{"id":6234,"date":"2017-03-07T02:02:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T02:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6234"},"modified":"2017-03-07T02:02:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T02:02:54","slug":"the-shadow-battalion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6234","title":{"rendered":"The Shadow Battalion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3433.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6232\" title=\"IMG_3433\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3433.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3433-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This weekend I found another battalion of Reaper Car tanks that I had forgotten I had. \u00a0In the original Kickstarter fulfillment, Reaper was short a few of this type of tank. \u00a0They arrived after I had finished the other battalions (see previous blog posts). \u00a0I painted them in a variety of camouflage patterns. \u00a0I decided that I would paint these in a black &#8220;special operations&#8221; color scheme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6230\" title=\"IMG_3430\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3430.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3430-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This picture shows the entire battalion: four companies of three platoons each, plus a battalion headquarters base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3432.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6233\" title=\"IMG_3432\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3432.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3432-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Painting them in shades of black and gray seemed a little bit like cheating, but I am happy with the final result. \u00a0When we start play testing Look, Sarge, No Charts: Science Fiction, I think this battalion will have some sort of stealth or cloaking capability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6231\" title=\"IMG_3431\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3431.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3431-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am going to call this unit the &#8220;Shadow Battalion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Share this post : The Shadow Battalion on Linkedin'  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