{"id":4532,"date":"2015-09-30T00:16:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T23:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:57","slug":"lead-mountain-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/30\/lead-mountain-update-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Mountain: Update 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only a short update, no pictures this time. I&#8217;ve been busy sorting out my app for Skirmish Sangin over most of the weekend (before being absorbed by the great joy that is Rainbow Six Seige) so didn&#8217;t have much time to sit and paint.<\/p>\n<p>On the painting front, the big shift was the arrival of some new bases. That, combined with a load of sand means I&#8217;ve moved a load of figures out of the bare metal group and into the process of being painted up. I&#8217;ve also got a few extra paints ready to try out UCP style. Sadly the paint I use for all my base painting didn&#8217;t arrive so I&#8217;ll be nipping to the Dice Saloon to pick some up on the weekend.<\/p>\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 88:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>38\u00a0Empress \u2013 Modern British Infantry<\/li>\n<li>14\u00a0Spectre \u2013 UKSF (of various types)<\/li>\n<li>6 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operators (painted as SAS) + 1 Spectre Dog<\/li>\n<li>10\u00a0Spectre \u2013 AK armed contractors<\/li>\n<li>5 Spectre \u2013 Western Contractors (being used as US Special Forces)<\/li>\n<li>11 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operators (being used as US Army Rangers<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre \u2013 Intelligence Agents<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre \u2013 African Soldier<\/li>\n<li>1 Empress \u2013 Armoured Troopers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the process of being painted, varnished and based \u2013 48\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Empress \u2013 Dog for Counter-IED Team \u2013 Based, needs painting<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre \u2013 Dog \u2013 Based, needs washing<\/li>\n<li>1 Empress \u2013 Warrior IFV \u2013 Basecoated, some green painted<\/li>\n<li>4 Spectre \u2013 African Soldiers \u2013 partially painted<\/li>\n<li>14 Spectre \u2013 Insurgents \u2013 Based, some colours painted<\/li>\n<li>1\u00a0Evil Bear Wargames \u2013 Hardsuits \u2013 being painted in parts<\/li>\n<li><em>1 Spectre \u2013 UKSF (ghille suit with M4)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 Spectre \u2013 Western Contractors\u00a0(Converted with Shemaghs)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>4\u00a0Empress \u2013 PLA Special Forces<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>4 Empress \u2013 US SEAL Team 6<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>3 Empress \u2013 Armoured Troopers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>9\u00a0Radio DishDash \u2013 \u00a0Taliban<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basecoated with Basing Material\u2013 11:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8\u00a0Radio DishDash \u2013 \u00a0Taliban<\/li>\n<li>1\u00a0Evil Bear Wargames \u2013 Hardsuits<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre \u2013 Hostages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basecoated \u2013 54:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 Empress \u2013 US Frogmen<\/li>\n<li>5 Hasslefree Miniatures \u2013 Modern Troopers<\/li>\n<li>8 Spectre \u2013 SMG Armed Contractors<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 1 VIP and 3 Bodyguards<\/li>\n<li>6 Spectre \u2013 Intelligence Agents<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 Female Contactor (Salute 2015 model)<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 1 Agitator and 1 Bodyguard<\/li>\n<li>15 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Contractors (To be split between UKSF and Rangers)<\/li>\n<li>7 Spectre \u2013 African Locals<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre \u2013 Deniable Assets<\/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): 88<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Percentage of collection finished: 37.8% painted<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a short update, no pictures this time. I&#8217;ve been busy sorting out my app for Skirmish Sangin over most of the weekend (before being absorbed by the great joy that is Rainbow Six Seige) so didn&#8217;t have much time to sit and paint. On the painting front, the big shift was the arrival of [&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-4532","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 30\/09\/2015","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 30\/09\/2015 12:16 am","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021 3:00 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-1b6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4524,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/21\/lead-mountain-update-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4532,"position":0},"title":"Lead Mountain: Update 2","author":"Michael Charge","date":"21\/09\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This week wasn't quite as productive as I would have hoped - between D&D, work, coding projects and finishing Metal Gear Solid V, I didn't get many figures painted. 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I got two sets of operators painted and finished but more importantly all but one of my figures is properly based up on sand and painted tan. 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