Wednesday, 8 January 2020

The Great War - British Infantry 28mm - Vickers Machine Gun Team - Machine Gun Corps


Here we have a Vickers Machine Gun team by Great War Miniatures. It is another lovely model which was great fun to paint.


There was a little more flash than I would have liked, though it was almost a deformed mould effect rather than simple flash-marks.  A bit of cutting, drilling and scraping...and of course painting....and it all came right. 


The gun team is painted to represent a team from the Machine Gun Corps attached to 5 Royal Berks of 36 Brigade, 12th Division.  The MGC were popularly known as the 'Suicide Club'.  Often in positions exposed to enemy fire their rate of losses was very high.


Having had a Great Grandfather serve as a Machine Gunner (and be wounded twice) with the MGC during the Great War,  I did what I could to make an accurately painted representation of a gun and crew.



More Great War infantry to follow!
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6 comments:

  1. rross8 January 2020 at 04:16

    You have done a lovely job on this little gun team Jason

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    1. Jason14 January 2020 at 00:45

      Thanks rross! I'm really pleased you like them.
      Best wishes,
      Jason

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  2. Phil8 January 2020 at 07:34

    Such a great vignette, excellent job!

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    1. Jason14 January 2020 at 00:46

      Hi Phil! Thank you for your kind comments. :-)
      Best wishes,
      Jason

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  3. caveadsum14718 January 2020 at 17:06

    Gorgeous looking machine gun team!
    Best Iain

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    1. Jason14 January 2020 at 00:47

      Hi Iain,
      Thanks, glad you like them. Hopefully I can keep up the blogging momentum this year!
      Best wishes,
      Jason

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