Painting Update - Enemy Spotted Studios

Howdy everyone,

I hope that everyone’s summer is going better than expected and that all is well in your respective spheres of influence. I wanted to share a quick post with you and give a quick update on my painting progress over the last week or so.

I was able to get through a couple of blister packs of figures from ESS and their In Country line. While their direction has gone more ultra-modern plus or future-modern (not sure if that is a genre, but sounds right in my head), ESS had a really great range of modern figures that my local gaming store…<<cough, Red Dragon, cough>>…had stocked for some time. The figures were a mix of metal and resin and had a great amount of detail.

The last two packs that I finished were “Gas Mask Operators”, resin…and “Killteam Operatives” that were metal. So I’m thinking the Killteam were maybe some of the first figures that ESS released. Anyway, I had a great time painting these minis up…my only beef being that the Killteam figures were a little tricky putting together. Particularly, the left arm for 2 of the minis were a little difficult to discern, so there is a chance that I may have assembled them incorrectly. I did have to make some adjustments and ‘fixes’ as I was putting them together.

However the finished product turned out really well. Inspired by Spectre Miniatures and the covert/overt operative packs, I painted up both packs as closely to each other as possible so that I ended up with a Killteam figure also wearing a gas mask for when the op goes sideways or is a little more intense and they need to lay down some smoke or gas.

Enjoy the pics. You’ll see, one of the figures was inspired by Matt Damon’s first kick at Jason Bourne, complete with a red bag.

Cheers.

Both crews, similarly painted…I took the minimalist approach to their bases, but also wanted to depict them as if they were just walking down the street and slipped into action.

“You with the red bag!! Don’t move!”…

The gas mask crew, similarly dressed as the crew above…I think my favourite is the dude in the yellow leisure/sweatsuit…I had ALOT of fun painting him up.

2026's Trek up Mt. Shame

Painted

15mm         59

28mm+       44, +8

Terrain      +38

  

Bought       103

Progress    +38

Painting Update - North Star minis

Howdy folks,

Just putting up a quick post to show some progress from the beginning of the month. I bought this blister pack from the Sentry Box in Calgary quite some time ago, but I’m finally getting it off of the painting table. The pack is from Northstar miniatures, from their Frostgrave line And they figure that it should be able to work in almost any horror, setting or Stargrave or Scrapjacks or something like that. Like really, you can’t go on an adventure and not expect to bump into something that causes a horde of rats to chase you.

For your viewing pleasure, I present to you some medievally or science fictiony plague rats…depending on your genre of choice. They were a really quick paint, didn’t take too much time at all, and were actually a lot of fun.

2026's Trek up Mt. Shame

Painted

15mm         59

28mm+       36, +2

Terrain      +38

  

Bought       103

Progress    +30

02 Hundred - The Great Escape Expansion

Howdy everyone,

Continuing to work on the metal/plastic pile of”fame”…no shame here! Having just finished the last piece in the set, I thought I would post up the 02 Hundred expansion Escape from Stalag 3…or the Great Escape for those that remember the classic movie.

The figures look great and have a fabulous amount of detail…they are metal, not plastic. This is a portion of the figures that I picked up from Cangames this year. In addition to this expansion, I also picked up the blister pack of escaped prisoners wearing civvies. Again, these figures are metal, and while not as detailed as the prisoners themselves, they fit in really well and look really good.

As part of the expansion, you get a German army Military Policeman riding a BMW motorcycle. This figure and the bike site on a much larger base than the regular figures and makes a nice looking mini-diorama all on its own. 

Anywho, hope you enjoy the pics.

Group shot of the aircrew prisoners. Some great inspiration from the Great Escape movie and the figs do a great job of emulating some of the key characters from the movie. The overhead shot was an attempt to showcase the bases as I was particularly proud of how well they turned out.

Back and front shot of each of the characters…the leather jacket for the Cooler King was a lot of fun to paint up as well.

The other 3 characters…again, really great connections with the movie…I really enjoyed the paintwork and ended up mixing a few colours together to get the shade of blue that I was looking for. Really happy with how it turned out.

The civilian dressed escapees…again, my painting was heavily inspired by the movie characters. 

The MP sitting on his motorbike…really happy with the turnout and particularly the MP’s gorget around his neck.

2026's Trek up Mt. Shame

Painted

15mm         59

28mm+       34, +12

Terrain      +38

  

Bought       103

Progress    +28