28mm Bolt Action Italian Paracadutisti

I have two or three of these boxes of the splendid Bolt Action Italian paratroopers. I recently started a thread on The Miniatures Page asking about Italian paratroop camouflage and got a wealth of information. I've only painted one pattern here but I will be painting other patterns on the other boxes and then making mixed sets, which will look better and hopefully be more realistic. I went with blue "Luftwaffe" trousers here as they look great. I will do the same for the other sets except perhaps for a few pairs of field grey - you can over do a good thing.

The first image is cropped so you can see the pattern very clearly. It has been painted very precisely, which took a long time, but the whole thing is a bit dark to see in photos.  I am loath to change something just because it doesn't look as good in photos as it does in real life. This is another reason for painting other, lighter, examples of patterns on the other sets and mixing them up. I think the contrast will also look good and lift the appearance, in photos as well as in life, of the whole unit.

One final note. Some of the paras had certain jackets which were plain green. So I have done them that way.

28mm Bolt Action WW2 Soviet infantry

I think the Bolt Action Soviet starter may be the nicest of their starters. This is partly because of the nice blue trousers, and skirt, on some of the figures. The models are also nice.

I always try to paint a variety of uniform colours for the most "ragged" armies where there would have been many different shades. I do this mainly for the Soviets and Germans.

With these plastic figures it is easy to customise, with the assistance of a blade and some glue.

28mm Bolt Action WW2 British infantry

Once again these are part of a starter army where I haven't yet done the vehicles and AT. They are nice models and I found the set to be good value.

28mm Bolt Action WW2 US infantry

28mm Bolt Action WW2 US infantry. These are from the BA US starter box. I haven't gotten around to doing the vehicles and AT. I have to be in the mood. I am a bit funny that way.

There are lots of options in these starter armies. This is one of the nice things about plastics. But I bet many people cock up the placement of items, having them above a belt where they should be handing down etc.

28mm Bolt Action WW2 Fallschirmjager

You can see my rendition of the German "splinter" camouflage pattern here. I love the blue trousers, which I think make a nice contrast on the Wargame table.