Mujahideen

I think this may be the biggest batch of 28mm figures I’ve ever painted… usually I work on squads of ten or so… sometimes units of fifteen… maybe twenty… I have done a unit of thirty-two once or twice… But this week I sat down with fifty (50!) Mujahideen and painted them all without being distracted… or finishing up half and leaving the rest for later…

I’ve been on a bit of an Afghan kick lately. I watched Afghan Luke, the Beast, and Charlie Wilson’s War (all for the first time) recently. I also dug out the 9^th Company and watched it again. I’ve also been reading Ted Rall’s to To Afghanistan and Back and the Osprey Histories book on the Soviet-Afghan War and listening to Morgan Spurlock’s Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden on CD… and I have a few others that have risen to the top of my “to read” pile…

(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version):

Here’s the lot of them… Most of them are Mongrel Miniatures, though there are a few Eureka Miniatures and the casualties are from Brooks Miniatures…

Adding them to the ones I already have…

These guys are ready to defend their country (and the faith!) from infidel invaders! (There are additional ones from Mongrel and Eureka as well as a few from The Assault Group and Devil Dog Design)

I need to fix up my generic mud-brick village and make some more terrain… 

Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:

I need to switch gears and build Top Malo House if I'm going to run that scenario on Sunday!? I guess if I run out of time on that I could always have an asymetric engagement in the 'stans... 

I should have a couple game reports up over the weekend as I'm planning to play another game of Bolt Action on Saturday and then the 9th Annual Wargaming Birthday Bash (Force on Force) is on Sunday! Huzzah!