Monday 30 October 2017

Back of Beyond/Russian Civil War - First Figure!

Some years ago I purchased the Copplestone set of four "Bolshevik Heroines". I painted up three of the figures but not the fourth.

Now that a friend and I are contemplating/planning to build up a collection of 28mm figures for this period, I had a rummage through the various places that left over bits and pieces reside, and managed to find the lady in question. 

As a one off, she only took a couple of hours to paint and base - the flag is one I found online and looks suitably Bolshevik I believe - the inscription PCCP in Cyrillic script is the equivalent of the later CCCP - IE the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, whilst the motto alongside the image of Lenin reads "All power to the Soviets!"






6 comments:

  1. Well done Keith. She looks suitable "Bolshi" to be a Bolshevik. I may be tempted to do a unit...we will have to discuss some time.

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  2. Thanks Mark, the more the merrier!

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  3. Thank you Phil -m great fun painting Copplestone figures, the detail is so sharp, it makes things simple!

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  4. And so it begins (again).... I cannot get any more figures so I will have to enlist what Pulp ones I have and of course some of my time travelling multiversal characters.....Maybe Mexicans look enough like some imagination Caspian Sea warlord of no fixed political allegiance........

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  5. Ah yes ... the MEXICANS...I VAGUELY remember them - purchased about 10 years ago I believe - don't they have an armoured car or two amongst their inventory! Funnily enough, I have been considering OG WW1 Russians as a potential source of figures for RCW as well!

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