Quick update - Hasslefree Rogue Drax

Howdy folks,

Just a quick update today...I recently finished up a great looking figure that I bought from Hasslefree quite some time ago. Easily usable in many settings/themes, the Rogue Drax was going to fit into my Zona Alfa game that I was going to run for CanGames this past May.

I have intentionally painted the basing on this one to match some of my previous Rogue Stars figures, so there will be some continuity there. Overall, my inspiration for this Drax was Officer K from BladeRunner 2049...

I hope I captured it well, and regardless am very happy with the results.

Hike up Lead Mountain 2020
Painted:

28mm          54 (+1, Rogue Drax)
15mm          43

Bought:       0

Progress:    +97

Star Wars Legion - Commandos

Happy August folks,

After a longer than expected pause, I'm working on getting my posting mojo back. I realized that there was 3 months between posts...so yeah, the painting has continued, but the posting has taken a back seat.

No worries though, I'm glad to show the latest batch of Rebels that I was able to get painted up. Now I have to admit, this group was probably the most difficult to get painted. There are some nice poses and they look good...but to be completely honest, they were probably the worst box that I've put together to date. The pieces did not fit easily together and I had to make some patches to the pieces to get the to fit. For the pieces that did fit together I had to repair numerous gaps, for the pieces that could not fit together, I had to do some surgery and cut away blockages, etc.

I think the assembly woes put me off on the painting and these figures took about a month to paint up and probably took another month to get pictures...all in all, not the best painting experience, but if that is the worst thing to happen to me in a given day, then that makes for a great f'ing day!!

The main goal with painting was to try out some new camouflage patterns, match the figures thematically with my Tatooine Wolverines, and to have a few nods to the Commandos as portrayed in the Return of the Jedi movie (and FFG Commandos box art).

Regardless, I'm happy to have them off the table and ready to go. Enjoy the pics.

The team... 

3 different camo patterns... 

Frontal views... 

The sniper is an excellent pose... 

 

My favourite of the schemes

Hike up Lead Mountain 2020

Painted:

28mm          53 (+7, commandos)
15mm          43

Bought:       0 (these were bought a while ago)

Progress:    +96



Thank God the guns...1 RCHA - Ubique

Howdy folks,

"Everywhere whither right and glory lead" 

I hope all is well on your side of the isolation. I'm happy to be able to show you my latest addition for my 4 CMBG Canucks, A battery, 1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. Now as the picture below shows from deployment in Afghanistan, the RCHA of today are now equipped with the M777 howitzer.

However, during the Cold War, and certainly in the setting of Team Yankee, the weapon of 'choice' for the RCHA was the M109 self propelled howitzer. The Canadian Forces adopted the M109A1 in the early 1970s, this model is the one that Battlefront lists as the Canadian version in their 109 box. By the late 70s plans were afoot to field the 'upgunned' and upgraded to the M109A2 in the early 80s and by 1985, all regiments in the RCHA ou en francais, le RALC. If I recall correctly, the Canadians would continue upgrading their guns and by the time they were retired in the early 2000's, the RCHA was using the M109A4+.

I have certainly enjoyed my 4CMBG project, however my biggest pet-peeve is that Battlefront got their research wrong and gave the Canucks the wrong gun. When I was scaling this project, I jumped at the chance to buy a couple of US 109 boxes on sale...assuming the only difference would be the cards. When BF was able to get to the Free nations, I was somewhat horrified to see their Canadian version.

Horror aside, to I committed to the 'accurate' depiction and kept with the long guns. In addition, because i was exercising some OCD on this project, I also scratch built the panoramic telescope which I had never seen stowed before...all the pics I had seen from my brother and google shows the ballistic cover atop the turret. And like most of my 4CMBG vehicles to date...lots and lots of camo netting.

In my research, in numerous photos you can see that the gunners laid down tarps before laying the camouflage netting overtop; I tried to capture this with a few of the models. In addition, it was not uncommon to deploy the .50 caliber with the OPs for point defence when the battery was in position. With the finickyness of the metal guns on these models I constantly kept breaking the .50's off so it was fairly easy to model this habit. If you don't see a .50, that's ok...the OP has it.

I hope you enjoy the pics...take care.

Hike up Lead Mountain 2020

Painted:

28mm          46
15mm          43 (+8, 2 crew, 6 vehicles)

Bought:       0 (these were bought a few years ago)

Progress:    +89