With one thing and another this year, I haven’t had a great deal of time for painting so far, most of my efforts have been focussed towards the continuation of the 20mm Cold War Project, and a long overdue addition to the 28mm Muskets & Tomahawks force.
After the completion of the Fox armoured car shown
in the last update, Cold War doings have otherwise been somewhat Soviet, as I
worked my way through Elhiems’s Soviet Support Weapons pack.
Following the completion of the figures for these
back in February, I’ve now finished a spotter for the sniper and a No. 2 for
the SA-7 operator, who’ll be based in pairs, and a further Motor Rifleman.
Things were going fine until I realised half-way
through painting that I’d forgotten to sculpt a hood onto the spotter’s smock…
However, with the addition of this, I was back on
track…
…and finally managed to get everyone based up.
Sniper Team
SA-7 Team
Motor Riflemen
In addition to this, back in the world of 28mm, I
finally got on with the 3pdr Butterfly Gun from Perry Miniatures. While not the
best set of castings I’ve ever received from Perry Miniatures, which are
normally pretty damn good, a night spent with a scalpel and needle file soon
had things sorted out, and work got under way.
With the crew finished (now complete with correct coloured plumes)…
…I could concentrate on the gun itself
And the beast was done*…!
However, with that all done, and with the help of
a number of decent mediaeval themed documentaries having recently appeared on
iPlayer, my fickle nature has risen to the fore, and I’ve taken a wild swerve
back to painting 15mm Mediaevals. Me? Easily Distracted? Nev- ooh a birdie….
On with the Feudal Scots!
Cheers
Iain
*Spot the musical reference.
