{"id":25369,"date":"2022-04-07T00:21:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T23:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25369"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T00:36:51","slug":"sitrep-aftermath-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/04\/07\/sitrep-aftermath-team\/","title":{"rendered":"SITREP: Aftermath Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC00330.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC00330.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC00330-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After having had them sat in the &#8220;to be painted&#8221; trays for a while, I finally pulled out the Aftermath team from Spectre. I will admit, this is a team that I bought, looked at and went &#8220;What a nice team, no idea what I&#8217;ll do with them&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, I felt in the mood for something simple to paint so I grabbed the guys from the top of the tray and&#8230;. remembered that the end of the RPG gunner&#8217;s AK had been snapped off. Luckily, I had a TBM AK74SU I could cannibalise and patch him up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Painting wise, most of these figures seem to be done in yellow. I however have seen a few suits in light blue and quite like the overall looking, a nice change from the brown. I did my blue in two layers over the black undercoat, working up from GW Kantor Blue to GW Calgar Blue, giving it a nice look I&#8217;m really happy with. This was taken a step further by the fact I went back over the blue with a drybrush after washing it, keeping it nice and vivid The gloves are a purple wash over white, giving it the slightly stressed look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, this is a fun team to paint up &#8211; I think we&#8217;re really missing an opposing Task Force Operator team in full MOPP suits but I can see a use for these guys doing a heist on a chemical factory. I shall have to ponder it further&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After having had them sat in the &#8220;to be painted&#8221; trays for a while, I finally pulled out the Aftermath team from Spectre. I will admit, this is a team that I bought, looked at and went &#8220;What a nice team, no idea what I&#8217;ll do with them&#8221;. However, I felt in the mood for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1093,903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-wargaming"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC00330.jpg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC00330.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"2","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 07\/04\/2022","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 07\/04\/2022 12:21 am","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2023 1:36 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-6Bb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30453,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/01\/01\/paint-rep-spectre-crisis-response-agent-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":25369,"position":0},"title":"PAINT-REP: Spectre Crisis Response Agent 1","author":"Michael Charge","date":"01\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Kicking off the year with the first PAINT-REP covering one of Spectre's Crisis Response Agents","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Features&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Features","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PaintRep1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PaintRep1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PaintRep1-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PaintRep1-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PaintRep1-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12680,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/29\/wargaming-week-30-03-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":25369,"position":1},"title":"Wargaming Week 30\/03\/2020","author":"Michael Charge","date":"29\/03\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, everyone enjoying the isolation? 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