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Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Britains Deetail French Foriegn Legion

 Linked to my Funny Little Wars idea I have now finished painting the French Foreign Legion (FFL) infantry.  As with all Deetail figures the mouldings are quite nice and look so much better with a little painting. I have enough for a couple of companies  and a Gatling Gun.  They will be supported by a squadron of cavalry, which I painted a couple of weeks ago.

The whole unit:


The Gatling gun
And the Bedouin Arabs, twice as many cavalry as the FFL:
As well as around 50 foot:
Most of the Arabs are still in their rather gaudy factory finish.  At some point I will paint them all.  In the meantime, I have just repainted the bases to get rid of the lime green colour.



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4 comments:

  1. Jeffers18 June 2025 at 05:31

    Miles better than the original light blue! I always had a soft spot for the Action Packs FFL in the later uniform. Mine tended to be drafted in to the Axis forces as Vichy French.

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    1. Bob The Old Painter19 June 2025 at 05:30

      Thanks Jef, painted as per the Beau Geste illustrations!

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  2. Donnie McGibbon18 June 2025 at 09:48

    Great photos there, some cracking figures on show, really nice.

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    1. Bob The Old Painter19 June 2025 at 05:30

      Thanks Donnie, I'm looking forward to getting them on the wargames table.

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