Civilians

I've had my eye on some non-coms for a while now to add some interest to my tables and possibly provide an in-game element of randomness, if I can represent civilians decently with rules that aren't too janky or overbearing.

The models I have painted here are a set of Civilians/ Refugees from 1st Corps. This dejected group  comes in a pack of twelve. I've supplemented this with the Runaway Couple pair and the Civilian/ Refugee Cart 2. In my head, I can picture countless WW2 films where columns of displaced families lined the roads or clogged up squares and junctions as armed forces attempted to maneouvre around or through them. 

I've had my eye on these guys for a good while, but have always had more pressing projects to buy and paint to make up my armies and terrain. This was always going to be a nice addition, but never a priority. But then my partner said to me recently, 'Don't you ever get fed up of painting green, grey or brown? What could you paint in different colours instead?' So, I showed her to 1st Corps civilians and a few others, and she very kindly bought the 12 figure pack for me! Now I had no excuse for not getting my other colours out.

To accompany the foot traffic, I've also painted up the Civilian/ Refugee Cart 2 from 1st Corps. I had to fill in a few air bubbles on the resin cart/ luggage (including the lower half of the mother's face), but despite that bit of extra work, I'm really happy with this model.

My Citroen Traction Avant, from Anyscale, has now joined the refugee convoy with the addition of a set of metal luggage from Rubicon Miniatures. The four pieces fit nicely- I was worried the scale, modelling might be slightly off, but everything fits perfectly. Now I need to come up with some rules for these unfortunate guys when finding themselves on a battlefield