{"id":4516,"date":"2015-09-14T00:21:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T23:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:00:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:58","slug":"lead-mountain-update-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/lead-mountain-update-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Mountain: Update 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/08\/24\/the-lead-mountain-challenge-week-0-introduction\/\">For an explanation of Lead Mountain, see this post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>So I messed up slightly &#8211; I decided to start this challenge a week before Colours, one of the great wargames conventions that the UK is host to. I mainly went along to meet a few other Skirmish Sangin wargamers (including <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170301135737\/http:\/\/www.wargames.blog.co.uk\/\">Tiny Terrain<\/a>) but the Empress stand may have dragged me in. As someone with the eye for Operators, I left that stall with three new packs of four models. I then carried on upstairs, where Battle Studios had Evil Bear Wargames&#8217;s awesome hardsuits in stock, pefect for some near future sci fi (the sci fi twinges of Metal Gear V also played a part in my interest) and a very nice metal tin found its way into my bag.<\/p>\n<p>Overall the new figures amount to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evil Bear Wargames Hardsuits &#8211; Perfect for adding some mild sci-fi to your wargaming, these hardsuits are awesome. I&#8217;m really looking forward to painting these up in an almost A10 style, complete with shark teeth and other decorations. I&#8217;m also getting excited for the prospect of sneaking them in to a scenario and seeing how Skirmish Sangin handles them.<\/li>\n<li>Empress PLA Special Forces &#8211; To fit in with the range of African Militia I already, I decided to pick up a few of these guys to join in the conflict. They should be cool as an alternative to all the western forces when I have rescuing hostages or showing up to protect their interests in the region.<\/li>\n<li>Empress US SEAL Team Six &#8211; I already have a large number of guys like this already but the sculpt on this set is awesome. You can spot details down to a minute level, such as the M320 in the holster of one of the guys.<\/li>\n<li>Empress <a name=\"anchor2466745\"><\/a>MILI02- I&#8217;m not sold on Empress&#8217;s new range. Some of the packs look like they a slight scale problems and bare headed characters look especially bad. On the other hand this pack of guys in heavy body armour look awesome. I&#8217;m especially sold due to their similarity to my airsoft loadout so a pack just had to be picked up. I&#8217;ve already green stuffed a facemask onto one of them and look forward to painting tiny white letters on his\u00a0helmet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;Don&#8217;t Buy Models&#8221; thing starts this week. On the other hand, we get some new cool models for me to paint as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/7ldYiPqNPv\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Current Workbench &#8211; waiting for the bases to arrive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Michael Charge (@seraphim2150) on <time datetime=\"2015-09-13T21:07:56+00:00\">Sep 13, 2015 at 2:07pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So how is the lead mountain\u00a0currently standing? Items in italics have changed since the last update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Already painted, varnished and based \u2013 87:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>38\u00a0Empress &#8211; Modern British Infantry<\/li>\n<li>14\u00a0Spectre &#8211; UKSF (of various types)<\/li>\n<li>6 Spectre &#8211; Task Force Operators (painted as SAS) + 1 Spectre Dog<\/li>\n<li>10\u00a0Spectre &#8211; AK armed contractors<\/li>\n<li>5 Spectre &#8211; Western Contractors (being used as US Special Forces)<\/li>\n<li>11 Spectre &#8211; Task Force Operators (being used as US Army Rangers<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre &#8211; Intelligence Agents<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre &#8211; African Soldier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the process of being painted, varnished and based \u2013 21\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Empress &#8211; Dog for Counter-IED Team \u2013 Based, needs painting<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre &#8211; Dog \u2013 Based, needs washing<\/li>\n<li>1 Empress &#8211; Warrior IFV \u2013 Basecoated, some green painted<\/li>\n<li>4 Spectre &#8211; African Soldiers \u2013 partially painted<\/li>\n<li>14 Spectre &#8211; Insurgents \u2013 Based, some colours painted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basecoated with Basing Material\u2013 22:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>17 Radio DishDash &#8211; \u00a0Taliban<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 Empress &#8211; Armoured Troopers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2 Evil Bear Wargames &#8211; Hardsuits &#8211; being painted in parts<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2 Spectre &#8211; Hostages<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basecoated \u2013 60:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 Empress &#8211; US Frogmen<\/li>\n<li>5 Hasslefree Miniatures &#8211; Modern Troopers<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre &#8211; UKSF (ghille suit with M4)<\/li>\n<li>5 Spectre &#8211; Western Contractors\u00a0(Converted with Shemaghs)<\/li>\n<li>8 Spectre &#8211; SMG Armed Contractors<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 1 VIP and 3 Bodyguards<\/li>\n<li>6 Spectre &#8211; Intelligence Agents<\/li>\n<li>Spectre &#8211; Female Contactor (Salute 2015 model)<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 1 Agitator and 1 Bodyguard<\/li>\n<li>15 Spectre &#8211; Task Force Contractors (To be split between UKSF and Rangers)<\/li>\n<li>7 Spectre &#8211; African Locals<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre &#8211; Deniable Assets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Raw Metal &#8211; 11:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4\u00a0Empress &#8211; PLA Special Forces<\/li>\n<li>4 Empress &#8211; US SEAL Team 6<\/li>\n<li>3 Empress &#8211; Armoured Troopers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Not Arrived \u2013 ~32ish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backer rewards from Radio DishDash \u201cDay of the Ranger\u201d Kickstarter\n<ul>\n<li>Estimated 8 Delta, 24ish Rangers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total Models: 233<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Models finished (Based, painted and varnished): 87<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Percentage of collection finished: 37.3% painted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(For an explanation of Lead Mountain, see this post) So I messed up slightly &#8211; I decided to start this challenge a week before Colours, one of the great wargames conventions that the UK is host to. I mainly went along to meet a few other Skirmish Sangin wargamers (including Tiny Terrain) but the Empress [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1093,903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-wargaming"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","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":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 11 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 14\/09\/2015","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 14\/09\/2015 12:21 am","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021 3:00 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-1aQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9126,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/04\/04\/impressions-evil-bear-wargames-combat-support-drones\/","url_meta":{"origin":4516,"position":0},"title":"Impressions: Evil Bear Wargames Combat Support Drones","author":"Michael Charge","date":"04\/04\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The line between Sci-fi and Ultramodern for wargamers is sometimes a very thin line. 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