WW1 Middle East Workbench

Talking to the guys about potential rules for WW1  and it got me motivated to finish a few figures I have lying around.

We have a few ideas and TFL's Through the Mud and the Blood and front of the que to try currently.

In terms of theatres we have 1919 Third Afghan War, WW1 East Africa, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Caucasus not to mention Baku so lots to go for if we get the rules right.

First step then to crack on with figures already primed, just brush off the dust 9Quite literally) and start painting.

It was also an opportunity to try Warpainter dip as an experiment.

First up Anzac bombers, fabulous characterful Woodbine Designs figures, really enjoyed painting these, no dip on these.

Four more Anzacs, riflemen this time, the one firing at the back has dip on puttees only, speeded up an annoying job for me but the end result is too pale so will need to re-visit with future figures. Loved these ordered some more.

These three have been dipped and the end result is not as sharp as I would like, I probably need slightly paler colours to start with, although the puttees are good.

These are old Battle Honours figures, started as WW1 German East Africa troops, had a hat swap to be Poles and didnt get used so now a new head and they are Turks. Should fit in OK as Woodbine are quite slim figures anyway. I may add some highlights to these.

These three are from Matchlock Miniatures, nice figures but a very limited choice of poses so only these three done. Dip used on one rifleman but not the other and not the officer. Guess which one?

I also have some Matchlock Turkish Lancers in Arab headdress, again just a couple of poses but nobody else makes Turkish horse, I imagine I will eventually do head swaps with some German or similar figures.

I like the colour scheme for the Turks but for some of them more highlights will defo be required.

4 Woodbine Turks, again all had Dip with varying degrees of success, will need to add some highlights here and there, the one in Arab head dress will join the others with fixed heads, this head is actually a Perry LRDG plastic head.

Decent progress, lets see where the Butterfly takes me.