Bill at Under Fire Miniatures [clicky] was generous enough to give me some his new 28mm castings to paint up. Expanding upon his initial Cold War releases for the Germans both East and West he has brought out some Russians in the classic 1970s/ 80s khaki uniform.
The job lot painted up. Plenty to run some small skirmishes with the previously seen West Germans.
At Bill’s request I photographed the figures in the packs that you buy them in. Here with have the PKM pack.
The platoon HQ pack with and SVD armed Marksman.
The RPK pack.
Finally a pack with 1 RPG7 and three riflemen with AK74s.
Painting was done with Vallejo acrylics. The main uniform was Green Brown, Webbing was Khaki and Leather Belt with the NBC pouch in Canvas, the helmet was Russian Green lightened with a little bit of Yellow Olive.
Many thanks to Bill for the figures.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Looking good 👍
Thanks – I enjoyed painting them.
Cheers,
Pete.
Bill will be pleased with your paint work I’m sure, very nice.
He certainly is- he’s seen the actual figures for himself now.
Cheers,
Pete.
Excellent painted figures Pete! I like them a lot!
Greetings
Peter
Thanks Peter- they are great figures.
Cheers,
Pete.
Nice mate. I’ve got to try Vallejo
Thanks. You should try them, they are my favourite paint range. The dropper bottles make mixing colours easier too.
Cheers,
Pete.
I’m sick of citadel paint lids not closing properly and the paints dry out.
No problem- I prefer the Model Color range over the game clor- slightly thicker paint- it is much easier to thin something down rather than thicken it up. Although the Game colour extra opaque are nice and thick with good coverage. Have a look here https://www.snmstuff.co.uk/product-category/vallejo-products/vallejo-products-vallejo-model-color-sets/ and see what set has the mix of colours you fancy and is within your price range. Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Pete.
Thanks Pete. Big help cheers
Actually brother can you suggest a starter pack or something for me if the Vallejo paints? I like murky colours and washes generally.
Gotta be honest, in recent months I’ve found myself becoming more and more intrigued by Cold War miniatures. Your posts are one reason for that. 🙂
Thanks- glad I was inspiring. The Cold War is a fascinating period- I only really remember the very end of it. Not just the counter factual possibilities of the Warsaw Pact versus NATO but the side proxy wars too. It has something for every sort of gaming.
Cheers,
Pete.
Excellent figures Pete. Have you posted any of your Rhodesian stuff. 28mm SAS coming out soon from Underfire.
Thanks John. The 28mm RhSAS will be really good given the quality of Tony’s work.
Look here for my Rhodesian stuff: https://spprojectblog.wordpress.com/tag/rbw/
Cheers,
Pete.
Nice looking USSR miniatures you did there Great paint work my friend. That fellow that made em did a fine job as well!
The scuplts are so well done it is a pleasure to paint them. Not too much detail on them like some fantasy figures have but everything that was there was really crisp.
Next up will be some 28mm Cold War US troops that I’m really looking forward to seeing.
Cheers,
Pete.