Afghan / Talibans Update

Finally, after three evenings and part of a day I have nearly finished my Afghan / Taliban squad.

A bit of tidying up, paint the weapons and then ink / wash them and they will be completed.

Much, much harder than I thought and for certain I will never do 25 at a time again.

Here are the WIP pics -

I don't know what to do with this one, couldn't remove the flash between man and luancher, very very thick ?

I will do a full report when I have them all finished and varnished, it has been a huge learning curve as, apart from ceilings and walls these are the first things i have painted since childhood. A long time ago !!

Undercoated at Last !

The weather wasn't too bad this morning so after preparing the Talibans / Afghans last night, which involved using the strange green stuff for the first time. Used for too much !! Lesson learnt there, only mix a bit at a time. Filled in the slotta bases and PVA'd a sand / cat lit mix I had made up.

Changed my mind at the last minute and undercoated in white instead of the Vallejo black i was going to use, probably thinking white is easier to cover. Trial and error at this stage of the game.

Cut some card and used blue tack to put 5 men on each for ease of transporting around and moving to cover both sides. Used an old paper ream box from work for my paint shield and it worked fine, not too much paint in the garden !

Here are the results -

To say I am amazed is an understatement, the detail that is now apparent on the figures really blows me away. I am so pleased with them at this stage, I hope my basic paint job does them justice.

I have noticed a few flash lines that I've missed so I may trim them off and touch up, note for next time don't watch TV whilst trimming !

Got a few jobs around the house to do today and tomorrow but I hope to get a bit of paint on these over the weekend.

Received a lot of buildings / terrain off of PMC_Games on eBay so i may get a suitable setting up with them too.

Talibans Ready for Painting

My weekends work - 

These are the Taliban / Afghans i have cleaned up and based on 25mm slotta bases, i did want to prime them with Vallejo Black but the weather was horrendous and my other half didnt want a spray painted conservatory !!

Hoping to do one night this week so i can get onto the good stuff of painting them..............

New Taliban / Afghan Minis

Received the first packs of my Afghan / Taliban forces from The Assault Group really nice set of figures and if you spend over £33 you get a free limited edition figure of your choice.

Hoping to clean them and prime them this weekend.

Just ordered a magnifying glass with its own light source and paid a visit to my local Games Workshop to pick up a starter hobby kit. Bought a lot of bits off of Ebay so think i may have enough to get cracking now.