Another eight figures finished - these are two packs' worth of modern African paramilitary soldiers from Crooked Dice, marketed on the website as the "Governor-General's Army." These were a semi-impulse buy for me a few months back; I placed a big order with Crooked Dice and I tossed these in among everything else. I had some vague ideas about using these as local forces in GI Joe games - the fictional African nation of Kalingaland appears in Marvel's GI Joe comic series in the 1980s, with the Joes team helping ensure free and fair elections in Kalingaland in the face of Russian interference. So these might appear in my games as the Kalingaland national army receiving support from the Joes, OR as anti-democratic forces receiving support from Cobra.
I'm really happy with the camouflage on their fatigues, and let me write it down here so I can recreate it later if needed:
- Basecoat Warpaints "Venom Wyrm"
- Wash "Agrax Earthshade"
- Heavy Drybrush Warpaints "Woodland Camo"
- Brown splotches in Reaper "Brown Sand"
- Dark markings in Reaper "Woodland Brown"
- Light Green splotches in Pro Acryl "Faded Green"
Figures Purchased in 2025: 27
Figures Painted in 2025: 34
Cool looking figures Bill.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ray!
Deletevery nice, top notch job on the camo.
ReplyDeletedo you have other factions done or underway like destro's iron grenadiers? i vaguely remember a russian faction of some sorts, i played them once at a friend's game during a convention.
Thank you! And no, not yet - I have some Iron Grenadiers that I started but want to strip and redo, and some vague ideas about doing local allies/enemies for the South American country of Sierra Gordo as well. The Russian faction are the Oktober Guard -very vaguely on my radar but no real plans yet.
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