Monday 15 August 2022

A Few More Red Russians

 These are the last of the STP order I received a couple of months back, two HMG crews to add some fire power in all those "1914" scenarios on the horizon....one crew moving forward hauling the heavy weapon between them, the other prone and letting rip at the reactionary enemies of the people!










These figures have some nice animation and the folds/creases in their greatcoats are very nicely done. Hands and faces are not quite as nice as Mark Copplestones or the recently arrived Brigade Games figures, but they will certainly do the job and its nice to have a bit of variety - not to mention, having some ACTUAL Russian figures in a Russian army is pretty cool!

Thanks for dropping in for a look and I will be extra grateful if you leave a comment!

29 comments:

  1. These HMGs and crew look great, Keith! Will your Russians be seeing double duty in WWI and RCW. Also, will you be using one stand to denote a deployed gun and the other to mark a moving gun?

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    1. Thanks Jon - I am not sure - probably I should, but I am a bit mean for that - I certainly would not buy half a dozen "moving " teams to go with half a dozen firing teams! The reference to 1914 is a bit misleading - we will be using the rules for the 1920 Polish/Soviet War - although having said that, no reason we cant line up the Russkies against Ricks WWI Germans!

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  2. Very nice poses and painting there Keith. As per Jon's comment above, will you be using them to represent movement and then deployed?

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    1. Thanks Steve - I refer you my previous answer :)....maybe.....

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  3. Very nice indeed…but to be honest I can’t keep up with you man, you’re like a ruddy miniatures painting machine. I’ve barely finished ogling your last set of figures when a new lot pop up! I reckon you should do some sort of march past of all your RCW stuff…oh wait… :-)

    “Infirmière…infirmière!
    Mes médicaments s’il vous plaît”

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    1. Tres Bon, mon ami! Maybe it's a sign of what a sad, mono interest life I have JBM? I am just in from my painting desk in the garage after a couple of hours work on some recently arrived Brigade Games RCW Bolshevik sailors ...they should hit the blog later this week!

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  4. Those HMGs look great and nicely painted up

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    1. Cheers Scotty. RCW seems to be an itch I keep scratching...I had more than enough figures for most games about two years ago, yet every now and then, I buy some more!

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  5. Great looking machine gun teams, what are you made of money, to have different gun teams for moving and firing?!
    Best Iain

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    1. Lol....the opposite Iain! They come as a set, eight figures in all I think...four single Lewis gunners and these two HMG teams. Nice figures, but given the choice, I probably woukd go for firing poses only!

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  6. These look great as well Keith. They really are nice sculpts with just the right amount of bulk and animation. Lovely job on them.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence,I think they work well and I am happy with the end results.

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  7. Splashes of red make for an appealing base - good use of background in the photography 🙂

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    1. Saw this blog and thought it would interest you. Link
      http://dice-and-doubloons.blogspot.com/2022/08/back-of-beyond-by-god-thats-angry-yeti.html

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    2. Thanks for both comment Norm, I will check out the blog...sounds interesting

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    3. Had a quick visit and read the AAR, Norm, exactly the kind of thing I am trying to create in my own solo games...thanks for the tip!

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  8. Fantastic looking stuff as always sir!

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    1. And appreciate your comment, as always, Michal!

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  9. They certainly have the iconic look of red machine gunners for the era. Can't ask for more than that of our toy soldiers: nicely done!

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    1. It's nice to have some of tge figures wearing the classic Budenovka hat, Ed. Glad you like them too!

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  10. Nice job. I always liked troops in great coats.
    And horray for actual Russians in a Russian army. 😀

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    1. Thanks Stew...greatcoats are a lot easier and quicker to paint, which would appeal to you! Imagine how quickly you could paint 100 greatcoat wearing Vikings!

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    2. Lol. That would be a sight.

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  11. Fantastic work on these! I've got some of Mark Copplestone's Bolsheviks on my painting table right now.

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    1. Great stuff Bill, I look forward to seeing those in due course. I have lots of the Copplestone figures too...the Brigade Games ones are either done by him ( I don't think so?) or by someone trying to replicate his style, because the faces in particular are very reminiscent of his sculpting...and this isn't a complaint...I think it's a good thing!

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  12. Great work on those figures Keith. Your painting adds to the well animated miniatures.

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    1. Thanks for your generous comment Richard, I appreciate it!

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  13. Excellent work again Keith! Love the background in the photo of the endless steppes!

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    1. Thanks Ben....in actual fact, I think the image might actually be Spain, for my SCW figures via Google Earth, but it looks generic enough to put any figures in front of it!

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