David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Friday, 7 February 2020

A Gift for my VBCW collection

I was over at Phil's on Monday last for our weekly game when just as I was getting ready to leave for home he surprised me with an unexpected and generous gift in the shape of an FAA Vickers 6 ton tank. Never adopted by the British army, it's a perfect addition to my VBCW forces ~
As you can see it comes complete with a commander figure, who is sporting a 1930's style all leather cycling helmet! I'm undecided right now on the colour scheme for the tank, so any ideas welcomed, but it will be finding a home in the anti-government forces I'm sure. More on this as and when.
On the painting front I've made good progress with the US Militia I started on, with 10 of the 16 finished now and 2 more well underway. I've also been sorting through my box of spare War of 1812 figures and have found 4 to make an additional Command stand for the US force. After all, you can never have too many commanders!
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18 comments:

  1. George Anderson7 February 2020 at 02:14

    Lovely piece and a great gift.

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  2. Colin Ashton7 February 2020 at 04:42

    I love inter-war armour. So quirky. That is a lovely gift.

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    1. David7 February 2020 at 09:14

      You should ask Colin Rumford about my tank identification skills...

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  3. caveadsum14717 February 2020 at 06:44

    Lovely little 6 ton tank! What a nice gift!
    Best Iain

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  4. Norm7 February 2020 at 07:38

    It's a very nice piece, made all the nicer by it being a gift.

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    1. David7 February 2020 at 09:15

      Unexpected, completely, so all the more wonderful.

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  5. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)7 February 2020 at 11:36

    That's a great gift!

    Christopher

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  6. jonathan7 February 2020 at 11:56

    Nice!

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  7. commissarmoody7 February 2020 at 16:32

    Very cool, maybe paint it up in one of those wonky interwar camouflaged skims.

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    1. David8 February 2020 at 03:14

      I will have to do some research in due course.

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  8. Aly Morrison9 February 2020 at 06:06

    That Phil Robinson is a really nice chap...

    I seem to remember seeing an example of a Vickers 6 ton in three colour camouflage which was quite similar to some of the WW1 patterns...
    Something to test your skills on...;-)

    All the best. Aly

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    1. David9 February 2020 at 06:48

      Yes he is, isn't he? As to skills you mention, well, you surely can't mean me...

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  9. Jonathan Freitag10 February 2020 at 15:39

    That's cool!

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