{"id":6121,"date":"2017-01-08T23:28:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T23:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6121"},"modified":"2017-01-08T23:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T23:28:20","slug":"completed-baker-company-finns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6121","title":{"rendered":"Completed Baker Company Finns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fininish cavalry for the Winter War<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About two years ago I bought into the Baker Company Winter War Kickstarter. \u00a0The figures are now on their Web page for purchase: \u00a0http:\/\/bakercompany.co.uk\/13-ww2-finnish-army. \u00a0I committed to running a Winter War scenario with Combat Patrol(TM): World War II<\/a> at Cold Wars. \u00a0There is nothing like committing to run a convention game to provide motivation to get some figures painted. \u00a0Before the holidays, all I had done was to file, base, and prime the figures. \u00a0Over the holidays I tried to knock them out in groups of 15 or so, almost 100 Finns. \u00a0I finished the last sixteen this weekend, six cavalry figures and 10 bicyclists.<\/p>\n

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Prone Finns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The figures seem well sculpted, but the casting is pretty poor. \u00a0The mold lines are very pronounced, and the metal is very hard, so cleaning the figures caused my fingers to be sore for days. \u00a0On most the faces were very mushy and ill defined. \u00a0As I said, though, the sculpting seems good. \u00a0I heard there was an issue with Baker Company fulfilling the orders for a while after the Kickstarter and that he had to use a third party to do the casting. \u00a0Perhaps more recently molded figures are better. \u00a0I can’t say.<\/p>\n

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I like this figure of a Finnish marksman behind an armored shield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Finnish mortar crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are a huge variety of poses. \u00a0In addition to standard riflemen, leaders, and submachine gunners, there are a host of crewmen, supply types, skiers, bicyclists, cavalry, gunners, crewmen, etc. \u00a0Very few are in the same pose, so they variety is good, and the figures are excellently suited for skirmish gaming.<\/p>\n

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Finnish ski troops and reindeer-drawn supply sledge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There were enough riflemen and submachine gunners to make a reinforced platoon. \u00a0In the picture above, you can see a squad (section) of infantry.<\/p>\n

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I tried something new with the basing. \u00a0After I completed the figures, I textured the bases with Citadel Armageddon Dunes textured paint. \u00a0I completely covered all the bases with this paint. \u00a0By the time I finished the 100th or so figure, the first base was dry. \u00a0I used the burnt-looking grass tufts (pictured above), placing one on most of the bases and several on the larger bases for the guns. \u00a0After the tufts I spread some of the Valhallan Blizzard textured paint on the bases, but only partially covering them. \u00a0I am pretty happy with the results, which you can see in the pictures. \u00a0I like the look of mud showing through the clumpy snow.<\/p>\n

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Lesson learned: \u00a0I made a mistake of gluing the skis to the bases when I was basing and priming the figures. \u00a0This made it very difficult to apply the snow texture after the figures were painted.<\/p>\n