I managed to paint my first actual SAF fireteam, Ankaran. The name comes from SAF phonetic alphabet. Ankaran, a coastal settlement and would be an equivalent of the famous "Alpha".
a rifleman with F2000S (that would also carry a LAW that I never sculpted to a satisfactory degree)
a SAW gunner, armed with FN Minimi
a grenadier, armed with F2000S with an under slung GL
a section sharpshooter, armed with F2000S with optics (whereas other rifles are armed with red dot sight)
Only one fireteam in a section (that consists 2 teams and a section leader) would have a sharpshooter, but I might just put one in every team for the sake of using them.
I only one complaint about Empress figures at this point. A lot of my miniatures have leg halves not matching (the mould probably slipped). It's not too visible when painted, but it irritated the hell out of me when I was working on them. I did contact the guys at Empress and I was offered replacements, so that is not a rant over service. In the end, I just kept mine as I couldn't send back half massacred miniatures, could I now?
As you probably can NOT see on the photo below, the camo on them has larger blotches, but also a lot more of white. It's hard to photo standing and prone figures together, but I have to admit I'm quite satisfied with how they all look like, even if there is a lot I wish I'd do different.
Lastly, a random patrol photo below. I wish I didn't paint camo on the Humvee gunner's face, but to be perfectly honest, I wish I'd paint camo on everyone else's instead!
That is it for today, I have only one more team ready to be painted and then I'll have to start converting them again as I took a bit of a break from cutting all the metal. I am thinking about a game as well, so hopefully I'll have an AAR for your next, if I don't manage to paint the other team in time.
Thanks for looking,
Mathyoo
Great job on the camo dude! Lovely fireteam all around. I'm sure these guys could be of use against zombies too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob! If I ever come back to my zombie campaign, they will certainly have a role to play!
DeleteIt is all coming together rather well I think. Excellent work mate.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteNice work mate- the camo looks very nice- consistent across all of them.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
It is not too bad, but I think I should invest more time in photographing them!
DeleteSeamless conversions, dude. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks mate, I'm glad it seems this way!
DeleteAll of your hard work is really paying off. Very impressive.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I am quite proud to see them painted, just 16 more to go now :D
DeleteAll good stuff Mattyoo
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe!
DeletePretty damned good, mate!
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteI do like the camouflage. Very effective.
ReplyDeleteCheers, I think it is an improvement, but I'd need to be making just a tad smaller blotches.
DeleteAwesome Loving the look of the F2000's dude! Are you still getting the guns cast up? I love how the whole force is coming together now. You need to run a zombie game with them.
ReplyDeleteI have a decent supply now :). I got a lot more work and I have to admit I can't wait to get radio man and medic done! And eventually snipers and even a .50 cal!
DeleteI have a decent supply of the guns now, the standard ones get used up a lot, but making a red dot of a scoped version really isn't much work.
Looking good Mathyoo
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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