African Militia

Back in March when I played the “Gone To Ground” scenario from Classified: Special Operations Missions 1940–2010 I noted a bit of a deficiency in support weapons for my Generic African Militia and sought to rectify that by ordering some from The Assault Group. They took a while to get here (busy time of year for them, I imagine… Salute and all that…) but they finaly arrived last week (along with some African Regulars)  (and some WW2 US Marines…)  (just… don’t ask…)

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Support for the Generic African Militia.

The whole Generic African Militia mob.

And an odd British Officer that has noting at all to do with the Africans… but I happened to finish him up last night too… (figure is from Artizan Designs)

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Those aforementioned US Marines have lingered on the table long enough that I started putting some paint on a few. As minis come in I base and prime and often even do the “base goop” in batches so that minis are ready to paint when I feel the urge – also I can sotre them in the drawer/box they’ll be in along with their painted comrades and thus I have a sense of how much space I will need for them – and be remined any time I look at the drawer that I have some to finish up… Anyway, as the Marines arrived at the same time as these Africans I based and primed and gooped them all at the same time (along with some First Special Service Force troopers that arrived earlie but hadn’t been primed, etc. yet) and as they were still sitting there as I started painting the Africans… and sort of got some paint on them in the process… I may finish up a few of those… just for fun… along with some of those FSSF troops…? 

African Regulars and Mercenaries

A few of the just arrived Africans… I’m not normally a last in, first out kind of guy.. but these I wanted to get out of the way – they’re small in number and for an otherwise complete force. Getting them done right away means it’s one less force that I have gnawing on my mind like zombies moaning “paaaaaaiiiiinnt me… paaaaaaaaiiiiiinnnnt meeeee…” 

All these are form The Assault Group.

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Newly arrived additional support for my African Regulars – most often fielded as the Federal Army of the Republic of Timbogo.

Here’s the entire force, platoon-ish in size…

Ready to crush the insurgency by the People’s Revolutionary Army of Timbogo!

I also finished up a few mercenaries…

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The rest of the recently arrived Assault Group Africans are on the painting table – they’re mostly support for my African irregular militia. Hopefully I’ll get to them this week…

So many other things to finish up… I don’t know where to begin.

I’ve also been doing some other painting this week, and hope to do some more in the near future… 

Semper Fi

Do or Die! Gung-ho! Gung-ho!

I finished up the last of my modern United States Marines. Well, the infantry. I do have a pair of M1 Tanks to give them some heavy (on table) support, and I’d like to pick up a pair of AAVP-7A1 and some HMMWVs (from Imprint Models), but that’ll have to wait until I sell some minis…

I finished up 28 of them (two squads), but here’s the whole force:

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With a few exceptions noted below the bulk of this force is from Eureka Miniatures USA.

I have a platoon of three squads (each with three fireteams of four plus a squad leader and a guy carrying a device for scrambling IEDs...?), and a platoon command of four. There are some EOD, Force REcon and Snipers I can also attach to the force. 

First Squad

Second Squad

Third Squad

Platoon command (from Empress Miniatures) consisting of a platoon commander, 2IC, Radio Operator and an attached Naval Corpsman. (ARe they still Naval Corpsmen? Or are they just "Marine Medics" now?)

EOD Team (also from Empress Miniatures)

Snipers - the prone fellow is from  Eureka Miniatures USA and the standing guy is from The Assault Group 

Marine Force Recon patrol.



I also have an additional Naval Corpsman from Victory Force Miniatures. He's quite gigantic next to the others...

As mentioned I do have a could of plastic 1/48 scale plastic M1 tank models to assemble and paint for these guys… and would like to pick up two AAVP-7A1 and 3-4 HMMWVs (for a recce patrol) and maybe a LAV-25.

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Hmmmmmm… hard to say… I have a handful of modern Africans that just arrived from The Assault Group that I’m anxious to do up as they are a small addition to an otherwise complete force…. I also still have a handful of zombies to finish up… I also have a couple of old Aurora Monster Movie Models that I’m going to assemble and paint for a friend that I want to get so soon-ish…

I’ll probably finish up the Africans and Zombies first, then get cracking on The Mummy! 

A Few More Zombies and Surviviors

A few more finished… only a handful left to go…

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A pair of survivors from Hasslefree Miniatures

Assorted zombies from Cold War Miniatures, RAFM, and Mega Miniatures. The cheerleader originally had a pompom – but it broke off in the process of painting her… and her arm was just so spindly I couldn’t pin it pack on so I slathered on some more blood and said she has no hand!

I think there’s only nine or ten zombies left to do. I think it’s about time I took stock of things. I have only a few modern things left to paint. There’s some Americans, Generic US-backed South/Central Americans, Modern British SAS in temperate DPM, and a handful of Africans. I suppose if we want to consider everything post-ww2 “modern”, then there’s also a few Vietnam minis; ANZACs and Americans. There’s also the Killer B Games Geezers, Shut It! minis… and  a bunch of vehicles to do… 2x M1, 2x Leopard 2, 3x Marders, 3x T-72, and a bunch of trucks and cars… a few helicopters and an airplane… And there are a few other things I’d like to pick up… (a few more Cold War Commies, 2x AAVP-7A1, Scimitar, BMDs, Humers…. And maybe a few other vehicles…). I guess that’s still quite a bit really, but for me it seems like the end is in sight.

After that…? I thought I might work on finishing up some of my WW2 forces… and I might… but I’m also feeling like it’s time to get back to working on my Great War armies and playing some of that. I’ve also been feeling the urge to finish up some Greek Armies for HOTT or DBA. I think I have enough for five or six armies – which would make for a pretty fun campaign.

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The Last of the Zombies… 

Zombies and Amazons

Progress slowed on the painting front earlier in the week as I got busy with other things (which will probably be a recurring theme this spring) but last night Amanda and I stayed up way to late watching a couple episodes of Buffy the Vampire slayer and I got some more zombies finished. I’m making a push to finish up zombies because, after this lot, I think I have only 15 or 16 left to do (out of 120+).

The Amazons I painted last weekend, but didn’t get the basing finished until this weekend.

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Zombies! There are zombies from Mega Miniatures, Cold War Miniatures, and West Wind Productions

An element of Bow for my HoTT/DBA Amazon Army – figures are from Wargames Foundry . I have a half dozen elements of spear, and a couple Cavalry and Light Horse (or Riders) and a Knight General (chariot) to finish up.

I’d like to get some more HOTT gaming in.

So much to do, so little time.

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Hopefully the rest of the zombies! 

Another Odd Assortment

I finished up a few odds and ends this weekend….

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A command team from Warlord Games for my WW2 Canadians. The signaler and the officer I plan to use as a forward observer team of some sort and the stretcher-bearer will be attached to a platoon HQ.

A few odd moderns from The Assault Group: a Russian (with an AK carbine), a figure that was meant to be an SAS trooper that I’ve painted in a mix of camo to use as a survivor or contractor or perhaps some generic special operator, and a pair of snipers. One of the snipers I’ve painted in American woodland camo and the other in olive drab (thinking I could pass him off as a Cold War Canadian).

Ancient Greeks. The fellas are from Black Tree Design, and the Amazon is from Wargames Foundry .

A few modern civilians. The alcoholic investigator is from RAFM and the two kids are from Reaper Miniatures.

Finally, one more zombie from Cold War Miniatures.

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I have a few more amazons that I finished that are being based for a HOTT/DBA army. After that? I have a lot more zombies and moderns on the workbench… 

Russian MVD

I’m not sure why I decided to finish these up…? I guess they were part done… but nowhere near half done or anything and I have no immediate use for them… but I finished them up just the same.

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These are Russian MVD troops from The Assault Group. Four of them I had previously painted, the rest were finished up this week.

I suppose I could have painted them in one of the green-ish/woodland camouflages that they seem to be more often pictured in (and then I could have passed them off as regular Russian troops – at least with the guys I game with!), but the bluey tiger-stripey looked… I don’t know… fun…? And that’s what hobbies are all about, right? Having fun?

I have seven guys with a carbine version of an AK.

Three guys with and AK assault rifle with an underslung grenade launcher (AK-74?). Strangely, I have guys with carbines and guys with Assault rifles with underslung grenade launchers… but no guys with just assault rifles.

Snipers (with a broken barrel – ARRRRRGG!)

Heavier Support – I think these are PKM machine-guns and some sort of RPG. (some more broken barrel syndrom appearing on one of those guys….

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I have an odd assortment of bits and bobs I’ve also finished this week that I’ll show off in a separate post.