Black Watch infantry for Bolt Action and Lefkes of Paros

    Today I added another infantry section to my British 8th Army for Bolt Action. This time a Scottish one and to be specific a Black Watch one. During the North African campaign, several Black Watch battalions served and played also a major role under the British 8th Army. The Warlord Games "British 8th Army Platoon" box contains Scottish Highlander heads and gives the opportunity to build such soldiers.

   The ten-man infantry section consists of an NCO with a Thompson submachine gun and nine soldiers, one with a Bren gun LMG and eight with Lee Enfield rifles.

   The above NCO with the Black Watch tartan kilt and the Platoon Commander, whom you will see below, are metallic figures of the British Commando Command pack of Artizan Design miniatures. All the rest are Warlord Games plastic figures of British 8th Army Platoon box.

The NCO and soldiers with the Scottish Tam O' Shanter (TOS)

The Black Watch tartan kilt

The Platoon Commander with a Thompson submachine gun and his two soldiers

The ten-man infantry section

   Very close to the place we live is Lefkes, a traditional mountain village, which was built in 15th century in the center of the island to hide from pirates. We visited the village for a walk and a light dinner.  

Lefkes

The entrance of the center of the village

My wife

Our table

   We ordered beef burgers, a pork souvlaki, eggplants with feta cheese, salad and wine.

   A stray cat kept company to us during our dinner. Actually, the whole village is full with cats! 

   After that, we returned home for a few last drops.

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Commandos for Bolt Action

    Commandos who fought on Crete in May '41 and managed to escape from the island, were sent to Tobruk. There, they carried out raids against enemy positions, one of which was the Twin Pimples raid against the Italian lines.

   They were armed with submachine guns and grenades. So I gave submachine guns and a light machine gun to my nine-man Commando unit. 

   Seven of the miniatures are Warlord Games 8th Army bodies with British & Inter-Allied Commandos heads and US Rangers back packs.

   The other two are Artizan Designs figures. The one with the goggles is the unit's NCO.

A "family photo" of the whole unit

   In other news, when I was in Athens I went down town with two good friends, at the Ouzeri "Lesvos" for a Greek brunch (meatballs, satziki, fried zucchinis, salad, fried potatoes and saganaki). We accompanied it with ouzo "ΦΗΜΗ", which means "FAME". 

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

8th Army Artillery Platoon for Bolt Action

    The British 8th Army Starter Army box of Warlord Games contains two very nice artillery pieces, a 6-pdr anti-tank gun and a 25-pdr light artillery. Before I bought this starter I already had the 8th Army Support Group set. So from these two boxes I had an Officer, two artllery pieces and a spotter. My artillery platoon was ready!

The 25-pdr and the crew

The 6-pdr and the crew

The artillery platoon commander, the guns

and his cat!

Our cat was the art model for painting!

A spotter and a Forward Artillery Observer

The spotter, a SAS soldier

The FAO and his monkey!

   Though a Forward Artillery Observer does not belong to an Artillery Platoon, I included him in this post since he is somehow connected with the artillery.

Our cat is everywhere!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!