Tarrakk Blackhand:
Considering that my 1/72nd scale Dacians are almost finished, I thought I would finally paint my old Airfix 1/72nd (1/87th) scale French Army figures as Romanians. I’ve had Airfix figures since the 1980’s, but never finished them compleatly. Now is the time!
During WW1, the Romanian government signed a treaty with the Allies on August 17, 1916 and declared war on the Central Powers on August 27. The Romanian Army was quite large, over 500,000 men in 23 divisions. However, it had officers with poor training and equipment; more than half of the army was barely trained.
France provided Romania with uniforms, weapons and aircraft. The only thing I really needed to change on the Airfix French figures was the flag.
The Flag bearer. This is one of my first 4 painted troops. Note the eyes. I thought I’d try a little harder with my paint job than I did with the Dacians.
The back view of the flag bearer. I improved the background for the following pictures. 
Infantry 1st Lt #1. Airfix gives the customer two of these figures. Note the medals on the hat and chest. They’re hand painted.
Infantry 1st Lt #2. Same figure but painted with black leather gloves and moustache. 
Here’s the front line observer with his black telescope. I thought of painting the telescope in brass, but realized that it would reflet the light too much for the Austro-Hungarians to see.
