Camp Life

Life in Camp

Round 5 of the Lead Painter's League brought me my first win of the competition.  The figures are from Perry Miniatures, and have tons of character.  This is a set that I've wanted to paint for a long time.  Years, in fact.  It's just a scene that seems so familiar.  When I showed the finished work to my daughter, I discovered why.

"That looks like our reenacting group," she said, "That's me braiding your hair, Gerry telling a story, Dave with his drink, and Chrissey cooking over the fire."

Completely unintended, but she's right.  I think I like this scene so much because it feels like home.

Also Life in Camp...

British Command - 24th Regiment of Foot

24th Regiment of Foot - Infantry Command

For Round 4 of the Lead Painter's League, I finally returned to the British line infantry that I started last year.  For this set, I tried my hand at blacklining to bring out details.  It looks slightly better than the five infantrymen that I painted up last year.  For this batch, I was very happy with how the drummer turned out.

24th of Foot Music

Flags for the unit were found online, scaled in GIMP, then printed on regular paper.  My collection for the 24th now has 10 men completed, and another 28 to go.

Soviet Snipers

Soviet Female World War II Snipers

For Round 3 of the Lead Painters League, I purchased two sets of female Soviets from Bad Squiddo Games.  During World War II, the Soviets had a number of women on active duty within their army, including some of the deadliest snipers of the conflict.  Bad Squiddo is known for their realistic sculpts of women, and these five figures are a perfect example.

Though I lost the round, I'm very happy with how these turned out.  They are a bit monochromatic, but that fits with their setting and their purpose.  In fact, these snipers were so well camouflaged that I actually lost them on my desk at one point.  I finally found them mixed into the rubble that I call a work area.

I hadn't planned on creating a Soviet army for Bolt Action.  If I do, however, these will make a good start, with two sniper teams and a forward observer.