tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36012643643631769062024-03-16T17:19:25.211-04:00Dad's GuysA blog about my re-adventure in miniature wargaming.kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-49063484063569092862024-03-03T22:03:00.000-05:002024-03-03T22:03:00.773-05:00Back At It<font size="6">W</font>ell after a couple of years ... I'm back at it. In case anyone still reads blogs here's an update.
<p>I guess I just got burned out. That's how it is with me and hobbies. I'm all in for five years or so and I then I need to take a break. I always seem to come back to them, however. I spent my time doing genealogy research, something I hadn't done in twenty years, reading and running. Then I started to feel the need to create. I got inspired by my daugther and her many crafting projects.
<p>I explored many avenues before I settled on what exactly I wanted to paint. I like many areas of history so of course I've been tempted by many genres. I also flirted with 15mm figures. I looked into (added to my mountain of shame, bought books, etc.) 15mm American War of Independence, primarily the Battle of Bunker Hill as I have ancestors who fought there; 15mm Civil War, never been a big ACW nut, but I have always wanted to finish a Fire and Fury scenario; 20mm WWII, Eastern Front, a big interest of mine; 15mm Ancients, Romans vs. Dacians; 15mm WWII, Pacific War and finally 15mm Vietnam. What did I learn about myself during all this crazyness? <b>20mm is the scale for me.</b> 28mm is too expensive, takes too long to paint and I don't feel confident enough to sculpt for it; 15mm, well, they take just as long to paint as 20mm if they're done right and I don't find them as much fun to paint ... just too small. <b>I need variety.</b> 15mm, painting, gaming involves too many figures of the same pose. <b>I like clean, crisp models.</b> I don't like spending too much time cleaning up models. A lot of 15mm figures I came across had indistinct faces and a lack of detail or casting faults. <b>I need to really like the figures and don't like to mix figures from different makers.</b> AB Figures have many pluses, but I was really disappointed to find that size difference among the range is huge - plus some of the casting isn't so great.
<p>So I landed where I left off. I just really like RH Models' stuff so I'm sticking with them. I might not be able to get more of them, but I've got about 10 years worth of stuff to paint already. Rolf, if you're out there I've got a large order I desperately want to place. Please reach out. Everyone else, if you have some spare RH Models to unload please get in touch with me.
<p>For starters I finished a set of ICW figures I was last working on. RH Models don't have leader figure so I made one with a head swap and some sculpted equipment, included a holstered pistol. They also don't produce a British Lewis gun team so I did a weapon swap with a such a weapon and a headswap with another to make a team.
<p>My first new painting foray is going to be figures for the 2nd Indochina war (French vs. Viet Minh). I also have some 15mm Vietnam US Army and 20mm modern Australians to base. My recent research has included the civil wars of Nicaragua and El Salvador.
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kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-44438870110611648602021-05-31T21:58:00.000-04:002021-05-31T21:58:00.805-04:00Seals at Takur Ghar<font size="6">A</font> few days ago I wrapped up these six figures. They are meant to represent the Navy Seals at Takur Ghar.
<p>These figures started out as early war US Special forces 2001/2002 (USS02 codes). I gave them all head swaps using heads from Delta Force figures (Mogadishu). The helmets then had their holes filled in and some gear added to them with green stuff and some plastic sprue. Each got a green stuff hood, new front ammo pockets (four not three as originally sculpted) and some more back straps. I also sculpted a holster for each (some with a small pistol handle) and extended their pants a bit. One figure got new hands to hold a swapped in SR-25.
<p>Next up is a small batch of Australian SAS in Afghanistan.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLHYmRAbr5agplPPSENV748VKcBkq2lpARZWkjFxCXS3Asbgu5T760VWkgoJkecmuXttjGcK319yPZft7kzzeERvULwL_fdWaJG4GIyrRFr_k4vpLiJvrcIEWfS7Pcu1XbppxJ-gBv9Lj/s1024/01.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLHYmRAbr5agplPPSENV748VKcBkq2lpARZWkjFxCXS3Asbgu5T760VWkgoJkecmuXttjGcK319yPZft7kzzeERvULwL_fdWaJG4GIyrRFr_k4vpLiJvrcIEWfS7Pcu1XbppxJ-gBv9Lj/s600/01.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models USS02-* with head and weapon swap; USS02M4GL* with head swap</font></figcaption></figure></a>
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<p>I didn't have too many pictures to go off of. My main source of inspiration was one image of a Seal at Takur Ghar from Osprey's book about the battle in their RAID series. Based on information in that book I found specific pictures online of the equipment said to be used.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79SiT-yjPw7X3mIkhCCtxTAYB2mB6aKJQdp9RoF6c6KnpRhbTGAKk-d78mfx1ROR9sFAXqfTBLcwxq-Yq0UmOvQ_KZYf0HdJXo8iJKPn11E8JatuuorUow-l0d9X-IH-ndXcaOnpBu69F/s785/just_seal.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="721" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79SiT-yjPw7X3mIkhCCtxTAYB2mB6aKJQdp9RoF6c6KnpRhbTGAKk-d78mfx1ROR9sFAXqfTBLcwxq-Yq0UmOvQ_KZYf0HdJXo8iJKPn11E8JatuuorUow-l0d9X-IH-ndXcaOnpBu69F/s600/just_seal.png"/><figcaption><font size="1">Navy Seal at Takur Ghar.</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyGV4xAYaMAfKHRIrM0xdWwzjadd9ph4U4F-2eOxoVifBzwi6bknygi8eY5rJkHy-8fLbiz8btsWKRHfrJ9Qqnw0HBOROs5a9mkNF7ncnve2JcorQa-zxoxSdCo-12WdeiOeTEw0jFoFc/s780/180820-F-IO108-006.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="721" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyGV4xAYaMAfKHRIrM0xdWwzjadd9ph4U4F-2eOxoVifBzwi6bknygi8eY5rJkHy-8fLbiz8btsWKRHfrJ9Qqnw0HBOROs5a9mkNF7ncnve2JcorQa-zxoxSdCo-12WdeiOeTEw0jFoFc/s600/180820-F-IO108-006.JPG"/><figcaption><font size="1">John Chapman's holster from Takur Ghar as displayed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.</font></figcaption></figure></a>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-71083728144068598202021-05-31T21:26:00.002-04:002021-05-31T21:58:34.591-04:002001/2002 Al Qaeda<font size="6">W</font>eeks ago I finished this batch of Al Qaeda/Taliban for a couple of scenarios regarding Takur Ghar. I'm sure they'll have other uses, but the 2001/2002 time frame was my goal.
<p>So that more figures would have chi com ammo rigs I modified Rolf's PLO figures with some green stuff giving them shalwar kameez (long tunics). I also added some beards, extended a few shirts to make jackets, made a few scarf endings and a prayer cap. I was particularly pleased with the beards. When I get back to working on Chechen fighters I'm definitely adding some of these.
<p>In the future I hope to create some more Takur Ghar fighters with cold weather gear. For that fight in the mountains they seem to wear knit caps and western style winter jackets. I need a few more of guys dressed like that.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR_V64UtQMnAid9tSzMP8P6cqSFHT-Kq5tKCJdW3dPubRKbjqFhGG1KkJgEuZEO4CSdg0i3xNyUKvGnpNA07mgVx3ck6GwjjwzeXR3u3RY_yFis8LCe813FFlbut0JMs1uqd5rXun8nw3/s1037/1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR_V64UtQMnAid9tSzMP8P6cqSFHT-Kq5tKCJdW3dPubRKbjqFhGG1KkJgEuZEO4CSdg0i3xNyUKvGnpNA07mgVx3ck6GwjjwzeXR3u3RY_yFis8LCe813FFlbut0JMs1uqd5rXun8nw3/s600/1.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models 055COM; AQSQU; PLORPG; MUJ14</font></figcaption></figure></a>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCSwXikJqOalqyqE2_VF10kyNvNfYIoDhRJxlec7caN8241M17bup9mRPhLBONtlL31Y4GCBFJeEA1xrGenldbKTApq2f0qg4u13Xad75TiNR02LJJj3EyjvPRbKiiZbtfoZrMKUBbqyK/s1037/3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCSwXikJqOalqyqE2_VF10kyNvNfYIoDhRJxlec7caN8241M17bup9mRPhLBONtlL31Y4GCBFJeEA1xrGenldbKTApq2f0qg4u13Xad75TiNR02LJJj3EyjvPRbKiiZbtfoZrMKUBbqyK/s600/3.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models MUJ14* with head swap; EER2W; MULT*AK with head swap; MUJLMGT</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-wgxeosh6u8ulaHc15HiaAKB6esRmwjsTA8e5wGkZQXaH-e_7K9WzsnKp9ALWKtWviKcBbpN7McUHqh5gbvM4hK8nIa0sOepE8SSz7gaXISyTjtC78lhWB0fsTTraRkj7-CipEEF6Lr1/s983/4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-wgxeosh6u8ulaHc15HiaAKB6esRmwjsTA8e5wGkZQXaH-e_7K9WzsnKp9ALWKtWviKcBbpN7McUHqh5gbvM4hK8nIa0sOepE8SSz7gaXISyTjtC78lhWB0fsTTraRkj7-CipEEF6Lr1/s600/4.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models PLOPKM; MUJ14K; MUJ14; MUJ14K</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXD93fKf9WNJltEaOLQEUmaUwfj-NTWU39nSXbEIh3O328XrdvC4E6CGytfuIwyBGyIGbXbJKVb2rgtXkSCvLCE_-RyNuDoJdAqGol6vpLC8QKR5_BNq_imAisiQXHUM9m1-tipELcmiNp/s947/5.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXD93fKf9WNJltEaOLQEUmaUwfj-NTWU39nSXbEIh3O328XrdvC4E6CGytfuIwyBGyIGbXbJKVb2rgtXkSCvLCE_-RyNuDoJdAqGol6vpLC8QKR5_BNq_imAisiQXHUM9m1-tipELcmiNp/s600/5.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models PLOAK; PLOAK; MUJ14; AQSQU</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2H_EKaFldiaBUabZy1pyFM2SJZqqJVu26KD4g51QjmXvtpV8WSbBGW35fBixHadC39bfHwttBoG8bYjboa7EFQNjX92FJVbtie7erZ6ghbStX9g6r8bunxmHM1rlkGnsZDwQxl0c6QMfC/s970/6.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2H_EKaFldiaBUabZy1pyFM2SJZqqJVu26KD4g51QjmXvtpV8WSbBGW35fBixHadC39bfHwttBoG8bYjboa7EFQNjX92FJVbtie7erZ6ghbStX9g6r8bunxmHM1rlkGnsZDwQxl0c6QMfC/s600/6.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models PLOAK; MUJ14* with head swap; EER2W; AQSQU </font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_lu_JEu4SM_BlXBiT7ivYtoCnNoB-OgkYNXbIJfE-hy__ZYjlJoksjiYuRflQ15zu-O7ISA-fYcAfAQoU4066abtwRuR9yy4axnZLSiFVzKdrNIddQMtjPZbbcuWyoCr9e3yxR2-hvxv/s1018/7.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_lu_JEu4SM_BlXBiT7ivYtoCnNoB-OgkYNXbIJfE-hy__ZYjlJoksjiYuRflQ15zu-O7ISA-fYcAfAQoU4066abtwRuR9yy4axnZLSiFVzKdrNIddQMtjPZbbcuWyoCr9e3yxR2-hvxv/s600/7.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models MUJ14A; PLORPK; MUJ14* with head swap; BALAK</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvI7cUmq_h_50wWxCwYsLy9bLQ03iLzduKCYAwxSizwmAFP8SbI1E8M6NCbkH4yDLKK23tSPqd75q1kofpyLHcR9hsxGGblylm1E6RhzdD1xx7vv68YlOjcvlEmXmDn77N_vnC3Fg4drpN/s960/8.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvI7cUmq_h_50wWxCwYsLy9bLQ03iLzduKCYAwxSizwmAFP8SbI1E8M6NCbkH4yDLKK23tSPqd75q1kofpyLHcR9hsxGGblylm1E6RhzdD1xx7vv68YlOjcvlEmXmDn77N_vnC3Fg4drpN/s600/8.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; AQSQU; AQSNI</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jj0F8DhU-BWhsmHl8vaODonXoxe5qAAakWokUSTCEUjuQBWmfgXLlKcof4TBxI2VspKwGQGnPkNJCtJq3eZ1tC-7qKY7tCQNwQGewqkNC06XZoJDaxTcTQbfPHL5wkG2-p0wcMA1muj_/s959/9.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jj0F8DhU-BWhsmHl8vaODonXoxe5qAAakWokUSTCEUjuQBWmfgXLlKcof4TBxI2VspKwGQGnPkNJCtJq3eZ1tC-7qKY7tCQNwQGewqkNC06XZoJDaxTcTQbfPHL5wkG2-p0wcMA1muj_/s600/9.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models AQPKM; MUJRPG</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-VzpqWgr0aYuW6ORkRN8SJcrrekueHd76T1egXtm9_nFVe1ck7JpIP_QBQut4bbv8TI2BxTnhX0YerrnCpdOsnr0SSDP2rjCSytyfSZog8lvX5JgfbEZq50PH7_c2EiBS9axaaqlUanD/s858/10.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-VzpqWgr0aYuW6ORkRN8SJcrrekueHd76T1egXtm9_nFVe1ck7JpIP_QBQut4bbv8TI2BxTnhX0YerrnCpdOsnr0SSDP2rjCSytyfSZog8lvX5JgfbEZq50PH7_c2EiBS9axaaqlUanD/s600/10.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models AQ26; WEA26</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<p>Strangely picutes of Al Qaeda/Taliban during the early period of the war were difficult to come by, even dead ones. Below are some of the few I found.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVtl_c72p5D9vZWFktyJTdTC_DpK_m1l2HlmOvjMZDOXNUSIxaXqHl5i-CYMN4G_uzXnWC9riBhhphN6gD8E9XDl1F285BUhQZXrLaSHb2WZgZCVS7ZvWj63JhLG-4Tol-dPlfI9hJV6N/s2048/1998-05-26+aq+in+afghanistan+2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="790" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVtl_c72p5D9vZWFktyJTdTC_DpK_m1l2HlmOvjMZDOXNUSIxaXqHl5i-CYMN4G_uzXnWC9riBhhphN6gD8E9XDl1F285BUhQZXrLaSHb2WZgZCVS7ZvWj63JhLG-4Tol-dPlfI9hJV6N/s600/1998-05-26+aq+in+afghanistan+2.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Al Qaeda in Afghanistan (May 26th, 1998).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iWAnGFn-_kw/YAhMlMHGsRI/AAAAAAAAIOg/S-5526QjbZ0-rKhXz_Gem9lrRoLV6cexwCPcBGAYYCw/s1024/2004-12-12%2Bmarines-gather-weapons-found-in-the-restive-city-of-fallujah-50-kms-picture-id51851251.jpghttps://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBqor16_-4c/YLWD_S9Yt1I/AAAAAAAAIVQ/PzrPeJMdIVYYGXQeEHDUBRPMe-0qyMGMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1999-08-01%2Baq%2Belite%2Bforce%2B055%2Bcelebrating%2Bcapture%2Bof%2Bbagram%2Bair%2Bfield4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="721" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4gpET4cvPl55SXYwJXAKlP4BKnDxIpRGk9YCa5oVfAQrygtnXWd5ox8sDKwN0KQ0USvke-Qfi1_-FV5WMZe87cxlmZft1FHaSEF9E7ulN5Ktc8pARU0IX8VK7asE4LZ05VYzkJtDPpCb/s600/1999-08-01+aq+elite+force+055+celebrating+capture+of+bagram+air+field4.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Al Qaeda 055 elite force celebrating capture of Bagram Air Base (August 1st, 1999).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJfNg4-uHvPRT4kIp9nO7FD5RELY38OXJTMuwYrhWJ9dLSyM3cORFW7RXoewTWVyd8kQIaM3xD_mPBL_JRcv17bF91r6hibv5D7crmKzAfYtVSG9ihwGLg_p8fPmhAEDz4qMr2ZDJfGGI/s2048/1999-08-01+aq+elite+force+055+celebrating+capture+of+bagram+air+field+3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="721" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJfNg4-uHvPRT4kIp9nO7FD5RELY38OXJTMuwYrhWJ9dLSyM3cORFW7RXoewTWVyd8kQIaM3xD_mPBL_JRcv17bF91r6hibv5D7crmKzAfYtVSG9ihwGLg_p8fPmhAEDz4qMr2ZDJfGGI/s600/1999-08-01+aq+elite+force+055+celebrating+capture+of+bagram+air+field+3.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Al Qaeda 055 elite force celebrating capture of Bagram Air Base (August 1st, 1999).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jx1rwj0pj80b9fkA1X4RiYR6-Wat0RMAmTMMr5g42vbjO61C0tN32h0JKw12Yi3LafHqZ7Swduq4SnwNISgPWp22v12HNUzTlKK-jHNSnoU_oCby9s8iPWv_FQt1cNFke5edI68HgVSP/s2048/2001-12-01+taliban+pows+in+jail+complex+in+shebargan+afghanistan+2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="789" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jx1rwj0pj80b9fkA1X4RiYR6-Wat0RMAmTMMr5g42vbjO61C0tN32h0JKw12Yi3LafHqZ7Swduq4SnwNISgPWp22v12HNUzTlKK-jHNSnoU_oCby9s8iPWv_FQt1cNFke5edI68HgVSP/s600/2001-12-01+taliban+pows+in+jail+complex+in+shebargan+afghanistan+2.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Taliban POWs in jail complex in Shebargan, Afghanistan (December, 2001).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh1xfH8mO8cuw6otIqaWjbT0qMnxCu5PdAZk_bkCl8lYXKBDJEFC2nmBh2oRh09BquosrM6VbIhCxPeWRiieXfSU6FOx_GWXz2OOtT1wsKmjCKVj2mB_lBCqLtwac_LP7-8RRWeGAUgut/s2048/2001-12-17+foreign+al+qaeda+pow+in+agam+valley+near+tora+bora+4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh1xfH8mO8cuw6otIqaWjbT0qMnxCu5PdAZk_bkCl8lYXKBDJEFC2nmBh2oRh09BquosrM6VbIhCxPeWRiieXfSU6FOx_GWXz2OOtT1wsKmjCKVj2mB_lBCqLtwac_LP7-8RRWeGAUgut/s600/2001-12-17+foreign+al+qaeda+pow+in+agam+valley+near+tora+bora+4.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Foreign Al Qaeda POWs in Agam Valley near Tora Bora (December 17th, 2001).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKzydX50rXHaPLICK_Ze_NyAy0f9FcEw58aWkl5Lc9XiZv9OULvglQnzE8QWegA_octcjEkXKlcwh3yg2W_uD_7-pOQYEc3nt-YUgIjQMjWhfEdL59pBkfAJYKa5H-jtvqrpmAvwPMU4t/s962/osama+gd+in+tora+bora+before+9-11.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKzydX50rXHaPLICK_Ze_NyAy0f9FcEw58aWkl5Lc9XiZv9OULvglQnzE8QWegA_octcjEkXKlcwh3yg2W_uD_7-pOQYEc3nt-YUgIjQMjWhfEdL59pBkfAJYKa5H-jtvqrpmAvwPMU4t/s600/osama+gd+in+tora+bora+before+9-11.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Osama Bin Laden guards in Tora Bora before 9-11.</font></figcaption></figure></a>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-16648344026883683512021-01-20T10:47:00.000-05:002021-01-20T10:47:15.662-05:00Odd Weapon Insurgents<font size="6">I</font> am not sure why, but for some reason it took me forever to get around making this post. I finished this group about a month ago. Looking back I sure did have fun creating them.
<p>The group is meant to represent Sunni insurgents in the War on Terror. When looking through source pictures I realized that not every insurgent fought with an AK. Pictures of discovered weapon caches showed lots of variety. G3's seemed to be particularly popular. Presumably these came from Iran.
<p>All figures got head swaps; some got green stuff scarf endings as well. I also sculpted a vest on one figure (pretty easy to do actually), "cived up" a gunner figure and gave one guy a new right hand.
<p>Since I got discouraged creating a couple of US Marines for Fallujah with shotguns, I moved on temporarily to big group of Taliban/Afghans for Takur Ghar. I'm about halfway through that batch.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0J8iEXbKy6rybQO0BzQHceoliXwOHjTaqaIPUvFTKVQseYg_fSNvFGfd-lK6ZaHo6LaxE6OA-0Ff4Q6RBEpv0LFsvq-n1lib8tgVjlEHFP7Pw9GGUjRfaq3MWqkTSZvkGD4BqitwnYYnY/s1038/1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0J8iEXbKy6rybQO0BzQHceoliXwOHjTaqaIPUvFTKVQseYg_fSNvFGfd-lK6ZaHo6LaxE6OA-0Ff4Q6RBEpv0LFsvq-n1lib8tgVjlEHFP7Pw9GGUjRfaq3MWqkTSZvkGD4BqitwnYYnY/s600/1.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models MULT20SKS w/ head swap; NEG28 w/ head swap; URBUKRIF w/ head swap</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7tdpmbkW9I_WijpuuPZvXEt5NnqRSFQHs0oEKHl8qiKNNYoBdoDQsYZ3wUsdiwqT-ihKTp5r9c8ZXyAni4abUX9O5umX4h_XvY34wzwf9gRZnPPL5bUOqC24PtOcCuLFadevk0I17xl6/s1011/3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7tdpmbkW9I_WijpuuPZvXEt5NnqRSFQHs0oEKHl8qiKNNYoBdoDQsYZ3wUsdiwqT-ihKTp5r9c8ZXyAni4abUX9O5umX4h_XvY34wzwf9gRZnPPL5bUOqC24PtOcCuLFadevk0I17xl6/s600/3.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models URBPIST* w/ head swap; NEG28 w/ head swap; URBM16203 w/ head swap</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVXeE4LqCpBhyvM8MDoN8YsPU5d7A8vquMVhRQMMZG1umcMvmLGmf9jmcMTKY7rHr1Q1xPeIP5JB6mF4BjS5xKbon1baGOWW-W_-tFmWdvIiVH7RZ8SLxEQ10uP3_CWFFlP5GsQT4vwNO/s446/4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVXeE4LqCpBhyvM8MDoN8YsPU5d7A8vquMVhRQMMZG1umcMvmLGmf9jmcMTKY7rHr1Q1xPeIP5JB6mF4BjS5xKbon1baGOWW-W_-tFmWdvIiVH7RZ8SLxEQ10uP3_CWFFlP5GsQT4vwNO/s320/4.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models NEG2 w/ head swap</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisn-tXrHTd8q3cLjSX0WpOTlJZMJ4HTxvYG04KAlGMXp0CGTnQ7ILjcJ-K2fmBX0bonIUbZEr4SDQIaabv97qDHt1PeA0uMN4UAfVZDA3K-O3O5DUYEFvOsrsyhLResGhOXyTtcZ2mKrXY/s875/5.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="875" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisn-tXrHTd8q3cLjSX0WpOTlJZMJ4HTxvYG04KAlGMXp0CGTnQ7ILjcJ-K2fmBX0bonIUbZEr4SDQIaabv97qDHt1PeA0uMN4UAfVZDA3K-O3O5DUYEFvOsrsyhLResGhOXyTtcZ2mKrXY/s600/5.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">RH Models MULT*GUN w/ head swap; ARACIV* w/ head swap; WEA40; BLACK DOG T72026</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<p>Some good pics ...
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw3Yoouc7dpJkTZxWx5l-PS_DijrTvWM2IZlRAudzSTTuTr1BROwLzYHa8P_j9wvn_cTcg_OABGPSF7wIp0eYxXNfaYLKabR2L3xqjVlh0EJOTB8BzOshz0pbT7LL5JJX8Lv9dRT5MB10/s1024/01+right.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="790" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw3Yoouc7dpJkTZxWx5l-PS_DijrTvWM2IZlRAudzSTTuTr1BROwLzYHa8P_j9wvn_cTcg_OABGPSF7wIp0eYxXNfaYLKabR2L3xqjVlh0EJOTB8BzOshz0pbT7LL5JJX8Lv9dRT5MB10/s600/01+right.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Armed Iraqi men welcome residents of Fallujah home (May, 2004).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VvoS3mlaUuArDDx87WLqyg9iwhg6qmwmmXNfMl7UUMjrM8MVG060qpojpBHLhHNvqIK8KS8yen-FOlt2hZCY0J6OosaNakg6o1gGOhOTjCkGXEZns9URq5OsMKtQTySIuVq_OjAPDZZX/s1024/2004-12-12+marines-gather-weapons-found-in-the-restive-city-of-fallujah-50-kms-picture-id51851251.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="721" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VvoS3mlaUuArDDx87WLqyg9iwhg6qmwmmXNfMl7UUMjrM8MVG060qpojpBHLhHNvqIK8KS8yen-FOlt2hZCY0J6OosaNakg6o1gGOhOTjCkGXEZns9URq5OsMKtQTySIuVq_OjAPDZZX/s600/2004-12-12+marines-gather-weapons-found-in-the-restive-city-of-fallujah-50-kms-picture-id51851251.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">US Marines gather weapons found in the restive city of Fallujah (December 12, 2004).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUozhjlO3YMun1rC-zrVC0UZBry1tlrHqatHmioNEIzl1x9mYfXk74tIMvtrnQd-wENI894o65TpmH5V7KVSJrKISudGm916SrZfw7L5EwYqhYjs559qFiXrVFvThKdXjZyJJsbyj9e2c/s512/02-1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUozhjlO3YMun1rC-zrVC0UZBry1tlrHqatHmioNEIzl1x9mYfXk74tIMvtrnQd-wENI894o65TpmH5V7KVSJrKISudGm916SrZfw7L5EwYqhYjs559qFiXrVFvThKdXjZyJJsbyj9e2c/s600/02-1.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Insurgents in Ramadi (March 9, 2005).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVl9rUbjX_p5g8xAQUiFLUyXji4VTJBVps1km3PD-WLGN0QOrndzKdqOdUh-TifrVivVEp2oRZMd8_d3yQicQDbS3PSH49_A0h3qw98aD1V6FE8_2Zj_zFcKG3hNZM-EqWM_gfs-nPhHg8/s1024/06.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="789" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVl9rUbjX_p5g8xAQUiFLUyXji4VTJBVps1km3PD-WLGN0QOrndzKdqOdUh-TifrVivVEp2oRZMd8_d3yQicQDbS3PSH49_A0h3qw98aD1V6FE8_2Zj_zFcKG3hNZM-EqWM_gfs-nPhHg8/s600/06.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">An armed man waves his weapon after burning a van in northern Iraq (December 11, 2004).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Fn9OR1GRI/YAhMksPIj1I/AAAAAAAAIOU/d96n_Gd9tl856zs0bUedlPsQFgOl7fmcACPcBGAYYCw/s1024/08%2Bwith%2Bg3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVa4DYsKaQls0FQfkWJPIz3DaedKH-jaVxob8uXhwEEYjX02sHrgYRny9C_5DymPsThEOr8vAEBIq8wl-1OEoXlZCGQQX5MEQtnzTNL4_t3ewu_s-V_mOeONIQ7U_fMii71M8g914Q9g7/s600/08+with+g3.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Sunni Iraqi insurgents celebrate in front of burning military tanker (April 9, 2004).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBVGU0CKHSf-Aem9PGxq8FsnQ4rEX4ZJak1zCTKgG00g0h0B8R6zWC_0fa5oRqPO9DmGPxAM1IwpOUCWaQxNZB-hIPS6iTxqNEAs8k7mA5uhT1Axos6zKW2o7-Y6575IdNjrlTMdGFzQB/s512/10.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBVGU0CKHSf-Aem9PGxq8FsnQ4rEX4ZJak1zCTKgG00g0h0B8R6zWC_0fa5oRqPO9DmGPxAM1IwpOUCWaQxNZB-hIPS6iTxqNEAs8k7mA5uhT1Axos6zKW2o7-Y6575IdNjrlTMdGFzQB/s600/10.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">Insurgents in Ramadi (March 9, 2005).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVePLJGfZjFpxvNwDL5Z5w9TqP0qTLnGkrns-sZcFbf6n9S8tSTwDfHoqOLDBYybGlk287SsnKIpExqbw8aBet6hJKaH531U4PC0ao4EvHF2-Wdj8J8MzgCmHciXSNGCtkdMrL1ApXk2W/s512/12.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVePLJGfZjFpxvNwDL5Z5w9TqP0qTLnGkrns-sZcFbf6n9S8tSTwDfHoqOLDBYybGlk287SsnKIpExqbw8aBet6hJKaH531U4PC0ao4EvHF2-Wdj8J8MzgCmHciXSNGCtkdMrL1ApXk2W/s600/12.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1"></font></figcaption></figure></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-jXrGoI-UY7xPeizekxRjFeNXJ2gbUlr6yKDw3hJxYXkDHKRrP1bRJkgbFZIxVwrTF5gvoZ2yIzMRxqGVNH4qD0ra8UvTRcGW2P_IEF0Y90-c2fsAydvn3b3PlxWxsghtNizMHw2l2V8/s488/remember-iraq-wheeled-trucks-burning-17-638+-+Copy.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><figure><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-jXrGoI-UY7xPeizekxRjFeNXJ2gbUlr6yKDw3hJxYXkDHKRrP1bRJkgbFZIxVwrTF5gvoZ2yIzMRxqGVNH4qD0ra8UvTRcGW2P_IEF0Y90-c2fsAydvn3b3PlxWxsghtNizMHw2l2V8/s600/remember-iraq-wheeled-trucks-burning-17-638+-+Copy.jpg"/><figcaption><font size="1">A member of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadir's Mehdi Army in Kufa (April 19, 2004).</font></figcaption></figure></a>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-31095394037356024942020-10-06T19:17:00.161-04:002020-10-07T10:14:30.187-04:00US Marines in Fallujah Pt. 1<font size="6">I</font>t has been a while since I've posted, but I've been busy. There's lots of stuff to fix up/change in the new house and those kids keep staying up later! Both of these are cutting into my painting time.
<p>This last group was painted to represent US Marines in Fallujah in 2004. I didn't do any head swaps for once, but I did do a lot of green stuff sculpting to give them the look I wanted. I used the good stuff for knee pads (some up, some fallen down), groin protectors, hydration bags and some straps. I also added an AT4 to one of these figures. I went back and forth with the sculpting quite a bit as I really wanted to get the knee pads and straps thin so they'd match the cast figures well. I had planned on adding sunglasses to some figures, but it just didn't work with figures already wearing helmets. In the end I'm pleased with the results.
<p>I tried to vary the colors I used as much as possible - personal equipment like googles and knee pads were an opportunity to add some variety. Some marines seem to have been issues coyote brown armor while others are pictured wearing armor in woodland camo. Initially, I was a bit scared to paint desert MARPAT camo, but it wasn't too bad once I got going.
<p>Next up is a second batch of US Marines to finish this platoon. For the next group I'll have to sculpt some more accessories, like these have, and go with different skin tones and gloves.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nDjZg1XqGaCHgNe9Y-y2rF3VCcchG-Hya2zRgDySDuNKAK06kZEYd-_YXSBCEsKHu-Q0yE-UdwvfCIO5GJ-iK-7DvZuGYDkUXkaG6bXVJiqlTzLcMUSfz94Zrl8S8zYzNUKzDmOXtoYc/s1600/1a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: left; "><img alt="" border="0" width="700" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nDjZg1XqGaCHgNe9Y-y2rF3VCcchG-Hya2zRgDySDuNKAK06kZEYd-_YXSBCEsKHu-Q0yE-UdwvfCIO5GJ-iK-7DvZuGYDkUXkaG6bXVJiqlTzLcMUSfz94Zrl8S8zYzNUKzDmOXtoYc/s1600/1a.jpg"/></a>
<font size="1">RH Models US02COMA4; US02GREN; US02SAW1/US02SQ1; US02M21</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2ZbGtrBPgM7RXWr1h2HqD2QeCHGf4eIEmY9Ghd3yqPJ_FVaavwM5z1UPPiHfYgi53eESNdiEmVM3j_2KNqqvaVlAQ60GOqGKtZzmuu9WtS3eKxsy7cQTFyqfJhIgHNFMeL23og52Jj-4/s1600/2a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: left; "><img alt="" border="0" width="700" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2ZbGtrBPgM7RXWr1h2HqD2QeCHGf4eIEmY9Ghd3yqPJ_FVaavwM5z1UPPiHfYgi53eESNdiEmVM3j_2KNqqvaVlAQ60GOqGKtZzmuu9WtS3eKxsy7cQTFyqfJhIgHNFMeL23og52Jj-4/s1600/2a.jpg"/></a>
<font size="1">RH Models US02GREN2; US02SQ3; US02COM; US02SAW1/US02SQ1</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnXgmMdmjPsF1pvrKvCt9ac4KmMonw-_t6-eLG0FyQwXJNeF8tfVyyVm26awZc7Z3Vi_KFx0n4TngsB6L0gPpsPzHH7oHI7YgRsbWGKJfPfxFeZ6D5oZYtgP4hzQcbbwHuqfrk0anHYtD/s1600/3a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: left; "><img alt="" border="0" width="700" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="1050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnXgmMdmjPsF1pvrKvCt9ac4KmMonw-_t6-eLG0FyQwXJNeF8tfVyyVm26awZc7Z3Vi_KFx0n4TngsB6L0gPpsPzHH7oHI7YgRsbWGKJfPfxFeZ6D5oZYtgP4hzQcbbwHuqfrk0anHYtD/s1600/3a.jpg"/></a>
<font size="1">RH Models US02SQ1; US02SPOT; US02SAW1; US02GREN</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WUJj4KhGTcg713XJ5rVC-5fo5j37tw0ic2xK_JW7b33DAh4YpzljBdBTbLptIkD8EeuhnKuW7NQP_WsKkBYdeb3koabe25hIMPwPtwib67IR0xsloa2q6s44fYR_OQWBRbBBofHksK4O/s1600/4a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: left; "><img alt="" border="0" width="700" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="1077" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WUJj4KhGTcg713XJ5rVC-5fo5j37tw0ic2xK_JW7b33DAh4YpzljBdBTbLptIkD8EeuhnKuW7NQP_WsKkBYdeb3koabe25hIMPwPtwib67IR0xsloa2q6s44fYR_OQWBRbBBofHksK4O/s1600/4a.jpg"/></a>
<font size="1">RH Models US02SQ3; US02SQ3; US02SQ1 with WEA43</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAROclEtPNGy8HdlINwUVZbNhSU8G8SkQapJ9r4vCNcEcFCx_Q0-wgOm0WYCA4vWjbuzT9iXE-WAiAoWqn8VES50pLCRqmmFGsZHtXfoQz1UBC4fN-4cM9c5-L_KZALsCKA4cpFmN6KPX/s1600/5a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="700" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="1082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAROclEtPNGy8HdlINwUVZbNhSU8G8SkQapJ9r4vCNcEcFCx_Q0-wgOm0WYCA4vWjbuzT9iXE-WAiAoWqn8VES50pLCRqmmFGsZHtXfoQz1UBC4fN-4cM9c5-L_KZALsCKA4cpFmN6KPX/s1600/5a.jpg"/></a>
<font size="1">RH Models US02COMA4; US02GREN2; US02SQ3</font>
<p>There are a lot of great pictures out there. Here are a few I used.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XsnCrbn7V3Q5w_N66bpNlzUwuYwv5nY2EnM9gMnjBA9ff-IzXB2g6Cki0QTgfEgKrQfMgyanyN_KS1lhzG9DE56SuGSveMJnoBaW9vhofqykqYYVXuxe3sZE4tcjPjBaEawVCZSASGP0/s1024/2004-11-14+marines-of-the-35-lima-company-rest-against-the-shrapnel-damaged-of-picture-id51740066.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XsnCrbn7V3Q5w_N66bpNlzUwuYwv5nY2EnM9gMnjBA9ff-IzXB2g6Cki0QTgfEgKrQfMgyanyN_KS1lhzG9DE56SuGSveMJnoBaW9vhofqykqYYVXuxe3sZE4tcjPjBaEawVCZSASGP0/s600/2004-11-14+marines-of-the-35-lima-company-rest-against-the-shrapnel-damaged-of-picture-id51740066.jpg"/></a></div>
<font size="1"><center>Marines of the 3/5 Lima Company rest against the damaged shutters of stores in Fallujah (November 14th, 2004).</center></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu1kHMQUd7sB4R3P6jS6XCZYgL4PZC5j7VOLIQ-A_odyYk1qD_xPszCYSOOZjOqZ7E6-rEPmwWyWeDrnJXGUSYJnntdkTG4JvlZrVS1OZOY-u1hsl0OL1s3_eesUZjk0qAKD_KPkUDp74/s1024/2004-11-12+marine-from-the-35-lima-company-takes-away-a-suspected-insurgent-in-picture-id51733684.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="756" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu1kHMQUd7sB4R3P6jS6XCZYgL4PZC5j7VOLIQ-A_odyYk1qD_xPszCYSOOZjOqZ7E6-rEPmwWyWeDrnJXGUSYJnntdkTG4JvlZrVS1OZOY-u1hsl0OL1s3_eesUZjk0qAKD_KPkUDp74/s600/2004-11-12+marine-from-the-35-lima-company-takes-away-a-suspected-insurgent-in-picture-id51733684.jpg"/></a>
<font size="1"><center>3/5 Lima Company Marine takes away suspected insurgent in Jolan district of Fallujah (November 12th, 2004)..</center></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AwnO9B5BQEvHbjfmXeqJlqYCsjFDKUuMbMefpNPBaN-EJvLeP_ixvz75weDrPIQ8oGb5iOBqKDT1bftY6W42ZDjEVm9bb6ZgqN9QnU5HrSknZToOfOTOf0YikKHtTaOYpvq02ElFZW-P/s1024/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-arrest-a-man-while-conducting-a-in-picture-id51734197.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AwnO9B5BQEvHbjfmXeqJlqYCsjFDKUuMbMefpNPBaN-EJvLeP_ixvz75weDrPIQ8oGb5iOBqKDT1bftY6W42ZDjEVm9bb6ZgqN9QnU5HrSknZToOfOTOf0YikKHtTaOYpvq02ElFZW-P/s600/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-arrest-a-man-while-conducting-a-in-picture-id51734197.jpg"/></a><font size="1"><center>US Marines of the 3/5 Lima company conduct a house-to-house search in the Jolan district of Fallujah (November 12th, 2004)..</center></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2i1CeTwPkUAZqLAzGYcECAjkamYeKNkyHYqsRI7r1Fq2CB0Jk5EqJzJgzvHMJFwuGc3UpL3y96h3o6TLRo_dgKniMA2xmpoC0z8SCKZ51a8ySNv9B0zrF2GICvXDG9wuUdaN46l_UunNo/s1024/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-conduct-a-housetohouse-search-in-picture-id51733835.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2i1CeTwPkUAZqLAzGYcECAjkamYeKNkyHYqsRI7r1Fq2CB0Jk5EqJzJgzvHMJFwuGc3UpL3y96h3o6TLRo_dgKniMA2xmpoC0z8SCKZ51a8ySNv9B0zrF2GICvXDG9wuUdaN46l_UunNo/s600/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-conduct-a-housetohouse-search-in-picture-id51733835.jpg"/></a><font size="1"><center>US Marines from the 3/5 Lima company arrest a man while conducting house-to-house search in the Jolan district of Fallujah (November 12th, 2004)..</center></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3XH58gLGERs4r6N4FTPr2NBx8s4dHiMUGQ2rhCoLzlCDJbw3_TmTamEnyKdIrM9vkuZNmxRh0lRj-94IzQ7roSFTuae7yDwzlc7tqiD_ImJEaYY3yLFJ7PoXjI1D7lK8okGRuXg8ZVW8/s1024/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-takes-away-suspected-insurgent-in-picture-id93113776.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3XH58gLGERs4r6N4FTPr2NBx8s4dHiMUGQ2rhCoLzlCDJbw3_TmTamEnyKdIrM9vkuZNmxRh0lRj-94IzQ7roSFTuae7yDwzlc7tqiD_ImJEaYY3yLFJ7PoXjI1D7lK8okGRuXg8ZVW8/s600/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-takes-away-suspected-insurgent-in-picture-id93113776.jpg"/></a><font size="1"><center>A US Marine from the 3/5 Lima company takes away a suspected insurgent in the Jolan district of Fallujah (November 12th, 2004)..</center></font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-7317617322745769182020-07-01T19:46:00.001-04:002020-07-01T19:46:36.439-04:00Better equipped insurgents<font size="6">W</font>ell it's been a super long time coming ... I'm finally finished another batch of figures. I've been more slowed by our move and the pandemic than I thought possible. Hopefully, now I'm ready to finish things even more quickly.
<p>This group of miniatures is meant to better equipped Sunni insurgents, foreign fighters, defenders of Fallujah, etc. To represent them, I mostly used RH Model's PLO line. I made some subtle mods so that their clothing would be less militaristic - removed shoulder tabs, got rid of most pant pockets, un-tucked some shirts and lengthened some pants. I also gave some figures head swaps and covered some faces a bit more. I tried to paint them with as much variety as possible based on photos I've found - that probably took the most time. To lessen the appearance of boots on some figures I painted on socks or bare ankles. The many small dots on the head scarves took a couple of nights, but in the end I think the effect is worth it.
<p>At some point I'll do some more insurgents - figures with different weapons, a mortar team and definitely a big batch of Sunni insurgents, lots of headbands, baseball hats and bareheads with little equipment. For now though I'm starting work on some opposing forces, US Marines.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSU_kzAOZlCTNF9MfBS1M_UZjOHymA8FriuCFLw5aGS2z639iXa3dG3JmD_e6V-X2QBB_-NF-K5WpuyBEicVUtNvDQ4i_zaHG8Sf-bVwA-H_p0qdMDzCQJgSUXCT7LODHbqG7aEY8I3Ek/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSU_kzAOZlCTNF9MfBS1M_UZjOHymA8FriuCFLw5aGS2z639iXa3dG3JmD_e6V-X2QBB_-NF-K5WpuyBEicVUtNvDQ4i_zaHG8Sf-bVwA-H_p0qdMDzCQJgSUXCT7LODHbqG7aEY8I3Ek/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="261" data-original-width="950" data-original-height="387" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBABESQU; BALAK; PLOAK47; PLOCOM</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iy1gSUMzJ4x9CB7V3dEJi3Klg1yxXJnu3VMS39xUlgAhyphenhyphen0b5neKoprLz6W8sbPpXT8hhChNCfBO7XXZlHVIgEupouualR0CvelO6hwNGZmB6CixsuC9WmzEOWOhyDmDRq5B8XMD-QzlX/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iy1gSUMzJ4x9CB7V3dEJi3Klg1yxXJnu3VMS39xUlgAhyphenhyphen0b5neKoprLz6W8sbPpXT8hhChNCfBO7XXZlHVIgEupouualR0CvelO6hwNGZmB6CixsuC9WmzEOWOhyDmDRq5B8XMD-QzlX/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="243" data-original-width="987" data-original-height="375" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models PLOAK47; ARAK47; BALRPK; BALAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF58C8jEQ8DpYSPrjq8zb8slemC9XIU646hnO_h4zz8YbTDjLG0JYGdlskFtdCDiCfWqZI1fj0mgrSFKGTmqybknBjTA813ngIA9YpEj6TzsIvzblX0Gcgik0GPbk9r4GXZor798yAC7rD/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF58C8jEQ8DpYSPrjq8zb8slemC9XIU646hnO_h4zz8YbTDjLG0JYGdlskFtdCDiCfWqZI1fj0mgrSFKGTmqybknBjTA813ngIA9YpEj6TzsIvzblX0Gcgik0GPbk9r4GXZor798yAC7rD/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="225" data-original-width="1011" data-original-height="355" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models PLOCOM; BALAK; PLORPD; BALAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ98g0ayY-OSICXdmuuyysbrzzltnNKnEOI9mygogDN16h30SAIWcxzB6PPsoWSUw9SvfmlCvC3CXz3iaZe1chfOp9YKLnyf5zmZbcmXYPRubB_86rsd3JHBBDGUeU7l0tsAUZN7-9CMW/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ98g0ayY-OSICXdmuuyysbrzzltnNKnEOI9mygogDN16h30SAIWcxzB6PPsoWSUw9SvfmlCvC3CXz3iaZe1chfOp9YKLnyf5zmZbcmXYPRubB_86rsd3JHBBDGUeU7l0tsAUZN7-9CMW/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="227" data-original-width="1081" data-original-height="384" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models PLOSNI; PLOAK47; PLOAK47</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxU5hn63fheYx3lEcNjqJ5v-DqSt_PwJxrOp5fTEHmJwE5N7FCUoNoH18eVWhgnKzngz10UrPRa15s8BJETQVDRH6Ndn6j9vm6rARTiQa3D2FOrqPSp8z43yZsIobb2TMRYHVTiUlMm8k/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxU5hn63fheYx3lEcNjqJ5v-DqSt_PwJxrOp5fTEHmJwE5N7FCUoNoH18eVWhgnKzngz10UrPRa15s8BJETQVDRH6Ndn6j9vm6rARTiQa3D2FOrqPSp8z43yZsIobb2TMRYHVTiUlMm8k/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="240" data-original-width="1026" data-original-height="384" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHRPK; PLOCOM; MULTBHRPG</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApGW_hExy0T5S5loJJ88Kl6KoNvbZvTanShvNWi9Fn47_qwdJA0S92WjLngRNv7jF2-mKF1ZLTaBl2DXu8thWLMdvolB7potnGK6PsQIIPfX2P5KhGdQ0sRQVw7xXh8zwgpQCtpaMN42q/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApGW_hExy0T5S5loJJ88Kl6KoNvbZvTanShvNWi9Fn47_qwdJA0S92WjLngRNv7jF2-mKF1ZLTaBl2DXu8thWLMdvolB7potnGK6PsQIIPfX2P5KhGdQ0sRQVw7xXh8zwgpQCtpaMN42q/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="213" data-original-width="1049" data-original-height="349" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ARARPG; PLO12; BALRPG; PLOAK47</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkYlsYynZOC8osxGZf3ZSaDdXZHOvCDM3ebwIUEFmUBDGVc_6I-YfGHgj9GFifsLFre5JyHfL2aGol3vbBc4JPK1CqsAuQoIIlb_GwynbOQkvoaXWQXZu17zjp5AwQ19jdgRsMMJ1hwrV/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkYlsYynZOC8osxGZf3ZSaDdXZHOvCDM3ebwIUEFmUBDGVc_6I-YfGHgj9GFifsLFre5JyHfL2aGol3vbBc4JPK1CqsAuQoIIlb_GwynbOQkvoaXWQXZu17zjp5AwQ19jdgRsMMJ1hwrV/s640/7.jpg" width="640" height="214" data-original-width="1008" data-original-height="337" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models BALAK; PLORPG; PLOPKM</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHdBxjOVKR5S36_TDLJ8MiDHjapQ9vSTAUHedF4SnYHVxheuyeSYn1M_pZadIj6mvtYzBKxV-My7Ds1ywSCKDgF9m6yQ2rgvRgSaIrD6r8Dv2le3vs4ySlkP_umXEwd8sPMtKSBm41xpF/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHdBxjOVKR5S36_TDLJ8MiDHjapQ9vSTAUHedF4SnYHVxheuyeSYn1M_pZadIj6mvtYzBKxV-My7Ds1ywSCKDgF9m6yQ2rgvRgSaIrD6r8Dv2le3vs4ySlkP_umXEwd8sPMtKSBm41xpF/s640/8.jpg" width="640" height="219" data-original-width="1026" data-original-height="351" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models PLORPK; PLOAK47</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGaksFaGOU4ATvvTvKMICgZ3HOHmas-l6pYz11EIWZrewUZBjt_B0-wHpGMmxWaKKC1st89tp5WkQbHFqKcMdb4zUqeaymgiR329OuBzd5B4qeHuAoVHpeX63o1NyccYyn10RrVgdyDsP/s1600/dshk.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGaksFaGOU4ATvvTvKMICgZ3HOHmas-l6pYz11EIWZrewUZBjt_B0-wHpGMmxWaKKC1st89tp5WkQbHFqKcMdb4zUqeaymgiR329OuBzd5B4qeHuAoVHpeX63o1NyccYyn10RrVgdyDsP/s640/dshk.jpg" width="640" height="270" data-original-width="812" data-original-height="343" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models PLOHMG; PLOHMG</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mOGyr54a-9CXtBO9DfypxEqjyCoREZsAVVTESKYdFenj9-a7OBnMRAzRGiBWD3lefazOqWzrEEPT2ZCcUXSaGqvcpt2MkJ8hgFPwzFfmYVSe3srQrBeds1iilYROi84HUB9GE_Fad6Ga/s1600/rr.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mOGyr54a-9CXtBO9DfypxEqjyCoREZsAVVTESKYdFenj9-a7OBnMRAzRGiBWD3lefazOqWzrEEPT2ZCcUXSaGqvcpt2MkJ8hgFPwzFfmYVSe3srQrBeds1iilYROi84HUB9GE_Fad6Ga/s640/rr.jpg" width="640" height="302" data-original-width="821" data-original-height="387" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ARACIV* with head swap; WEA14; MULT*GUN with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMijB09O0Bey6SqLIsUJIaKk5dRAnqsw7vZCpM0b5yV6L5Brcfqv1itnfdbUA_Y-AqwWrz880zI2_9ntH6M9ZDtQeMBK1Wj4J0usahYPPFQV0_7x3MbzZrEMXsPerTMxModKfF_Yba6nVf/s1600/snipers.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMijB09O0Bey6SqLIsUJIaKk5dRAnqsw7vZCpM0b5yV6L5Brcfqv1itnfdbUA_Y-AqwWrz880zI2_9ntH6M9ZDtQeMBK1Wj4J0usahYPPFQV0_7x3MbzZrEMXsPerTMxModKfF_Yba6nVf/s640/snipers.jpg" width="640" height="199" data-original-width="887" data-original-height="276" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models PLOPROSNI; PLOPROSNI</font>
<p>Here are the pictures I used for inspiration.
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWwLnw4St-XuDoH7GrNtXUcfag3F3ISg72OrtKElrA9xCmIEZoS0PwRYtKK59EPzQLQa3O0kAXX7Jt1aqcZ_UqsNrNYw-I_VKuuKhxqgOro5sKPoPG2IecmP18TSL2yPqpyqCvNH8PDSg/s1600/1+guy+in+car.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWwLnw4St-XuDoH7GrNtXUcfag3F3ISg72OrtKElrA9xCmIEZoS0PwRYtKK59EPzQLQa3O0kAXX7Jt1aqcZ_UqsNrNYw-I_VKuuKhxqgOro5sKPoPG2IecmP18TSL2yPqpyqCvNH8PDSg/s640/1+guy+in+car.jpg" width="640" height="360" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="450" /></a><br><font size="1">Local tribesmen pose with their weapons in Fallujah (January 5th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YbK2AAuPtl-B1RXAoOHqb_snl6jIZOPiNh0miaMkJaIth4eCa_21OdJ9dzaV7smT4UAcKavQpyC6bkFXZurorcAebepOJEKOKKo8vplLP2jLyUQFkPp4qbxUImv5rUrT-tfYQsceKWkq/s1600/6+orange+shirt.jpeg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YbK2AAuPtl-B1RXAoOHqb_snl6jIZOPiNh0miaMkJaIth4eCa_21OdJ9dzaV7smT4UAcKavQpyC6bkFXZurorcAebepOJEKOKKo8vplLP2jLyUQFkPp4qbxUImv5rUrT-tfYQsceKWkq/s640/6+orange+shirt.jpeg" width="640" height="359" data-original-width="700" data-original-height="393" /></a><br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgents.</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPG0rvGb53pgkd9a8fGxsLGag1nhQ9Lz71H3Y2lhO_MSqyqC2YVCDTZkGQ-zWtiQbBJDZiqeY7xCx12bew6iumzZ9PJHjZlT0rB1cycfC3u1qIyFKkc4o8xtPbDzud3P9EBg9Wtmf-3c0e/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPG0rvGb53pgkd9a8fGxsLGag1nhQ9Lz71H3Y2lhO_MSqyqC2YVCDTZkGQ-zWtiQbBJDZiqeY7xCx12bew6iumzZ9PJHjZlT0rB1cycfC3u1qIyFKkc4o8xtPbDzud3P9EBg9Wtmf-3c0e/s640/7.jpg" width="640" height="443" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="708" /></a><br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgent in Fallujah (April 24th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJtuQUHgeZIeWUAAyn2c5MNUIcaOIzkW4GHhZqOkxJuoYinK6in5ZBwIiayry6oLEjiB5bRlEh7yP8JlwkG-kx2C59da8yuLhNrVhHJAo6pU0GE48r_DUrNBT7iac95bwixVNYg_Pv6W1/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJtuQUHgeZIeWUAAyn2c5MNUIcaOIzkW4GHhZqOkxJuoYinK6in5ZBwIiayry6oLEjiB5bRlEh7yP8JlwkG-kx2C59da8yuLhNrVhHJAo6pU0GE48r_DUrNBT7iac95bwixVNYg_Pv6W1/s640/11.jpg" width="640" height="429" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="686" /></a><br><font size="1">Armed fighter stands guard over three Jordanian truck drivers (November 11th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2xjsizsTjO9EStys0xaTNmOfce9VYpr1pVEgbjenPiv9uW7GjAHMyG68Mis0pa7EABCj8PNkvKbp8F_cZ2hCGkFZn5Ka3hVdYrX6ktETjpyIAM6dF7zf4N9c5Ehyphenhyphen-xEbtg2-EopOjoby/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2xjsizsTjO9EStys0xaTNmOfce9VYpr1pVEgbjenPiv9uW7GjAHMyG68Mis0pa7EABCj8PNkvKbp8F_cZ2hCGkFZn5Ka3hVdYrX6ktETjpyIAM6dF7zf4N9c5Ehyphenhyphen-xEbtg2-EopOjoby/s640/12.jpg" width="640" height="348" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="435" /></a><br><font size="1">A Iraqi insurgent holds a rocket launcher in Abu Ghraib (April 8th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl1c7lTdN6cE807PgcpwzDan3_vMNNYSvD75IRfBvcoSezqbaIHZ56hT_gdoALZGTFkoMG8wJ1YN-IMaNQmQxmXRERBZ8hEn90z9PaVAHWFjcGn3hPKuaLElx_UQA09o81_2Qj8ODxwC_/s1600/14+mortar+.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl1c7lTdN6cE807PgcpwzDan3_vMNNYSvD75IRfBvcoSezqbaIHZ56hT_gdoALZGTFkoMG8wJ1YN-IMaNQmQxmXRERBZ8hEn90z9PaVAHWFjcGn3hPKuaLElx_UQA09o81_2Qj8ODxwC_/s640/14+mortar+.jpg" width="640" height="427" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="800" /></a><br><font size="1">Iraqi insurgents battle US forces in Fallujah.</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud2rQws9VJa54UWuzjv8CMBpwf7CimihxpkcEICWLMbcZJJPC9lhTg43qUmzqigE2ANlStasSuepEWxTjmGiLrJvK8A88PjLr2zmIXQkHv2-gUAe6W_z5T9q_grM0B6q6MDMm90dzv5mu/s1600/18+white+shirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud2rQws9VJa54UWuzjv8CMBpwf7CimihxpkcEICWLMbcZJJPC9lhTg43qUmzqigE2ANlStasSuepEWxTjmGiLrJvK8A88PjLr2zmIXQkHv2-gUAe6W_z5T9q_grM0B6q6MDMm90dzv5mu/s640/18+white+shirt.jpg" width="640" height="391" data-original-width="468" data-original-height="286" /></a><br><font size="1">IH.</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIe0l9Jr4R8tWGFCO-0ymGSB9t3_oYBwxnPHGHXXRSLCAD-tFeRrfLL1MtGdOJ3RHUjxBQTMlSBqdPt7Eq3B6gLvPi0wIi2vHu9-fb4bo9GjgptoPVQuY3lqMVdN5nXNDxsVd6bkD8n_C/s1600/28+brown+pants.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIe0l9Jr4R8tWGFCO-0ymGSB9t3_oYBwxnPHGHXXRSLCAD-tFeRrfLL1MtGdOJ3RHUjxBQTMlSBqdPt7Eq3B6gLvPi0wIi2vHu9-fb4bo9GjgptoPVQuY3lqMVdN5nXNDxsVd6bkD8n_C/s640/28+brown+pants.jpg" width="640" height="504" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="630" /></a><br><font size="1">Local tribesmen pose with their weapons in Fallujah (January 5th, 2004).</font>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-66575115504981287292020-02-24T11:31:00.001-05:002020-02-24T11:31:31.836-05:00STS insurgents<font size="6">T</font>his weekend I finally wrapped up this big group of Sunni insurgents I've been working on. Things have been a bit slower than normal as my family is moving to new house, but soon I should have more room for my miniatures, especially for a gaming table I can set up and leave up! :) Plus, it's only 3 miles away so my painted miniatures can be more or less hand carried over to the place. Until we're all set up though I have to take a break from working on miniatures - everything is packed up.
<p>This group of figures had lots of prep work involved. I did lots of head swaps (see notes below) especially to make STS guys with RPGs and head scarves/balaclavas. I then used green stuff to sculpt more covering scarves, fix up head swaps, extend shirts to make pullovers and replaced some sandals with shoes. Since pictures of insurgents show a huge array of civilian clothes being worn I wanted to do my best to mimic that ... it just takes a lot of time. Some came out really well so I've put backside pictures up too.
<p>Next up is an even bigger batch of Sunni insurgents with more equipment and some heavy weapons, mortars and Dshk's. I just need to get set up with a new painting table. :)
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RYkoozLX8t4rnxelqS6c8ug2ke8mOfEjAkSrcBrMZvx3hdTUBdO1DWR7Kv9HHa_ic7-5S6mVomSs_ILt6lHBvhsRxMadHcng9K7isP8qEE48wxvefv0Ublnbx-ujUzJGfcSszEdFbgge/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RYkoozLX8t4rnxelqS6c8ug2ke8mOfEjAkSrcBrMZvx3hdTUBdO1DWR7Kv9HHa_ic7-5S6mVomSs_ILt6lHBvhsRxMadHcng9K7isP8qEE48wxvefv0Ublnbx-ujUzJGfcSszEdFbgge/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="224" data-original-width="894" data-original-height="313" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models NEGREBRPG* with head swap; STSAK; STSAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYSbEFSXQ-ELmzkQDbOiq2HFsZc3bMANMjVqzi6-edYm_5avoVvVrnb6QnKd5nPiIQFltNPiH4v7f_XwvVD2ckH7R67gZyu48J_ekJxkjjbvmi_9AcBCW9Nlv3jkynE_1sddDjO2kzp0O/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYSbEFSXQ-ELmzkQDbOiq2HFsZc3bMANMjVqzi6-edYm_5avoVvVrnb6QnKd5nPiIQFltNPiH4v7f_XwvVD2ckH7R67gZyu48J_ekJxkjjbvmi_9AcBCW9Nlv3jkynE_1sddDjO2kzp0O/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="192" data-original-width="1037" data-original-height="311" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSPKM; STSAK with head swap; STSRPG</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPJoInCE1Iawmh0ch_M4SP2AUKAChxQ94p8Fw1aZrdmHHXxr54aIxAaD3UNrq_rTH-_oKw_a8gHuW0Mqpw76QaInQi6klx-c1Da8jXtQ5k9u3rg9kz59ixU2J8subR_uWS1mr7EsWmtU4/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPJoInCE1Iawmh0ch_M4SP2AUKAChxQ94p8Fw1aZrdmHHXxr54aIxAaD3UNrq_rTH-_oKw_a8gHuW0Mqpw76QaInQi6klx-c1Da8jXtQ5k9u3rg9kz59ixU2J8subR_uWS1mr7EsWmtU4/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="211" data-original-width="1015" data-original-height="335" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSUGL; STSPKM; STSRPKAR</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ewho3PGl-rN_a_5OG9ydkFSjEGyKTyXTQJvq3bpDzrHhocCVS7kJEP2-JfaZKbWSiscY9p02whQGrzAHp5DLvu2E9ZGbhKRdaEpulXi_TaC6MR1qDkgYz9IG5EC8qCF6hFSqj_IO9u85/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ewho3PGl-rN_a_5OG9ydkFSjEGyKTyXTQJvq3bpDzrHhocCVS7kJEP2-JfaZKbWSiscY9p02whQGrzAHp5DLvu2E9ZGbhKRdaEpulXi_TaC6MR1qDkgYz9IG5EC8qCF6hFSqj_IO9u85/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="202" data-original-width="1113" data-original-height="352" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSRPKAR; STSAK with head swap; STSRPG with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7EWa2D75R43BKiOCnLH697rRuU3YY-eAMfXseAldJs4pbcPp4yaijsdQVb6nnv2bbfgd3s1DHHiBogD5SoLGCjJy4KDYA0aVnekWIl31JKogF7hEUipm9H3ZH5Sc9rb94TnlqPQ1XRLj/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7EWa2D75R43BKiOCnLH697rRuU3YY-eAMfXseAldJs4pbcPp4yaijsdQVb6nnv2bbfgd3s1DHHiBogD5SoLGCjJy4KDYA0aVnekWIl31JKogF7hEUipm9H3ZH5Sc9rb94TnlqPQ1XRLj/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="221" data-original-width="966" data-original-height="334" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSAK with head swap; STSRPK with head swap; STSAK with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincC2NekEZMC9UHnTPIbsnkb2icLRRvJ5YdkOcihINkX0Sd-XA2Bk9YJfv1Xv1yJPXFd5Q8ItcD6iWz4sB9ceNHQ4n9JSbkphDzoHS4FFu_RIOYZOu7W01gsSB23tihJxkciVo2D-dzy-h/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincC2NekEZMC9UHnTPIbsnkb2icLRRvJ5YdkOcihINkX0Sd-XA2Bk9YJfv1Xv1yJPXFd5Q8ItcD6iWz4sB9ceNHQ4n9JSbkphDzoHS4FFu_RIOYZOu7W01gsSB23tihJxkciVo2D-dzy-h/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="226" data-original-width="945" data-original-height="333" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSAKAR; STSAKAR; STSRPG with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKr3MyvhomdIOGK2zhKwLYossyNcaps5vbpeSQT0LUG9_TQEQ7F5uiRXnU5Ejs5aql2bjalmVlKKUVs77LPmsoJIv_1oZba9hkVhoxRz5YUMewMkzRyUdpo6k_WTr9d2brrjT4T4zIBjqg/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKr3MyvhomdIOGK2zhKwLYossyNcaps5vbpeSQT0LUG9_TQEQ7F5uiRXnU5Ejs5aql2bjalmVlKKUVs77LPmsoJIv_1oZba9hkVhoxRz5YUMewMkzRyUdpo6k_WTr9d2brrjT4T4zIBjqg/s640/7.jpg" width="640" height="228" data-original-width="1018" data-original-height="363" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSAK; STSAK; STSRPG with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVA052ZgEEgwgXJn1Cr-XKprsCtjjpAMYfK8zEeMxgOONE-eOp66cNMZYMaVRXeaO5gVsiEXTpkxOUNuxzLEE9ZZszPyYho9NybBAaSP-_4LCwKC1kxgsBLvQXtsxAs0c6Gaw0VY39XPm/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVA052ZgEEgwgXJn1Cr-XKprsCtjjpAMYfK8zEeMxgOONE-eOp66cNMZYMaVRXeaO5gVsiEXTpkxOUNuxzLEE9ZZszPyYho9NybBAaSP-_4LCwKC1kxgsBLvQXtsxAs0c6Gaw0VY39XPm/s640/8.jpg" width="640" height="230" data-original-width="998" data-original-height="359" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSSNI; STSRPK; STSAK</font>
<p>For the motorbike below I carved away some metal that I think helps with casting so that the front end seemed more realistically lightweight. It added an exhaust pipe with brass road and green stuff. With that magic stuff I also extended the pants of the driver so it seemed like he had sneakers on and not boots. Lastly, I added a speedometer and tachometer using a small piece of plastic. It was a lot of fun to work on this one - now, I feel inspired to finish to large artillery pieces I've had for Chechnya, but have been slow to complete.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpbOum-O2M9kdAnzaV2Slh4g5dX415FOt7mYi_YRxFUE34hStO9QupPuIK-xcMoyeFN3jPMFULR82LdKMTtluS2o0vxDelF0I_8iKh8TusO7g9vFESlYALc9uMpzu9v1jswWERVcuCPRC/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpbOum-O2M9kdAnzaV2Slh4g5dX415FOt7mYi_YRxFUE34hStO9QupPuIK-xcMoyeFN3jPMFULR82LdKMTtluS2o0vxDelF0I_8iKh8TusO7g9vFESlYALc9uMpzu9v1jswWERVcuCPRC/s640/9.jpg" width="640" height="242" data-original-width="943" data-original-height="356" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models STSMBPASS</font>
<p>The pictures below influenced my color choices, etc.
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6vf7vX7iUVRUubjLSw8m1-WzaL7SoNSIeWs3-HtqWhc5KXN_KNxZ0V5aKHdGbWNdMfk1bZ5qiqayBpeLT_2yHNdAavfhleZi7t9qBKfRUatwXAR1jSnnzGh-n-8upL6P9hqkD98iJQ_N/s1600/2004-04-08+iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgents-celebrate-in-front-of-a-burning-us-picture-id3256538.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6vf7vX7iUVRUubjLSw8m1-WzaL7SoNSIeWs3-HtqWhc5KXN_KNxZ0V5aKHdGbWNdMfk1bZ5qiqayBpeLT_2yHNdAavfhleZi7t9qBKfRUatwXAR1jSnnzGh-n-8upL6P9hqkD98iJQ_N/s640/2004-04-08+iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgents-celebrate-in-front-of-a-burning-us-picture-id3256538.jpg" width="640" height="408" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="652" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgents celebrate in front of a burning US tanker (April 8th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqwQAUT0zdSQtQjHRfz05x9EFbNs553lR8HRv9nEJhIwgE-D0xYusPtLQ_OwZd3pROYNGl1nwDrloZykDNlVww73QXjZx5za54fRRP8eqPR9F1L4Rj3XSSiGZHoCqKhmKDFe9ojU4_6Eb/s1600/2004-04-08+iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgents-celebrate-in-front-of-a-burning-us-picture-id3256572.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqwQAUT0zdSQtQjHRfz05x9EFbNs553lR8HRv9nEJhIwgE-D0xYusPtLQ_OwZd3pROYNGl1nwDrloZykDNlVww73QXjZx5za54fRRP8eqPR9F1L4Rj3XSSiGZHoCqKhmKDFe9ojU4_6Eb/s640/2004-04-08+iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgents-celebrate-in-front-of-a-burning-us-picture-id3256572.jpg" width="640" height="457" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="731" /></a>
<br><font size="1">More Iraqi Sunni insurgents celebrate in front of a burning US tanker (April 8th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTtbzA3ZZWmGu_5zgigJ8af3-TPCMvQqvDtkY4qRE3sc-klT_wUlNYkJ664DTPH9OsckW3MbH_a8WssZQVJpmiHDJg8Ra18YsCJify434qger13nhl8NJmby9n-ETDWbgT7-dV8TKcsMQ/s1600/2004-05-01+iraqi-insurgents-pose-a-photograph-inside-their-house-in-the-restive-picture-id50790362.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTtbzA3ZZWmGu_5zgigJ8af3-TPCMvQqvDtkY4qRE3sc-klT_wUlNYkJ664DTPH9OsckW3MbH_a8WssZQVJpmiHDJg8Ra18YsCJify434qger13nhl8NJmby9n-ETDWbgT7-dV8TKcsMQ/s640/2004-05-01+iraqi-insurgents-pose-a-photograph-inside-their-house-in-the-restive-picture-id50790362.jpg" width="640" height="428" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="685" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgents pose in their house (May, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-W3gb1lk-sWCAaKLVhxnvTLl-kvvoLsTvKLicA-FEfFC39VdBxeiuEQ0A8ATbZR-9HcFsIUPMwgN7nDGPVtIipsVvTSAMNtrtTQkwg7ELmyhJmU9OyZTrcMUXdmANDFPCgWgSW6_6rPD/s1600/2004-05-01+iraqi-resistance-fighters-celebrate-may-1-2004-in-the-flashpoint-of-picture-id50791123.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-W3gb1lk-sWCAaKLVhxnvTLl-kvvoLsTvKLicA-FEfFC39VdBxeiuEQ0A8ATbZR-9HcFsIUPMwgN7nDGPVtIipsVvTSAMNtrtTQkwg7ELmyhJmU9OyZTrcMUXdmANDFPCgWgSW6_6rPD/s640/2004-05-01+iraqi-resistance-fighters-celebrate-may-1-2004-in-the-flashpoint-of-picture-id50791123.jpg" width="640" height="432" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="691" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgents show flag (May, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWkW7CQOjMOaJrVBN18m9wROnBqt-_9I9L7mYqQPz9fT2hei825JSyPfy9j0S96lNIHQNqIwcJ7M7EGfotI2ZG41nlPl-Vo9sUUuuS52S4aQ4fKTuVA1yFHD6kpNwDLWoBRICjDrdMvCf/s1600/2004-07-08+An+insurgent+poses+in+front+of+a+portrait+of+former+Iraqi+leader+Saddam+Hussein+00228807.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWkW7CQOjMOaJrVBN18m9wROnBqt-_9I9L7mYqQPz9fT2hei825JSyPfy9j0S96lNIHQNqIwcJ7M7EGfotI2ZG41nlPl-Vo9sUUuuS52S4aQ4fKTuVA1yFHD6kpNwDLWoBRICjDrdMvCf/s640/2004-07-08+An+insurgent+poses+in+front+of+a+portrait+of+former+Iraqi+leader+Saddam+Hussein+00228807.jpg" width="374" height="640" data-original-width="467" data-original-height="800" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgent in front of portrait of Saddam Hussein (July 8th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnt3wDATx_L8zoMAewizSkjaH0JQtHMVOJIZyDhKpjOaFGerm9kRfjfeqv7XVReYip8FZJXQQdR2SRyTUSbp97TMqsY_UHPgqk8IdS9apxqM-dXZAv2VkFYMcy98IF_mZC8B8y6k4cYxC/s1600/2004-11-07+an-arab-fighter-monitors-the-horizon-from-his-trench-in-the-city-on-picture-id51695837.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnt3wDATx_L8zoMAewizSkjaH0JQtHMVOJIZyDhKpjOaFGerm9kRfjfeqv7XVReYip8FZJXQQdR2SRyTUSbp97TMqsY_UHPgqk8IdS9apxqM-dXZAv2VkFYMcy98IF_mZC8B8y6k4cYxC/s640/2004-11-07+an-arab-fighter-monitors-the-horizon-from-his-trench-in-the-city-on-picture-id51695837.jpg" width="429" height="640" data-original-width="686" data-original-height="1024" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Arab fighter monitor horizon from his trench in the city of Fallujah (November 7th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp_BKMFAnDOwNX_cm-1nZKoRqafq7DcG0hjL73VkLUHLhbeQOAFUQMJVvUzkmAaAmoGolnLHmNY-RJYHI2FRI1YWinbNk_O3yDuuWA_sLUqbQyXQVFiNvXaGG3Jjx1FauhFyKbrdAnXfg/s1600/2004-11-07+arab-fighter-reads-his-quraan-on-november-7-2004-in-the-city-of-iraq-picture-id51695805.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp_BKMFAnDOwNX_cm-1nZKoRqafq7DcG0hjL73VkLUHLhbeQOAFUQMJVvUzkmAaAmoGolnLHmNY-RJYHI2FRI1YWinbNk_O3yDuuWA_sLUqbQyXQVFiNvXaGG3Jjx1FauhFyKbrdAnXfg/s640/2004-11-07+arab-fighter-reads-his-quraan-on-november-7-2004-in-the-city-of-iraq-picture-id51695805.jpg" width="640" height="428" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="684" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Arab fighter reads from the Quran in the city of Fallujah (November 7th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvuGx3N3iVZh_bSKX1Psz9Tn-fSnOi4i_fZHuC-P_kmxaRCln_myvnqjvWzjlzu3IKQJixTiwJ_Ade-eCzHC9mS86i32ALOTzr766jWD-xiP0lX-HjlCbBZ5OY7kgYVhROPKqK8XsuPUZ/s1600/2004-11-10+armed-fighters-carrying-an-automatic-rifle-and-an-rpg-run-across-a-picture-id51714686.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvuGx3N3iVZh_bSKX1Psz9Tn-fSnOi4i_fZHuC-P_kmxaRCln_myvnqjvWzjlzu3IKQJixTiwJ_Ade-eCzHC9mS86i32ALOTzr766jWD-xiP0lX-HjlCbBZ5OY7kgYVhROPKqK8XsuPUZ/s640/2004-11-10+armed-fighters-carrying-an-automatic-rifle-and-an-rpg-run-across-a-picture-id51714686.jpg" width="640" height="459" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="735" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armed fighters in Mosul, Iraq (November 10th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXLEb0cMKMNAZ9Tw49_GeMeFVCzrfYTXV2kC4II3Or-T5rq_yyKajpwDAba4RWHdEnNQ_iY70RcSb2aJRO-mKyAa0xQ13K3c03a86B10XnStDaoZaeGTsjtAQGmjpbzWKN3tgUTrN9OSu/s1600/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-takes-away-suspected-insurgent-in-picture-id93113776.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXLEb0cMKMNAZ9Tw49_GeMeFVCzrfYTXV2kC4II3Or-T5rq_yyKajpwDAba4RWHdEnNQ_iY70RcSb2aJRO-mKyAa0xQ13K3c03a86B10XnStDaoZaeGTsjtAQGmjpbzWKN3tgUTrN9OSu/s640/2004-11-12+marines-from-the-35-lima-company-takes-away-suspected-insurgent-in-picture-id93113776.jpg" width="640" height="428" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="685" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Marines from the 35th Lima Company take away suspected insurgents in Fallujah (November 12th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uG3kyHMSqgCe_uISJWpIwD4TKX4fLAp6toogknAiY2YQaUA-H4rdldYtdQFy12bk8niZUcw-tc-1kMqqnrr3kq0AD0t_ukWE0b2tpt9xHZTqjWT_26MWaAo6Om4RL9wJAQo299iFI5lX/s1600/2004-11-13+marines-of-the-1st-light-armored-reconnaissance-company-handle-two-picture-id51738120.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uG3kyHMSqgCe_uISJWpIwD4TKX4fLAp6toogknAiY2YQaUA-H4rdldYtdQFy12bk8niZUcw-tc-1kMqqnrr3kq0AD0t_ukWE0b2tpt9xHZTqjWT_26MWaAo6Om4RL9wJAQo299iFI5lX/s640/2004-11-13+marines-of-the-1st-light-armored-reconnaissance-company-handle-two-picture-id51738120.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="678" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Members of the Marines 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company handle two detainees in Fallujah (November 13th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOebmGdOc1QTbbtGkmxdXKdAUJKShJyBzbxnlYeVlGk4aL80qOn9A9xQXazCCiRjrxcoh7R0eExEnk2VQUSPpbwp2jAnaIqWKC9u3DxBUff2_3srE5IBwuYL976Gaq_BwC6_H4dTf8vaQ/s1600/2004-11-17+detainees-wait-to-be-processed-and-sent-to-a-detention-center-by-the-picture-id51755405.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOebmGdOc1QTbbtGkmxdXKdAUJKShJyBzbxnlYeVlGk4aL80qOn9A9xQXazCCiRjrxcoh7R0eExEnk2VQUSPpbwp2jAnaIqWKC9u3DxBUff2_3srE5IBwuYL976Gaq_BwC6_H4dTf8vaQ/s640/2004-11-17+detainees-wait-to-be-processed-and-sent-to-a-detention-center-by-the-picture-id51755405.jpg" width="640" height="396" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="634" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Detainees wait to be processed and set to a detention center (Fallujah, November 17th, 2004).</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnl8HWMKRi54ilEFYxgJ4VxOr5lS1xP1OAR3_aFh3ZEMOq26Im6wFKH4n2EMBKk1r2cPmsG5W37-VqFiMdQ6l8X0wh7ja5Uafa52X0V0H3rPaKJky_CGD7VPdLoGXaia4j-3h7OlIOP4aW/s1600/sunni+insurgents+fallujah.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnl8HWMKRi54ilEFYxgJ4VxOr5lS1xP1OAR3_aFh3ZEMOq26Im6wFKH4n2EMBKk1r2cPmsG5W37-VqFiMdQ6l8X0wh7ja5Uafa52X0V0H3rPaKJky_CGD7VPdLoGXaia4j-3h7OlIOP4aW/s640/sunni+insurgents+fallujah.jpg" width="640" height="399" data-original-width="460" data-original-height="287" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgents.</font>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-89516233426223844112019-12-03T20:35:00.001-05:002019-12-03T20:44:45.441-05:00Thobes<font size="6">I</font> wanted a break from painting guys in greatcoats so I decided to take a break from the Irish Civil War. I've still got a batch of British troops to paint. They'll have to wait.
<p>After a lot of thought I decided to go much more modern ... The War on Terror (not my favorite term, but it does apply to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq). I think this period will serve me well, Rolf makes many figures for this period, both sides and his ranges are near complete; there are loads of books in English about these wars (painting is much more fun if I'm also reading about the same era); and lastly I find the wars very interesting.
<p>First up is a batch of figures wearing thobes and some civilian women (my first female figures). Those with weapons are meant to be Sunni insurgents. Lots of the figures have head swaps, some have their sandals replaced with shoes, one has a sculpted vest and for one guy I added an ammo pouch. For the bases I went with something different. About half have a new desert mix (art sand/fine ballast/medium ballast) painted with US Field Drab/Iraqi Sand, washed with Brown Model Wash, dry brushed with Iraqi Sand and then very lightly dry brushed with Pale Sand (all Vallejo). The other half are standing on a highway (first use of sponge painting!). A couple have a mix of both of those terrains. I wanted to paint some highway lines on the bases, but my attempts didn't come out so well ... maybe later.
<p>Next up is a bunch of STS (shirts/trousers/sandals & sneakers) guys, including two on a dirt bike!
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNQRFnEZU79A6FGtRYGlZ0WOgXentp89fbG8arjANX4TleRo-d8z5KR0i9O6Z1mtn6ciR1f1jwxCiotHh9eLbm4PU00HujaKX3BQ8RSn-LOJ2yZyfhtbXQs4B4-veSK8YOWOdqefsu7ZL/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNQRFnEZU79A6FGtRYGlZ0WOgXentp89fbG8arjANX4TleRo-d8z5KR0i9O6Z1mtn6ciR1f1jwxCiotHh9eLbm4PU00HujaKX3BQ8RSn-LOJ2yZyfhtbXQs4B4-veSK8YOWOdqefsu7ZL/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="233" data-original-width="905" data-original-height="329" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models INSAK; ARACIVAR; INSAK with head swawp; INSAKAR</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAYHjd1mzk4jg5AR5TJ8gnJiPw7Q6zZ3TDDsNAiuwKCcQelgzBRA6fFTEosqWZ4R_ka8vCODF4VNsO0sZlnEFhdyxh9XcYrXyDcA9bkl3mnQF5H3D4Lmd8V3Tn-A_tnGhW2TFQNAswLo5/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAYHjd1mzk4jg5AR5TJ8gnJiPw7Q6zZ3TDDsNAiuwKCcQelgzBRA6fFTEosqWZ4R_ka8vCODF4VNsO0sZlnEFhdyxh9XcYrXyDcA9bkl3mnQF5H3D4Lmd8V3Tn-A_tnGhW2TFQNAswLo5/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="238" data-original-width="902" data-original-height="335" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models INSAK; INSSNI with head swap; ARACIVHDB; ARACIVK with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHwtCZ-VIf8N-BLOxpJKAcZqgH0OLuhopTKpceNgitMNt0QXupgCNiBX71_u44ux79qx7iN_zWrtFd3jOf07o8U58PvhaNtMgeB_XBmMmat6sxdydT0lpoh_NTYAv3GiMYzPR9xxaPRYS/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHwtCZ-VIf8N-BLOxpJKAcZqgH0OLuhopTKpceNgitMNt0QXupgCNiBX71_u44ux79qx7iN_zWrtFd3jOf07o8U58PvhaNtMgeB_XBmMmat6sxdydT0lpoh_NTYAv3GiMYzPR9xxaPRYS/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="216" data-original-width="932" data-original-height="314" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models INSSUP with head swap; INSAKAR; ARACIVK; ARACIVAR</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4FkHEFGVkbXovayVia36f6_ctW98aD-lzlIjrR_eDTzUWiE_Wr8Q3ebIhzt-TkktNHDh2sjlZJ0cBxcH71TZDZPpNR6Att75iYY_zQDDDT9CCg4xaGjfK2aK5EMjVEj4mqspNDIrrmX8/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4FkHEFGVkbXovayVia36f6_ctW98aD-lzlIjrR_eDTzUWiE_Wr8Q3ebIhzt-TkktNHDh2sjlZJ0cBxcH71TZDZPpNR6Att75iYY_zQDDDT9CCg4xaGjfK2aK5EMjVEj4mqspNDIrrmX8/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="212" data-original-width="991" data-original-height="329" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models INSSUP; INSRPD; INSAK with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGveoYIWTrKNeNu6SYPggooM_-vpWTjlpKNPIX3sBPehGFWrBBHDr2IP1SeVgkupYEyHjSbtDfY9wboIunfFbATacmQXfOySwqXn2z5YHKHIGgJOaw5g8TsuOguzDFwHR-MAiF2wSMQvQ/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGveoYIWTrKNeNu6SYPggooM_-vpWTjlpKNPIX3sBPehGFWrBBHDr2IP1SeVgkupYEyHjSbtDfY9wboIunfFbATacmQXfOySwqXn2z5YHKHIGgJOaw5g8TsuOguzDFwHR-MAiF2wSMQvQ/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="220" data-original-width="932" data-original-height="321" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ARAWMN; ARAWMNHIJ; ARAWMNHIJ</font>
<p>The pictures below inspired me.
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Io-3TwQ15mvcrq_xqkXJWya8vJPpISItgQC4_SeELqvZs1EQ3j6gGP07u2x5B-UAm5gJrkn0sknYN8eeYgXQCDujNuwuwHpqTPGM9bkMx7Bk2O2VqcK5j9riBo4RkeKkicnTsZf0BZ1K/s1600/2004-04-08+iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgents-celebrate-in-front-of-a-burning-us-picture-id3256517.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Io-3TwQ15mvcrq_xqkXJWya8vJPpISItgQC4_SeELqvZs1EQ3j6gGP07u2x5B-UAm5gJrkn0sknYN8eeYgXQCDujNuwuwHpqTPGM9bkMx7Bk2O2VqcK5j9riBo4RkeKkicnTsZf0BZ1K/s640/2004-04-08+iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgents-celebrate-in-front-of-a-burning-us-picture-id3256517.jpg" width="640" height="433" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="693" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgents celebrate in front of a burning US tanker (April 8th, 2004).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAugxNtPefNphrQGgwwPhN41V210sWoRLictJKBx0wMTpDZM9lCIP35YM0INZZbJqOsDV7eMFYViG1m9Ea2uqoP-81c4k7FpieLyMelAAWeb6eDwxSne06_BRaRpBiECZnu9RlVwxP8d2/s1600/2004-04-24+an-iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgent-closes-the-door-of-a-damaged-house-24-picture-id3462945.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAugxNtPefNphrQGgwwPhN41V210sWoRLictJKBx0wMTpDZM9lCIP35YM0INZZbJqOsDV7eMFYViG1m9Ea2uqoP-81c4k7FpieLyMelAAWeb6eDwxSne06_BRaRpBiECZnu9RlVwxP8d2/s640/2004-04-24+an-iraqi-sunni-muslim-insurgent-closes-the-door-of-a-damaged-house-24-picture-id3462945.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="678" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi Sunni insurgents closes door of a damaged house (April 24th, 2004).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1uWUkAgZ6co0A5HgofTu_Zk_2R7ZOpHvsEr7IkA9KzYZ1q_RbYz0vUdMABBvZchu7wSnzRc8KqRVDDGJn0pCENs1k4LA00zCEYcDsXv9t7xwDa-7_BLuQq3Sc8cibDNrC1Seq28uk3r6/s1600/2004-07-22+masked-iraqi-insurgents-keep-position-at-a-lookout-in-the-flashpoint-picture-id51104894.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1uWUkAgZ6co0A5HgofTu_Zk_2R7ZOpHvsEr7IkA9KzYZ1q_RbYz0vUdMABBvZchu7wSnzRc8KqRVDDGJn0pCENs1k4LA00zCEYcDsXv9t7xwDa-7_BLuQq3Sc8cibDNrC1Seq28uk3r6/s640/2004-07-22+masked-iraqi-insurgents-keep-position-at-a-lookout-in-the-flashpoint-picture-id51104894.jpg" width="640" height="429" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="687" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Masked Iraqi insurgents keep position at a lookout (July 22nd, 2004).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cqN6vM0YL4Y3J-R1qxDMFIPJ3R8h-zWXlmqIzAdgN-gvewOugXGWd-Dky4A4zR09C7lkuXQDihmTCZb5tBHA4y1pUKiRq66ngkO5kPkxb-5Y_KsxkV3c3Q_TgWrxQdpI1nRZ9uHpcIZd/s1600/2004-07-22+masked-iraqi-insurgents-keep-position-at-a-lookout-in-the-flashpoint-picture-id51104910.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cqN6vM0YL4Y3J-R1qxDMFIPJ3R8h-zWXlmqIzAdgN-gvewOugXGWd-Dky4A4zR09C7lkuXQDihmTCZb5tBHA4y1pUKiRq66ngkO5kPkxb-5Y_KsxkV3c3Q_TgWrxQdpI1nRZ9uHpcIZd/s640/2004-07-22+masked-iraqi-insurgents-keep-position-at-a-lookout-in-the-flashpoint-picture-id51104910.jpg" width="640" height="453" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="724" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Masked Iraqi insurgents keep position at a lookout (July 22nd, 2004).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UfjKXwahlvuLch5zmiAeuidTuorXhjHXAL65ow3J2FsetU3hFjJB-cKvQTSLnBxE6snR3IlecAwwS3Sr7M8zdYqBvVDhRxFNgMZs5So4JAFLdV1UfWAmfS-LePprMIwtJj1w2w35gbjc/s1600/2004-09-05+hooded-armed-insurgents-take-position-near-a-hiuse-that-was-destroyed-picture-id51264004.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UfjKXwahlvuLch5zmiAeuidTuorXhjHXAL65ow3J2FsetU3hFjJB-cKvQTSLnBxE6snR3IlecAwwS3Sr7M8zdYqBvVDhRxFNgMZs5So4JAFLdV1UfWAmfS-LePprMIwtJj1w2w35gbjc/s640/2004-09-05+hooded-armed-insurgents-take-position-near-a-hiuse-that-was-destroyed-picture-id51264004.jpg" width="466" height="640" data-original-width="745" data-original-height="1024" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Hooded armed insurgents take position near a house that was destroyed (September 5th, 2004).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Zh03geALfO921mftAE9qaOTKl5bPZ6801dH2wnAOgaOZkzsaAkn3w04ZWq2xFnzrDrC7iFQqddZmMRCGKgAAuRYNFCGWWL-HvKcX0dzAAl24EFhxvxHGKmKh50ib5PE-tfrdjeJIItvW/s1600/2004-11-06+arab-and-iraqi-fighters-patrol-the-streets-with-an-antiaircraft-gun-picture-id51695632.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Zh03geALfO921mftAE9qaOTKl5bPZ6801dH2wnAOgaOZkzsaAkn3w04ZWq2xFnzrDrC7iFQqddZmMRCGKgAAuRYNFCGWWL-HvKcX0dzAAl24EFhxvxHGKmKh50ib5PE-tfrdjeJIItvW/s640/2004-11-06+arab-and-iraqi-fighters-patrol-the-streets-with-an-antiaircraft-gun-picture-id51695632.jpg" width="640" height="428" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="685" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Iraqi fighterse patrol the streets with an anti-aircraft gun (November 6th, 2004).</font>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-42217447536123105472019-11-05T19:34:00.000-05:002019-11-05T19:34:49.646-05:00Head swaps<font size="6">T</font>hings have been busy here so I haven't had as much time to paint as I'd like - we're looking for a new house ... I need more space for more miniatures. ;) I have been able to get this batch of figures done. They should add more variety to my IRA force. For each figure I did a head swap. Those figures with great coats got pants sculpted on them to cover up the puttees they came with. One figure got a swapped out hand and weapon.
<p>Unless RH Models puts out more figures for this range I've got one more batch to do (a few more auxiliaries and Tommies) and a some vehicles, but before then I moved on for a bit to Iraq War figures. I'm halfway done a bunch of Iraqi's with thobes.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2gdHdbESDPI7thh4yIWtBtEwRxBHbRxlYqfh6Y3Hyh3VOPgH7A056tRRU_UBEz0HujNQ-igMPQhFi93SsEgEFgFC_c4pKBLL7kWtep2YE55GkkjCmw34EzoLvBEzTC4jrQjCfF-SJ6Tq/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2gdHdbESDPI7thh4yIWtBtEwRxBHbRxlYqfh6Y3Hyh3VOPgH7A056tRRU_UBEz0HujNQ-igMPQhFi93SsEgEFgFC_c4pKBLL7kWtep2YE55GkkjCmw34EzoLvBEzTC4jrQjCfF-SJ6Tq/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="227" data-original-width="960" data-original-height="341" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models EERG8AK with head swap; ICW1 with head swap; ICW1 with head swap; ICW1 with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjGb0Ep_FBNWLUSZk9vq2igOqLKMzQhsJOjcUKg4u1jET2KdtJt1CNZP8_sutE9hqsHdG9p7W8Ny4lq0TTZHxqGOl0WW2O4n-hGKVN0x4aqQ_AwSN2u5EyK9lQ_uFXLSCK_QS6UBMUKOX/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjGb0Ep_FBNWLUSZk9vq2igOqLKMzQhsJOjcUKg4u1jET2KdtJt1CNZP8_sutE9hqsHdG9p7W8Ny4lq0TTZHxqGOl0WW2O4n-hGKVN0x4aqQ_AwSN2u5EyK9lQ_uFXLSCK_QS6UBMUKOX/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="187" data-original-width="1053" data-original-height="307" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW7 with head swap; ICW7 with head swap; ICW1 with head swap; ICW7 with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY6go8_cZS8vCvUg4iQ_sTIBOmpMXzBq-CY0hIijzJ_F2wNDiHGDDeIKHnyFnDntI15jtb2l68eazWBhHetPVEh8sJe5NZ2l2IZQlEF4e151aJhfQAq0mQ-wyPrbPwSiq6uhkTnlU3zX7/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY6go8_cZS8vCvUg4iQ_sTIBOmpMXzBq-CY0hIijzJ_F2wNDiHGDDeIKHnyFnDntI15jtb2l68eazWBhHetPVEh8sJe5NZ2l2IZQlEF4e151aJhfQAq0mQ-wyPrbPwSiq6uhkTnlU3zX7/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="215" data-original-width="962" data-original-height="323" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW1 with head swap; ICW1 with head swap; ICW1 with head swap; ICW1 with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3wBgnRi3M90-nM5U6Qn-42649ZgUSjfkvDuCL-3NjH0LPjMpMd6eZ5f2IQS59I1xjbPRXDfKhQhbZfJ-ojUt0SNm9QuoxD7f4ffqArnJy2KYVK4UAd9UT7u1BOLLNyq3VeBWqXhwGsT6/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3wBgnRi3M90-nM5U6Qn-42649ZgUSjfkvDuCL-3NjH0LPjMpMd6eZ5f2IQS59I1xjbPRXDfKhQhbZfJ-ojUt0SNm9QuoxD7f4ffqArnJy2KYVK4UAd9UT7u1BOLLNyq3VeBWqXhwGsT6/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="225" data-original-width="996" data-original-height="350" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW7 with head, hand and gun swap; ICW7 with head swap; ICW7 with head swap; ICW7 with head swap</font>
<p>I used the following images for ideas - especially for the IRA in great coats. They are all pictures of re-enactors.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiANywHmCxa08Z7eCv-YC_pdYzy7xSJhxyvDPkjgBGHhp7AwoUh0EscufKtwNtRX_XBO8yRHcnnNdLJQondrdwFiBW8RsG47PINWVsguBX4sI0FL8B1GFv8lSYJcAgoDyK_CXMcnnue4kY/s1600/1181.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiANywHmCxa08Z7eCv-YC_pdYzy7xSJhxyvDPkjgBGHhp7AwoUh0EscufKtwNtRX_XBO8yRHcnnNdLJQondrdwFiBW8RsG47PINWVsguBX4sI0FL8B1GFv8lSYJcAgoDyK_CXMcnnue4kY/s640/1181.jpg" width="640" height="503" data-original-width="1140" data-original-height="896" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgEqAzWA0G1ICk4iPhc9Lehe5JQSTdxX05UbR-6zn2xsBoiSJXeUS69E5bAvmktL3JULTv4tdFB28V6tT0MgDsMx1zp4fdBOvsTQ0wLYJOrmg_75q0hl-IIT7DAWtd5mjgHZiS7levvSS/s1600/FlyingColumn-1024x512.gif" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgEqAzWA0G1ICk4iPhc9Lehe5JQSTdxX05UbR-6zn2xsBoiSJXeUS69E5bAvmktL3JULTv4tdFB28V6tT0MgDsMx1zp4fdBOvsTQ0wLYJOrmg_75q0hl-IIT7DAWtd5mjgHZiS7levvSS/s640/FlyingColumn-1024x512.gif" width="640" height="320" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="512" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczJChIaeK-engPs_gBWKot_OWfkSkEk5kySjLsDwO09NPzWgTW3GpdpzaD0t5NFZz0Vdac5XebiWjnzDI8k2vDHb99iuqTVMQb_c1w0iowVN1RCZGcPQDiJxMK_sINhWrZGsiK-RRmAS8/s1600/InTheNameOfTheRepublicFeatureMar18_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczJChIaeK-engPs_gBWKot_OWfkSkEk5kySjLsDwO09NPzWgTW3GpdpzaD0t5NFZz0Vdac5XebiWjnzDI8k2vDHb99iuqTVMQb_c1w0iowVN1RCZGcPQDiJxMK_sINhWrZGsiK-RRmAS8/s640/InTheNameOfTheRepublicFeatureMar18_large.jpg" width="640" height="347" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXum8Z0ULTUzilk5qGwgmB9SPf4Dw-K2G0C4yjDiIpeEO7junL2hCWMWaU4_Jk6kYY8EcLpJeVFReeF6jhu9gXTF2GFWMaMFX0Aq_gZYrBf3ccG1pknPDNXF3fARx2w42jt4Ujc2F_MqV/s1600/layoffourfilm.gif" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXum8Z0ULTUzilk5qGwgmB9SPf4Dw-K2G0C4yjDiIpeEO7junL2hCWMWaU4_Jk6kYY8EcLpJeVFReeF6jhu9gXTF2GFWMaMFX0Aq_gZYrBf3ccG1pknPDNXF3fARx2w42jt4Ujc2F_MqV/s640/layoffourfilm.gif" width="640" height="326" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="510" /></a>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-21664506312345432012019-09-07T15:53:00.001-04:002019-09-07T16:03:04.908-04:00Black & Tans + Civilians<font size="6">W</font>ow it has been a while since my last post. I guess summer vacation reduced my painting time. :/ This batch of figures are the last of the new-sculpts-to-me I had to do from RH Models' ICW range.
Next I have some more British troops I've been working on, some Auxiliaries and then lastly some IRA fighters with lots of head swaps.
<p>Firstly, I painting a bag of Black and Tan figures. These are some of RH Models' oldest figures still for sale I think. All are a bit on the large side, half are really big. To counter this I shaved their bases down to something that was almost paper thin. This led to my dremel slipping on a few so I had to fix up some shoes, but otherwise these figures were done with no modifications.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94wju0rJSbxUdEGEb5ZkYBmJyVsF7rB2r8djXUuQ8ljLNW3D_2M2jxRA2PJoRAnd9Jgnb-jtdQKAnHgYJ1WRNbmPLMVj8I6Evn1c3VqbZP9wAYqCkAdiL1p6ESLk179247vBjb9lvf7gn/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94wju0rJSbxUdEGEb5ZkYBmJyVsF7rB2r8djXUuQ8ljLNW3D_2M2jxRA2PJoRAnd9Jgnb-jtdQKAnHgYJ1WRNbmPLMVj8I6Evn1c3VqbZP9wAYqCkAdiL1p6ESLk179247vBjb9lvf7gn/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="224" data-original-width="975" data-original-height="342" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW1; ICW1; ICW1</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuLTxaaXxfa9iKs20LV7GPA1DXUKZgBzOao0ZN7zHCQhZXsOqzAlDhKtqcFJC2lefbQiISN1UfYEUtogYbW2172_rJPMUTt88m1-eWYSF3WppYPYrbrQUjJeNa3qcItagcC8M2g_hS4_1/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuLTxaaXxfa9iKs20LV7GPA1DXUKZgBzOao0ZN7zHCQhZXsOqzAlDhKtqcFJC2lefbQiISN1UfYEUtogYbW2172_rJPMUTt88m1-eWYSF3WppYPYrbrQUjJeNa3qcItagcC8M2g_hS4_1/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="195" data-original-width="975" data-original-height="297" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW1; ICW1; ICW1</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphJf6SOSW5ZLY3ymUQ9lxcxfWmEqIfP6as1-F10jnAkvXDlxkwcPa_Sn9XfB6h2Dvs7G3MFFM9_fqxxX5EFfwYDTmDLfRHw0wGficyrxxQVF1qBnKEJz2XdYUjuvHcxo6SxvBadx7MopC/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphJf6SOSW5ZLY3ymUQ9lxcxfWmEqIfP6as1-F10jnAkvXDlxkwcPa_Sn9XfB6h2Dvs7G3MFFM9_fqxxX5EFfwYDTmDLfRHw0wGficyrxxQVF1qBnKEJz2XdYUjuvHcxo6SxvBadx7MopC/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="255" data-original-width="975" data-original-height="388" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW1; ICW1; ICW1</font>
<p>Secondly, I worked on two bags of civilians from the same range. The figures with caps I did straight, but for three of the figures without caps I swapped their heads as I wanted more figures with straight hair.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjAxbdf6gDi8d6G3wS6aXZIk4TfSt9jTZRMgVITzo1JN-2Scgh3mMVGu2pTo41NI0B8Urnth1PELAJ6P9Y9KG50C6wtUyiEyCPHPeKFNloOkVnBi34trNrVhYxlmpNWFawS3nt8gv53GP/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjAxbdf6gDi8d6G3wS6aXZIk4TfSt9jTZRMgVITzo1JN-2Scgh3mMVGu2pTo41NI0B8Urnth1PELAJ6P9Y9KG50C6wtUyiEyCPHPeKFNloOkVnBi34trNrVhYxlmpNWFawS3nt8gv53GP/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="225" data-original-width="980" data-original-height="345" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICWCIVCAP; ICWCIVCAP; ICWCIVCAP; ICWCIVCAP</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72deOLAWbirxfjgklKk9_HW7HvYe38orRgTd0miQl95aQsLmwVnRdiLL-lkxPDASi0pfx8kwndRiD1KDEDBWzwj956bJ-UPFCR1LkPDFnOK-pKb3XS33f2xWkyipyO0MtVleNyBW8n5iS/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72deOLAWbirxfjgklKk9_HW7HvYe38orRgTd0miQl95aQsLmwVnRdiLL-lkxPDASi0pfx8kwndRiD1KDEDBWzwj956bJ-UPFCR1LkPDFnOK-pKb3XS33f2xWkyipyO0MtVleNyBW8n5iS/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="230" data-original-width="973" data-original-height="349" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICWCIVCAP; ICWCIV with head swap; ICWCIV with head swap; ICWCIV</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z8IQzZ9J7fdf492xbw9PbWxcLb6nz4mOyAaXiT0Kkb8CeVtmI7duBt0Dc3Awexo8Z8N2uAwZ0nOU_9XNp0HA8zYZwrw9lleGBbSfUPP0dbqUyOysK0DlFQ6uMJ_l5Q5wyq13jezxAkS4/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z8IQzZ9J7fdf492xbw9PbWxcLb6nz4mOyAaXiT0Kkb8CeVtmI7duBt0Dc3Awexo8Z8N2uAwZ0nOU_9XNp0HA8zYZwrw9lleGBbSfUPP0dbqUyOysK0DlFQ6uMJ_l5Q5wyq13jezxAkS4/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="236" data-original-width="975" data-original-height="359" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICWCIV; ICWCIV with head swap</font>
<p>I used the following images for colors of the Black and Tans, although I went more for the look of the costumes in <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barley</i>. It's a great movie after all! For the civilians I used a lot of the same pictures I've used for IRA fighters.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ1cH_VSrDNoqCZBlweTZHbgo6201sG2k3bgtRVUtSNYL1gEHAPVirRy6YJ_AW5VI5fDzqWWZCeibyCa71YS3HzV2KEsgvoKAdojXncQpGtQCV1f6RTWULzi8YEay4vyoauNyqT-lSWzC/s1600/thb-aug160502.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ1cH_VSrDNoqCZBlweTZHbgo6201sG2k3bgtRVUtSNYL1gEHAPVirRy6YJ_AW5VI5fDzqWWZCeibyCa71YS3HzV2KEsgvoKAdojXncQpGtQCV1f6RTWULzi8YEay4vyoauNyqT-lSWzC/s640/thb-aug160502.jpg" width="640" height="247" data-original-width="1500" data-original-height="579" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpv4C4jw03jCMFNYshsnjP5NLSPvBeWxmDQwKxWfWxzPDQ_iWeDKiGbT_ayrZqVKwCLHCrh9aqlZ_eQlnKuLKlYr9D17RFHX7PuRhLD8-N5ULtOJUKcOLwGvthMa6iEQr-C11ElycM2Ccv/s1600/4c5262b2f8c060b0dba2c0402af55fbd.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpv4C4jw03jCMFNYshsnjP5NLSPvBeWxmDQwKxWfWxzPDQ_iWeDKiGbT_ayrZqVKwCLHCrh9aqlZ_eQlnKuLKlYr9D17RFHX7PuRhLD8-N5ULtOJUKcOLwGvthMa6iEQr-C11ElycM2Ccv/s640/4c5262b2f8c060b0dba2c0402af55fbd.jpg" width="427" height="640" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="1500" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo23bz0YZNjwtiNGPSXHUsJYtg6yjIl5MfWvkg_UmcZwVi_BTq26qu0Fjs56vnd5O98gqIHs8yuqg6J1MPtYv1xuWxNWvbEvHX3ZjF5GUBosJiuSCdQvTi3yCOOc2hDnRdooR48Z44JcD/s1600/5c87cf4b9e9d4db98c127bdab03641b5--cthulhu-uniform.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo23bz0YZNjwtiNGPSXHUsJYtg6yjIl5MfWvkg_UmcZwVi_BTq26qu0Fjs56vnd5O98gqIHs8yuqg6J1MPtYv1xuWxNWvbEvHX3ZjF5GUBosJiuSCdQvTi3yCOOc2hDnRdooR48Z44JcD/s1600/5c87cf4b9e9d4db98c127bdab03641b5--cthulhu-uniform.jpg" data-original-width="237" data-original-height="393" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LD26Y8bh0ptdZbLcxPunEPwGWnE08tlVBpQK1SRDnJ1WRZfFRxtxvTk0I4ADmomz7olze8qUH1tP5-mZR9YOB357ZIHzDw-RP-4AtQCDaEfj8AH25wevppYak574zUNkwjdoviKTn2c4/s1600/db133c2d5db1487bc08eb4771dac0d87--cinema-cinema-the-wind.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LD26Y8bh0ptdZbLcxPunEPwGWnE08tlVBpQK1SRDnJ1WRZfFRxtxvTk0I4ADmomz7olze8qUH1tP5-mZR9YOB357ZIHzDw-RP-4AtQCDaEfj8AH25wevppYak574zUNkwjdoviKTn2c4/s1600/db133c2d5db1487bc08eb4771dac0d87--cinema-cinema-the-wind.jpg" data-original-width="236" data-original-height="348" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJHEMvIQm_oQvNuBhnzyFoFQxKxgtm52tn60BDuuQGetTIkqZVROiXPtpuI4fV8V5Kq6_tLdNUMgLGBZkpIv2pOJrma1dSFe9UNWnAd76ttd0V1ajxLaFYd2Cuxcgccz_IzleFsUsSD-5/s1600/thwtstb.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJHEMvIQm_oQvNuBhnzyFoFQxKxgtm52tn60BDuuQGetTIkqZVROiXPtpuI4fV8V5Kq6_tLdNUMgLGBZkpIv2pOJrma1dSFe9UNWnAd76ttd0V1ajxLaFYd2Cuxcgccz_IzleFsUsSD-5/s1600/thwtstb.jpg" data-original-width="688" data-original-height="384" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-788861990517870622019-07-25T19:51:00.001-04:002019-07-25T19:51:28.838-04:00IRA<font size="6">C</font>ontinuing my Anglo-Irish diversion I wrapped up my work on this double batch of IRA fighters. There's no conversions here, all were painted as-is from the bag. I tried to choose accurate colors, lots of browns, grays, etc. for their clothing. It took a bit to paint every figure with a different set of colors, but I think the effect is worth it.
<p>Sometime soon I have another batch of these to do with lots of head swaps for variety, but for now I'm on to a group of Black & Tans and civilians.
<p>Next up is a double batch of IRA fighters. I'm looking forward to varied civilian clothing.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA30UlGN7cS8VLa0Nm-Gm0KRTHGGY0GiRZgnfxq2hBmpiMMkR7xwcHPOxDbXYiwqglApfrJZlR1W_9q1QkToErTtmLdsc71Esk5N68G0U8-i0VLS96bcQzwNzsy1jK_MeAvtUKVosBavzQ/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA30UlGN7cS8VLa0Nm-Gm0KRTHGGY0GiRZgnfxq2hBmpiMMkR7xwcHPOxDbXYiwqglApfrJZlR1W_9q1QkToErTtmLdsc71Esk5N68G0U8-i0VLS96bcQzwNzsy1jK_MeAvtUKVosBavzQ/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="205" data-original-width="987" data-original-height="316" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW4; ICW4; ICW4; ICW4</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwjse_LJcivZZwONuglE_M5QEtYPceg4kyXs2Zu51bK7tDvQ3mjSn1ZUaqhCsCJm3j89gj5HyMcmBEKoXBMLILkGSxijMUqlc8bSIQ_lmZS755mGLvpXBcYLODE6rgV_dON55WqONWkie/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwjse_LJcivZZwONuglE_M5QEtYPceg4kyXs2Zu51bK7tDvQ3mjSn1ZUaqhCsCJm3j89gj5HyMcmBEKoXBMLILkGSxijMUqlc8bSIQ_lmZS755mGLvpXBcYLODE6rgV_dON55WqONWkie/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="217" data-original-width="921" data-original-height="312" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW4; ICW4; ICW4; ICW5A</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMH4p6_w38c9OReDoqwfaJDaT6JxPnKLLbm1r__uoXV8LpoMyhlH5nxOP3Utq7AxrNaJbv5LySKkaLFP7sB_FEdmCx4NTTikvnFrJuJbeXk0PvTNSYsBV8nAaPjmAx4P_r_GljOWWN5tas/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMH4p6_w38c9OReDoqwfaJDaT6JxPnKLLbm1r__uoXV8LpoMyhlH5nxOP3Utq7AxrNaJbv5LySKkaLFP7sB_FEdmCx4NTTikvnFrJuJbeXk0PvTNSYsBV8nAaPjmAx4P_r_GljOWWN5tas/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="224" data-original-width="933" data-original-height="327" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW4; ICW5; ICW4; ICW4</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmJUQa9TXkljHevq-bGjNvHVkkOJBwxShAzsb3O9lTd3MRr-skQoze63uM0PiR5HywmJMilktofk6ru79nw4bjdlWqbC3CfFV5sOqPn6vGanKWnIPJzJUjHP5Pz1E80kYH6uB9En2qIGv/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmJUQa9TXkljHevq-bGjNvHVkkOJBwxShAzsb3O9lTd3MRr-skQoze63uM0PiR5HywmJMilktofk6ru79nw4bjdlWqbC3CfFV5sOqPn6vGanKWnIPJzJUjHP5Pz1E80kYH6uB9En2qIGv/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="214" data-original-width="962" data-original-height="321" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW4; ICW5; ICW5</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kOaiy_PxNdaSPGd5_V7PtozUCkpEfmVtPSx0e2gmAfzONSpgvjTOQBoEW2f-va5Jt0bz5kCWWSpnG2GLtZQy_fWtDBRhV0k7blIXKQcOYi3lH7tUs_IDGboSN6WUMOE44KIYUUP2TUS2/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kOaiy_PxNdaSPGd5_V7PtozUCkpEfmVtPSx0e2gmAfzONSpgvjTOQBoEW2f-va5Jt0bz5kCWWSpnG2GLtZQy_fWtDBRhV0k7blIXKQcOYi3lH7tUs_IDGboSN6WUMOE44KIYUUP2TUS2/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="234" data-original-width="972" data-original-height="355" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW5 & ICW5A</font>
<p>For inspiration, especially color choices I used photos of reenactors and stills from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barley</i> (2006).
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrkvtphFXBDSgeswY-Pcl6hq_iGEY0JCNoRhYVNQl_hL3z8CRnt1NpTPxgsYQzCivMn4Se2bHw7WH7wWvXkE_u1FCHFLQM_nrqH-N8bx3pl31qhomS90e_PhxzUGhxL8V4aTakAjBRP-1/s1600/IFII_WINDTHATSHAKES_LRG1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrkvtphFXBDSgeswY-Pcl6hq_iGEY0JCNoRhYVNQl_hL3z8CRnt1NpTPxgsYQzCivMn4Se2bHw7WH7wWvXkE_u1FCHFLQM_nrqH-N8bx3pl31qhomS90e_PhxzUGhxL8V4aTakAjBRP-1/s640/IFII_WINDTHATSHAKES_LRG1.jpg" width="640" height="427" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="667" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>
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<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iH4FCBUXt4RRkqdU1OsXf5el2FTWytBS9UuJg0AND69JYNBOj0UL6zJ2uy6Dgdk1YQWVMrD9ED3DhMR_QbT0jeKBknBoG9chCXa_mnze2bbJiJwGMcbvXAwv89Tp6CCr3d32OkI7LBfy/s1600/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iH4FCBUXt4RRkqdU1OsXf5el2FTWytBS9UuJg0AND69JYNBOj0UL6zJ2uy6Dgdk1YQWVMrD9ED3DhMR_QbT0jeKBknBoG9chCXa_mnze2bbJiJwGMcbvXAwv89Tp6CCr3d32OkI7LBfy/s640/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley-10.jpg" width="640" height="315" data-original-width="1125" data-original-height="554" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WYCtp2nUA4-x3SXNrQv7Cji_rkNPzM0_aWWqM40f0QSdHc6pSE1iiqLsVYs1dQhXiFj8Xm9bJinb4CxxwDgFWsM9lhixGtpSYlVUmf-_R6wQEVlfGyIzwJCtPAhv_ZVh0SpSGrH-yyAs/s1600/thewindthatshakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WYCtp2nUA4-x3SXNrQv7Cji_rkNPzM0_aWWqM40f0QSdHc6pSE1iiqLsVYs1dQhXiFj8Xm9bJinb4CxxwDgFWsM9lhixGtpSYlVUmf-_R6wQEVlfGyIzwJCtPAhv_ZVh0SpSGrH-yyAs/s640/thewindthatshakes.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="901" data-original-height="600" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HNATal-C6STrQyUwIhBnggFUim6FEA-EnaW6-kZczMZ1ksHa9zvvMy6trp5QTKPDBbW6AFqmLRtoWqkBTmUw_iVb9xAIuv6nBYines0mQJD0ZWqBfPUVMyjxn1w9jJ6C-e7XhEy-WcEo/s1600/TheWindThatShakesTheBarley3-for-web-940x460.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HNATal-C6STrQyUwIhBnggFUim6FEA-EnaW6-kZczMZ1ksHa9zvvMy6trp5QTKPDBbW6AFqmLRtoWqkBTmUw_iVb9xAIuv6nBYines0mQJD0ZWqBfPUVMyjxn1w9jJ6C-e7XhEy-WcEo/s640/TheWindThatShakesTheBarley3-for-web-940x460.jpg" width="640" height="313" data-original-width="940" data-original-height="460" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiaGNKU-MwSnvnJ0u9ptgoNnhCpuw2Ws-peYqwSo125clDROTKCZ5ZXov1uQ2hfG30_qS81MMxOKjhiH1iWGgYlRRACK-3kSg2vbDNOpEJEsmZ8F80zSS5taphcP7KuHZjeK6_enj8CFM/s1600/db133c2d5db1487bc08eb4771dac0d87--cinema-cinema-the-wind.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiaGNKU-MwSnvnJ0u9ptgoNnhCpuw2Ws-peYqwSo125clDROTKCZ5ZXov1uQ2hfG30_qS81MMxOKjhiH1iWGgYlRRACK-3kSg2vbDNOpEJEsmZ8F80zSS5taphcP7KuHZjeK6_enj8CFM/s1600/db133c2d5db1487bc08eb4771dac0d87--cinema-cinema-the-wind.jpg" data-original-width="236" data-original-height="348" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Still from <i>The Wind that Shakes the Barkley</i></font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Q1w7UpRdoSbVfiDPxn7akl66lxVAPFBfc7xPQQQ67SBI6u0K7Q5-_21MaYRbR_X2yCAjTLLN4ttvCF2QszbcdgdkOQ7F2uyXF2ec-xHekydeQoB8qHgnto1IE2UmXBExdvXBo7b7Ehyv/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Q1w7UpRdoSbVfiDPxn7akl66lxVAPFBfc7xPQQQ67SBI6u0K7Q5-_21MaYRbR_X2yCAjTLLN4ttvCF2QszbcdgdkOQ7F2uyXF2ec-xHekydeQoB8qHgnto1IE2UmXBExdvXBo7b7Ehyv/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" data-original-width="271" data-original-height="186" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Reenactors</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3MIqd-YC9PF6rna-tGcoudfMFdxPea7czj9lqLa4aPXghWZT9saIkGE-ljB_c0nePl9CGCGte0qFGJUnbApw1QvkMhPTLNGulvqqmCdMHVOJe-PZnjTj4SBKhuQ1W0Qiu_NpwROAvY3w/s1600/IRA+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3MIqd-YC9PF6rna-tGcoudfMFdxPea7czj9lqLa4aPXghWZT9saIkGE-ljB_c0nePl9CGCGte0qFGJUnbApw1QvkMhPTLNGulvqqmCdMHVOJe-PZnjTj4SBKhuQ1W0Qiu_NpwROAvY3w/s1600/IRA+2.jpg" data-original-width="200" data-original-height="241" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Reenactors</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZuZAlvvQW-cSLPbvTtBmm36aA8Op7NlCYxdryBSaVgdBYEszlRUnal5EwNbZSRS24lX9Ra-2GaEjCbhJaKulWM193aOUBTMQSQhXOordAydu8fRrSu9zA9PgKiuHgxlxZXABjxWIiuin/s1600/civil-war-re-enactment-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZuZAlvvQW-cSLPbvTtBmm36aA8Op7NlCYxdryBSaVgdBYEszlRUnal5EwNbZSRS24lX9Ra-2GaEjCbhJaKulWM193aOUBTMQSQhXOordAydu8fRrSu9zA9PgKiuHgxlxZXABjxWIiuin/s640/civil-war-re-enactment-2.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1065" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Reenactors</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-36810976939335886022019-06-19T17:07:00.001-04:002019-06-19T17:07:53.517-04:00Auxiliaries<font size="6">T</font>his morning I finished basing the 2nd of what I hope to be four groups of Anglo-Irish wars figures. This little set of nine are meant to represent Auxiliary forces. I didn't do any modifications to the figures (although I did have to replace the upper half of the rifle held by figure with an ammo box). The dark green I used for most of their coats didn't give much contrast so it's not a favorite color of mine to use, but it's reasonably accurate. To give them some variety I painted two wearing some sort of civilian long coat. Auxiliaries typically had a badge on their cap. For now I decided not to paint this on as the tam-o-shanter Rolf has sculpted on these guys doesn't present the surface this badge was affixed to. (I can always change my mind later, I reason.) My second batch will probably include some wearing British army greatcoats and perhaps a conversion involving a Lewis gun and/or handgun.
<p>Next up is a double batch of IRA fighters. I'm looking forward to varied civilian clothing.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvHcZGjPFTKZERM4Qw10kgKM4CW07Kyeq5X70xUfUNdz2FWL4tuSGe5lT9I2TiNWOJeq02dBjGEmISSpryGyMiRTCeEkLy7YBmEzKM89JJBDxe-ZA5Fx1an9hhj02rnCGCl2yr8maQViH/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvHcZGjPFTKZERM4Qw10kgKM4CW07Kyeq5X70xUfUNdz2FWL4tuSGe5lT9I2TiNWOJeq02dBjGEmISSpryGyMiRTCeEkLy7YBmEzKM89JJBDxe-ZA5Fx1an9hhj02rnCGCl2yr8maQViH/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="229" data-original-width="984" data-original-height="352" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW7; ICW7; ICW7; ICW7</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphYSpHK2gNJ9TaAR55s2aynuCgBqNCcJIFBOTWuxWE2fkGF_xDW3lDlOtkyRQ5nWSweP9J_trp77gtSDIBRoHLmLj0NmxejsjasWtr_uGcSA8JkBdpdSV-7d6FcYQJ0-KbExDAgObCj6C/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphYSpHK2gNJ9TaAR55s2aynuCgBqNCcJIFBOTWuxWE2fkGF_xDW3lDlOtkyRQ5nWSweP9J_trp77gtSDIBRoHLmLj0NmxejsjasWtr_uGcSA8JkBdpdSV-7d6FcYQJ0-KbExDAgObCj6C/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="225" data-original-width="1090" data-original-height="384" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW7; ICW7; ICW7; ICW7</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbhWljM0wMgx7sSoxZuTsUKW6WN_Ht4inI6_ZLseP7QpiGsAoTiYnr0c-FQqQopB5yK1U64fXeupgW0km4oZoqA4LceC3xSNZ8PtEfhcKNvTp-1glj16-Lf_4NkIbKLY6Dpx4mUGe5r7z/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbhWljM0wMgx7sSoxZuTsUKW6WN_Ht4inI6_ZLseP7QpiGsAoTiYnr0c-FQqQopB5yK1U64fXeupgW0km4oZoqA4LceC3xSNZ8PtEfhcKNvTp-1glj16-Lf_4NkIbKLY6Dpx4mUGe5r7z/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="223" data-original-width="1090" data-original-height="380" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW7;</font>
<p>I found just a few pictures of Auxiliary forces wearing long coats.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OyjK4OMnCNi__PwboeR3KgY2zolSk6gGR-enksc5Kh9EIvzgU6R23bGt4r71s0nOGVynMQbWi6tm7ikq8qNqZdvSsy_MBhzozQDCCCexPBifR2IeTfk9F2ZtaBUs6foaARdimL0dFnRX/s1600/auxiliary_on_duty_in_dublin_1920_or_1921.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OyjK4OMnCNi__PwboeR3KgY2zolSk6gGR-enksc5Kh9EIvzgU6R23bGt4r71s0nOGVynMQbWi6tm7ikq8qNqZdvSsy_MBhzozQDCCCexPBifR2IeTfk9F2ZtaBUs6foaARdimL0dFnRX/s640/auxiliary_on_duty_in_dublin_1920_or_1921.png" width="640" height="466" data-original-width="969" data-original-height="706" /></a>
<br><font size="1">An auxiliary on duty in Dublin. (1920/1921)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEjpUQi_TQhsXbd5ix8Y7An-gWWoJM4-y1_PjC2BojTGuNcnFS_wUk47wru7aE3lz6Oeqkqz4dA94LG10VVNSLFljWiWygik3LTnas8EJgqkTINNd30RMPa6hbNYoZImriQo3tNJtkkXQ/s1600/blacktan.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEjpUQi_TQhsXbd5ix8Y7An-gWWoJM4-y1_PjC2BojTGuNcnFS_wUk47wru7aE3lz6Oeqkqz4dA94LG10VVNSLFljWiWygik3LTnas8EJgqkTINNd30RMPa6hbNYoZImriQo3tNJtkkXQ/s640/blacktan.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="720" data-original-height="540" /></a>
<br><font size="1">An auxiliary on duty in Dublin. (colorized, 1920/1921)</font>
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<br><font size="1">Auxiliaries in Dublin with captured motorcycle. (1920/1921)</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-84270911262174355302019-06-02T20:02:00.000-04:002019-06-02T20:02:29.024-04:00Something a little bit older<font size="6">F</font>or a change of pace I decided to work on a small number of figures for the Irish War of Independence (and possibly the Irish Civil War as well). So far I've enjoyed doing something 70-80 years older than my normal period, no AKs and no camouflage! I really don't know much about this history, but I'm slowly learning about it as I work on a small stack of books I have.
<p>I did no conversions on these figures. They took a bit of work to prepare as they are older figures in RH Models' range, but nothing too bad. For reference colors I used photos of reenactors and reenactor gear. I definitely miss having thousands of color photographs to look through for inspiration; I'm just not accustomed to using black and white photos. In the future I hope to do another batch with some slightly different colored equipment and some sculpted on helmet covers for a little variation. If I'm feeling really ambitious I might work on a Lewis gun conversion.
<p>Next up is some Black & Tans in greatcoats.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWOB79l0eGNZ-3GtOAFyFgxo1xTYcSVBe37cblx7y27Bde_faccFCeXEzmEnxvA9FsST20NTMC6Q0Oh1OtaOQBs3xNxeBeVbu6jwQY63fPFX4x7KizUamqqFjysJVBYcxHL6CVV9A7c76/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWOB79l0eGNZ-3GtOAFyFgxo1xTYcSVBe37cblx7y27Bde_faccFCeXEzmEnxvA9FsST20NTMC6Q0Oh1OtaOQBs3xNxeBeVbu6jwQY63fPFX4x7KizUamqqFjysJVBYcxHL6CVV9A7c76/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="210" data-original-width="1004" data-original-height="330" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW3; ICW3; ICW3; ICW3</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrUKp3Y9gBleWo14rs2pyznZI6YwxSgBrbiEVO83Khhf7lTzrnrEdGUM6DDd9Ham23A1Q_dtSE9DQD50YYmcmqhJ6qt9Bg8QD42Igfpn05dA_Ncj1AAfvUM3StbeaDInLYfKTxcMst6Zp/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrUKp3Y9gBleWo14rs2pyznZI6YwxSgBrbiEVO83Khhf7lTzrnrEdGUM6DDd9Ham23A1Q_dtSE9DQD50YYmcmqhJ6qt9Bg8QD42Igfpn05dA_Ncj1AAfvUM3StbeaDInLYfKTxcMst6Zp/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="216" data-original-width="955" data-original-height="322" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW3; ICW3; ICW3; ICW3</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvVexMU4lf4x2BqIyOGx-AFj5f7D9dNQ8vANyUo6TERGUw9026XF6ySp7nTIn5dzl6nKeLFHa9Qj6u1tH5JEpjXfk93pghgehJeok_JGfCi2e_M9_841if87g4kzdzAALsmZtWZmd-ezO/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvVexMU4lf4x2BqIyOGx-AFj5f7D9dNQ8vANyUo6TERGUw9026XF6ySp7nTIn5dzl6nKeLFHa9Qj6u1tH5JEpjXfk93pghgehJeok_JGfCi2e_M9_841if87g4kzdzAALsmZtWZmd-ezO/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="182" data-original-width="955" data-original-height="272" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models ICW3; ICW3</font>
<p>I found these pictures of British troops serving in Ireland and wearing great coats.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9NuKm-Arj8IDyQeZFqXe649M9Bkarn2D2n8TFMmFofhyER35jCJPlaR7y5Pmusfw8qNKis0U-2heGiPlR1I-aGtQMqWNbROGAkc_N8QmTFkcXHwxDqQVZEuBwa2Kk7JfAP-NfnPvS9CX/s1600/british-army-vehicle-checkpoint-in-dublin-city-the-irish-war-of-independence-ireland-1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9NuKm-Arj8IDyQeZFqXe649M9Bkarn2D2n8TFMmFofhyER35jCJPlaR7y5Pmusfw8qNKis0U-2heGiPlR1I-aGtQMqWNbROGAkc_N8QmTFkcXHwxDqQVZEuBwa2Kk7JfAP-NfnPvS9CX/s1600/british-army-vehicle-checkpoint-in-dublin-city-the-irish-war-of-independence-ireland-1920.jpg" data-original-width="577" data-original-height="372" /></a>
<br><font size="1">British army vehicle checkpoint in Dublin city during the Irish War of Independence.</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9s1NV03Gu4V9Czh-lWnFxroDHSnn_8uL0CLc-9HmIP670xip1QRuT_IylXAtWClQEbQIp4hK2EL5Q5vZConQyLWsgChh-AD3gRFrg59gz2XJh35doHMLkneEPySbciWDAPikIfCaZK_Et/s1600/british-troops-move-in-on-irish-civilians-at-an-anti-british-demonstration-in-dublin-city-during-the-war-of-independence-ireland-19211.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9s1NV03Gu4V9Czh-lWnFxroDHSnn_8uL0CLc-9HmIP670xip1QRuT_IylXAtWClQEbQIp4hK2EL5Q5vZConQyLWsgChh-AD3gRFrg59gz2XJh35doHMLkneEPySbciWDAPikIfCaZK_Et/s1600/british-troops-move-in-on-irish-civilians-at-an-anti-british-demonstration-in-dublin-city-during-the-war-of-independence-ireland-19211.jpg" data-original-width="580" data-original-height="375" /></a>
<br><font size="1">British troops move in on Irish civilians at an anti-British demostration in Dublin city during the Irish War of Independence.</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkX2IG6Rlp4KkuFNcbMIGWyDmWiGiQBJKMxXNcquDjrS9M-IB5brhbPgcJ4PWXE-2BxTeJYUHOrA7hwofjxb1NO4Z0JblpWdrAQ8JP__UTYxd9tby0DjwSZnXcGCZzO5i7uAgFDAmd52u0/s1600/the+Irish+War+of+Independence+%25281919-1921%2529+%252823%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkX2IG6Rlp4KkuFNcbMIGWyDmWiGiQBJKMxXNcquDjrS9M-IB5brhbPgcJ4PWXE-2BxTeJYUHOrA7hwofjxb1NO4Z0JblpWdrAQ8JP__UTYxd9tby0DjwSZnXcGCZzO5i7uAgFDAmd52u0/s1600/the+Irish+War+of+Independence+%25281919-1921%2529+%252823%2529.jpg" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="599" /></a>
<br><font size="1">British troops during the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921.</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-86620429548103583502019-06-01T19:41:00.000-04:002019-06-01T19:41:00.539-04:00Summer Azeris<font size="6">Y</font>esterday I finally got around to photographing these big batch of figures I've been working on. They took quite a while for me to do. I've been too busy. They are meant to represent Azeri soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in summer dress. I know have about 40-60 such troops.
<p>I didn't customize these figures too much - was great to use the newer RMR figures Rolf has recently released. I swapped a few heads and cut a few pockets here and there. As usual such soldiers require a lot of different camouflage schemes and khaki variations. It's fun, but takes a long time.
<p>Next up - just about finished, probably post in a day or two - is the first in a few quick batch of figures suitable for the Anglo-Irish Wars. A 100 year shift!
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp0rYeDZ8nW1_O6Pc4hZ9sFP6nLs0Is5I-T0Y532aKb9biV3q4g2bmNa5uv_rFMtpCtThQ9vod_e3fb8G5ScbSprVNpnc8A1jTtLmcpgsWekug2Vgma_XSjk-xJ-cPMxxocVF7qLfg8Xw/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp0rYeDZ8nW1_O6Pc4hZ9sFP6nLs0Is5I-T0Y532aKb9biV3q4g2bmNa5uv_rFMtpCtThQ9vod_e3fb8G5ScbSprVNpnc8A1jTtLmcpgsWekug2Vgma_XSjk-xJ-cPMxxocVF7qLfg8Xw/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="238" data-original-width="926" data-original-height="344" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models EERKESTAK; MULTBHCOM; HDBRPK; RMRAK* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzYORQ70dCI-iD6SXsns9DJGnYcEBQYGS7wsYxZ4We5U_XYfqH9_n0eYqMuKR_2OKznaj8xByECgtxa_wa2CORV0vOrRTc43W8Fi90zzPq1-oK5cCCbWCiGWh3nCDEqabQCMh2a_tWzvg/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzYORQ70dCI-iD6SXsns9DJGnYcEBQYGS7wsYxZ4We5U_XYfqH9_n0eYqMuKR_2OKznaj8xByECgtxa_wa2CORV0vOrRTc43W8Fi90zzPq1-oK5cCCbWCiGWh3nCDEqabQCMh2a_tWzvg/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="219" data-original-width="982" data-original-height="336" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRRPK; RMRRPG; RMRAKH; RMRAK* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rfgBNgOaR-bZAW6kyHq8or4FYsAmTvrOtMOmeSz1slDFW96vIuX5JQBASrWGSPUYw2AZ-cv1kvX5D4WU7xeGjG_vzlKDsYGE7LwAxcO2njKPqVi9ehAnwDEARFf5pDs0Hj7aiq_WESQR/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rfgBNgOaR-bZAW6kyHq8or4FYsAmTvrOtMOmeSz1slDFW96vIuX5JQBASrWGSPUYw2AZ-cv1kvX5D4WU7xeGjG_vzlKDsYGE7LwAxcO2njKPqVi9ehAnwDEARFf5pDs0Hj7aiq_WESQR/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="280" data-original-width="899" data-original-height="394" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RH EERKESTAK; RMRAK* with head swap; RMRAK* with head swap; RMRRADPHO</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE28haaf5s6GbapzXKruh2FZkh-ktXip_8E8vtP2J7eCps6pPI5w2fcLaaGDwqDGtdqQi1roWzx2fobIR5x5-rBUxjfiqPLfOE5ejDTxwXKJwa0Z3Inl3cEOv4FodITz40IRqqR3UgGdoG/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE28haaf5s6GbapzXKruh2FZkh-ktXip_8E8vtP2J7eCps6pPI5w2fcLaaGDwqDGtdqQi1roWzx2fobIR5x5-rBUxjfiqPLfOE5ejDTxwXKJwa0Z3Inl3cEOv4FodITz40IRqqR3UgGdoG/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="231" data-original-width="943" data-original-height="341" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRAKH; RMRRPG with head swap; MULTBABESQU; EERKESTAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCCf_v7p25emY5AFREJRsD-ZFfZ58G8SKrtfMMFWkhs4KFUzIOwjbSUbfDg1mKd8bPPUwlSVO30xZgT-wEuf3-wxZHI_cKZV6viX54nTybY_3klJ4IN0FRewxIVA2HPpmQiTquUOGmJnS/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCCf_v7p25emY5AFREJRsD-ZFfZ58G8SKrtfMMFWkhs4KFUzIOwjbSUbfDg1mKd8bPPUwlSVO30xZgT-wEuf3-wxZHI_cKZV6viX54nTybY_3klJ4IN0FRewxIVA2HPpmQiTquUOGmJnS/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="207" data-original-width="981" data-original-height="318" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRRPK with head swap; MULTBHRPG; MULT*AK with head swap; MULT*AK with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7XKUKWHSklXkObSBeiv9RoRoKG6OLEXsh0HeaWjq-RpDRvL4munH4n78mUiRPu4LMKTsXusJATqeexpsECq_nb7dkv21TmJfSSCtLXlK7BhZeM1DKfqW0hSZBW3ElZtxzLZF91dlDNbd/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7XKUKWHSklXkObSBeiv9RoRoKG6OLEXsh0HeaWjq-RpDRvL4munH4n78mUiRPu4LMKTsXusJATqeexpsECq_nb7dkv21TmJfSSCtLXlK7BhZeM1DKfqW0hSZBW3ElZtxzLZF91dlDNbd/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="223" data-original-width="952" data-original-height="332" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models EERKESTAK; MULTBHSNI; MULTBHCOM; MULT20COM</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWdwTmuygLeXF01oZKDobzjk-MA147usuT20omOFIUuVKNVLn1oO7dOv6lwbqf55eRFfM6-iomQzCmKw9GTqlrSH9H8SrIb906cmqfxqh6NK4w90OltyBhE7Qq2KsjDP1iwIQosWES5ej/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWdwTmuygLeXF01oZKDobzjk-MA147usuT20omOFIUuVKNVLn1oO7dOv6lwbqf55eRFfM6-iomQzCmKw9GTqlrSH9H8SrIb906cmqfxqh6NK4w90OltyBhE7Qq2KsjDP1iwIQosWES5ej/s640/7.jpg" width="640" height="226" data-original-width="944" data-original-height="333" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRAK* with head swap; MULTBHAK; MULTBHAK; MULT*AK with head swap</font>
<p>Pictures that inspired me:
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgrRsaXDZFOadG_gqFCvkYSAgHewPYghWQL-RM1iGIRYfm9Kg3Zt_72L9GmL8w0AO9doNNvISWrK9XZqgwJWHpsGy2Hm3IBcw0FVbPxMdhSHj36s240zSwe_Ds8RXBQ5GBTdBn8jJPbhC/s1600/1992-05-00_azeri_smoking_agdam.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgrRsaXDZFOadG_gqFCvkYSAgHewPYghWQL-RM1iGIRYfm9Kg3Zt_72L9GmL8w0AO9doNNvISWrK9XZqgwJWHpsGy2Hm3IBcw0FVbPxMdhSHj36s240zSwe_Ds8RXBQ5GBTdBn8jJPbhC/s640/1992-05-00_azeri_smoking_agdam.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="530" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri smoking near Agdam. (May, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uo1MhfKDGtFHrr6nL59qBZMkTpXYoJpql7EIrY-kFTqcf1mIBmRla7Nd8q7GA1eSY9wLsSVgf02eYWnSQq1OaRkE_g71GX8_6-ya2oHqr_hTkAfFRWnnQX6qNV7Bbe54HAbMpZ7yxN-C/s1600/1992-06-01+azerbaijanian-militiamen-in-the-agdam-district-during-the-armenian-B9AJ21.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uo1MhfKDGtFHrr6nL59qBZMkTpXYoJpql7EIrY-kFTqcf1mIBmRla7Nd8q7GA1eSY9wLsSVgf02eYWnSQq1OaRkE_g71GX8_6-ya2oHqr_hTkAfFRWnnQX6qNV7Bbe54HAbMpZ7yxN-C/s640/1992-06-01+azerbaijanian-militiamen-in-the-agdam-district-during-the-armenian-B9AJ21.jpg" width="640" height="446" data-original-width="1300" data-original-height="905" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri miltiamen in the Agdam district. (June, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZ5uP8q49tzWFbnY8mv5FGIG00X4Mh2u_WLzzY3rRiPW1QiklK901HgNM0eannRpx0czsDPnq7tkzDppHtJLGTwTOX2r3ghLNNEz9whq_Iz8vWKPhwD0hB6T2RMy73Ys2Q-I12mtinBma/s1600/1992-07-01+azeri-troops-during-inspection-by-officer-at-frontline-base-hq-picture-id50598581.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZ5uP8q49tzWFbnY8mv5FGIG00X4Mh2u_WLzzY3rRiPW1QiklK901HgNM0eannRpx0czsDPnq7tkzDppHtJLGTwTOX2r3ghLNNEz9whq_Iz8vWKPhwD0hB6T2RMy73Ys2Q-I12mtinBma/s640/1992-07-01+azeri-troops-during-inspection-by-officer-at-frontline-base-hq-picture-id50598581.jpg" width="640" height="427" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="683" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri troops during inspection by an officer at the frontline. (July, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EL44skXgDnfTEoSfrc8tcK8s726Fi-aQUyKKr7RsQ5VJEskpkmCyc0TUBCfi-llQ25uCJKHLf6KK3Db0YI3CJp7YJPDmZeM32sGrEVCsc8y5v_bGQAv0E1_Q0Q6GDB-Xb5tfpVwchy2T/s1600/azeri+after+occupation+of+lachin+1992.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EL44skXgDnfTEoSfrc8tcK8s726Fi-aQUyKKr7RsQ5VJEskpkmCyc0TUBCfi-llQ25uCJKHLf6KK3Db0YI3CJp7YJPDmZeM32sGrEVCsc8y5v_bGQAv0E1_Q0Q6GDB-Xb5tfpVwchy2T/s640/azeri+after+occupation+of+lachin+1992.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="663" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani forces after occupation of Lachin. (1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQD1ju7ad4W-nKaGIZsOd0cKUtviS1pL4MN5ceYWGotG3yYhyBZ0PQVz_0sirpCkgVS1gG8yOznKDXSTJFFD3UrZ8SO9GYTCE6m_HW0-jz1XjRj67Og34_xq0PixDeq0sm90_7vkiAdF9/s1600/azeri+agdere+1992.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQD1ju7ad4W-nKaGIZsOd0cKUtviS1pL4MN5ceYWGotG3yYhyBZ0PQVz_0sirpCkgVS1gG8yOznKDXSTJFFD3UrZ8SO9GYTCE6m_HW0-jz1XjRj67Og34_xq0PixDeq0sm90_7vkiAdF9/s640/azeri+agdere+1992.jpg" width="424" height="640" data-original-width="663" data-original-height="1000" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri soldiers. (1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUNHo_yPdBzVGVbIExkheiuGLY_O_SX5fO7eSOT7Jt3faksm7otiouOr9LLEBoWsqjcoMeDC_vsUurdwrkUSOhukppgYQfjT_kyRnmyQN8rDNovkyCUwSsHy6_rabw7cYCCTTAx2PcYmJ/s1600/azeri+fizuli+1993-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUNHo_yPdBzVGVbIExkheiuGLY_O_SX5fO7eSOT7Jt3faksm7otiouOr9LLEBoWsqjcoMeDC_vsUurdwrkUSOhukppgYQfjT_kyRnmyQN8rDNovkyCUwSsHy6_rabw7cYCCTTAx2PcYmJ/s640/azeri+fizuli+1993-2.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="663" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeris in the Fizuli region. (1993)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUADUJvKp_kz7w0aJscuNzOyaZJP9Anlqq8Y4I03k9RFCbV33xADppI9M2hLrk9f4BPVSAT1HeRbKR0GjzifjDSR_y71rbWQxK35aZijkXWbdpWOg8Z4BqHvLTxAMlkdD8b61zo16t90X/s1600/azeri+fizuli-beylagan+zone+1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUADUJvKp_kz7w0aJscuNzOyaZJP9Anlqq8Y4I03k9RFCbV33xADppI9M2hLrk9f4BPVSAT1HeRbKR0GjzifjDSR_y71rbWQxK35aZijkXWbdpWOg8Z4BqHvLTxAMlkdD8b61zo16t90X/s640/azeri+fizuli-beylagan+zone+1993.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="663" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani troops in the Fizuli-Beylagan zone. (1993)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdUjZcsP5sF5f3PEhyphenhyphenYMRutS9zCe4A3WjG9ZwaXx2_roBC4sELXNu-XcnfRD1a7YXg0dFQZWTzuNkPv2tgeWhkuJBNukkEkwU2oyEjRKfBDFfyjwrCZPwaA8DxiD_IuQq7jl4r16a4au-/s1600/azeri+lachin+battalion+1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdUjZcsP5sF5f3PEhyphenhyphenYMRutS9zCe4A3WjG9ZwaXx2_roBC4sELXNu-XcnfRD1a7YXg0dFQZWTzuNkPv2tgeWhkuJBNukkEkwU2oyEjRKfBDFfyjwrCZPwaA8DxiD_IuQq7jl4r16a4au-/s640/azeri+lachin+battalion+1993.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="663" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri Lachin Battalion. (1993)</font>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-6741825816514990382019-03-16T14:26:00.002-04:002019-03-16T14:26:40.625-04:00Azeri Scouts<font size="6">B</font>ecause I was running low on my favorite filling material I was only able to prep a small batch of figures a few weeks back. It helped to paint a small bunch when it came time to do the camouflage, but otherwise I think I'd rather paint more figures in one go. The figures I worked on are meant to represent an Azeri reconnaissance unit during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. I'm working a bunch more to go with these guys, but first I stuck with those wearing camouflage.
<p>Most of these figures got head swaps. For one figure I added a small flag to his hat using green stuff and for another I sculpted a bit of ammo. The figure I worked most on was originally a mujaheddin fighter, but I converted him by swapping his head, carving off his shirt tail and sculpting him a new butt (a first!).
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXErmI7seYGEm7uzqVW_ioOdrW-pFDhGkUwcsjcVeU-8cSkdGC7gInB-QrfvSUyDbWzgRVVeFmVno-a9BydMGGvXkzT6e6M_Ax8CJatWrZiFUkqd2ut4bW9PAAQET8v_ikufFSl_e9aTZ/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXErmI7seYGEm7uzqVW_ioOdrW-pFDhGkUwcsjcVeU-8cSkdGC7gInB-QrfvSUyDbWzgRVVeFmVno-a9BydMGGvXkzT6e6M_Ax8CJatWrZiFUkqd2ut4bW9PAAQET8v_ikufFSl_e9aTZ/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="246" data-original-width="885" data-original-height="340" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MUJPKMP with head swap; RUSPKM* with head swap; RUSAKBH</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGqnnm4OsqanStVXyiqXAJV800NxKHllrwEnqPs91HYsRqg2fdiN19XvqoO4CPaci-TskOCO-In1M1_klrNV_bw-Nw7zxC7JtPqaboc0EJUlqhmtv3dawJFZIoW02DBUnPr4DZjv6y41j/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGqnnm4OsqanStVXyiqXAJV800NxKHllrwEnqPs91HYsRqg2fdiN19XvqoO4CPaci-TskOCO-In1M1_klrNV_bw-Nw7zxC7JtPqaboc0EJUlqhmtv3dawJFZIoW02DBUnPr4DZjv6y41j/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="242" data-original-width="960" data-original-height="363" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSAK* with head swap; RUSBG* with head swap; RUSRPG* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCWuYk2Uuo4UVKqIWxdenRrpkqhr7Pbrb930kynjPz1OhbNE5zG93ZdN2PZbronPkLb1dOI_8oHHGrtlov7O8Rhcp5anEFESt7HiBnqNvDKhSlcDUlZgfOkkM9bMQPjvhqFCOJJl1HnHw/s1600/3a.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCWuYk2Uuo4UVKqIWxdenRrpkqhr7Pbrb930kynjPz1OhbNE5zG93ZdN2PZbronPkLb1dOI_8oHHGrtlov7O8Rhcp5anEFESt7HiBnqNvDKhSlcDUlZgfOkkM9bMQPjvhqFCOJJl1HnHw/s640/3a.jpg" width="640" height="238" data-original-width="964" data-original-height="358" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSAK* with head swap; RUSSVD* with head swap; RUSPKMA; SPETZ1</font>
<p>Pictures that inspired me:
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUEN7IwS299QnpZH15nBFdh4HDHDURHMCa8S8rQZMvZVHXvSlYVtdPMsWOyO6GWXA9maeM0mPIOKc0Mo6UAd2EPpz9T4MEXonaeSPG7gfh73dTPuYJH6kyOkDVjG0B8mvdNDG2w7nf9GV/s1600/1992-07-01+azeri-soldier-adjusting-guns-ammo-clip-at-frontline-nagornokarabakh-picture-id50598587.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUEN7IwS299QnpZH15nBFdh4HDHDURHMCa8S8rQZMvZVHXvSlYVtdPMsWOyO6GWXA9maeM0mPIOKc0Mo6UAd2EPpz9T4MEXonaeSPG7gfh73dTPuYJH6kyOkDVjG0B8mvdNDG2w7nf9GV/s640/1992-07-01+azeri-soldier-adjusting-guns-ammo-clip-at-frontline-nagornokarabakh-picture-id50598587.jpg" width="427" height="640" data-original-width="683" data-original-height="1024" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri soldier adjusting gun's ammo at frontline. (July, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSpwtrmssLyjH4WhdphjAVkzlKAHcNxPEuIgNFigs_Hp4hFfpmGz1gayJS9re3suwTe0YkKDiCk6AtyU_p5E0Hy_bS1Ujo2pvzNL_HckckQbf8Uz7rufq0QWp5BOGMa24cCsvVSn-_nBH/s1600/azeri+azeri.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSpwtrmssLyjH4WhdphjAVkzlKAHcNxPEuIgNFigs_Hp4hFfpmGz1gayJS9re3suwTe0YkKDiCk6AtyU_p5E0Hy_bS1Ujo2pvzNL_HckckQbf8Uz7rufq0QWp5BOGMa24cCsvVSn-_nBH/s640/azeri+azeri.jpg" width="424" height="640" data-original-width="663" data-original-height="1000" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani soldier.</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUdNH_PYBo6npp7epBQfwUoD_OEicVxuz-6MFkP-UkriJpJbzqrbgzsrpn_2GFzcIUXapuWmgtyzoteFA2lywsrbFVkK2zphU4HBnBM-gzfX7xFRAveOSKeBxUbqQrpWK-MiNZq9Ga4UO/s1600/1992-07-27+an-azeri-soldier-guards-the-nagornokarabakh-border-july-27-1992-in-picture-id744087.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUdNH_PYBo6npp7epBQfwUoD_OEicVxuz-6MFkP-UkriJpJbzqrbgzsrpn_2GFzcIUXapuWmgtyzoteFA2lywsrbFVkK2zphU4HBnBM-gzfX7xFRAveOSKeBxUbqQrpWK-MiNZq9Ga4UO/s640/1992-07-27+an-azeri-soldier-guards-the-nagornokarabakh-border-july-27-1992-in-picture-id744087.jpg" width="640" height="421" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="673" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri soldier guards the Nagorno-Karabakh border. (July 27th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltSPNNi2ebkAjM9Vx2lkCNHSrpa3e8tA_4ilBNJK39McngEvh6Fl51LdA3nynRxqAi2UFDf2Dt-35yYJHFa4Z2IAAGzBYn5gNHWrBDtLyRsTIJhyRZWTRlU0znCqfuxKkIk10NVHkVALQ/s1600/410032472.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltSPNNi2ebkAjM9Vx2lkCNHSrpa3e8tA_4ilBNJK39McngEvh6Fl51LdA3nynRxqAi2UFDf2Dt-35yYJHFa4Z2IAAGzBYn5gNHWrBDtLyRsTIJhyRZWTRlU0znCqfuxKkIk10NVHkVALQ/s640/410032472.jpg" width="640" height="346" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="541" /></a>
<br><font size="1">An Azeri reconnaissance unit departs for the enemy rear. (June, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gFm05l0GKZvUErQ2cObACUfH01DwNAtcQatihPvX3lrVfE9J7CjlzSvYSoc-ePPHGuBuEBkxcNmI0elr2cedjTYe9qlbYkYMlBBpBC9Ze4k-QVb8MD2OkWtHjqnpqXquoe47HMWxII-x/s1600/1992-07-16_azeri_with_rpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gFm05l0GKZvUErQ2cObACUfH01DwNAtcQatihPvX3lrVfE9J7CjlzSvYSoc-ePPHGuBuEBkxcNmI0elr2cedjTYe9qlbYkYMlBBpBC9Ze4k-QVb8MD2OkWtHjqnpqXquoe47HMWxII-x/s1600/1992-07-16_azeri_with_rpg.jpg" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="406" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani scout shoulders RPG. (June/July, 1992)</font>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-47728786936498963252019-02-17T18:58:00.000-05:002019-02-17T18:58:03.231-05:00More tank riders<font size="6">I</font> finished this group a little over a week ago, but work has been keep me busy lately, so I've been a little late to make this post. Things have been slowed down here by my attempt to find a replacement for my favorite gap filler: green Squadron Putty. I am not a fan of their newer formula and have searched high and low for remaining stock of the old stuff, but haven't come across any. I've tried many replacements and haven't identified what exactly will work for me, but it has got to be out there ... somewhere. At this point I could write up a pretty good review of all the options available.
<p>This batch of figures are meant to be Azeri tank riders in winter dress for the war in Nagorno-Karabakh with some miscellaneous figures for that conflict. It involved a lot of head swaps, some weapon swaps even and a ton of green stuff sculpting.
<p>The rightmost figure below originally had a life preserver on him, but I carved that off so I could make a big collar and simple afghanka coat with front and sleeve pockets. The figure second from the right is an Azeri medic.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLzmvGMeE9cZWTI_FgkBcqz28jZzSn44X54bNoeTxL62lDGm_maEqphVbBowNJCei9b6oTvCxvPTxtCUs1wYvUxlbV_-dpAhlllh1plcQMJMJKK0AAlq3_smj6hpY2TtcEdi-XKbjj3Yi/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLzmvGMeE9cZWTI_FgkBcqz28jZzSn44X54bNoeTxL62lDGm_maEqphVbBowNJCei9b6oTvCxvPTxtCUs1wYvUxlbV_-dpAhlllh1plcQMJMJKK0AAlq3_smj6hpY2TtcEdi-XKbjj3Yi/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="189" data-original-width="1099" data-original-height="324" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models EER11*; EER11* with head swap; MULT*HMG with head swap; RNIAKSU</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1z9r3bJJBtak8Idhls5wqMQNvvQi0aU9RdyUdSy93DfySYN6hZtAUdUJooL0gBQT_x_1eKIzQLRqqvzocHp6JzquxrwlZFWGwfWRHYrb9T_RgmIy5zZIHo-UM44b7qTE-vLZb5pDkLVE/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1z9r3bJJBtak8Idhls5wqMQNvvQi0aU9RdyUdSy93DfySYN6hZtAUdUJooL0gBQT_x_1eKIzQLRqqvzocHp6JzquxrwlZFWGwfWRHYrb9T_RgmIy5zZIHo-UM44b7qTE-vLZb5pDkLVE/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="306" data-original-width="676" data-original-height="323" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSAT4 with head swap; WEA22; NEGSPOT with head and hand swap</font>
<p>The next two pictures are all Azerbaijani tank riders in winter garb. Except for the leftmost figures, kneeling with an RPG-2 ... those figures had their base removed, they were originally Mujaheddin. All except one of these figures got a head swap and many got big collars added with green stuff.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARGYMkD_-2HSIAmP6ACWeBt0P6WS5C_7qAgu8djtJTiBEJDQhIyPr_Sf7O8a4d-IG6j73iyiKMUY4vSO0RYlc5Ie4aFBXFK7EjpGjrGGfZowVLsL9gn5Ba8aoa8YegK_t6_B3s_kXSpUe/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARGYMkD_-2HSIAmP6ACWeBt0P6WS5C_7qAgu8djtJTiBEJDQhIyPr_Sf7O8a4d-IG6j73iyiKMUY4vSO0RYlc5Ie4aFBXFK7EjpGjrGGfZowVLsL9gn5Ba8aoa8YegK_t6_B3s_kXSpUe/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="140" data-original-width="1322" data-original-height="289" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models HDBRPG; MUJ25 with head swaps</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaO5O1FIXCL45wloNmt9cQEr3wL1e3N_aKGuIn8U3sCF4n13ryuChyphenhyphenWGI7zn6VKO_a8fKapuMhswilaaeMlcEDiKQ2piGrK-5u1b68nt6jGxgr7mJv-PCYROPFE9HICVvh8ZnZ69MzMpj-/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaO5O1FIXCL45wloNmt9cQEr3wL1e3N_aKGuIn8U3sCF4n13ryuChyphenhyphenWGI7zn6VKO_a8fKapuMhswilaaeMlcEDiKQ2piGrK-5u1b68nt6jGxgr7mJv-PCYROPFE9HICVvh8ZnZ69MzMpj-/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="136" data-original-width="1261" data-original-height="268" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models HDBRPG with head swap; MUJ25 with head swaps</font>
<p>These final four figures all started out as sitting Russian figures with helmets. I swapped all of their heads. The leftmost figure got a new hand to hold his head up, the figure third from the left got two new hands to hold a swapped in SVD and the last figure got a new arm, hand and other hand to hold a swapped in RPK. With these figures I had a lot of fun challenging myself to see what varieties I was capable of creating.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSCMu6eM33UJ2xfZp3rqDzIvuBryooyRzO0q5xsbLhwUNH53kLzHZYCxc9DF_hnkHRNr8PG4H-HCfMepZrQGzkqaL3extOxgfQ_qGpd_gWUGanR3hjL1WEJo-XE1-22eyMouCLvH0f4QP/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSCMu6eM33UJ2xfZp3rqDzIvuBryooyRzO0q5xsbLhwUNH53kLzHZYCxc9DF_hnkHRNr8PG4H-HCfMepZrQGzkqaL3extOxgfQ_qGpd_gWUGanR3hjL1WEJo-XE1-22eyMouCLvH0f4QP/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="195" data-original-width="918" data-original-height="280" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSAGSH with head swap; RUSHMGH with head swap; RUSHMGH with head swap; RUSAGSH with head swap</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-20832462149899683812018-12-14T19:18:00.000-05:002018-12-14T19:18:07.186-05:00More winter Azeris<font size="6">I</font>t took a while to finish this big batch (30) figures, but it was worth it. These miniatures are meant to represent Azerbaijani forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in winter garb. Modifications include head swaps, a few carved off pants pockets, big fur collars, jacket extensions, some furry cuffs and an ammo belt (on the prone figure). The blue hooded figure has a head Rolf (of RH Models) graciously sculpted for me ... thanks! The colors I used are similar to those I used on my first winter Azeri batch.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SP17qL0LjNzVGNSIMv4-IZlD_mvQc5nUjCbVD8gyviLdzBtPsNZ9gJpc9wWI33PcywLQNOdsHMlax81CBI-uHozziMLVHDH8jxMjLBJ2lok8zQICUoqn5RkwN0Sxsc5Q3u_BrP3eb0gO/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SP17qL0LjNzVGNSIMv4-IZlD_mvQc5nUjCbVD8gyviLdzBtPsNZ9gJpc9wWI33PcywLQNOdsHMlax81CBI-uHozziMLVHDH8jxMjLBJ2lok8zQICUoqn5RkwN0Sxsc5Q3u_BrP3eb0gO/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="202" data-original-width="952" data-original-height="301" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHAK; MULTBHAK; MULTBABEASQU; MULTBHAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVsz9Nx59bfHO4jhDaoiEoZ66Eeb_U2TnSq0gXNfov-IyY03NJ0AkYE0UcBejxHdbI8vcxXD-jt3aSqbiDVPksArah50vlBHV74QKDY_HTiGhNgZThMmApM4bVjcrB6zZDJSphCkaGCcw/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVsz9Nx59bfHO4jhDaoiEoZ66Eeb_U2TnSq0gXNfov-IyY03NJ0AkYE0UcBejxHdbI8vcxXD-jt3aSqbiDVPksArah50vlBHV74QKDY_HTiGhNgZThMmApM4bVjcrB6zZDJSphCkaGCcw/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="226" data-original-width="902" data-original-height="318" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBABEASQU; MULTBHBG; MULTBHAK; MULTBHAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnT04ghBgnooBwvzhX68PtIRdjwlbFNEPO9pNhbFdWJrv1FVj7FEXHwzUlKwKKnR8ApI1kwX-CNnc_suwRe6wS0NIgjXR9Dq1Uappij2jbeo6ImTy4PX46c-xO9GUkdviizrrtOfNQBL_J/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnT04ghBgnooBwvzhX68PtIRdjwlbFNEPO9pNhbFdWJrv1FVj7FEXHwzUlKwKKnR8ApI1kwX-CNnc_suwRe6wS0NIgjXR9Dq1Uappij2jbeo6ImTy4PX46c-xO9GUkdviizrrtOfNQBL_J/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="222" data-original-width="879" data-original-height="305" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; EERKESTAK; MULTBHRPG; EERKESTAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRZq7Ab1Rhkjtj3vFTecZ50eEUEq2xI7OfIHGbfGdsBXHd1FzpBP-vqmwfutq_HMDS6Rnh24oOCGhf6bO7dECBrIFbInvOofipiIoAufhKLWuUXLKAU7tTZxTSoBhVXPU3B4CIjei60kv/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRZq7Ab1Rhkjtj3vFTecZ50eEUEq2xI7OfIHGbfGdsBXHd1FzpBP-vqmwfutq_HMDS6Rnh24oOCGhf6bO7dECBrIFbInvOofipiIoAufhKLWuUXLKAU7tTZxTSoBhVXPU3B4CIjei60kv/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="239" data-original-width="905" data-original-height="338" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; EER2F; COSSSQU; EER2F</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDfJtnwVhneBHjo1x-s4bpgmv65JAgBjOw3G9WLG6E1ETEGKg2o59rGOK5Cqc3FwSaC99L8KLsOuoY2W3FdYTvgV0ewX5OeHH9zH9fhK3rrt64SLWE9uQ8-evwrLPOzOxelamq2IcXxiN/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDfJtnwVhneBHjo1x-s4bpgmv65JAgBjOw3G9WLG6E1ETEGKg2o59rGOK5Cqc3FwSaC99L8KLsOuoY2W3FdYTvgV0ewX5OeHH9zH9fhK3rrt64SLWE9uQ8-evwrLPOzOxelamq2IcXxiN/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="219" data-original-width="898" data-original-height="307" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; MULT*PKM with head swap; RUSG9* with head swap; RUSG9</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhZM2xSC2in-Vaeiq9FwmhUdRp0OYhujHt3r0u1LBD-TdAK5Cf5XIaern6ATRq4X6QHtVFXfEBqybTgx1a5KpDE6S-9alYyjNJLJG3zVCemZKsTAqYPYPd5_6K83278G_60pVonkqHGne/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhZM2xSC2in-Vaeiq9FwmhUdRp0OYhujHt3r0u1LBD-TdAK5Cf5XIaern6ATRq4X6QHtVFXfEBqybTgx1a5KpDE6S-9alYyjNJLJG3zVCemZKsTAqYPYPd5_6K83278G_60pVonkqHGne/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="238" data-original-width="902" data-original-height="336" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSG9; RUSG9; RUSG9* with head swap; RUSG10* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYXWcm9Smpcui3aDN0KP5CzFJ-uoAwLKkePil4jPKqSn8zaSJUJuaTZpwsIauiojPrvUBrZLOVVarnJDs9m0VoFRLGE2jDTEGPVQtaHqRu2xEYfJrd5vDa-rq-h1ESoVEef3mvs1-EGi6/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYXWcm9Smpcui3aDN0KP5CzFJ-uoAwLKkePil4jPKqSn8zaSJUJuaTZpwsIauiojPrvUBrZLOVVarnJDs9m0VoFRLGE2jDTEGPVQtaHqRu2xEYfJrd5vDa-rq-h1ESoVEef3mvs1-EGi6/s640/7.jpg" width="640" height="227" data-original-width="907" data-original-height="322" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRAKF; RMRAKF; RMRAKF; RMRAKF</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHL57DxIQfbmFKAbCyEpJN-XDG3tBxAL82SqryDJnLI0jnKWE0q8E2yyX_vUEtzvjMuBo9sw0fpKQNDpWiMiQ3OxlqEXP0VaDZG2beGJN_vmDSmYI3eUFkTagDSVWuu9EYDSAqegnrpcS/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHL57DxIQfbmFKAbCyEpJN-XDG3tBxAL82SqryDJnLI0jnKWE0q8E2yyX_vUEtzvjMuBo9sw0fpKQNDpWiMiQ3OxlqEXP0VaDZG2beGJN_vmDSmYI3eUFkTagDSVWuu9EYDSAqegnrpcS/s640/8.jpg" width="640" height="184" data-original-width="1130" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRRPK with head swap; RMRPKM with head swap</font>
<p>Pictures that guided my work:
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WSVTStfMc3IpZz-LbhcPRI40u9AdejIVPQzEeQ3xf_fUdPRpcx9JFzCZ_WrGxjPiNnhwZ83TgvtsPhz2ZSqIB9Vm5MAXBy7McEq-61QgPm8meI5pWXL_3meAoqCYQ_AIiLdg7x38Q-Vi/s1600/1992-10-07_azeri_with_destroyed_bmp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WSVTStfMc3IpZz-LbhcPRI40u9AdejIVPQzEeQ3xf_fUdPRpcx9JFzCZ_WrGxjPiNnhwZ83TgvtsPhz2ZSqIB9Vm5MAXBy7McEq-61QgPm8meI5pWXL_3meAoqCYQ_AIiLdg7x38Q-Vi/s640/1992-10-07_azeri_with_destroyed_bmp2.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="798" data-original-height="531" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani soldiers with a destroyed BMP-2. (October 7th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThNKHu5k_-yd5YQiEtM_GrRHKL6PkEYezgRxFwrQR_PRvYk6d6OeLe-Emdup1CyynWENRIiPYI88IshUr-9WINUQlCW-jadrH_LtkFeLdinRx-iSR5yCBjWeslYId5r4Xf_-GVOyYOgJ0/s1600/1992-12-01+Emergency+situation+announced+in+the+Zangelansky+region.+Self-defense+soldiers+from+the+village+of+A+439353.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThNKHu5k_-yd5YQiEtM_GrRHKL6PkEYezgRxFwrQR_PRvYk6d6OeLe-Emdup1CyynWENRIiPYI88IshUr-9WINUQlCW-jadrH_LtkFeLdinRx-iSR5yCBjWeslYId5r4Xf_-GVOyYOgJ0/s640/1992-12-01+Emergency+situation+announced+in+the+Zangelansky+region.+Self-defense+soldiers+from+the+village+of+A+439353.jpg" width="640" height="361" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="338" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri defense force in the village of Ashagy Geyali. (December, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rZVGznMahlpAjMX7XZ68CEdVe2pO-ciS7HM5qnoYJWgKmmpExZBJnY1R2Xph-0shd-su-jfEKovedYRRs_8uB8x_TXphIyveCgR70zyzyVtZ96VsJWLOYAMmnewu0eJTc0DC1W0aV0SL/s1600/1992-12-27_arm_stepanakert.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rZVGznMahlpAjMX7XZ68CEdVe2pO-ciS7HM5qnoYJWgKmmpExZBJnY1R2Xph-0shd-su-jfEKovedYRRs_8uB8x_TXphIyveCgR70zyzyVtZ96VsJWLOYAMmnewu0eJTc0DC1W0aV0SL/s640/1992-12-27_arm_stepanakert.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="798" data-original-height="529" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri soldiers near Stepankert? (December 27th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbvYtd_Fgbd-LQsK0bv3RXFFNKmyMp4hLjm0jn-tfKe5OdNrI1DF6OHEr3NrPndffxz3bYSUea2jnKjludF0fN_LSQYY-cUdEA3uI4z5SKrcSXxTlQ6FJzIdXV2I1hUlIrVJMSZs-FQ8c/s1600/1994-01-29_azeri_soldiers_getting_hot_tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbvYtd_Fgbd-LQsK0bv3RXFFNKmyMp4hLjm0jn-tfKe5OdNrI1DF6OHEr3NrPndffxz3bYSUea2jnKjludF0fN_LSQYY-cUdEA3uI4z5SKrcSXxTlQ6FJzIdXV2I1hUlIrVJMSZs-FQ8c/s640/1994-01-29_azeri_soldiers_getting_hot_tea.jpg" width="640" height="473" data-original-width="728" data-original-height="538" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri soldiers getting hot tea. (January 29th, 1994)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-5IVdrL4adIufvfqaZHgLnZKQUN8EBL-_6yZVXKfvQtHNYamRk60ztVD4oNGz6NZ7tDL3jpWFTc5roAZ-5N3e_QJQJFyaetfavJYCOgKZpm4ZZybScvBtwRlUoTmqgBnyfDui14gbVXG/s1600/azeri+gubadli+front+1993-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-5IVdrL4adIufvfqaZHgLnZKQUN8EBL-_6yZVXKfvQtHNYamRk60ztVD4oNGz6NZ7tDL3jpWFTc5roAZ-5N3e_QJQJFyaetfavJYCOgKZpm4ZZybScvBtwRlUoTmqgBnyfDui14gbVXG/s640/azeri+gubadli+front+1993-1.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="663" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani forces on the Gubadli front. (1993)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgzF9DSTd22HJ05bgf-YUscDfCjCNy1y1mGjdiBzKwKMSGykW826XLhZzavuDHhwNpImgTetpWzTAGdwUqe0ux9tQgFMD385Rhpkh378vDSvfIHHL_7g6ByA2C3s4NZLYYkCGsv4_lDor/s1600/azeri+gubadli+front+1993-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgzF9DSTd22HJ05bgf-YUscDfCjCNy1y1mGjdiBzKwKMSGykW826XLhZzavuDHhwNpImgTetpWzTAGdwUqe0ux9tQgFMD385Rhpkh378vDSvfIHHL_7g6ByA2C3s4NZLYYkCGsv4_lDor/s640/azeri+gubadli+front+1993-2.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1000" data-original-height="663" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Group shot of Azerbaijani forces on the Gubadli front. (1993)</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-39546290191826949682018-10-08T20:52:00.001-04:002018-10-08T20:52:34.587-04:00A local tank museum!<p>It sure took a while, but I finally finished a big bunch of Armenian fighters a few days ago. I've been into painting larger groups of figures lately, so that definitely slowed me down some, but mainly I was slowed down by glazing. Usually I glaze my figures by hand with Vallejo gloss varnish, wait a few days for them to dry thoroughly and then cover them by hand with Army Painter Anti-Shine. I've been disappointed with the process though, the figures I finished have been still too glossy for me, especially darker colors like black. For these figures I waited eight days for the gloss varnish to dry (it was really humid here for days on end). I also found a better alternative to Anti-Shine ... Vallejo's matte varnish. It mixes easier and works better. (So good in fact, I'm taking a few days to work on some past figures).
<p>The pictures I took today came out a bit dark, but I'm very pleased with the set, oddly the varnish discovery is a big part of it. It's been fun to go over an enjoy figures I've worked on this year ... very motivating.
<p>For this group I did quite a few head swaps as usual. I also used green stuff to sculpt big collars, jacket extensions and for two guys I went all out and gave them some civilian pullovers. I painted them with more camouflage then my first group of Fall/Winter Armenians, mostly VSR.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0w9nLmsTjESwYGrXBxMjKLO3sVzIRhRf6zim1zU5fZD27voQv3Uf1AZex0KUu-8NGudC3TNCsNGDwaWVvMZe0uDdVR6hqrgpTXX3HFM-emdRbLqAmnvUM1AsFNJGLqVeRSXM3NbKOhQH/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0w9nLmsTjESwYGrXBxMjKLO3sVzIRhRf6zim1zU5fZD27voQv3Uf1AZex0KUu-8NGudC3TNCsNGDwaWVvMZe0uDdVR6hqrgpTXX3HFM-emdRbLqAmnvUM1AsFNJGLqVeRSXM3NbKOhQH/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="220" data-original-width="926" data-original-height="318" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHAK; MULT*AK with head swap; HDBRPG; EER2W</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEig9fqygSHMKfsbDvgov5C20XcDzEfYFfFIIVBqeddj2Vrydd6773fUtr_m5YY8-FRdWOVdLhtm85K_r5bOsGLt8KT_EVkv9w9ZU7WzZePklbdVWSUaNGCFOyrfaViDEhSizjHxw7t-IL/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEig9fqygSHMKfsbDvgov5C20XcDzEfYFfFIIVBqeddj2Vrydd6773fUtr_m5YY8-FRdWOVdLhtm85K_r5bOsGLt8KT_EVkv9w9ZU7WzZePklbdVWSUaNGCFOyrfaViDEhSizjHxw7t-IL/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="209" data-original-width="962" data-original-height="314" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSAK* with head swap; HDBAK; MULTBHRPK; MULTBABESQU</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAYO2Nx9tuTcrOdsyaic-xeiRzoqZ7iN-vl0rDOykrDgfT9oFZ7A196yqvPizROymViZyHjP6FHWxt9-4M8iw1KRJ1xHfCcn_W_mUUT-AKFyPHUfGqg2rXlqN3DG2M4w9LlyC-It80YEY/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAYO2Nx9tuTcrOdsyaic-xeiRzoqZ7iN-vl0rDOykrDgfT9oFZ7A196yqvPizROymViZyHjP6FHWxt9-4M8iw1KRJ1xHfCcn_W_mUUT-AKFyPHUfGqg2rXlqN3DG2M4w9LlyC-It80YEY/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="237" data-original-width="903" data-original-height="334" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT40AK; RMRAK* with head swap; MULT*AK with head swap; MULT*AK with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9slcFYObQY1EdtXnLfE9-yKpv-wr1kA2dtDBwVgy3BlSdWSKRXqujuHxcs1oo6TcrBsudhmwZyXMGevV_1wY9d7YdQck_xmIS9e6yjz3lw3zRefgrk3aP-fzQaeuzjNyTZLxYykrv-ixq/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9slcFYObQY1EdtXnLfE9-yKpv-wr1kA2dtDBwVgy3BlSdWSKRXqujuHxcs1oo6TcrBsudhmwZyXMGevV_1wY9d7YdQck_xmIS9e6yjz3lw3zRefgrk3aP-fzQaeuzjNyTZLxYykrv-ixq/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="225" data-original-width="964" data-original-height="339" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT40AK; RMRAK* with head swap; MULT*COM with head swap; MULTBHAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MMLvIhU5XFV8DzlCzU2HUCD-FLfcmx-zlShwFtV6SXIMRGRQIf7MUypi5Q4E0JpSCsfJA-IhS9UfgTU-GcbjtvNdeWhW6-asXL031yGNA4d-HzU35Usx2ta6IB_BsL9osxilMTPD2Wq4/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MMLvIhU5XFV8DzlCzU2HUCD-FLfcmx-zlShwFtV6SXIMRGRQIf7MUypi5Q4E0JpSCsfJA-IhS9UfgTU-GcbjtvNdeWhW6-asXL031yGNA4d-HzU35Usx2ta6IB_BsL9osxilMTPD2Wq4/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="205" data-original-width="997" data-original-height="320" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; MULTBHPKM; RUSAK* with head swap; EER2W</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kXdS3roUksyES1J71NF5Dubo3rA3RDCcV1h9Ub-uj2dDWAi9yDB0UKt-Se2b6bG_Ok7hilX2arPOIwepNnSdcXKTNHPS8OWZ-kKTxzclSatv040EqyImjUc3ukDEBi3SQqvxDl_UR3dK/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kXdS3roUksyES1J71NF5Dubo3rA3RDCcV1h9Ub-uj2dDWAi9yDB0UKt-Se2b6bG_Ok7hilX2arPOIwepNnSdcXKTNHPS8OWZ-kKTxzclSatv040EqyImjUc3ukDEBi3SQqvxDl_UR3dK/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="197" data-original-width="1018" data-original-height="313" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHAK; RMRAK* with head swap; MULTBAK; MULTBHRPD</font>
<p>Below are some pictures that inspired me:
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNR8Jt6Y1JXtFM-uf07M509BtY8UOshZvlQT6BuVcfH9gWqfAkbLhnJG-3u9ciOyASQbOY4cKaka9y4Isp3nxaUb1SNw0wUQg5Cc9xQvC2Y4l2eU3S4T4BFCzLuQpJdDpNF9mktEgxFoL5/s1600/1992-03-01+The+village+of+Askeran+on+the+border+of+Nagorny+Karabakh.+Position+in+the+Askeran+fortress.+436093.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNR8Jt6Y1JXtFM-uf07M509BtY8UOshZvlQT6BuVcfH9gWqfAkbLhnJG-3u9ciOyASQbOY4cKaka9y4Isp3nxaUb1SNw0wUQg5Cc9xQvC2Y4l2eU3S4T4BFCzLuQpJdDpNF9mktEgxFoL5/s640/1992-03-01+The+village+of+Askeran+on+the+border+of+Nagorny+Karabakh.+Position+in+the+Askeran+fortress.+436093.jpg" width="354" height="640" data-original-width="332" data-original-height="600" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenians defending the village of Askeran on the border of Nagorno-Karabakh. (March, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXSLVTt8KcO-6AE1jxdDutzmFnTYomwYQxYG-YzrRcMbvJDdgPctlFJGtMy1z3J-YcNiJ9f2u_v1KqzSMvl9qC0d-DAYpAcjkUCiAo6iy3IGgIdFNEtbSXhj0jbkWwYlsD9OpbmpnbUYv/s1600/1992-03-19+Realities+of+war+in+the+city+of+Askeran+and+its+environs+in+Nagorno-Karabakh%252C+1992.+769452.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXSLVTt8KcO-6AE1jxdDutzmFnTYomwYQxYG-YzrRcMbvJDdgPctlFJGtMy1z3J-YcNiJ9f2u_v1KqzSMvl9qC0d-DAYpAcjkUCiAo6iy3IGgIdFNEtbSXhj0jbkWwYlsD9OpbmpnbUYv/s640/1992-03-19+Realities+of+war+in+the+city+of+Askeran+and+its+environs+in+Nagorno-Karabakh%252C+1992.+769452.jpg" width="640" height="348" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="326" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighters in the city of Askeran. (March 19th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWQ_I1Tjuc_DkuDMQAuPynqA0_Mea_hubGHQ_AcogyhA5qU1LGGGM38QbFJ-7kKhl4WJmactmSrzHDOrIouIdTv2HMqQn2KZicITIJ6SoER0Cnc9hhhnX-YKWBB_Pynnx9GESuLfZFpaL/s1600/1992-12-10+Martuninsky+Region%252C+Nagorno-Karabakh.+1992-1993.+754685.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWQ_I1Tjuc_DkuDMQAuPynqA0_Mea_hubGHQ_AcogyhA5qU1LGGGM38QbFJ-7kKhl4WJmactmSrzHDOrIouIdTv2HMqQn2KZicITIJ6SoER0Cnc9hhhnX-YKWBB_Pynnx9GESuLfZFpaL/s640/1992-12-10+Martuninsky+Region%252C+Nagorno-Karabakh.+1992-1993.+754685.jpg" width="640" height="341" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="320" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Martuninsky Region, Nagorno-Karabakh - Armenian fighter (December 10th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXoDknY5zjIHmuT-A_QHTucHXwKzgVk_zc9adj0WXLIQcbru9RtLuOrkI1egW210JjkWlKgXaFlQy_O-NHrSsTNyz6A7-8WVP43zR7fICeHrzuDcqv8Awr1acV8dihO7v32Kv5TzQW7V-/s1600/arm+Eagle+13+and+Garegin+Nzhdeh+detachment+fighters.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXoDknY5zjIHmuT-A_QHTucHXwKzgVk_zc9adj0WXLIQcbru9RtLuOrkI1egW210JjkWlKgXaFlQy_O-NHrSsTNyz6A7-8WVP43zR7fICeHrzuDcqv8Awr1acV8dihO7v32Kv5TzQW7V-/s640/arm+Eagle+13+and+Garegin+Nzhdeh+detachment+fighters.jpg" width="640" height="414" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1034" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighters, Eagle and Garegin detachment</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWFmvMgjIjlKSUyJf7neon_oUZERzxDDroGidBpjdrtokMSekGuIkDaICsp4M6ZpHagEBadWmIUm0v37Fp0yJklNChhijy1oTeUT2cetK3PWq4ScJNlV8xkpxwMON3Bzp6UhWd-JFdhzl/s1600/arm_liberators_of_agdam.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWFmvMgjIjlKSUyJf7neon_oUZERzxDDroGidBpjdrtokMSekGuIkDaICsp4M6ZpHagEBadWmIUm0v37Fp0yJklNChhijy1oTeUT2cetK3PWq4ScJNlV8xkpxwMON3Bzp6UhWd-JFdhzl/s640/arm_liberators_of_agdam.jpg" width="640" height="386" data-original-width="900" data-original-height="543" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian liberators of Agdam</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLsU4J-oFkc3-tiUTub_iK10q01riBwxTgAuNcKySFfvwd1mzFDBkEarnmEoqLZzvVeBa50nieUZblT4bPL24FBTyM2inIjK8jbfj4wS9o-5Jo-HOdl3OpN5kpevzSpD57UhAzq-x_xmy/s1600/armenians3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLsU4J-oFkc3-tiUTub_iK10q01riBwxTgAuNcKySFfvwd1mzFDBkEarnmEoqLZzvVeBa50nieUZblT4bPL24FBTyM2inIjK8jbfj4wS9o-5Jo-HOdl3OpN5kpevzSpD57UhAzq-x_xmy/s640/armenians3.jpg" width="640" height="432" data-original-width="720" data-original-height="486" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighters</font>
<p>In April, 2019 a large tank museum, The American Heritage Museum, run by the awesome <a href="www.collingsfoundation.org">Collings Foundation</a> is opening near my home - just a few towns over! A couple of years ago they bought the Jacques M. Littlefield Collection (which includes a running Panther!). I've been waiting ever since for them to move everything from California to Massachusetts and put it on display. This weekend was the preview opening of the museum. There is still work to be done (no information posted), but 95% of the vehicles are already in place. I was of course very interested in their Soviet stuff; although all of it is great. As you can see in the pictures below the vehicles are in great shape, well lit and displayed with all hatches open. I'll definitely be going to this place often.
<p>Here's some pictures. Not shown in the pictures, but interest to me were a ZSU-23-4 SHILKA and a 2S1 GVOZDIKA.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82Xe5QgrMnPLaJ3Bemon31jP2Yv0TolGMcKTypgsHDSVESQu-znWfedq56brRAO0EFrE1aw9jI9xu8f01I7Whbk9XWjTBMkJYs276p87GMEs3AkLuyBuIrnKVKm-g2KYmKGClv3u0Qgjf/s1600/IMG_20181007_140103089.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82Xe5QgrMnPLaJ3Bemon31jP2Yv0TolGMcKTypgsHDSVESQu-znWfedq56brRAO0EFrE1aw9jI9xu8f01I7Whbk9XWjTBMkJYs276p87GMEs3AkLuyBuIrnKVKm-g2KYmKGClv3u0Qgjf/s640/IMG_20181007_140103089.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Looking down at the World War II section</font>
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<br><font size="1">Looking down at the Post-World War II section</font>
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<br><font size="1">Leichter Panzerspähwagen SdKfz 222</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2N_47y0qIAHU1LH8nw1S1GCz_SUvW6RUq-89C3KdZDoBj6h8kjXxkPlgXnct0Bqnx1WjbHdp8gb4d19h427iYLRSULtbl5vwwr8RQ-j1qRUxEs1MUiWMjOJIjiaftX2tYFvGsduYQ8FA/s1600/IMG_20181007_140450333.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2N_47y0qIAHU1LH8nw1S1GCz_SUvW6RUq-89C3KdZDoBj6h8kjXxkPlgXnct0Bqnx1WjbHdp8gb4d19h427iYLRSULtbl5vwwr8RQ-j1qRUxEs1MUiWMjOJIjiaftX2tYFvGsduYQ8FA/s640/IMG_20181007_140450333.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>
<br><font size="1">T-34/85</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8L8Ofj9eIaeLyD7CmajKtsMfHOvedw2TLRF8tI2SPMboD5LqTAcXHTY4Sr8SKkKleB3Cdw8wvDzNkwaiMptlH_3xrYlO_MPIxI-1vaqPjXeyTZZwGfzhI40LKi79XQf5ZjES_Gk1Reyrz/s1600/IMG_20181007_141516567.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8L8Ofj9eIaeLyD7CmajKtsMfHOvedw2TLRF8tI2SPMboD5LqTAcXHTY4Sr8SKkKleB3Cdw8wvDzNkwaiMptlH_3xrYlO_MPIxI-1vaqPjXeyTZZwGfzhI40LKi79XQf5ZjES_Gk1Reyrz/s640/IMG_20181007_141516567.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Panther A</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFCc5WXBT0vTpoV_vPBoRiKWYsH2xjDrrl2xH9KPIz5hYaaY4t_XKrKpak9fxLTcfVHKGAFU51eEthGQLJSDeQitFD0X5ctV8O5DC7uVgbYHGWTQzSJi343KJbEWJSio5W-LlDCuPjI7Z/s1600/IMG_20181007_141520251.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFCc5WXBT0vTpoV_vPBoRiKWYsH2xjDrrl2xH9KPIz5hYaaY4t_XKrKpak9fxLTcfVHKGAFU51eEthGQLJSDeQitFD0X5ctV8O5DC7uVgbYHGWTQzSJi343KJbEWJSio5W-LlDCuPjI7Z/s640/IMG_20181007_141520251.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Churchill Crocodile?</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPgdyFSwa9Ce0LpYT9WM0srv_VzG5MXPBxd3Uh2DTifBF3riNjLYOFbjUWp3kFaZdAEOGsh6haP8SrAxePwJpBrtvCs2NGq4hhyVVyH2hVQJKt-yIy1-MFe3TDtvpehIUCKjWW11o6rDe/s1600/IMG_20181007_142821233.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPgdyFSwa9Ce0LpYT9WM0srv_VzG5MXPBxd3Uh2DTifBF3riNjLYOFbjUWp3kFaZdAEOGsh6haP8SrAxePwJpBrtvCs2NGq4hhyVVyH2hVQJKt-yIy1-MFe3TDtvpehIUCKjWW11o6rDe/s640/IMG_20181007_142821233.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>
<br><font size="1">T72G</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteOi3H79DwMakWzHbolS9Zbb4XSmW5CxL-sc2bvwoYnM5Z4waBKzPpvzm2JYi1XzzTRSdVjXCdyBUHIX0_k66T2vkg4TRZdjAD-pbhGYRd4lEGFIBNozmGszZ852fPDXKYsPSlV8-f89C/s1600/IMG_20181007_142929743.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteOi3H79DwMakWzHbolS9Zbb4XSmW5CxL-sc2bvwoYnM5Z4waBKzPpvzm2JYi1XzzTRSdVjXCdyBUHIX0_k66T2vkg4TRZdjAD-pbhGYRd4lEGFIBNozmGszZ852fPDXKYsPSlV8-f89C/s640/IMG_20181007_142929743.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>
<br><font size="1">T-55</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPxPGSFQJfUClcXVSpq_nCmETBRlC7pW_HiCJIlmJ7e2sDsBgRGY73n1x5u34LsdW7ma3D8-OseldFQ41UUyuVOQ3KHhcFfn5bPv34AoGrpSNQIBIBWUjgD2ajia9VtPz4D39oC0A4l_z/s1600/IMG_20181007_143106475.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPxPGSFQJfUClcXVSpq_nCmETBRlC7pW_HiCJIlmJ7e2sDsBgRGY73n1x5u34LsdW7ma3D8-OseldFQ41UUyuVOQ3KHhcFfn5bPv34AoGrpSNQIBIBWUjgD2ajia9VtPz4D39oC0A4l_z/s640/IMG_20181007_143106475.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>
<br><font size="1">M1A1 Abrams</font>
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<br><font size="1">ZPU-4 and PT-76</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-64898037328189634892018-08-12T17:09:00.000-04:002018-08-12T19:28:00.663-04:00Heavy Weapons in the Karabakh<font size="6">W</font>ell I guess I've been busy with too many projects (including some home improvement ones) as it has been a while since my last post. I've still been painting away though! One additional thing that slowed me down and I'll have to remember this for next year is the humidity. It has been a really humid summer here and the protective clear coats I put on this batch of miniatures took a very long time to dry. Furthermore when I glued the sand mix on the base of these guys the sand stuck on the figures like never before. It took me hours to carefully get the sand off with a hobby knife and pin. Ugh.
All of these miniatures are meant to represent Armenians or Azerbaijani's using heavy weapons in a mix of seasons (with two exceptions). The figures with notes ...
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLhgYFnnpEh5qiNVXlLUPAMqXRzjpSC0spi2MsqmPdnqfUE82OWZ_VOuj6w82aSvnBxUylIJC90kxkM4hAgiizY7x-Fk-wAvcfykdGli47185B5EQQQ9jrngbrwDK30QccOr5GwwvPrFl/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLhgYFnnpEh5qiNVXlLUPAMqXRzjpSC0spi2MsqmPdnqfUE82OWZ_VOuj6w82aSvnBxUylIJC90kxkM4hAgiizY7x-Fk-wAvcfykdGli47185B5EQQQ9jrngbrwDK30QccOr5GwwvPrFl/s400/1.jpg" width="400" height="170" data-original-width="646" data-original-height="275" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT43; MULT20HMG with RB Models 72P10; RUSAGSH</font>
<p>(Left to Right) The first guy is straight out of the bag. The next guy began as loader for a DshK 12.7mm. I carved his ammo box and hands off and replaced them with a RB Models 12.8cm PaK 40 L/61 shell and used green stuff to sculpt new hands. I'll use him for as a Chechen D30 gunner. The last figure is also meant to be a Chechen gunner, this time in a snowsuit for a MT-12 I've been modelling. I rotated the hands on him.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnWdJTl8KahF3V9DrRjMxa1jXiKxC_RGB9tg9HnDOCWdyeDWQqbIFBgoQdjCI3KsKw0vADvj7orT0ZTodRqxBZdVEo-ACMs2lu3jTM4ne_rpjgIwU1YO3cdeFxrOzaKnZo7vqY3f-5wQv/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnWdJTl8KahF3V9DrRjMxa1jXiKxC_RGB9tg9HnDOCWdyeDWQqbIFBgoQdjCI3KsKw0vADvj7orT0ZTodRqxBZdVEo-ACMs2lu3jTM4ne_rpjgIwU1YO3cdeFxrOzaKnZo7vqY3f-5wQv/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="336" data-original-width="687" data-original-height="361" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models HDB2644 with WEA42</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnUmlabXkD6IbHNcbPHigila_mFLb46r60GWxMKDMVZCJ6Fh0raR4Vagmx96kB6x7HnZ_Cpfysicdw4W55DJZ7SoE95BEtK989NWKCJASZbN1hjf553aX5-oLP2NdMbnsNKLSD-rbWDuW/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnUmlabXkD6IbHNcbPHigila_mFLb46r60GWxMKDMVZCJ6Fh0raR4Vagmx96kB6x7HnZ_Cpfysicdw4W55DJZ7SoE95BEtK989NWKCJASZbN1hjf553aX5-oLP2NdMbnsNKLSD-rbWDuW/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="220" data-original-width="691" data-original-height="238" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*HMG with head swap and Elheim Miniatures GUN19</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8m1fWMuMNHY2Fg-C1Nd4s5_1Zlcmrvxwr-kXrDNYxnwYZsVs5J090jX2eyy2auhHcJ23h0HiAkAs3x-v-FIjNCwqroC2tfk3nKhu7wn1qtE74RupCafx3nAJO4luM9imcSG4-LRq8PEQ/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8m1fWMuMNHY2Fg-C1Nd4s5_1Zlcmrvxwr-kXrDNYxnwYZsVs5J090jX2eyy2auhHcJ23h0HiAkAs3x-v-FIjNCwqroC2tfk3nKhu7wn1qtE74RupCafx3nAJO4luM9imcSG4-LRq8PEQ/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="228" data-original-width="700" data-original-height="249" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models EERHMG with head swap and Elheim Miniatures GUN19</font>
<p>(Top to Bottom) For the first figure I sculpted a thick collar and paired him with a RH Models 12.7mm DshK for which I carved off the scenic base and replaced it with some sandbags I made of green stuff. The second and third figures where originally RH Models paired with 12.7mm DshKs on tripods. I hacked off the tripods, fixed up their pants and sculpted new hands for them. One guy got a new head. The second and third figures were mated with Elheim 12.7mm DshK's on wheeled carriages. Such guns seem to have been very popular in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. All have empty shell casings created from cut, thin brass rod.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQmtW4zfPVx3HuAnznxm57RGl-LREeLY7JWotDC692yRXZgQoTrHSdS-OirKNhoZOB_QiidQGMM22a-RoUAq_AM37vh5ule0KsdeYTkaoo-t-rU75BeN6y7MeKJUBtvQ7YsewEYISKFlY/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQmtW4zfPVx3HuAnznxm57RGl-LREeLY7JWotDC692yRXZgQoTrHSdS-OirKNhoZOB_QiidQGMM22a-RoUAq_AM37vh5ule0KsdeYTkaoo-t-rU75BeN6y7MeKJUBtvQ7YsewEYISKFlY/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="291" data-original-width="639" data-original-height="291" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHGUN; MULT*GUN with headswap; WEA40; Black Dog T72026</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEstUfn79VXRKAAoAFQC6ZsSnSLmWlGl8zsNRDy8s0KYdAedfRcICSjqP8u2hztq1CRzDSvtwTvn4lYfwTTHkIiNaq57sbTjsteYkHOvUgE8n2P-TSyS8NDHBOobp8t9er-SuJBH1ZUqM/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEstUfn79VXRKAAoAFQC6ZsSnSLmWlGl8zsNRDy8s0KYdAedfRcICSjqP8u2hztq1CRzDSvtwTvn4lYfwTTHkIiNaq57sbTjsteYkHOvUgE8n2P-TSyS8NDHBOobp8t9er-SuJBH1ZUqM/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="319" data-original-width="645" data-original-height="321" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models URBCIVB; URBCIV* with headswap; Black Dog T72026</font>
<P>(Top to Bottom) Besides head swaps for some of these figures, I created 82mm mortar rounds by rounding out some RH Models RPG rounds. For the last group I cut off one guy's hand and sculpted on a new hand to hold the mortar round. The hand looks a bit big in these pictures because of the camera angle/focus.
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LuF_SjXEr-fogqT2nj-xzHSc0csBtAkAjb-tE_XbFrnFSNiBSjVFJprSnJLYNSezx83biosICvwG2njq5yCFF37xDwmw5ZTj6lUqYw_2d7vj4ua1imGuHhVIwtDQmTeRllR5Y441a1oW/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LuF_SjXEr-fogqT2nj-xzHSc0csBtAkAjb-tE_XbFrnFSNiBSjVFJprSnJLYNSezx83biosICvwG2njq5yCFF37xDwmw5ZTj6lUqYw_2d7vj4ua1imGuHhVIwtDQmTeRllR5Y441a1oW/s640/7.jpg" width="395" height="640" data-original-width="434" data-original-height="704" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*COM with head swap; EERGUN; MULT*GUN with head swap; WEA?; Black Dog T72026</font>
<P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4CyrmwPimvx0e4IMtP7JZZl4V_89Eg4cA5tE70FRrZahPsgTHCHj55uAsbka3yQfG-wU-PZiGqcERVTChv1DP9bR6ZkelVh8YSmuoIUOPsOQeq84RpK5_d0zXmhGzQqI5jPMqxCr40X07/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4CyrmwPimvx0e4IMtP7JZZl4V_89Eg4cA5tE70FRrZahPsgTHCHj55uAsbka3yQfG-wU-PZiGqcERVTChv1DP9bR6ZkelVh8YSmuoIUOPsOQeq84RpK5_d0zXmhGzQqI5jPMqxCr40X07/s640/8.jpg" width="414" height="640" data-original-width="426" data-original-height="659" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHGUN; MULT*GUN with head swap; WEA?; Black Dog T72026</font>
<p>(Top to Bottom) I didn't think I needed bases of such a big mortar, but then Rolf sent me these for free and I found pictures to inspire me. Thanks! The first base has an AK resting on the boxes that I hacked off another miniature in this group.
<p>Below are some pictures I was looking at while working on this set of figures and their weapons.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZZbrxwTs_9txZWttEBp7uWoPiYYPneAhXXYw455EwGnSyupZrq4T86ovqp1zCmULKa1JcTvFv_1IWEPCWOHwf_UMq-LjTFT3mG1W4Ypgc82bK7QksCXEiAbbBLC_YAfdGd5s6sihuLQ3/s1600/1991-12-31+armed-conflict-in-nagornokarabakh-1992-picture-id522573474.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZZbrxwTs_9txZWttEBp7uWoPiYYPneAhXXYw455EwGnSyupZrq4T86ovqp1zCmULKa1JcTvFv_1IWEPCWOHwf_UMq-LjTFT3mG1W4Ypgc82bK7QksCXEiAbbBLC_YAfdGd5s6sihuLQ3/s640/1991-12-31+armed-conflict-in-nagornokarabakh-1992-picture-id522573474.jpg" width="434" height="640" data-original-width="694" data-original-height="1024" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Ethnic Armenian fighter, Nagorno-Karabakh, 1992.</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-vf5Hl3MtPiIii2i7X5dYYhSE2z0rwZ3NU6b-Z2EJ9sGo0TxNME4rn4T2GaRtAkiKOG5ejeWj4FeNe2wPIRoiRAYksKa0HtY-fR7CCYUQlnBfNwRy_UC9bwnarC22rvIFnbLMnXF19B5/s1600/1992-05-22+nagornokarabakh-hadrut-in-the-combat-operational-zone-photo-itartass-picture-id522581478.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-vf5Hl3MtPiIii2i7X5dYYhSE2z0rwZ3NU6b-Z2EJ9sGo0TxNME4rn4T2GaRtAkiKOG5ejeWj4FeNe2wPIRoiRAYksKa0HtY-fR7CCYUQlnBfNwRy_UC9bwnarC22rvIFnbLMnXF19B5/s640/1992-05-22+nagornokarabakh-hadrut-in-the-combat-operational-zone-photo-itartass-picture-id522581478.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="682" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian firing DshK in Hadrut (May 22nd, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa6E59ecxU3v4ExwXiMPvXwXI5hL0Qlz_w0ylrAI1lQ4cfQ0U8BkV7t3cJHN29WUej9K63v3_VKayFjIX-xmAhjoo4TgugsfIQLgDdcpP_SnzECkdHzbShfnLvGR4cYOFVAWD1uoWAnFc/s1600/1992-07-15+The+Mardakert+District+of+the+NKR+%2528Nagorno-Karabakh+Republic%2529.+784597.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa6E59ecxU3v4ExwXiMPvXwXI5hL0Qlz_w0ylrAI1lQ4cfQ0U8BkV7t3cJHN29WUej9K63v3_VKayFjIX-xmAhjoo4TgugsfIQLgDdcpP_SnzECkdHzbShfnLvGR4cYOFVAWD1uoWAnFc/s640/1992-07-15+The+Mardakert+District+of+the+NKR+%2528Nagorno-Karabakh+Republic%2529.+784597.jpg" width="640" height="367" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="344" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighters in Mardakert District (July 15th, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxW3K7FTv3yA2Gq_c264tvlwstx7-EXwIqTEP2VHtUzfXUjMhqDyxjXqATybhOzmdtFT3aIQ3qOP9u9fGYJAW52_v6nF_PoNTEv2TZJm3M_RvH4XR96BdFfqbM4T0eBudTgybqUkGzSE0/s1600/1992-07-15+The+Mardakert+District+of+the+NKR+%2528Nagorno-Karabakh+Republic%2529.+784628.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxW3K7FTv3yA2Gq_c264tvlwstx7-EXwIqTEP2VHtUzfXUjMhqDyxjXqATybhOzmdtFT3aIQ3qOP9u9fGYJAW52_v6nF_PoNTEv2TZJm3M_RvH4XR96BdFfqbM4T0eBudTgybqUkGzSE0/s640/1992-07-15+The+Mardakert+District+of+the+NKR+%2528Nagorno-Karabakh+Republic%2529.+784628.jpg" width="640" height="339" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="318" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian firing DshK in the Mardakert District (July 15th, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqQulFQoPHYTD-1C5ARLUZqooCRXBMBnm1Kj2svXym3CC6ItNaKzmE46ZyaoEjLOVsetCXHPeM9YyjjJKGwSDblXyQYBz0Q_nfGJQEb_7xlGbIhFGO6LO2Y2NHmQ1zF4iRQkHFYy6WCEf/s1600/1992-10-07_azeri_load_mortar.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqQulFQoPHYTD-1C5ARLUZqooCRXBMBnm1Kj2svXym3CC6ItNaKzmE46ZyaoEjLOVsetCXHPeM9YyjjJKGwSDblXyQYBz0Q_nfGJQEb_7xlGbIhFGO6LO2Y2NHmQ1zF4iRQkHFYy6WCEf/s640/1992-10-07_azeri_load_mortar.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="532" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani forces load mortar (October 7th, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzQ15YVy_Msf2QKdaSs7UpG_3az3Aup5iTmcq4XVaYXfyfPu4rbZEPnhrmcCcGMsXdgjt4Crrr4mTXhuvtU-sPKhvuUk0_uPok9XjL4rW6-lDxJFAmlMRPiV2QkqGlELPPT8z_lGbN5oN/s1600/1992-12-21_arm_mortars.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzQ15YVy_Msf2QKdaSs7UpG_3az3Aup5iTmcq4XVaYXfyfPu4rbZEPnhrmcCcGMsXdgjt4Crrr4mTXhuvtU-sPKhvuUk0_uPok9XjL4rW6-lDxJFAmlMRPiV2QkqGlELPPT8z_lGbN5oN/s640/1992-12-21_arm_mortars.jpg" width="640" height="449" data-original-width="450" data-original-height="316" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian mortars (December 21st, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GsL-WnWIkNBAvWaDrr1MAVom4JroSLUdH_e0bVy9JjJHqoEhSAs8DcJouLWhDg-N_m12GtE4Cf89UKY9HVKJnbQI_SHymqyEEKIMNEQHOFY-AF1YNr4DpK4lTuWaSA0GRHatcu10I4LR/s1600/1992-12-21_firing_old_hmg.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GsL-WnWIkNBAvWaDrr1MAVom4JroSLUdH_e0bVy9JjJHqoEhSAs8DcJouLWhDg-N_m12GtE4Cf89UKY9HVKJnbQI_SHymqyEEKIMNEQHOFY-AF1YNr4DpK4lTuWaSA0GRHatcu10I4LR/s640/1992-12-21_firing_old_hmg.jpg" width="640" height="435" data-original-width="450" data-original-height="306" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighter? firing DshK (December 21st, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0FhRk1NPFNsVKY4o7dcGPCWsNSmtp-qagWN2Z7eznmjeyMCfqfQbOOtUTctCiNpFVDSl6Dhyio_G2ZQTZX7fE3Iite2tEZURVBVwy9TWljcbP7Qvjmdp9E3hwGfq14tyTMrCjm9235_-/s1600/1993-07-20+The+Nagorno-Karabakh+War+of+1991-1994.+Military+operations+in+the+Martakert+District%252C+near+the+Sarsa+1281568.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0FhRk1NPFNsVKY4o7dcGPCWsNSmtp-qagWN2Z7eznmjeyMCfqfQbOOtUTctCiNpFVDSl6Dhyio_G2ZQTZX7fE3Iite2tEZURVBVwy9TWljcbP7Qvjmdp9E3hwGfq14tyTMrCjm9235_-/s640/1993-07-20+The+Nagorno-Karabakh+War+of+1991-1994.+Military+operations+in+the+Martakert+District%252C+near+the+Sarsa+1281568.jpg" width="340" height="640" data-original-width="319" data-original-height="600" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian mortars the Martakert District, near the Sarsang Reservoir of Nagorno-Karabakh (July, 20th, 1993?).</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-2263462359514358522018-05-29T16:04:00.001-04:002018-05-29T16:04:52.708-04:00Truck Drivers<font size="6">W</font>hile prepping a big batch of Armenian/Azerbaijani crewmen and their heavy weapons I decided to paint up a few drivers for some trucks I'm working on. These four went quick as I only painted the bits that would show. They are done in colors that are suitable for all post-Soviet conflicts I'm interested. I hope to paint up all vehicles I can in a way that they can be used for many conflicts. I think I may have to lower the seats of two of them to get them to fit right. It sure is difficult to fit such guys in plastic model cabs.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZc5tdrtTc2apfk-8o5WEPVOCaGDLm_iucvn_4bKg-e3lTEpnkEUR7V2jxlbNEvGpQm1xpScmQcjgXkUmkG3UH89Vxmlzi2vDT4tw_rQeGMtmSn1yZGNWa_rmAUhqO_RGQVLLJeM-RW0r/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZc5tdrtTc2apfk-8o5WEPVOCaGDLm_iucvn_4bKg-e3lTEpnkEUR7V2jxlbNEvGpQm1xpScmQcjgXkUmkG3UH89Vxmlzi2vDT4tw_rQeGMtmSn1yZGNWa_rmAUhqO_RGQVLLJeM-RW0r/s400/1.jpg" width="400" height="205" data-original-width="388" data-original-height="199" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models HDBDRIV; MULTBHTRUCK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4m5vNGtLCU_6nJGd2bIhEElc4eJ598HuqjErQdQ1CTwFdszgub6u7HAGadb6c36DMViZm7AzMtfNmDVyerlXpHBnDN2kErVIe7mCtjPn_1NSW6u2r7Wr1Y3uojSc8mIoc1hjMkt8nK-UG/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4m5vNGtLCU_6nJGd2bIhEElc4eJ598HuqjErQdQ1CTwFdszgub6u7HAGadb6c36DMViZm7AzMtfNmDVyerlXpHBnDN2kErVIe7mCtjPn_1NSW6u2r7Wr1Y3uojSc8mIoc1hjMkt8nK-UG/s400/2.jpg" width="400" height="199" data-original-width="489" data-original-height="243" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHTRUCK; *DRIV with head swap</font>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-52384730770224126152018-05-24T14:00:00.000-04:002018-05-24T14:00:50.234-04:00Truck Riders<font size="6">S</font>ome time ago I convert a pack of RH Model's mujahedin tank riders to make them more of a multi-purpose pack by swapping our their bearded heads with different bare heads and Soviet headgear. Recently I got around to expanding this bunch with another pack and converted some sitting figures Rolf puts out to give me even more variation. Some of these conversions are the most extensive I've done yet. It sure was fun and I'm very happy with the results. I plan on using them to model Armenian soldiers riding in the back of army trucks. The thought is that with some precisely cut, thin steel plates I can create different load-outs for trucks I plan to build and paint. One type of load-out I hope to make is a one with dudes like these.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaxRDOcahy1QWGrrXl0TlAEXj9PwXc7ail0iRaXL_GfiGvk8NfO8UUygQP8STGJyAmvzjMVwbsSRq_WLraepo5eeC_sBDG2SFdEc-CHezADUHYXYYX_Kl3HODv8QTc4blL0HtVBVuaeu4/s1600/riders1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaxRDOcahy1QWGrrXl0TlAEXj9PwXc7ail0iRaXL_GfiGvk8NfO8UUygQP8STGJyAmvzjMVwbsSRq_WLraepo5eeC_sBDG2SFdEc-CHezADUHYXYYX_Kl3HODv8QTc4blL0HtVBVuaeu4/s640/riders1.jpg" width="640" height="162" data-original-width="879" data-original-height="222" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MUJ25 with head swaps</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59TCtQY0ZrhBiDsbUiMcwRdoDdzh4P9xWLqx07GHAIFlRcd95N34AZ9T69PWJP1pZGg3plehKOe5XjfSgRBNh621Lw0RmLSZlhrsSxn_LQJYYr2vtj3CzEXO0BGLGchkRCVyHe1bJG437/s1600/riders2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59TCtQY0ZrhBiDsbUiMcwRdoDdzh4P9xWLqx07GHAIFlRcd95N34AZ9T69PWJP1pZGg3plehKOe5XjfSgRBNh621Lw0RmLSZlhrsSxn_LQJYYr2vtj3CzEXO0BGLGchkRCVyHe1bJG437/s640/riders2.jpg" width="640" height="181" data-original-width="934" data-original-height="264" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MUJ25 with head swaps</font>
<p>For the figures below I had to do more than swap heads. The figures in camouflage hooded suits originally had bases which I removed with my Dremel, a hobby knife and a file. The middle two figures originally had different heads on them, binoculars and hands holding the binoculars. I changed them to be holding their heads up. The new hands were done with green stuff. The last two figures were cast as gunners for Soviet AA. For these I chopped off one head, the left arm, right hand and chair back on both, put a Moison-Nagant rifle on their laps and sculpted new arms and hands to support the gun.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisejSubVWXFPFl9BFs3wmCecJWlg75EEEXSftIjxqJEzrJptSdP7ZGU63yCptnSmw0I5ReKlndr0xKQNqzW4qtZXHV29Ssiv8txKsOLIXnrp1dUlxoRvTYNdgHeLYcyP-4DbT3puIOPLRj/s1600/riders3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisejSubVWXFPFl9BFs3wmCecJWlg75EEEXSftIjxqJEzrJptSdP7ZGU63yCptnSmw0I5ReKlndr0xKQNqzW4qtZXHV29Ssiv8txKsOLIXnrp1dUlxoRvTYNdgHeLYcyP-4DbT3puIOPLRj/s640/riders3.jpg" width="640" height="138" data-original-width="1264" data-original-height="273" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSHMGH with head swap; RUSHMGH; RUSAGSH with head swap; MULT20ZPU4 with head swap; MULT20ZPU4</font>
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<p>These pictures give an idea of the look I'm going for with these figures:
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tmKWuolmLCoYjugPQ8uEqZI6E9ZNQj5bA5pzt3h9WvIwdQ_ig1Nf5uxnRPdzNiFi6gg_eI3Gq4HaboDlrFQK9q_vIWv1Vjy4a0sL2qN_zf4YJ2fmAQ5XcxdtGYs9hbe9g7DldSCVgqW7/s1600/1993-07-20+The+Nagorno-Karabakh+War+of+1991-1994.+Military+operations+in+the+Martakert+District%252C+near+the+Sarsa+1281567.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tmKWuolmLCoYjugPQ8uEqZI6E9ZNQj5bA5pzt3h9WvIwdQ_ig1Nf5uxnRPdzNiFi6gg_eI3Gq4HaboDlrFQK9q_vIWv1Vjy4a0sL2qN_zf4YJ2fmAQ5XcxdtGYs9hbe9g7DldSCVgqW7/s640/1993-07-20+The+Nagorno-Karabakh+War+of+1991-1994.+Military+operations+in+the+Martakert+District%252C+near+the+Sarsa+1281567.jpg" width="640" height="337" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="316" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenians during operations in the Martakert District near the Sarsa. (~7/1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1fDIuhRhazEonhBHT8MaD2P5znPyKiE_29biPItDieKuUims4ul9Lgt9wTUyaKW-aJkQuS-a2DTvwaFB1kickUIrw4tkcz6RjPG7XMQ7t50Xt9KkYJ27HSVzsstO0dHSBPtbYvDwp9DT/s1600/1992-07-12+Nagorno-Karabakh%2527s+Mardakert+district.+Frontline.+Realities+of+war.+790275.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1fDIuhRhazEonhBHT8MaD2P5znPyKiE_29biPItDieKuUims4ul9Lgt9wTUyaKW-aJkQuS-a2DTvwaFB1kickUIrw4tkcz6RjPG7XMQ7t50Xt9KkYJ27HSVzsstO0dHSBPtbYvDwp9DT/s640/1992-07-12+Nagorno-Karabakh%2527s+Mardakert+district.+Frontline.+Realities+of+war.+790275.jpg" width="640" height="361" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="338" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenians during operations in the Martakert District. (July 12th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXE9u7i_BWktozyiWeeUzH6BDBwwYKn4SShoNvPRYIlugQxwwH7IEYbtpAOJUn3wid2FuEYQXedHCqRZYGU_TrNpRGu5UG9EcSAASfdKUiJX5JqwtY5tRz2tSlSRP79onhDIVW0Aul0OD/s1600/1992-07-12+Nagorno-Karabakh%2527s+Mardakert+district.+Frontline.+Realities+of+war.+790276.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXE9u7i_BWktozyiWeeUzH6BDBwwYKn4SShoNvPRYIlugQxwwH7IEYbtpAOJUn3wid2FuEYQXedHCqRZYGU_TrNpRGu5UG9EcSAASfdKUiJX5JqwtY5tRz2tSlSRP79onhDIVW0Aul0OD/s640/1992-07-12+Nagorno-Karabakh%2527s+Mardakert+district.+Frontline.+Realities+of+war.+790276.jpg" width="640" height="358" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="336" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenians during operations in the Martakert District. (July 12th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYJgHxUEF4cDvzF09kYjPOY6VJmmF0LzW7Y50dv6w_o8BP6um72jkiq1YfcIE9EBqmHyypKMzHkd0Ag6uZE-D-gjDENFvIc9ZJLnv9fcKlz6aXTDdXkTw_8GLCqt_ndL9bYPzwC5BH7wJ/s1600/1992-09-10+Everyday+life%252C+Nagorny+Karabakh.+780953.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYJgHxUEF4cDvzF09kYjPOY6VJmmF0LzW7Y50dv6w_o8BP6um72jkiq1YfcIE9EBqmHyypKMzHkd0Ag6uZE-D-gjDENFvIc9ZJLnv9fcKlz6aXTDdXkTw_8GLCqt_ndL9bYPzwC5BH7wJ/s640/1992-09-10+Everyday+life%252C+Nagorny+Karabakh.+780953.jpg" width="640" height="339" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="318" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenians during operations in the Martakert District. (~7/1992)</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-59139804387679630812018-05-04T16:48:00.000-04:002018-05-04T16:48:37.332-04:00Azerbaijani Fighters<font size="6">L</font>ast weekend I finished this big batch of figures (26 might be too many to do at once, sure slows one down). They are meant to represent Fall/Winter Azerbaijani forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. To prep these I did a whole bunch of head swaps, some jacket extensions and some big collars. I painted them with my darker flesh tone, some mustaches, mostly a whole range of khaki and three new Azerbaijan only camouflage patterns. I did the bases with the usual bricks, cinder blocks and trash as well as grass, bushes and some rocks (courtesy of the nearby middle school). In the near future I'll have to do a 2nd batch like these with more RMR figures (older kit), a couple more Azeri-only camouflage patterns and a whole lot more khaki. First, however, I'm half through a batch of Armenian tank/truck riders.
<p>Lately I've been busy reading a big pile of books concerning modeling and painting models. All these figures need vehicles! I've got a big stash of plastic, resin and metal kits waiting for me to get working on them - and a couple of die-casts I might repaint. I haven't bought an airbrush, but soon will do so.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOJnQ1JqBKZOMzM286bDVe7XhAg3MrBvClbklG8bXgyomTgh4bUOoLPP-IKw6ZDkxWL48bWl6MN2SDG3MqFm__7gXR62_zlXkpoPmROPi1DoT0R4YEJ332lWrJp13yKw7hL5rC7APr840/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOJnQ1JqBKZOMzM286bDVe7XhAg3MrBvClbklG8bXgyomTgh4bUOoLPP-IKw6ZDkxWL48bWl6MN2SDG3MqFm__7gXR62_zlXkpoPmROPi1DoT0R4YEJ332lWrJp13yKw7hL5rC7APr840/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="243" data-original-width="918" data-original-height="349" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRAKF with some green stuff jacket extensions</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcV-g__dH34IIg_3dQBbIOLbmImV0_E8Fc33pGkpPPxyF0h-U6KpO5lwHr_m2QgDws87eaqKq5eC9TPrRNSuZ-v09NwyryMHhwU0Ce__TE3K0WBDU38u7C6xlWnXe7GZB6_WAG0JknO4A/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcV-g__dH34IIg_3dQBbIOLbmImV0_E8Fc33pGkpPPxyF0h-U6KpO5lwHr_m2QgDws87eaqKq5eC9TPrRNSuZ-v09NwyryMHhwU0Ce__TE3K0WBDU38u7C6xlWnXe7GZB6_WAG0JknO4A/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="172" data-original-width="955" data-original-height="257" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RMRAK* with head swap; RMRRPK with head swap; MULT51 with head swap; EER14</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX-PT5buo2v1LNVHUy5-kD0TiyVMAaSyYBZES2IWnNQ-n-n5xUhsUfP10_2hsw9qK3rOjyqJSDL_wPLCGcv8s5N005IzBLOQFoMiF162_orM_0pCkq9CFbJxtpFq0vz6VVMdAPuMs6uka/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX-PT5buo2v1LNVHUy5-kD0TiyVMAaSyYBZES2IWnNQ-n-n5xUhsUfP10_2hsw9qK3rOjyqJSDL_wPLCGcv8s5N005IzBLOQFoMiF162_orM_0pCkq9CFbJxtpFq0vz6VVMdAPuMs6uka/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="248" data-original-width="883" data-original-height="342" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; EERKESTAK</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB75X6B1Tkg4QyhIR5rd_sJfOyOIPauHzyzqUGHLW_d76nlto83hQC983FnTZKfiGJhKTn-DvRTqq0_LcyLiuDp5GQmPoNlZuNKQoxEnpnW4br7CyGDip0GK8raqSYatdWMcMX67nwBw3K/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB75X6B1Tkg4QyhIR5rd_sJfOyOIPauHzyzqUGHLW_d76nlto83hQC983FnTZKfiGJhKTn-DvRTqq0_LcyLiuDp5GQmPoNlZuNKQoxEnpnW4br7CyGDip0GK8raqSYatdWMcMX67nwBw3K/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="242" data-original-width="924" data-original-height="350" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; MULTBHRPG</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppziTRGIYItLMWZW1bJ6KTCtFhhyphenhyphenS0dppJtKvkxtKG6DDA3vG49LlJ-LH-3HUW0GiaZzQUpPdb6ay-ZbbPrc4wZMFda9Q2gbavASBTA1YbWog_fG42IEEAa_g3DhG-E6P7WvpSCXXodIm/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppziTRGIYItLMWZW1bJ6KTCtFhhyphenhyphenS0dppJtKvkxtKG6DDA3vG49LlJ-LH-3HUW0GiaZzQUpPdb6ay-ZbbPrc4wZMFda9Q2gbavASBTA1YbWog_fG42IEEAa_g3DhG-E6P7WvpSCXXodIm/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="248" data-original-width="975" data-original-height="378" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; EERKESTAK; MULT*RPG with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacVM5yAZlB_sk_wO975p5_N5RIeyeqP20xT3_bn_2mSNR3u_-YgtYhS8sB6QBizrkzT16hivMnUYLcjCDTJogIijaHlU8fHuH5W3iNS882UwQoSI6DDxWIsGZGYn3mvHG9fot__oLGRRB/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacVM5yAZlB_sk_wO975p5_N5RIeyeqP20xT3_bn_2mSNR3u_-YgtYhS8sB6QBizrkzT16hivMnUYLcjCDTJogIijaHlU8fHuH5W3iNS882UwQoSI6DDxWIsGZGYn3mvHG9fot__oLGRRB/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="224" data-original-width="926" data-original-height="324" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUSAKD; RUSCOMA; RUSAK* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFIubTSWedXuof2HEOafBTtf7ilihjIXSSPk2wx-SRDxpVWbx8JExT5wiFS5Yky8syQqS0RoBteIJqIf2Tlhj2AmhvtbGzlK0-1uT6up3qUQ82s_pDL4dvEE3Va4qI68cNS1G0XSmIcZp/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFIubTSWedXuof2HEOafBTtf7ilihjIXSSPk2wx-SRDxpVWbx8JExT5wiFS5Yky8syQqS0RoBteIJqIf2Tlhj2AmhvtbGzlK0-1uT6up3qUQ82s_pDL4dvEE3Va4qI68cNS1G0XSmIcZp/s400/7.jpg" width="400" height="314" data-original-width="487" data-original-height="382" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; EER11*</font>
<p>My inspiration pictures:
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwB_j3bX62QpB5KoiK3r5mo-jBBj8NuB6kzvAX1W9einV5CuBmUlAK20bgFuUx2tJfCJ0l3sNGctW8ZHhAJyPIbuMqgVZyuwLINoh8tlGwQm8ddwlFBHK-W4UbMKGvEeGKDka9xjrkInjw/s1600/1992-02-01_azeri_with_heli.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwB_j3bX62QpB5KoiK3r5mo-jBBj8NuB6kzvAX1W9einV5CuBmUlAK20bgFuUx2tJfCJ0l3sNGctW8ZHhAJyPIbuMqgVZyuwLINoh8tlGwQm8ddwlFBHK-W4UbMKGvEeGKDka9xjrkInjw/s640/1992-02-01_azeri_with_heli.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="533" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani fighters with helicopter wreckage. (February 1st, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1OKbQnIJ3q1qMU_gqXLD9qFwr8_vWXu0OsczJ5UDqFvRFRvOKbjHePj8dl9zOfSQyuGQaaspBnmMrtYC5-mz2-s3xfPijNG7cuJ0_s4mNrC2H93dW14SC7-jWPLP7ycMoqAwvLua4DRi/s1600/1992-03-00_azeri_soldiers_arrive_at_base_karabakh2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1OKbQnIJ3q1qMU_gqXLD9qFwr8_vWXu0OsczJ5UDqFvRFRvOKbjHePj8dl9zOfSQyuGQaaspBnmMrtYC5-mz2-s3xfPijNG7cuJ0_s4mNrC2H93dW14SC7-jWPLP7ycMoqAwvLua4DRi/s640/1992-03-00_azeri_soldiers_arrive_at_base_karabakh2.jpg" width="431" height="640" data-original-width="689" data-original-height="1024" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azerbaijani soldiers arrive at a base in the Karabakh. (March, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFnsfD0P1eIgA8PSlz7MKhkhl6elZHVKoExFoarSWY_YNS9NAyDwYOcYq0ITF_grMAIgWv5cTRZ-XGLyfHIvKvbkACFKxFfiSRS3N_Xg9tM1dwitJFLkYiJXm5KynZi7rn2_OOA1EZnDs/s1600/1992-03-00_azeri_soldiers_guide_former_hostage_karbakh.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFnsfD0P1eIgA8PSlz7MKhkhl6elZHVKoExFoarSWY_YNS9NAyDwYOcYq0ITF_grMAIgWv5cTRZ-XGLyfHIvKvbkACFKxFfiSRS3N_Xg9tM1dwitJFLkYiJXm5KynZi7rn2_OOA1EZnDs/s640/1992-03-00_azeri_soldiers_guide_former_hostage_karbakh.jpg" width="640" height="442" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="707" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri soldiers guide former hostage in Karabakh. (March, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kGrZh3i_Cv6qhCBT2E3eDSo7pBVk7Xxqwv7f743xnD7BHqLaO_RPlCFPLTDqO6vjjDV4pig-n-sxa-79zVSRX3JpdfSenJm7ZERZoVQZrCfOtStYjh-iqZ5Yp_qymlJWNNg5U-0xx9as/s1600/1992-10-07_azeri_decorating_donkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kGrZh3i_Cv6qhCBT2E3eDSo7pBVk7Xxqwv7f743xnD7BHqLaO_RPlCFPLTDqO6vjjDV4pig-n-sxa-79zVSRX3JpdfSenJm7ZERZoVQZrCfOtStYjh-iqZ5Yp_qymlJWNNg5U-0xx9as/s640/1992-10-07_azeri_decorating_donkey.jpg" width="426" height="640" data-original-width="533" data-original-height="800" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeris decorating donkey. (October 7th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZgpz8nV6sOYgpobEJsghED5NrOxCIKO8ym6v-wmP3ewK35kmTF9tJ7stKi8rNSQ58oNdYFwkudiTCcR9-PM5SabHb1YSWTaZDRuhZJws44UfNYjhUGZ5cuLU-tYaAYf3afCGkp2LNyb1/s1600/1992-10-07_azeri_with_dr.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZgpz8nV6sOYgpobEJsghED5NrOxCIKO8ym6v-wmP3ewK35kmTF9tJ7stKi8rNSQ58oNdYFwkudiTCcR9-PM5SabHb1YSWTaZDRuhZJws44UfNYjhUGZ5cuLU-tYaAYf3afCGkp2LNyb1/s640/1992-10-07_azeri_with_dr.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="533" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeri soldier gets attention from medic. (October 7th, 1992)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUaKr_OnCfLb9_Fk4KTCvGFGBYqHDLQohouUBUkozDa_MxiAh0QyJZ-IL4Fle2ytFjeollmDJhJzb-sZXbPvtJs6Rd9aV2qg1PunoivftETZQ5UiiR6Ca4VVcxu0Ugp57CeMHQpo4igEv/s1600/1992-10-18+azeri-soldiers-feed-ammunition-belts-while-another-assembles-a-rocket-picture-id52017885.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUaKr_OnCfLb9_Fk4KTCvGFGBYqHDLQohouUBUkozDa_MxiAh0QyJZ-IL4Fle2ytFjeollmDJhJzb-sZXbPvtJs6Rd9aV2qg1PunoivftETZQ5UiiR6Ca4VVcxu0Ugp57CeMHQpo4igEv/s640/1992-10-18+azeri-soldiers-feed-ammunition-belts-while-another-assembles-a-rocket-picture-id52017885.jpg" width="640" height="424" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="678" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Azeris feed ammunition belts while another assembles a rocket. (October 18th, 1992)</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-15486207759911809192018-02-21T18:32:00.000-05:002018-02-21T18:32:37.506-05:00Armenian Fighters<font size="6">B</font>elow is my latest batch of figures. They are meant to represent Armenian fighters during the early part of the war over Nagorno Karabakh in winter garb. Later fighters would have more camouflage. To prep these I did a lot head swaps. I would have done less had I had a pack of Rolf's multipurpose figures with fur caps, but I didn't have any of those left and I had spare ushanka heads to use. RH Models new multi-purpose pack with bald heads and bare heads with beards came in handy. I wanted one of these figures to have a hat I've seen many pictures of (see below). It looks like a hood without a jacket. To create this hat I trimmed a brim off one from another pack and filled it in a bit. I carved off some pants pockets and some equipment too.
<p>After the figures were prepped I went to work with my trusty green stuff. A lot of these figures got jacket extensions and big collars. The figure with the hood had his hood extended. My biggest leap forward was with the sculpted hair (or lack thereof). To accurately depict soldiers of this conflict I need figures with lots of facial hair with all manner of hats (and not hats) and since many middle-aged men were involved in the conflict guys with thinning hair.
<p>When choosing paints I went with a flesh color that was slightly darker than my usual color and stuck with dark colored hair. I mixed up lots of varieties of khaki too, some yellowish, some brownish, etc. I've got a big cheat sheet of my mixes for next time. I even got to use my bright yellow to paint one of the camouflage jackets - I'm just not sure where this jacket would blend in.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJDW9MSTZAS6b_qj5nl3_a65N-34Kyu2ZeWrMAO6nx-keHUCECTPQ_uVzi9AQqRkZ_Jkd_OOAXPySsXT6F650R0UhVQndEj65tf6_oFr6gDqTHae7NVAngUArNWdDA19IFE1snb2Zn855/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJDW9MSTZAS6b_qj5nl3_a65N-34Kyu2ZeWrMAO6nx-keHUCECTPQ_uVzi9AQqRkZ_Jkd_OOAXPySsXT6F650R0UhVQndEj65tf6_oFr6gDqTHae7NVAngUArNWdDA19IFE1snb2Zn855/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="217" data-original-width="957" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; MULTBHRPG; MULTBABESQU</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZQ8qNVWpgAzE_uJoGf5v8VMoNSGWbDDV5BMqA39Dc32yC0SeA8Lh0SGJHrmu4m6YVYmgiXLqU62XuT0wtYYP4vSZWsiFQLgp6I-h-cCzZOPOk6TWt9ma_HIai1VtH41VJHLCdKC4jWPn/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZQ8qNVWpgAzE_uJoGf5v8VMoNSGWbDDV5BMqA39Dc32yC0SeA8Lh0SGJHrmu4m6YVYmgiXLqU62XuT0wtYYP4vSZWsiFQLgp6I-h-cCzZOPOk6TWt9ma_HIai1VtH41VJHLCdKC4jWPn/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="235" data-original-width="963" data-original-height="353" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; MULTBHRPG; MOSCOM</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzn3gZzVI990dUcIU865-0xQnXUjDzJf8v_XepzVejVabGD-73buFxNtPHzwnx_i7MUOt_Pa7Okiek0k-TP5O8QNuLrT16IRLU5KHwh9d1-4faoCDJQSa9DinzUtf9LQSnz8sYy1WzDcx/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzn3gZzVI990dUcIU865-0xQnXUjDzJf8v_XepzVejVabGD-73buFxNtPHzwnx_i7MUOt_Pa7Okiek0k-TP5O8QNuLrT16IRLU5KHwh9d1-4faoCDJQSa9DinzUtf9LQSnz8sYy1WzDcx/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="222" data-original-width="971" data-original-height="337" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBABESQU; MULT20SKS with head swap; EERKESTAK; MULTBABESQU</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdPm8o2hPT7i8699AseLxnIW7pA8m7ScykPbLX1S3kzQFFpyhXzFmfy4BaNzWG3NpHy-lvRqT1CPiBOcCJVh_PdjxboeWlSFaHBtBA8H8VYXXfNs4QQtN0iQex7Wgii7uNSKf011v011W/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdPm8o2hPT7i8699AseLxnIW7pA8m7ScykPbLX1S3kzQFFpyhXzFmfy4BaNzWG3NpHy-lvRqT1CPiBOcCJVh_PdjxboeWlSFaHBtBA8H8VYXXfNs4QQtN0iQex7Wgii7uNSKf011v011W/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="216" data-original-width="965" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*AK with head swap; EERKESTAK; EER14</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IWvEDOuEwjRmXIpFmkOB6Xp4D77__cekWHxovayNJ9eLHmcytML9xr-ZrNxuoUtlLQAMoYgT07Rouy4IZZEpDYIYNUBpQlXZX_5dg2ztRMwYcc1nl-p9ZTI2pIY6_A8LS2gLEXqxDT8C/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IWvEDOuEwjRmXIpFmkOB6Xp4D77__cekWHxovayNJ9eLHmcytML9xr-ZrNxuoUtlLQAMoYgT07Rouy4IZZEpDYIYNUBpQlXZX_5dg2ztRMwYcc1nl-p9ZTI2pIY6_A8LS2gLEXqxDT8C/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="203" data-original-width="982" data-original-height="311" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*RPK with head swap; MULT*AK with head swap; MULTBHAK; MULT*AK with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnEEcOatsejmPxt30cHebbVyjX2fnPvgJY1hBzqzTpFID39zGRKdVSXs9tYk-rplLN43ZyW3tBLHQAsjkmPdWl_ffvJVBBt1wTuIWCb_zybPHiVfA3clYCfbuAXLL7_ojvW9KeWMkeJZi/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnEEcOatsejmPxt30cHebbVyjX2fnPvgJY1hBzqzTpFID39zGRKdVSXs9tYk-rplLN43ZyW3tBLHQAsjkmPdWl_ffvJVBBt1wTuIWCb_zybPHiVfA3clYCfbuAXLL7_ojvW9KeWMkeJZi/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="216" data-original-width="963" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULTBHPKM; MOSAK; *SA7 with head swap</font>
<p>This last figure is my 20mm rendition of Monte Melkonian (1957-1993) in winter clothing. To quote Wikipedia Melkonian was an American born "Armenian left-wing nationalist militant, revolutionary, and commander. He was the leader of an offshoot of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) in the 1980s and the most celebrated commander during the Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. I highly recommend a biography his brother wrote <i>My Brother's Road, An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia.</i>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsAiNDmMc4lHSNadMjROwwmOq8Sjeso30knIcQ33eUwOOkGy5TI68jDRSH5pgxEhncvjfS0HNx1tJs47E-yNYdB5rA_7i6klDSPBnFrC7yqq4HTGgzEw3ZxssGhzupiooNJVsYEmTzoku/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsAiNDmMc4lHSNadMjROwwmOq8Sjeso30knIcQ33eUwOOkGy5TI68jDRSH5pgxEhncvjfS0HNx1tJs47E-yNYdB5rA_7i6klDSPBnFrC7yqq4HTGgzEw3ZxssGhzupiooNJVsYEmTzoku/s400/7.jpg" width="400" height="236" data-original-width="495" data-original-height="292" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models MULT*COM with head swap</font>
<p>Below are a few of the images that inspired me.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuts7A_xDIlsex8eHONLR5ZpYx0djdo19Gk8kryRAUnlWrjXuinPOd_WAFK24adGCTLr4kTBdA5O19YbrJO066fRZIt4ZQyqiAbkANhJOFfvWCmUBBIzlnIEewWMeJKV2Z-aylYPnodyYC/s1600/1990-01-19+armenian-volunteers-of-selfstyled-armenian-liberation-army-display-19-picture-id51392863.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuts7A_xDIlsex8eHONLR5ZpYx0djdo19Gk8kryRAUnlWrjXuinPOd_WAFK24adGCTLr4kTBdA5O19YbrJO066fRZIt4ZQyqiAbkANhJOFfvWCmUBBIzlnIEewWMeJKV2Z-aylYPnodyYC/s640/1990-01-19+armenian-volunteers-of-selfstyled-armenian-liberation-army-display-19-picture-id51392863.jpg" width="640" height="453" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="724" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian volunteers display homemade RPGs (January 19th, 1990).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKk9nhQ1qMMAkpJ95jteAMQ8YSTAZlsXIYoWAI-0ZIZKZnkHKSJvkv7y00cBndH6jLARqZMzDJiVBTGfrf2dhH86ZK7pq9A_Lq5E7lo83wcrlEx9uSKrj2DvNkUD4mhI3IMyBGZJXZOslj/s1600/1992-00-00_armenians_agdam_region.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKk9nhQ1qMMAkpJ95jteAMQ8YSTAZlsXIYoWAI-0ZIZKZnkHKSJvkv7y00cBndH6jLARqZMzDJiVBTGfrf2dhH86ZK7pq9A_Lq5E7lo83wcrlEx9uSKrj2DvNkUD4mhI3IMyBGZJXZOslj/s640/1992-00-00_armenians_agdam_region.jpg" width="640" height="420" data-original-width="620" data-original-height="407" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighters in the Agdam Region (1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmlR3CIZfPdijEoDgIihVp88a4CmT-qsthq-oAajfXY7_k7-FaEya1AniTRO8vJZNCxH0JVUg1eupnzb7LgPvOIF_O3PJ_-wNbYNYvQItCXPWZN6pFKAmLIvSjW3QjFhLxQYyoob1CiUA/s1600/1992-02-01+-picture-id541371368.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmlR3CIZfPdijEoDgIihVp88a4CmT-qsthq-oAajfXY7_k7-FaEya1AniTRO8vJZNCxH0JVUg1eupnzb7LgPvOIF_O3PJ_-wNbYNYvQItCXPWZN6pFKAmLIvSjW3QjFhLxQYyoob1CiUA/s640/1992-02-01+-picture-id541371368.jpg" width="640" height="427" data-original-width="1024" data-original-height="683" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenians aboard aircraft with coffin (~1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPreHhbVyJyv77uyZJQ8GDZ0Q-XZgHrtvrgbAzBtJEPpaSJwdW7KZm6gPoJwdkI1QAUr_AKm1FKTuxi81cF-TT2a24SjCG5ulOdO6weztMzUxg8D_eSq4Rg-GuUSrYKlPp_YPYC9Em1ro/s1600/1992-03-01+The+village+of+Askeran+on+the+border+of+Nagorny+Karabakh.+An+Armenian+volunteer.+436091.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPreHhbVyJyv77uyZJQ8GDZ0Q-XZgHrtvrgbAzBtJEPpaSJwdW7KZm6gPoJwdkI1QAUr_AKm1FKTuxi81cF-TT2a24SjCG5ulOdO6weztMzUxg8D_eSq4Rg-GuUSrYKlPp_YPYC9Em1ro/s640/1992-03-01+The+village+of+Askeran+on+the+border+of+Nagorny+Karabakh.+An+Armenian+volunteer.+436091.jpg" width="640" height="347" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighter in village of Askeran (March, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyp9KDW__CxjUefNP4M9-sgOWXJ8JwxZ6IsSw4lxJ3vgTpsjS0CxO8f_1cLrFO4i67ZLwARou8ix56ZzhG9cxTnX4qTbZc9txPQB29xcSjARl5sSHwitPTzAu87liwNN-a5gVyGWfY2P0/s1600/1992-03-06_arm_firing_mg_martinu.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyp9KDW__CxjUefNP4M9-sgOWXJ8JwxZ6IsSw4lxJ3vgTpsjS0CxO8f_1cLrFO4i67ZLwARou8ix56ZzhG9cxTnX4qTbZc9txPQB29xcSjARl5sSHwitPTzAu87liwNN-a5gVyGWfY2P0/s640/1992-03-06_arm_firing_mg_martinu.jpg" width="640" height="418" data-original-width="450" data-original-height="294" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian firing PKM (March 6th, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8NrakJl2c_-nDRX16gUUnoOhp-odMaAEQQFNS4LYwHGtMPhJDxWlJbqoVfCAFJvSO5pu-DWuNBGz01JsNIVOArG2l9d5uUJV3JEac16f6cIKL4aYr3JNDL1JHkQk49XX4v8fxoW10oB2/s1600/1993-03-00_monte_melonian_avo_armenian_leader4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8NrakJl2c_-nDRX16gUUnoOhp-odMaAEQQFNS4LYwHGtMPhJDxWlJbqoVfCAFJvSO5pu-DWuNBGz01JsNIVOArG2l9d5uUJV3JEac16f6cIKL4aYr3JNDL1JHkQk49XX4v8fxoW10oB2/s640/1993-03-00_monte_melonian_avo_armenian_leader4.jpg" width="640" height="427" data-original-width="640" data-original-height="427" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Monte Melonian with fellow Armenian fighters (March 1993).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrzLdXrw2gGWv87ueTOKSIU_bV3XMN_rOwB7zpPgr1kJugYy1TjRu6-6l9ygddNKNi-IBE4pJkDR_gZZ78QRVpCnViR0k5H_RZOxPZYqLWo-MQzZc9NyFgQ3B2bQoYM7fngPO1UFk8P_g/s1600/1993-03-00_monte_melonian_avo_armenian_leader7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrzLdXrw2gGWv87ueTOKSIU_bV3XMN_rOwB7zpPgr1kJugYy1TjRu6-6l9ygddNKNi-IBE4pJkDR_gZZ78QRVpCnViR0k5H_RZOxPZYqLWo-MQzZc9NyFgQ3B2bQoYM7fngPO1UFk8P_g/s640/1993-03-00_monte_melonian_avo_armenian_leader7.jpg" width="427" height="640" data-original-width="320" data-original-height="480" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Monte Melonian (March 1993).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOWyiZMo_aQH-TBqvBE2iem72n08yPXfnqVlX3qX4z7KQpA-Wc1Rzjphxf6crSrSbsq2nX-zwXwEDTjpoiNjxlMTvkzqT-pDw2TBa1qXI_UMn8ekOw3NX3jAaP_Hl59107k2u8_10Mwp0/s1600/Armenian+fighters+evacuate+one+wounded.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOWyiZMo_aQH-TBqvBE2iem72n08yPXfnqVlX3qX4z7KQpA-Wc1Rzjphxf6crSrSbsq2nX-zwXwEDTjpoiNjxlMTvkzqT-pDw2TBa1qXI_UMn8ekOw3NX3jAaP_Hl59107k2u8_10Mwp0/s640/Armenian+fighters+evacuate+one+wounded.jpg" width="640" height="420" data-original-width="497" data-original-height="326" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighters evacuate wounded (~1992-1993).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5blCYvoIOeh9zSyMehhGXvjpKa2nBoqiYJYmPixOTjl8LCYb4KD8Z-HXz0ghar9OrV4ukKANaJJKSr6IsxDT8FtJ7yX2o6uIkKSkczYhY0sHE41m1Vz2GOpE5b-u6NJ61JeCFQFrv0ziT/s1600/Armenian+soldier+holds+a+modified+PKMT+machine+gun.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5blCYvoIOeh9zSyMehhGXvjpKa2nBoqiYJYmPixOTjl8LCYb4KD8Z-HXz0ghar9OrV4ukKANaJJKSr6IsxDT8FtJ7yX2o6uIkKSkczYhY0sHE41m1Vz2GOpE5b-u6NJ61JeCFQFrv0ziT/s640/Armenian+soldier+holds+a+modified+PKMT+machine+gun.jpg" width="640" height="428" data-original-width="497" data-original-height="332" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian solider holds modified machine gun (~1992-1993).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBI1fNZxQw3w2LtkaCzwM0qG8wb0V3P7mvJ7rz11am1u3X-h8G_MqoKGXJZ3irj89TCYRx3elDRTsoSZqsavQ-LOOzpemADs7jJ8qstuptfd1PPbhgO3AOJ7M_wy-WhnJ_eKKFMZyF-s5/s1600/Armenian+soldiers+preparing+positions+in+the+mountain%252C+while+transporting+a+Dhsk+heavy+machine+gun+with+its+wheel+mounting.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBI1fNZxQw3w2LtkaCzwM0qG8wb0V3P7mvJ7rz11am1u3X-h8G_MqoKGXJZ3irj89TCYRx3elDRTsoSZqsavQ-LOOzpemADs7jJ8qstuptfd1PPbhgO3AOJ7M_wy-WhnJ_eKKFMZyF-s5/s640/Armenian+soldiers+preparing+positions+in+the+mountain%252C+while+transporting+a+Dhsk+heavy+machine+gun+with+its+wheel+mounting.jpg" width="640" height="419" data-original-width="497" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian soldiers preparing positions in the mountains while transporting a Dhsk heavy machine gun (January 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMF7IA8Yc2tuK3W6ghMVoWKIN7rWMcQTLB12HiwJRueXB-MwP-xy1JNMTMzE-WbitWr9d8tBm0O0TqbIUXHqXg6Rl1Q1tTFY9I8SdpjRrwJ3cjptTfjMG5bqEKW0WdnO2I1PZTJeQD5Y4/s1600/armenian_militia.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMF7IA8Yc2tuK3W6ghMVoWKIN7rWMcQTLB12HiwJRueXB-MwP-xy1JNMTMzE-WbitWr9d8tBm0O0TqbIUXHqXg6Rl1Q1tTFY9I8SdpjRrwJ3cjptTfjMG5bqEKW0WdnO2I1PZTJeQD5Y4/s640/armenian_militia.jpg" width="640" height="434" data-original-width="640" data-original-height="434" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian fighter near Nakhchivan (January 8th, 1992).</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkzInUcT27Y_qi76ZlQMntNQvahzPqsx2GJiA3AziOB3SZk3PHcGnj75idJf_ci0b0HK5dEywNPaBAynBhIKIVB3vBtAKxftxUjTdyR9jSncP03oGJESs9-usTPwHfR2LGHgN3v4otfks/s1600/The+Armenian+commander+Bedo+Ghevontian+transporting+a+SA-18+Grouse+launcher+during+the+winter+of+1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkzInUcT27Y_qi76ZlQMntNQvahzPqsx2GJiA3AziOB3SZk3PHcGnj75idJf_ci0b0HK5dEywNPaBAynBhIKIVB3vBtAKxftxUjTdyR9jSncP03oGJESs9-usTPwHfR2LGHgN3v4otfks/s640/The+Armenian+commander+Bedo+Ghevontian+transporting+a+SA-18+Grouse+launcher+during+the+winter+of+1993.jpg" width="640" height="475" data-original-width="497" data-original-height="369" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Armenian transporting SA-18 during the winter of 1993.</font>kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-332272465890363252018-01-06T09:43:00.001-05:002018-01-06T09:44:30.636-05:00<font size="6">A</font> few days ago I finally finished a big bunch of figures I have been painting. I decided to try to paint an entire squad at once - twenty-three figures. I'm not so sure it was a good idea to work on that many at once especially with the many modifications I did with these and all of the different camouflage schemes, but it is hard to stop oneself sometimes.
<p>This group is meant to represent a SOBR unit of the 2nd Chechen War. The photos that inspired me are below. Modifications included lots of head swaps, cutting off of arm pockets and leg pockets, replacing back pockets with new three horizontal pockets and sculpted hoods and big collars. It took me five nights are so to sculpt all of this with my trusty green stuff. Uniform camouflage schemes include woodland BDU, winter SMK, spring SMK, winter tiger, bright spring tiger, dark spring tiger, reverse winter SMK and very faded winter tiger (those are the names I give them in my head anyway). For their assault vests I stuck with just three patterns: spring tiger, urban tiger and some sort of woodland that I haven't named yet. I also tried my first attempt at finger-less gloves and a soldier with a shaved head. 20mm sure is a great scale - any smaller and it'd be impossible to paint decent representations of some of these camouflage schemes while any larger it'd be tough to get away with painting on details like finger-less gloves.
<p>Next up I'm taking a break from all of the camouflage painting and painting a big batch of winter Armenians suitable for the war in the Karabakh. Lately I've been reading a lot of books about Armenia and that has inspired me. I'm hoping a new set of progressive glasses (bifocals) help.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40cUjvNFkDsT8mmUZig5dXQq5FasHZx1Xw7Er7KAZVuHwgaUxNiPK0Xj3G6TbPrm0sL00z_Py8H3ccNx-s3kYHpTK6mZ2sRP57RRX9RAs95RYHpe_HxkQf2fKtJqQ94PsOYX3N6hFlHOW/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40cUjvNFkDsT8mmUZig5dXQq5FasHZx1Xw7Er7KAZVuHwgaUxNiPK0Xj3G6TbPrm0sL00z_Py8H3ccNx-s3kYHpTK6mZ2sRP57RRX9RAs95RYHpe_HxkQf2fKtJqQ94PsOYX3N6hFlHOW/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="210" data-original-width="962" data-original-height="316" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS25E; RUS21 with head swap; RUS20AK74* with head swaps</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2KD4AvhItdp33mi4tm5arhkt3ZswvDLMpxF-VtVRa67c-yNSnUtSuZRR4wmT1iCXgVMpKg0O08_d1YNg3f6IYPWYqv4Ien7YPGflwxw9pjM_IgQaO3khn8nvp8pqpyiLpAJEvMh980PR/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2KD4AvhItdp33mi4tm5arhkt3ZswvDLMpxF-VtVRa67c-yNSnUtSuZRR4wmT1iCXgVMpKg0O08_d1YNg3f6IYPWYqv4Ien7YPGflwxw9pjM_IgQaO3khn8nvp8pqpyiLpAJEvMh980PR/s640/2.jpg" width="640" height="194" data-original-width="1029" data-original-height="312" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS26* with head swap; RUS20COME; RUS20AK74* with head swap; RUS25R</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvryj01W_RhvcC7cV_WNcPl7EmPRaCpPF2xG1Hq601i0xW6CcNwO0d-ioylItP43NhtmEglRiBil_-pxPXMksI_D1QJyquVQv85xaVYiSWmYZmfbak2m1o4zHpMNrtJMq4TwzMGUCTRs_/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvryj01W_RhvcC7cV_WNcPl7EmPRaCpPF2xG1Hq601i0xW6CcNwO0d-ioylItP43NhtmEglRiBil_-pxPXMksI_D1QJyquVQv85xaVYiSWmYZmfbak2m1o4zHpMNrtJMq4TwzMGUCTRs_/s640/3.jpg" width="640" height="222" data-original-width="933" data-original-height="323" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20AK74* with head swap; RUS20E; RUS20BGE</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAYptqC-7dLqNTV8uNcRvzfNsQBMQXYIwX6G05ACN0rCND99arXUAzUV1pqd8CWkyP0kIjTzu77eU732xNeNHBX9lSuj7wdHLqK3GvTynFxUuy1sCVpRSeZ8TrfkEClnmqMBYUdLSf23s/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAYptqC-7dLqNTV8uNcRvzfNsQBMQXYIwX6G05ACN0rCND99arXUAzUV1pqd8CWkyP0kIjTzu77eU732xNeNHBX9lSuj7wdHLqK3GvTynFxUuy1sCVpRSeZ8TrfkEClnmqMBYUdLSf23s/s640/4.jpg" width="640" height="212" data-original-width="985" data-original-height="327" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS23* with head swap; RUS23E; RUS20COME; RUS23* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQGWx_iRoOk50-kF670of2ejFEMBRrKyl1PotUU-YSzPmWAbVzfSvXt9nWogmyLjf8c1sPFGNpMJSzqSyagWV8j_gRrjIGTfSjCXeKk_vPgiOFxpW_9Mi0IpIteyVO7w6_HOOKeCRmySq/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQGWx_iRoOk50-kF670of2ejFEMBRrKyl1PotUU-YSzPmWAbVzfSvXt9nWogmyLjf8c1sPFGNpMJSzqSyagWV8j_gRrjIGTfSjCXeKk_vPgiOFxpW_9Mi0IpIteyVO7w6_HOOKeCRmySq/s640/5.jpg" width="640" height="230" data-original-width="979" data-original-height="352" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20E; RUS20BGE; RUS20E; RUS20COME</font>
<br><font size="1">Russian Interior Ministry troops patrolling Grozny. (February, 1996)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSwUaZammmKF6_SB994wSAw76sohn29GGM2NqAyl_A82oF25XZJ6_STAjGvsSwJUmMI3_y8T0lQtpKRGr0KP8YVHVqQMNUnHSGVTEUvo9223YV_S1F57ea8-AXnHaLoFScNGcjadOQadZ/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSwUaZammmKF6_SB994wSAw76sohn29GGM2NqAyl_A82oF25XZJ6_STAjGvsSwJUmMI3_y8T0lQtpKRGr0KP8YVHVqQMNUnHSGVTEUvo9223YV_S1F57ea8-AXnHaLoFScNGcjadOQadZ/s640/6.jpg" width="640" height="265" data-original-width="813" data-original-height="336" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20AK74* with head swap; RUS20COME; RUS20E</font>
<p>This group of figures was mainly inspired by a great set of pictures I came across in a posting about Vladimir Mikhaylenko a Russian as part of a SOBR unit participated in 1st and 2nd Chechen war. These photos are from the 2nd Chechen war.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkAVYuUA8ETgF3YgW0W1p56L4o5XMretHPssJlW4l8ixYc_aEUQySuzRrB1zrOxMRNk7oe2fEPCC5_uIBup6j0g5RF8AWmZEhQtmgcTeekJ_xQHrCAEhSOY7YifRpx-VT47ogyQ7Ee63B/s1600/content________3______________0001_-______.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkAVYuUA8ETgF3YgW0W1p56L4o5XMretHPssJlW4l8ixYc_aEUQySuzRrB1zrOxMRNk7oe2fEPCC5_uIBup6j0g5RF8AWmZEhQtmgcTeekJ_xQHrCAEhSOY7YifRpx-VT47ogyQ7Ee63B/s640/content________3______________0001_-______.jpg" width="640" height="428" data-original-width="720" data-original-height="481" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aHyna8J0g5Uoqa5h3ks4ZImOX1ntjeHR9_jCwMezW3Da1tykRTzH7APP-tew9UGjyBlBkMY5Uc-x5M2J2cL7_9Kt-kbaGJEFioekpkLu3AIWa5Dmi1YK1VZxspEHmsusztuFQq_zTqCW/s1600/full________2______________0001ab_-______.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aHyna8J0g5Uoqa5h3ks4ZImOX1ntjeHR9_jCwMezW3Da1tykRTzH7APP-tew9UGjyBlBkMY5Uc-x5M2J2cL7_9Kt-kbaGJEFioekpkLu3AIWa5Dmi1YK1VZxspEHmsusztuFQq_zTqCW/s640/full________2______________0001ab_-______.jpg" width="640" height="420" data-original-width="822" data-original-height="540" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWoeZ2UIJG4qeSmXo_u5_IhyjVWOQ8oQG_8L8iJSEPjckAQAu5g2CJDtu8pqa1eCWMYSr7FeI_mqRK4seIpEXQgJaN9ro34HYRld8fBwPGs3nGjSc9eJZzHTETNdT9rW-IXMiKAq9RJnG/s1600/full________2______________0001agf_____-______.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWoeZ2UIJG4qeSmXo_u5_IhyjVWOQ8oQG_8L8iJSEPjckAQAu5g2CJDtu8pqa1eCWMYSr7FeI_mqRK4seIpEXQgJaN9ro34HYRld8fBwPGs3nGjSc9eJZzHTETNdT9rW-IXMiKAq9RJnG/s640/full________2______________0001agf_____-______.jpg" width="640" height="419" data-original-width="824" data-original-height="540" /></a>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFysgDanZQI_yoqmABzT8EvRY4uJmFoxTdh6mQlQLIQJISb0tzcV-zBTMFHXPxJC-lxiBPGjwakUfkJUmRUx5FJAaS7WJdHvR0HkZB3MLH3ZrZw-oQtIHhEk02gEv0JdqEvjjm9lmrSPLh/s1600/full________2______________0001b_-______.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFysgDanZQI_yoqmABzT8EvRY4uJmFoxTdh6mQlQLIQJISb0tzcV-zBTMFHXPxJC-lxiBPGjwakUfkJUmRUx5FJAaS7WJdHvR0HkZB3MLH3ZrZw-oQtIHhEk02gEv0JdqEvjjm9lmrSPLh/s640/full________2______________0001b_-______.jpg" width="640" height="432" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="540" /></a>
<p>I was also inspired by these images.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAtnKhmLler3dJLWoG6OPPewXKisDSDeVtwJ6v5XtY0OhHe1T3jDsl4Z4NLFJng52SmamjTB32EvmKwDQ_a2YkRHoREDn0yVtcBlDqhQ92elRlakIFHTzKqIMAsWsR_mZKhbxaGQKt2CQ/s1600/2000-01-24_russian_spec_pol_keep_run2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAtnKhmLler3dJLWoG6OPPewXKisDSDeVtwJ6v5XtY0OhHe1T3jDsl4Z4NLFJng52SmamjTB32EvmKwDQ_a2YkRHoREDn0yVtcBlDqhQ92elRlakIFHTzKqIMAsWsR_mZKhbxaGQKt2CQ/s640/2000-01-24_russian_spec_pol_keep_run2.jpg" width="640" height="487" data-original-width="728" data-original-height="554" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian Special Police running in Grozny. (January 24th, 2000)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3qX_8MZ4tFZfJSilLgPnt-geeDMyjJAb82iZlNjMJxk058n11uGZtSEgHt5IwnmQUXEsFRIkn2YoPPscuOQyA00wnCWk9Sgs5-WtCld5SMb94l-cqhh2Mbg7SPKLDoFmeHkd-eZHLIOg/s1600/2000-01-24_russian_spec_pol_keep_watch.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3qX_8MZ4tFZfJSilLgPnt-geeDMyjJAb82iZlNjMJxk058n11uGZtSEgHt5IwnmQUXEsFRIkn2YoPPscuOQyA00wnCWk9Sgs5-WtCld5SMb94l-cqhh2Mbg7SPKLDoFmeHkd-eZHLIOg/s640/2000-01-24_russian_spec_pol_keep_watch.jpg" width="640" height="435" data-original-width="728" data-original-height="495" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian Special Police keep watch in Grozny. (January 24th, 2000)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6uSxNFukoQD2t9wl3_rwAA2HSJqlRKz12Y7rY8J_8Eoag3tTrJFNtgnQlwycne5STfzaIqv1gGR89H9RKygq-bDkgYa2-9OAgIgSTnASnUIJsyeQHgCfA06eMq55G6lAz4nVe5Zlwn60/s1600/2000-01-28_rim_helping_wounded.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6uSxNFukoQD2t9wl3_rwAA2HSJqlRKz12Y7rY8J_8Eoag3tTrJFNtgnQlwycne5STfzaIqv1gGR89H9RKygq-bDkgYa2-9OAgIgSTnASnUIJsyeQHgCfA06eMq55G6lAz4nVe5Zlwn60/s640/2000-01-28_rim_helping_wounded.jpg" width="479" height="640" data-original-width="545" data-original-height="728" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian Interior Ministry troops helping wounded comrade. (Grozny, January 28th, 2000)</font>
kestreliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945878104798456156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601264364363176906.post-10990901361138998562017-11-10T17:49:00.001-05:002017-11-10T17:49:47.076-05:00<font size="6">T</font>his week I finally finished a set of figures I've been working for a while - modifications take a while. This set is meant to be Russians from the First Chechen War wearing the sphera helmet, VSR camouflage winter jackets and various vestments. Six of these figures sport black Kora body armor that I sculpted using green stuff. I think this was a cheaper alternative to the DB* series of body armor. In most pictures I've seen this is colored black, but I've also seen it in light blue and VSR (I'll do the light blue later, but the VSR type I might skip ... . not enough contrast). It was frequently used in the First Chechen War and sometimes during the Second Chechen War. The other figures have assaults vests with three bottom back pockets in three schemes urban BDU (grays, 1st War), brown SMK (1st War) and black (both wars). I gave all figures the jumbo faux fur color typical for the period and extended their shirts to turn them into winter jackets.
Next up is a big batch (23) of Russian RIM troops for the 2nd Chechen War, lots of hoods, collars and pockets to sculpt and then some great camouflage schemes to mix and match. After that I want to revisit these great O helmet troops with some figures more suitable for the 2nd Chechen War - assault vests with different camouflage schemes and some jackets with Flora camouflage (like VSR, but horizontal). At some point I'll add figures to this group that have DB3/DB5 armor.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtzxUrGADLcisW-GCAMv0SWrYwohiaew5Z1ioN6RRgeKjhfSEneSxjuwMuQjz5aKO_n9wDmOdRJYb_hdIggAfiYla68mNwBEF4LH3_RoN6l_ZGjDrF0apt6xryl6JWSSkO2akBB_7n8g9/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtzxUrGADLcisW-GCAMv0SWrYwohiaew5Z1ioN6RRgeKjhfSEneSxjuwMuQjz5aKO_n9wDmOdRJYb_hdIggAfiYla68mNwBEF4LH3_RoN6l_ZGjDrF0apt6xryl6JWSSkO2akBB_7n8g9/s640/1.jpg" width="640" height="262" data-original-width="896" data-original-height="367" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20AK74O; RUS20COMO; RUS20AK74O; RUS20COM* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uQfyckHFjeXRtYVBRrl70vS7XmnlJC1Xb1gV2g5DnpYRpVviUkeZXD8-CwswfIImOukqQJLtVheIeCB1Axye0U0LUawSp7XDPx-09Two57UrLXrDWDLPqwMtb3pPpenoXPiJnx4Syt7O/s1600/2f.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uQfyckHFjeXRtYVBRrl70vS7XmnlJC1Xb1gV2g5DnpYRpVviUkeZXD8-CwswfIImOukqQJLtVheIeCB1Axye0U0LUawSp7XDPx-09Two57UrLXrDWDLPqwMtb3pPpenoXPiJnx4Syt7O/s640/2f.jpg" width="640" height="286" data-original-width="728" data-original-height="325" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS21F; RUS23E</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Rj3goJjG28RAkdsYjpabOZ-0uJun3qIVBcsO-Y0ovRDqp04NzcpiboPIS7lnmvvABlFU1AQPryit05NDWhJw19mRb6jjeeqRnzTnyL1jDB-IkXY4aS96d9wecHQ-uzQ9HUF2e_TouHpb/s1600/3f.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Rj3goJjG28RAkdsYjpabOZ-0uJun3qIVBcsO-Y0ovRDqp04NzcpiboPIS7lnmvvABlFU1AQPryit05NDWhJw19mRb6jjeeqRnzTnyL1jDB-IkXY4aS96d9wecHQ-uzQ9HUF2e_TouHpb/s640/3f.jpg" width="640" height="283" data-original-width="715" data-original-height="316" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20AK74O; RUS20COME</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5kurT46xfh1LNoi_g4mCj7QNKeRSh8WhbXnDFqCR378QdZkhn0lZNzYOI-WD-hAHJaY5pvj-88q_9QMVMkQzLM_saoghmYqCbpMttghEkA43iiJ-nHgi3uoCOZ8jduylJneotJw8YkRt/s1600/4f.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5kurT46xfh1LNoi_g4mCj7QNKeRSh8WhbXnDFqCR378QdZkhn0lZNzYOI-WD-hAHJaY5pvj-88q_9QMVMkQzLM_saoghmYqCbpMttghEkA43iiJ-nHgi3uoCOZ8jduylJneotJw8YkRt/s640/4f.jpg" width="640" height="233" data-original-width="943" data-original-height="343" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20E; RUS25O; RUS26* with head swap</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-qmsuDGklCQBOl3TIe9ORSVaPt_O1SD24BmYrin0fICzUbaOfL1nu8KqseUydpNCVaeCFWVgzIKFGlaZfyXvjG_tc3tVLdKAhzO0sSgRzPndL2u9doUtsE3pnoqaghLJsnW8MRi6j1ko/s1600/5f.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-qmsuDGklCQBOl3TIe9ORSVaPt_O1SD24BmYrin0fICzUbaOfL1nu8KqseUydpNCVaeCFWVgzIKFGlaZfyXvjG_tc3tVLdKAhzO0sSgRzPndL2u9doUtsE3pnoqaghLJsnW8MRi6j1ko/s640/5f.jpg" width="640" height="293" data-original-width="748" data-original-height="343" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20AK74O; RUS23B with head swap; RUS20AK74O</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zdTkYoBSeNfzRs0ZM74QB0XKaZy_shLQ4EOuV36HwD8QBel4iJiJddxcdWnEL8e1mXPnK1m9obzvVq8fQ87TCILWkoG9zzTN6vu83PjImOS6JiGKo3J_qScDvh0MbNS_XaR8Zt4rMWv0/s1600/6f.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zdTkYoBSeNfzRs0ZM74QB0XKaZy_shLQ4EOuV36HwD8QBel4iJiJddxcdWnEL8e1mXPnK1m9obzvVq8fQ87TCILWkoG9zzTN6vu83PjImOS6JiGKo3J_qScDvh0MbNS_XaR8Zt4rMWv0/s640/6f.jpg" width="640" height="277" data-original-width="773" data-original-height="335" /></a>
<br><font size="1">RH Models RUS20AK74O with head swap; RUS20BGO</font>
<p>The figures from this set are meant to join the white smock wearing guys I painted earlier as seen on the BTR-70 in the picture below.
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF0SqOQVvrhvYoTT1_p-a09XyGFKfHDJJm8K0SZsPEZL2W_5RgQtU4EtegJbeciL-VL37x2qn3oeuj5d1W01nAa-5bgRb37oENBHPjAu0wn2AOtmlVSQNRKa6rklCU3pQwbRfwartd3Uj/s1600/1996-02-00_rus_rim_patrol_grozny.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF0SqOQVvrhvYoTT1_p-a09XyGFKfHDJJm8K0SZsPEZL2W_5RgQtU4EtegJbeciL-VL37x2qn3oeuj5d1W01nAa-5bgRb37oENBHPjAu0wn2AOtmlVSQNRKa6rklCU3pQwbRfwartd3Uj/s640/1996-02-00_rus_rim_patrol_grozny.png" width="640" height="430" data-original-width="1199" data-original-height="806" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian Interior Ministry troops patrolling Grozny. (February, 1996)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV9Pr-egdYwMKrwVPBVbs0pJ4n90SD3bF_Bv13ffazG30Qxr8Gvo-hYiebOIuD5GmQLoAPKwSumBtlq6EJfR4ToRDh_CXJlHVYiLRKhWJuwPlhAC-4U3-KVExPObEnDLef5JWW3rpdtVp/s1600/1994-12-11_russians_check_cars_tolstoyyurt.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV9Pr-egdYwMKrwVPBVbs0pJ4n90SD3bF_Bv13ffazG30Qxr8Gvo-hYiebOIuD5GmQLoAPKwSumBtlq6EJfR4ToRDh_CXJlHVYiLRKhWJuwPlhAC-4U3-KVExPObEnDLef5JWW3rpdtVp/s640/1994-12-11_russians_check_cars_tolstoyyurt.jpg" width="640" height="426" data-original-width="728" data-original-height="485" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian check cars in Tolstoy-Yurt. (December 11th, 1994)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUwh5-_fa1xoC1yjPWYnUoYzFWIgxZwKh49hKkUG2d2cgKfB8Q0wMzTVso6DMhVg67gl9pYjrP9kXO05xLWiu_7UAvMj5lrP7bjHOFDBZl2_7KQtLo72ANCblNA4pS4jcDOK-rLxcQnPm/s1600/1996-03-01_russian_interior_troops_cleaning_up_grozny_suburb.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUwh5-_fa1xoC1yjPWYnUoYzFWIgxZwKh49hKkUG2d2cgKfB8Q0wMzTVso6DMhVg67gl9pYjrP9kXO05xLWiu_7UAvMj5lrP7bjHOFDBZl2_7KQtLo72ANCblNA4pS4jcDOK-rLxcQnPm/s640/1996-03-01_russian_interior_troops_cleaning_up_grozny_suburb.jpg" width="640" height="419" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="393" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian interior troops cleaning up Grozny suburbs. (March, 1996)</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2XHN5BFQA44OXcKeg06XSLgI1OdDHnBU1Jrgp_Pk_4Fv9iMgWWXYKM7nwBuvQjoiRmV8fn6wvMeRaYJi2mMhlCoMM-w0TnPKTo_M3fEzEvJJbPnBSE2iCl6OFaoUwrvkeVDSOzGgsFyb/s1600/1995-03-22+Russian+soldiers+sit+on+the+ground%252C+guarding+the+road+51073122.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2XHN5BFQA44OXcKeg06XSLgI1OdDHnBU1Jrgp_Pk_4Fv9iMgWWXYKM7nwBuvQjoiRmV8fn6wvMeRaYJi2mMhlCoMM-w0TnPKTo_M3fEzEvJJbPnBSE2iCl6OFaoUwrvkeVDSOzGgsFyb/s640/1995-03-22+Russian+soldiers+sit+on+the+ground%252C+guarding+the+road+51073122.jpg" width="640" height="444" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="555" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian soldiers guarding road as civilians return to Grozny from Urus Martan region, March 22nd, 1995.</font>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF8W-lgq5SmSbKtgAa6JwYo-Hm7OwToYAK3hfmZ2kVvY9pFCvGwpJTqIuE3W72DJfad-7Jpj-tA7V1FG4n5qpmUEnfc5ACk87PWhQzZqALnHvLjgfo8mlF-rN5XFf6FhH5Qsjb321o-W0/s1600/1994-12-31+Russian+soldiers+sit+around+the+fire+in+Khasavyurt+51073147.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF8W-lgq5SmSbKtgAa6JwYo-Hm7OwToYAK3hfmZ2kVvY9pFCvGwpJTqIuE3W72DJfad-7Jpj-tA7V1FG4n5qpmUEnfc5ACk87PWhQzZqALnHvLjgfo8mlF-rN5XFf6FhH5Qsjb321o-W0/s640/1994-12-31+Russian+soldiers+sit+around+the+fire+in+Khasavyurt+51073147.jpg" width="640" height="434" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="543" /></a>
<br><font size="1">Russian soldiers guard the road to Chechnya in Khasavyurt on Chechen border. (December 31st, 1994)</font>
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