Plastic Soldier Review link: http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2283
(Note the final figure in the review(see link for this to make sense) was not included in my box, instead I received three of the penultimate model instead.)
The pitcher is the first up as a tester for a Vallejo "brown dipping wash" (see below, I think it will be a fast ball):
The team being put through their paces (see below, two teams in fact, the top "washed" section are all fielding and the bottom primed five are all the batters):
Moving on to the batters, time to put the base colours of the Cincinnati Reds. Here is a Big Red hitting it out of the park (see below, they seem to take a life and character once the paint is applied, highlights still to come):
The final base and highlights are painted (but not yet terrain based) batting line-up, two batters and three base runners - just in case "loaded bases comes up" (see below, numbers and team logo still yet to be applied):
A close up of "Smoking Joe" (note, a name I just made up) ready to hit a home run (see below, there are three shades at play, as I followed my standard 28mm painting pattern):
Exhibition style, once again the Cincinnati Reds Batting team in their away colours (see below, I am pausing for breath before I dare tackle the numbers, some would say searching for a brush small enough to do the job):
In the meantime I decided to pay some attention to the fielding side, aka the Oakland A's (see below, base colours applied - using Vallejo Game Colour range as they are nice and bright):
Highlights applied (see below, seems to work well):
From the reverse side (see below, not a pitcher despite its poised posture):
Very small front number and team logo (see below, the white 'A' on the hat will come later):
Finally I make a tentative stab at the numbers (see below, an application of green, followed by touching up areas with white and yellow. It seemed to work):
It is a slow labour of love. Thanks to "gawd" it is not an American football team with more players on the pitch!