep things ticking over.
I'll take some better ones this weekend, but this will do as a teaser...

The force consists of a HQ, two flying squads, two transports with drivers, a HMG team and some armoured support.

Hot on the heels from painting Nug's BUF force for his 40th birthday present I'm pretty much over painting these right now as you can possibly imagine. Once I regain my composure and have a couple of games under my belt I'm considering a couple of additions - most likely some cavalry and maybe a heavy mortar.

Comments and criticisms welcome as always.

Cheers,
Millsy

Paint Table Saturday - VBCW BUF armour

I'm slowly getting back into the swing of painting and today I've managed to finish a small VBCW project - a French Char B1 tank in the service of the Chester branch of the BUF. The photos are pretty poor, mainly due to the fact I simply can't be arsed to set things up properly this arvo :-)

I've named her "Valkyrie" after Unity Valkyrie Mitford, an English socialite and fascist whose sister Diana was married to Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists.

In the background you can see I've made a small amount of progress on the supporting infantry as well. Hopefully they should be finished in 1-2 weeks, assuming I don't get distracted. Which often happens :-)

For those who are interested you can read more about our club VBCW project on my Port Sunlight 1938 blog which having been neglected for a couple of years is about to see some action at long last.

Cheers,
Millsy