wargaming

Some point in the last year I got swept up the the cold-wargaming movement. It might have been something to do with the 1984 game at Salute '08 or maybe the new Army of the Rhine figures from Britannia, I'm not sure exactly. Either way, the ESCI warsaw pact troops and Orion modern Russians that were bought to be painted up as middle eastern militaries ended up being painted as warsaw pact and modern russians and the Revel Modern British for the Gulf War ended up in woodland DPM. Not that it's a bad thing. So I'd better put up some pics I guess. First off my Revel Modern British, which I painted up as IFOR troops for my Yugoslav wars range. ESCI Spetsnaz. These I bought painted from Ebay, I touched them up, added some detail and gave them a "wash". My Spetsnaz Hero, again a paint conversion from the infinitely useful Orion chechen rebels set. ESCI and Orion painted up a Soviet Motor Rifles. I'm pleased with the paint jobs (especially the jackets) but not so...

Some of my SCW Artillery and my scratch built paddle-steamer. The steamer is made from Bass-wood and plasticard with a few details stuck on. The gun is made of 2 widths of styrene tubing inside one another. I like the moustache on the LMG armed Legionnaire, make me think more of Mexico than Spain... Fascist Artillery in the shape of WW1 vintage German field guns. Republican Artillery in suitably motley dress, manning an (unless I'm very much mistaken) Ordinance Quick-firer 13 lb. What I like about the SCW is that whatever guns you've got lying around, if they're the right vintage, there's a very good chance they were used. Both Republicans and Nationalists had guns from France, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Great Britain and so on. Again all figures (and guns) here are Irregular.