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Min lille danske hær, part 1

To any Danish readers out there, I hope the title of this post translates to ‘my little Danish army.’ If not, do let me know so I can change it, but please direct any angry comments to Google Translate ;-)

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With that disclaimer out of the way, it’s time to show some of my more Danish minis by Great Escape Games. Last year, I painted some bicycle infantry figures. Although I liked the minis at the time, recently I’ve had this nagging feeling that the colours weren’t as accurate as they could have been. So, almost exactly a year after initially painting the cyclists I decided to strip and repaint them again. And when doing that, I figured I might as well pick up a little (c. 500 pts) army for Bolt Action.

WW2 Danish infantry squad
10-man infantry squad with Madsen LMG

One of the things I didn’t like about my original colour scheme was that the uniform was a bit too light. I also did some reading and it turns out that in April 1940 very few of the Danish troops were actually kitted out with the newest equipment. Many still wore the 1915 pattern grey uniform, often together with the even older 1910 pattern black great coat.

WW2 Danish bicycle infantry

WW2 Danish bicycle infantry
The cyclists with a new coat of paint

Of the lucky few that did manage to obtain the new khaki uniform, hardly any received the accompanying brown leather boots, belt and back pack, as huge quantities of the old black leather equipment were still available.

WW2 Danish infantry commandCommand unit. Note the brown leather belt and boots on the two officers.

I’m currently about half way through painting my little Danish army. For now, I’ve painted all minis in the khaki M1923 uniform with black leather equipment. The only exception are the two officers, which have brown leather boots and belts. I’m thinking, though, of perhaps giving four or five minis the older grey uniform with black great coat to add a bit of variety.

WW2 Madsen LMG teamMadsen MLG on mount

Great Escape Games have a very useful painting guide on their website with suggested colours for all three patterns of uniform (M1910, M1915 and M1923). The colour codes are all for the AK range of paints. If, like me, you favour Vallejo paints, the following colours are pretty good alternatives. Technically, the rifle and gas mask strap should be a light brown colour, but I thought that the medium grey provided a nicer contrast to the khaki of the uniform. Plus, the Quickshade that I use actually gives the grey a bit of a brownish tint. Your mileage may vary, though. 

Uniform: English Uniform 70.921

Helmet and bike: Refractive Green 70.890

Boots and leather: Black 70.950

Rifle and gas mask strap: Medium Grey 70.987    

Wood and canteen: Flat Brown 70.984

Madsen 20mm anti-tank gunMadsen 20mm anti-tank gun team

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