Back at the end of December I travelled to Morocco, the experience motivated me to paint some miniatures in honor of that trip. I opted for some Moroccan regulares from the Spanish Army of Africa during the Spanish Civil War. That decision motivated me to complete my partially painted International Brigade and CTV contingents before tackling the Moroccans. I am pleased to say that the Moroccans are finally "complete".
As can be seen above, I have enough for a company of infantry and some support weapons: three HMGs and two mortars.
Pictured above are the three platoon command stands. Two have European officers and the other has a Moroccan NCO.
The fellas pictured above are "bombers", they are equipped with grenades and in Company Command rules, they confer a bonus during assault. Below are the mortars and Hotchkiss heavy machine guns.
Last but not least are the grunts, the infantry. If, I am being honest I am a bit disappointed with how this contingent turned out. I purchased sculpts in a mix of winter and summer kit as I plan to recreate battles from February/March of 1937. I think the mix of uniforms with djellabas and tunics and tarbouche and turban makes them appear a bit too ragtag. Additionally, in my haste to get them completed I may have inked them before the varnish cured which created some "dirty" looking paint jobs.
I don't think I will be too motivated to try to rectify the issues so these are how they will be. I will ultimately add some artillery and some Panzer 1s to the collection. For now, this is it and I look forward to getting these guys on the tabletop sooner rather than later.
One final off-topic note...I have absolutely no idea how to properly format the paragraphs and photo alignment on this blog. I have tried many different things to make it more uniform and aesthetically pleasing but it never seems to get fixed. I apologize for the haphazard layout and I hope you aren't as annoyed by the appearance as I am.
Those look excellent
ReplyDeleteTo align the photos, move the cursor to the left side of the picture, tap the return key about six or seven times, then save. That usually bumps it over to the right...it's a bit hit and miss but it works. Or just reformat it on a laptop rather than your phone.
ReplyDeletePhoto alignment on blogger is a buggy nightmare. I put in one line of dummy text at the top, then upload all the photos centre aligned, then insert the actual text. That (generally) keeps the photos all in the same place.
ReplyDeleteI know you have already based them, but have you though about grouping the figures by headgear? A base of all turban or all fez looks a lot more uniform, regardless of what clothes they are wearing on their bodies.
Thanks for the kind words and the advice regarding alignment! Much appreciated.
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