These will be packed into a new set with two Dragunov Marksmen - another weapon that is a potential attachment to your Russian Infantry Squads.
I´ll put up more pictures as soon as they´re done.
Friday, February 5, 2016
New Russian PKM Gunners
As announced I´m working on some new sculpts. I´ve finally returned to my Modern Russian sets to add a few more support weapons. Among them are two PKM gunners for everyone who´d like to swap out some of their RPK figures for something with more firepower.
These will be packed into a new set with two Dragunov Marksmen - another weapon that is a potential attachment to your Russian Infantry Squads.
I´ll put up more pictures as soon as they´re done.
These will be packed into a new set with two Dragunov Marksmen - another weapon that is a potential attachment to your Russian Infantry Squads.
I´ll put up more pictures as soon as they´re done.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
"Wait for my Signal" - Insurgent Support Weapons
Now I´m currently working on the two more insurgent figures for the set containing three leaders... and new sculpts!
Monday, February 1, 2016
"Solid Hit!" - US Infantry
After putting up all those Soviet pictures I noticed that I never put up the final pictures of my painted US Army releases way back in September 2015.
I painted them in a little of a rush, trying to finish suitable figures for presentation at the model expo in Mainz. At the expo I didn´t take good pictures as the light inside the hall was horrid - someone forgot to remove the top cover on our half of the expo hall, which blocked all daylight. Left with fuzzy artificial light, I didn´t have the opportunity to take good photos.
Returning from that event exhausted and a little disapointed I put the box of minis into my storage and never got around to take good photos here as well.
Now I finally pulled them back out and took nice pictures, here we are:
You can still see that the paintjob was a little rushed when you take a closer look at the bases, but overall I´m quite happy with the final look - especially considering that MultiCam/OCP pattern is never easy.
I painted them in a little of a rush, trying to finish suitable figures for presentation at the model expo in Mainz. At the expo I didn´t take good pictures as the light inside the hall was horrid - someone forgot to remove the top cover on our half of the expo hall, which blocked all daylight. Left with fuzzy artificial light, I didn´t have the opportunity to take good photos.
Returning from that event exhausted and a little disapointed I put the box of minis into my storage and never got around to take good photos here as well.
Now I finally pulled them back out and took nice pictures, here we are:
You can still see that the paintjob was a little rushed when you take a closer look at the bases, but overall I´m quite happy with the final look - especially considering that MultiCam/OCP pattern is never easy.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
"Growing Resistance" - New Enfilade Insurgents
Time to add some more shameless advertising for my own range of miniatures, after continous presentation of Elhiems great Soviet Range.
I´ve finally managed to invest some time into painting up some of my latest releases, a mix from the two new Insurgent sets. Painted and put into a nice banner for my website.
If you´re interested in the minis click on the banner to go straight to the shop.
Beware though, the product pictures are not yet up to date as I need to paint the remaining three Insurgent figures - right now the product pics are looking rather ugly, but that is about to change very soon...
Saturday, January 30, 2016
"Push through!" - Soviet Infantry
This is the final post about Soviets in a while (unless I finish painting the Support Weapons or the vehicles) and actually, just more of the same.
Again, we see a mix of the two painting techniques - figures in the background and on the left are washed, the leader and the two men on the right are shaded without wash.
So, time for more background info:
I´ll be playing these Soviet forces in an attempt to get more playtesting for Regular vs. Regular engagements with Code Red, the modern ruleset that I am still working on. Somehow playing Russians vs. USA does not feel as thrilling when set in modern times compared to a Cold War Setting. Furthermore, I´ve long been invested in the setting emotionally (when starting Force on Force, I decided to play Afghanistan and not Cold War, but building up Cold War Forces was planned right from that time on, when I first re-entered wargaming in 2012) - and the British Units were already set up.
After finishing the infantry, more vehicles are required. I´ve already assembled some BTR-80 transports for my Motorized Infantry.
Apart from that, all I need to go hot is better terrain, especially some buildings for central Europe. I´ve seen some H0 railway model builds in action on another table I recently played on, and I think it´s a valid option to consider. They´re not 100% correctly sized, but they suit about right - and with a slightly distorted ground-scale it could be a cheap way of building a nice table.
Again, we see a mix of the two painting techniques - figures in the background and on the left are washed, the leader and the two men on the right are shaded without wash.
So, time for more background info:
I´ll be playing these Soviet forces in an attempt to get more playtesting for Regular vs. Regular engagements with Code Red, the modern ruleset that I am still working on. Somehow playing Russians vs. USA does not feel as thrilling when set in modern times compared to a Cold War Setting. Furthermore, I´ve long been invested in the setting emotionally (when starting Force on Force, I decided to play Afghanistan and not Cold War, but building up Cold War Forces was planned right from that time on, when I first re-entered wargaming in 2012) - and the British Units were already set up.
After finishing the infantry, more vehicles are required. I´ve already assembled some BTR-80 transports for my Motorized Infantry.
Apart from that, all I need to go hot is better terrain, especially some buildings for central Europe. I´ve seen some H0 railway model builds in action on another table I recently played on, and I think it´s a valid option to consider. They´re not 100% correctly sized, but they suit about right - and with a slightly distorted ground-scale it could be a cheap way of building a nice table.
Friday, January 29, 2016
"Cease Fire" - Soviet Infantry
Hope it doesn´t get boring?
By now you might wonder why there are so many rifleman but barely any support weapon. Well...
Again, the available poses by Elhiem didn´t suit my taste.
This time, I started sculpting some support weapons for real as the required investment was rather limited - I just need some RPKs, RPGs and Grenade Launchers, about 2 or 3 poses should to the job.
And the regular viewer should remember that I already posted pictures of these here a few months ago - in the meantime, the entire set was cast in metal and is ready to be painted - just didn´t finish them yet.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
"Spread out and fire at the barn!" - Soviet Infantry
Again returning to the main batch of Soviet Infantry.
I think I said all about the painting process of these, so today I´ll focus on the surrounding trivia about this force.
About a year ago I painted some British Cold War Infantry and some self-made East Germans, but somehow I don´t like my own figures anymore (they´re very early sculpting attempts and by now means compatible with my modern quality standards).
The growing discontent with these WarPac troops forced me to make a choice: Resume playing with these, pimping the forces or swapping for a different WarPac faction.
Option 1 was out due to the already mentioned discontent.
Option 2 would require either major investment (time and money) into sculpting new figures or purchasing new East Germans. Matt at Elhiem figures released some NVA troops last year, but they don´t suit my taste - I can´t even tell you why. It´s a mix of the helmets looking wrong and the fact that Matt has re-used the same dollies/poses one time to many on these guys. I already have two lines with exactly the same poses (Taliban + regular Insurgents)... Combine these two and they are out of the picture. Sculpting also wasn´t an option as my priorites in 2015 did not include Cold War figures.
Though that does not mean that I´ll never sculpt my own NVA troops ;)
And Option 3 finally came along as an associate traded a small pack of Russians on very good terms for items that I didn´t need any more. They formed the core of my new Soviet Forces - and I just added some more.
That´s it for today!
I think I said all about the painting process of these, so today I´ll focus on the surrounding trivia about this force.
About a year ago I painted some British Cold War Infantry and some self-made East Germans, but somehow I don´t like my own figures anymore (they´re very early sculpting attempts and by now means compatible with my modern quality standards).
The growing discontent with these WarPac troops forced me to make a choice: Resume playing with these, pimping the forces or swapping for a different WarPac faction.
Option 1 was out due to the already mentioned discontent.
Option 2 would require either major investment (time and money) into sculpting new figures or purchasing new East Germans. Matt at Elhiem figures released some NVA troops last year, but they don´t suit my taste - I can´t even tell you why. It´s a mix of the helmets looking wrong and the fact that Matt has re-used the same dollies/poses one time to many on these guys. I already have two lines with exactly the same poses (Taliban + regular Insurgents)... Combine these two and they are out of the picture. Sculpting also wasn´t an option as my priorites in 2015 did not include Cold War figures.
Though that does not mean that I´ll never sculpt my own NVA troops ;)
And Option 3 finally came along as an associate traded a small pack of Russians on very good terms for items that I didn´t need any more. They formed the core of my new Soviet Forces - and I just added some more.
That´s it for today!
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