Elessar2590: The Fall of Singapore
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About the Project
I dug up quite a few WWII 28mm Aussies. Then I bought some more. Then the whole project got shelved, then I moved three times, now they're 8th Division Desert Equipped Australians for Malaya. Wild Ride.
Related Game: Bolt Action
Related Company: Warlord Games
Related Genre: Historical
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge (Old)
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The Japanese
These minis are 3D Prints of "Sons of Yamato" a Kickstarter Campaign.
The miniatures are undercoated with a light colour and base coated with Vallejo Khaki. 
The finished miniatures.
The 3D Printed Officer
A Conversion made from a Metal Warlord Body and Head and Plastic Arms
Test Bases
Wait We're Going Where?
I finally got back to this Project after a solid break from it. Much like the real life Australian Army this Project has taken a Pacific Turn.
With the upcoming release of the Too Fat Lardies Pacific Book a friend and I were talking and we decided that we were having a lot of fun playing Chain of Command in 1942 Russia why not do some stuff for the Pacific.
The minis were already half done and with the Australians in Malaya wearing the desert uniform I decided to change this project up. This is actually kind of neat since that’s exactly what happened to 8th Division, they were all equipped and trained for the Desert then in February 1941 they shipped off for Malaya to defend against a potential invasion by the Japanese. In December 1941 the Japanese invaded and the Australian’s basically got overwhelmed although there were some local victories like Gemas where 2/30th Battalion lost 88 men to the Japanese 5th Divisions 800 men in a crazy ambush followed by an insanely close ranged anti-tank ambush.
They fought a rear-guard action down the Peninsula and back to Singapore where the entire Division (minus the Commanding Officer who escaped by boat and left his enraged Artillery Commander in command) went into captivity. A third of them wouldn’t survive until the end of the war and many who did were basically destroyed by it.
A picture of that Tank Ambush, notice how insanely close the enemy got, I definitely wouldn't want to have been those gunners.
I had plenty of crew but I had given the gun to a friend for a project of his, 3D Printer goes BRRRR and in a few hours a 15mm gun was rescaled and ready to paint. Nothing is glued down, just a trial shot.
Australian's almost exclusively favoured the Brodie Helmet in Malaya so I did a bit of looking in the bits box and a bit of swapping with a friend to get all the heads I needed.
The Core Platoon. Three Sections of Ten Men, Boys AT Rifle, Light Mortar lead by a Lieutenant and Sergeant.
A Section. The Australian's used the same British 10 Man Section of Six Riflemen, A Two Man Bren Gun Team, a man with a Thompson SMG and a Corporal with a Rifle. The Australian Doctrine was to not just give the SMG to the NCO but to the man in the section who could make best use of it.
British Early War MMG. While Shorts and rolled sleeves were the most common dress there are pictures of men in long pants and unrolled sleeves. 
An extra Light Mortar and a Sniper.
The Crew are Warlord Metals from various kits and the Gun is a 3D Print that I found for free on Thingyverse in 15mm and just scaled up. 
Everything painted so far. I will hold off basing anything until I finish the Japanese then do them all together to keep it all looking uniform. 
Speaking of the Japanese, they're up next. Warlord Metals with "Sons of Yamato" 3D Prints from the recent Kickstarter modified with some bits from the Plastic kit. The Project Goes On
Third Times the Charm, I really wish I could save these as Drafts.
I've got a 1:1 Ratio of Helmets to Slouch Hats now.
I plan to paint the entire Company up for the Desert, All I need s another Boys AT Rifle, a CSM and some Officers and I'll have a full three Platoon Company. These are just the men in Helmets
I want to explore the "What if" of Truthful Propaganda and play some games set during a Japanese invasion of Australia
With Wargames Atlantic coming out with WWII Partisans which I plan to buy anyway and Eureka coming out with dedicated WWII Aussie Civilians it seemed like a perfect thing to do
I'll finish these off slowly over the Christmas Period before I even think of starting any enemiesInspiration
I’ve got all my stuff to paint but I’ve been pretty busy lately so I’ve started planning out some Jump Off Points if I ever want to use these guys for Chain of Command and I’ve got an idea.
1944 Saipan. Priest says Mass on a ruined tankThose of you who Subscribe to my Channel
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You know what I’ll get back to that let me see how this embed videos thing works.
Ok let’s see if that works.
Oh yeah the point.
If you’ve seen my Channel then you’ll know I’m currently in the Process of becoming a Catholic Priest. Long story short I’m living in a house with other young guys who are all thinking being Priests and the former Vocations Director was an Ex-Military Chaplain who had a bit of an interest in WWII Chaplain Biographies so I’ve been doing a bit of reading and I’d like to somehow get them on the table since
1) It’s interesting
2) I’ve never really seen it before
3) I think it would make the army unique
Three Priests in North Africa. The Two on the Outside are Australian's from my Local Area
The "Official" Chaplain Uniform, pretty Boring.So I’m looking for a 1940 Axis or Italian Tank I can wreck and recreate the first image only in the Desert.
I’ve also got to find a 28mm Scale Priest in Cassock, Perry do some really nice ones but they’re all armed with swords or flintlocks so if anyone knows of any that would fit comment and let me know.
I’ve been collecting pictures of “Field Mass” so I might as well upload them here.
Probably the most Baddass of the Modern Military Priests was Father Ignacy Skorupka, a Polish Priest who fought in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw the First time the Soviets invaded Poland, his Battalion was pinned down until he lifted his Crucifix and lead a Charge, he was shot in the head before they made contact with the Russian's but the Poles won the War.Give Them a Wash
Much like their real life counterparts the Aussies need a wash
While it Might Look like a Recruiting Poster it's actually an Anti-Strike Poster. The history is pretty interesting and Universal. Dyed in the Wool Socialists kept up the Strikes that the Communist Party of Australia had asked for in 1939 and 1940 (When Germany and the USSR were allies) but did not stop when the Communist Party switched to being Pro-War after the invasion of the USSR. The Work so Far
All the Plastics have been painted ready to be washed. It’s pretty cold and I’m in a shed for the moment so I’ll wait for tomorrow before I do any washing since I’ve noticed it tends to act weird with a lot of cold in the air.
German Propaganda Targeting the Aussies. The Final Result
Basecoat with Desert Yellow, Steel legion Drab and Cadian Flesh
Wash with Strong Tone
Highlight with a 50/50 Mix of Desert Yellowa nd Matt White.
Highlight Socks and Hat with Zandri Dust
Highlight Boots and Canteen with Flat Earth
Highlight Webbing with Ivory
Highlight Skin with Kislev Flesh and Wash with Flesh Wash for a Sunburnt effect.
Rifle is base coated with Rakarth Flesh washed with Snakebite leather and pick out the Metallics.
The British might stick a "Fag" in their mouth but us Aussies aren't so crass. We prefer to call them a "Durrie" or a "Dart"
What I Found
Not Sure What Company Makes these
Warlord Plastics
The OfficersThat’s what I found so I ordered a bit more. Just the basics, Light AT, Mortar, MMG, Flame Thrower and a box of Standard 8th Army with helmets for variety.
I'll include some Propaganda at the end of these
