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Flames of War Showcase: Italian 10.5cm leFH1840 Artillery Guns painted as Germans
This article is a quick showcase of my Italian 10.5cm leFH1840 Artillery Guns that I painted as German crews for Flames of War. These are older miniatures and may no longer be available on the general market. That said, let’s take a closer look.
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| A Showcase of Italian leFH1840 Artillery Guns painted as Germans. |
10.5cm leFH18/40 Artillery (when the option is available in the army list), or as 10.5cm Le FH18 Field Howitzers (when the 18/40 option is not available). I have even used them as proxy 15cm sIG33 Guns for a game or two.
As a note, the artillery squad above is set up for Flames of War v3. I have not yet moved on the fourth edition. In this squad we have two spotters, a command team, a staff team and four guns.
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| The Command team. |
For those with keen eyes, I do apologize for the difference in colour temperature between the pictures above versus the pictures below. 🙂
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| The Staff Team. |
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| A set of spotters. The circular antennas are really interesting on these models. |
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| The second set of spotters. |
I bought these artillery pieces piecemeal at a time when I was unable to locally source blisters for 10.5cm Le FH18 Field Howitzers. This platoon consists of two blisters of 10.5cm leFH18/40 Guns and an Italian Artillery Command Team blister.
Now, let’s look at those guns.
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I really do love basing miniatures. A good job basing makes a model pop even if you are not the best painter. One thing that I really like about Flames of War is that each base is like a miniature diorama.
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| A team of men load and fire a gun. |
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| 15mm figures are so quick and easy to paint. Prime, base coat, wash and you are done. I washed these figures in MinWax. The results look fantastic! |
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| Another crew working hard loading the guns. |
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| Great looking minis even without a lot of painting effort. |
