Updated: Added The Squad from Special Forces One of the joys of ultramodern military wargaming is the absolutely massive amount of reference material. Reality is obviously a starting point but modern and near future can pull from a huge number of different media sources, from games to movies to tv shows. There is also a…

August has been a pretty quiet month for me – I spent most of it on holiday (either in Edinburgh or down in Leeds) or hard at work. However, I did manage to get some more models painted up. Apart from some new weapon teams and their crews, all of my Afghan OPFOR are ready…

Cranking on with the painting, I’ve finally got my 10 US Army infantrymen painted up. I had tried an early version using multiple colours but the end result was way too green (it almost looked like MARPAT) so I redid it. The squad is only the very basic version with its basic TOE setup(1 squad leader…

So I’ve got a few more things sat waiting to be painted and some stuff I have finished painting. Finished painting: First up, Empress’s new SAS are now playable. Most finished, just need some sandy drybrushing and basing materials. I also need to finish off the team’s marksman. They did a good job in their…

Finally got round to assembling the other landrover that came in the box with the Snatch thats been sat fully built and basecoated since I was in Brighton. I had already built most the frame but put a hold in order to wait for crew to fit them in properly. Empress, makers of the rest…

Still chunking through the US Army guys. They are all now base coloured but I still need to work on the detailing/camo. Been busy and haven’t got round to it yet. However, some more stuff has turned up. My Day of the Rangers kickstarter arrived (after a minor snafu with it being sent to my…

Not much progress as last week was a bit mental but I did manage to paint up two of the US Army figures which will form the EOD team. The guy in the bombsuit is great but I was more interested in getting the test models painted in UCP. My previous attempt on some of…

Sadly, I must call defeat on this challenge. based on the past few weeks I will not have enough time to finish all my models. Its a pain but things happen. Fear not though, I’ll keep writing these posts as I paint models As you might have guessed, nothing much got painted this week. Painted,…

*Gently sobs into pile of models still to paint* I didn’t get anymore painting done so expect a mad rush this month Painted, varnished and based – 185: 38 Empress – Modern British Infantry 14 Spectre – UKSF (of various types) 6 Spectre – Task Force Operators (painted as SAS) + 1 Spectre Dog 10 Spectre – AK…