{"id":4649,"date":"2016-01-03T22:16:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:00:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:52","slug":"lead-mountain-update-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/01\/03\/lead-mountain-update-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Mountain Update 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Gently sobs into pile of models still to paint*<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get anymore painting done so expect a mad rush this month<\/p>\n<p><strong>Painted, varnished and based \u2013 185:<\/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 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Western Contractors\u00a0(Converted with Shemaghs)<\/li>\n<li>1 Spectre \u2013 African Forces Commander<\/li>\n<li>2 Spectre \u2013 African Forces Special Weapons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the process of being painted, varnished and based \u2013 6\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>1 Evil Bear Wargames \u2013 Panther \u2013 Base coated in Desert Tan<\/li>\n<li>1 Empress \u2013 Challenger 2 \u2013 Base coated in Desert Tan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basecoated with Basing Material\u2013 84:<\/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 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converted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total Models: 274<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Models finished (Based, painted and varnished):\u00a0185<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Percentage of collection finished: 67.51% 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>*Gently sobs into pile of models still to paint* I didn&#8217;t get anymore painting done so expect a mad rush this month Painted, varnished and based \u2013 185: 38\u00a0Empress \u2013 Modern British Infantry 14\u00a0Spectre \u2013 UKSF (of various types) 6 Spectre \u2013 Task Force Operators (painted as SAS) + 1 Spectre Dog 10\u00a0Spectre \u2013 AK 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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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Features&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Features","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4614,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/06\/lead-mountain-update-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":4649,"position":2},"title":"Lead Mountain Update 13","author":"Michael Charge","date":"06\/12\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Not much painting this week - too busy building airfix kits and working. However, the new Spectre models turned up. Hopefully next week will be better for painting. 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