Hey folks,
I hope all is well on your end. While I was exercising a high degree of control for most of the year, I admittedly had a misstep and fell off the buying wagon at Cangames in May. There was a good variety of vendors at the Con, but one caught my eye as they had brought a really great selection of inventory with them. Not only that, but I had great chance to talk with the owner over the weekend, and Kamal was really great all-around. If you’re looking for an online gaming shop, then I would definitely check out Centuries Historical Miniatures & Tabletop Gaming.
I had seen a fair amount of reviews and articles on the 02 Hundred Hours game from Grey for now, but I hadn’t had a chance to check it out beyond the internet. Kamal had a great selection, so I ended up with the Starter Set and a pack of SAS/LRDG commandos (I thought I could make them fit and I’ll probably pick up the Desert Raiders later this year). Duncan also picked up a few boxes and we had been talking about giving the game a run through over the summer.
So, for your viewing pleasure, I have just painted up the 12 SAS commandos in preparation for our first game. I have to admit, I took longer than expected but I also wanted to do the figures justice. I had found some excellent reference pictures from the British Paras museum for the Denison smocks (which I found a little intimidating) and also found an excellent tutorial for painting British Paras. I adapted the tutorial along with a guide I had from Battlefront for 15mm Paras. Ultimately I wanted something that was simple enough for my brain to replicate, something that looked good, and I really liked the idea of keeping the smocks lighter so that they didn’t get lost on the table (thanks for that Moiterei!)
The figures are from Wargames Atlantic and my main criticism of the figures so far…a lot of options (which can be good) but boy some tough decisions. But really, it comes down to how frail some of the pieces are…when I was trying to cut a Lee Enfield from the sprue, the sling broke in 2 with the centerpiece of the sling breaking off. I ended up taking another broken sling, cutting down the section I needed and splicing that in with the original piece. The dog handlers that come with the box had some similar issues with their leashes meant for the dogs…these just broke off and I will need to do some crafty MacGyvering to make them work.
Here’s the team…
Classic group shots…
Overhead shot…I took some extra care with the bases and painted up some rocks to break up the flock.
Front and centre, the 'main' group…Thompson SMG, Sten SMGs, Enfields, and a silenced pistol.
Close up shot with a few of the troops…
The artwork on the cards looked really great and I made sure to build my officer as he looked on the card. He has a really great ‘Clark Gable’ movie look to him and I really went with that.
The classic Bren gun…and another silenced pistol…I did piece together a Sten gun for the left hand of the pistoleer…and I have to say, with the power stache he is sporting, all I can picture is a WW2 version of old school Thomas Magnum
One of the specialized troops…radio operator on the right.
The Tommy gun…
Left to right, Radio Operator, demo-man, marksman, and silenced carbine.
Hero shot…silenced pistoleers and marksman
Running up that Lead/Plastic Hill...
Painted
1/200 4
15mm 53
28mm+ 28, +12
Fabricated
Bought +36
Progress +49
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