Thursday, 10 September 2020
Britains Enemy
I am indebted to Mark from the Man of Tin blog for the photo below:
It shows the Enemy figures produced by Britains. I like the grey battle dress, black webbing and black helmets. Some of the figures below will be getting such a makeover . I am looking forward to seeing what they look like. To me the grey uniform has a East German feel to it or perhaps Soviet. Or a nod to WW2 that wasn’t that long ago when the figures came out.
I always liked the old Herald British infantry, but always wished they made WW2 figures with a proper enemy. I always used the Airfix Russians against my chaps.
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DeleteWhen I was very young I was given a fort and some soldiers (like many of us I suspect), half of the soldiers were wearing redcoats and bearskins and the rest were the Herald khaki infantry.
ReplyDeleteI was told that the redcoats were the British and the khaki soldiers were the Germans. Even at that early age I preferred the look of the khaki soldiers and played with a bias towards them.
Having said all that those grey soldiers look great, thanks for this post, I love the nostalgia.
Regards'
Paul.
The grey enemy should look fine. If any such Herald khaki infantry argued worry about being seen as turncoats, just tell them it's alll a training exercise uniform, Aggressor vs USA style
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They took to their new role with relish this morning.
DeleteI have uploaded photos of the 1959 page of the Great Book of Britains to my blog, VaubantoMaginot.blogspot. Not an easy operation.
ReplyDeleteI have abandoned the new blogger format as I can’t make any sense of how to post using it. I am sure it wasn’t an easy operation for you.
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