{"id":8383,"date":"2019-01-15T01:22:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T01:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2019-01-16T12:05:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T12:05:48","slug":"wwii-americans-in-greatcoats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8383","title":{"rendered":"WWII Americans in Greatcoats"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been painting a bunch of figures in greatcoats lately. \u00a0First, they are relatively easy to paint. \u00a0Second, they look a little different that other figures on the table. \u00a0So I finished two squads of infantry. \u00a0The nice this about the Artisan figures is that they come in full squad packs.<\/p>\n

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One of two squads of infantry I finished. After taking these pictures I put small patches of snow on the bases of one squad and small rocks on the other to distinguish them from the squad I completed some weeks ago. This makes it easier for players to find their squads when the figures get mixed up during a game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two bazooka a teams and a machine-gun team from Crusader.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The platoon headquarters with a Konflikt 47 Mudskipper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For Christmas, a buddy gave me the Konflikt 47 Mudskpper kit from Warlord. \u00a0It was fun to assemble and will enable me to run a few “weird war” games. \u00a0I’ll bet the Americans wished they had one of these on New Years Even when they were facing the space aliens! \u00a0The Mudskipper is my submission for this month’s Azazel’s challenge (https:\/\/azazelx.com\/2018\/12\/24\/january-2019-paint-challenge-terrain-centrepiece-models\/).<\/p>\n

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A dwarf with a portable catapult.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I am painting a batch of like figures, I usually put a handful of random figures on the table at the same time. \u00a0Sometimes I just use them as a place to apply leftover paint on the pallets. \u00a0This time I had this dwarf and the Lara Croft looking figure on the table, so I finished them at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Lara Croft, I guess.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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