I had an urge to dig out my Back of Beyond stuff from the depths of the lead pile today, with the excavated end result being an entire Chinese Warlord army complete with all the whistles and bells. I have enough figures for all three special units here, together with two regular infantry units, a field gun, a mortar, two machine guns, an Anti Aircraft machine gun, a Peugeot and an Erhardt armoured car to swap around, with a commander and staff officers to finish the army off. The only thing missing from the main force is some cavalry, but I hate painting horses so that’s not a big problem.

I also have all of the optional units allowed in the army list including an FT-17 tank, a German advisor and European artillery specialist, although I couldn’t find the White Russian artillery crew. I even have a half completed armoured train and a lovely 1/48th scale Breuguet XIV light bomber kit in the loft. The question is, can I justify spending the time and effort to base and paint this lot, when I already have two armies for the Back of Beyond already? So, will the ever glorious army of the Warlord Bao Tsin Shek ever see action…I’d like to think it will?