{"id":4616,"date":"2015-12-14T22:07:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T22:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:53","slug":"lead-mountain-update-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/14\/lead-mountain-update-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Mountain Update 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got a fair number of models painted last week and almost all of the remaining spectre figures have turned up. This means, barring any sudden cool releases in January, we have a straight shot to the challenge&#8217;s deadline at the end of January. I&#8217;ve already go some models for my post challenge project but they are sat in a box all ready for post Christmas modelling.<\/p>\n<p>So what turned up? Well all Task Force Operators are accounted for &#8211; the new breacher looks like its going to be one of my all time favourites and the pirate gun should be interesting to use on the field. I&#8217;m not quite sure how I&#8217;ll be painting these guys &#8211; more multicam + other or maybe a mix of camo (inspired by BF4) will be most likely. The deniable operators also turned up but I&#8217;m waiting until the last guy (who I forgot to put on the order) finally arrives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4624\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1450046959409-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"1450046959409\" width=\"651\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As for the weeks painting, I finally cleared out all the old style Operators. Four were painted in multicam + civies to go with the rest of the task force while the other three were painted to match the US Rangers I did around a year ago. These now means both groups have plenty of guys to be using in any sort of situation.<\/p>\n<p>I also painted up the undercover GRU Operatives. The female leader was originally going to be a direct reproduction of a certain female Russian agent from Captain America: The Winter Soldier but I ended up just using that as a base and tweaking out the colour of her vest and trousers. The rest of the Russians are dress in civies, with two of them in track suits and the rest in a combination of gear. Overall, fun set of models to paint and I look forward to some more covert missions.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the models and time left, I need to average out at around 13 models a week. However, with the upcoming holidays and having two weeks off I should be able to sit down and get painting!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Painted, varnished and based \u2013 177:<\/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>5 Spectre \u2013 African Soldiers<\/li>\n<li>4\u00a0Empress \u2013 Armoured Troopers<\/li>\n<li>4 Empress \u2013 US SEAL Team 6<\/li>\n<li>8 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operators (To be split between UKSF and Rangers)<\/li>\n<li>17 Radio DishDash \u2013 \u00a0Taliban<\/li>\n<li>4 Spectre Direct Action GRU<\/li>\n<li>14\u00a0Spectre \u2013 Insurgents<\/li>\n<li>4 Empress \u2013 US Frogmen<\/li>\n<li>1 Eureka \u2013 Taliban Sniper<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre \u2013 Hostages<\/li>\n<li>1\u00a0Evil Bear Wargames \u2013 Hardsuits<\/li>\n<li>1 Eureka \u2013 Force Recon .50cal Sniper<\/li>\n<li>6 Eureka \u2013 US Force Recon<\/li>\n<li>4\u00a0Empress \u2013 PLA Special Forces<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 1 VIP and 3 Bodyguards<\/li>\n<li><em>7\u00a0Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operators\u00a0(To be split between UKSF and Rangers)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 Spectre &#8211; Covert Action GRU<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the process of being painted, varnished and based \u2013 9\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\u00a0Repainted in Desert Tan<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre \u2013 UKSF (ghille suit with M4)<\/li>\n<li>5 Spectre \u2013 Western Contractors\u00a0(Converted with Shemaghs)<\/li>\n<li>1 Evil Bear Wargames \u2013 Panther \u2013 Base coated in Desert Tan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basecoated with Basing Material\u2013 85:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\u00a0Evil Bear Wargames \u2013 Hardsuits<\/li>\n<li>5 Hasslefree Miniatures \u2013 Modern Troopers<\/li>\n<li>8 Spectre \u2013 SMG Armed Contractors<\/li>\n<li>6 Spectre \u2013 Intelligence Agents<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 Female Contractor (Salute 2015 model)<\/li>\n<li>Spectre \u2013 1 Agitator and 1 Bodyguard<\/li>\n<li>6 Spectre \u2013 African Locals<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre \u2013 Deniable Assets<\/li>\n<li>8 Gripping Beast \u2013 Falklands War Brits<\/li>\n<li>3 Spectre \u2013 VIPs<\/li>\n<li><em>4\u00a0Spectre \u2013 Close Protection\u00a0Agents<\/em><\/li>\n<li>19 Spectre \u2013 MENA Militia<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre \u2013 Offroad SUV<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre \u2013 SUVs<\/li>\n<li><em>2 Spectre \u2013 African Forces Special Weapons<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 Spectre -Deniable Operators<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operators<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operator Marksmen<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2\u00a0Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operator Breachers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operator Dog Handler<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operator Grenadier (pirate gun)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2 Tale of War &#8211; Special Figures<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basecoated \u2013 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Spectre \u2013\u00a0Contractor (being converted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Not Arrived \u2013 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>1\u00a0Spectre -Deniable Operators<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 Spectre &#8211; African Forces Commander<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total Models: 274<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Models finished (Based, painted and varnished):\u00a0177<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Percentage of collection finished: 64.60% painted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Exempt<\/b><strong>\u00a0(Not Arriving in time)\u00a0\u2013 28:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 Radio DishDash DELTA Force<\/li>\n<li>12 Radio DishDash US Army Rangers<\/li>\n<li>8 Radio DishDash Somali Gunmen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a fair number of models painted last week and almost all of the remaining spectre figures have turned up. This means, barring any sudden cool releases in January, we have a straight shot to the challenge&#8217;s deadline at the end of January. I&#8217;ve already go some models for my post challenge project but [&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-4616","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 10 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 14\/12\/2015","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 14\/12\/2015 10:07 pm","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021 3:00 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-1cs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4501,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/08\/24\/the-lead-mountain-challenge-week-0-introduction\/","url_meta":{"origin":4616,"position":0},"title":"The Lead Mountain Challenge &#8211; Week 0 &#8211; Introduction","author":"Michael Charge","date":"24\/08\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As the Red Hot Chili Peppers once sang \"I have a bad disease\". 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