{"id":6632,"date":"2017-07-25T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2017-07-25T00:46:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:46:52","slug":"the-retreat-from-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6632","title":{"rendered":"The Retreat from Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working for over a month to complete a batch of Retreat from Moscow figures. \u00a0These were a Christmas present two Christmases ago. \u00a0They took a very long time to paint, because each one was a different, so I couldn&#8217;t really paint them by assembly line. \u00a0I think they came out nicely. \u00a0What do you think?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3776.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6633\" title=\"IMG_3776\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3776.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3776-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3777.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6634\" title=\"IMG_3777\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3777.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3777.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3777-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3778.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6635\" title=\"IMG_3778\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3778.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3778.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3778-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6636\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6636 \" title=\"IMG_3780\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3780.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3780.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3780-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The figure of New in the center foreground was a free giveaway figure at Historicon some years back. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6637\" title=\"IMG_3781\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3781.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3781.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3781-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6638\" title=\"IMG_3782\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3782.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3782-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6639\" title=\"IMG_3783\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3783.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3783-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We should see these in a Combat Patrol(TM) Napoleonic game soon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I created the snow effect by covering the bases with a coarse medium gel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6641\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6641\" title=\"IMG_3774\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3774.jpg 360w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3774-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I coated the bases with this coarse pumice gel, which dried in a gray color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6642\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3773.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6642\" title=\"IMG_3773\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3773.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3773-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what the bases looked like after the coarse pumice medium gel was applied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6644\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3775.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6644 \" title=\"IMG_3775\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3775.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3775.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_3775-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once the gel dried, I then dry brushed the bases with white and applied some winter grass 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