From SimonG: The Final Squaddies! Finishing my 1980s BAOR in 10mm (32 points)

While my progress overall in this challenge has been slow I am delighted to actually have been able to finish something and to finally bring to a close my 1980s Cold War Gone Hot project in 10mm -- something I started way back in January 2021!

Cpl Kitchener Wants You!

As before these are 10mm TimeCast Miniatures which I love. This time there are four squads of 8, for a total of 32 based in pairs.

I can never stick with the same technique so this time around I added the black lines in the DPM camo pattern using a 0.05 unipin fine line which worked absolutely wonderfully -- I use a mix of unipin and copic fine-liners and find them indispensable for detail work like this or for edging heraldry.

Black lines added with .05 pen

Anyway, here are some other close ups. I ended up doing the 58 pattern webbing in a different shade to my last batch, oh well there was some variation in the field!

As before these are based on 2mm East Riding Miniatures MDF bases with a mix of Geek Gaming Rugged Fields base ready and my 2mm autumn static grass. The labels are laser printed, covered with sticky film and then stuck onto 2mm brass strip.  Also, apologies that I haven't cleaned up the base edges which I still need to do!

It is great to have finished this project after 4 years -- here's a view of the complete British force ready to make its debut on the table.

So that probably does it for me for this challenge as I've got a lot going on over the next week so don't feel able to start on another painting job -- while I have again failed to achieve my target I am pleased with the work I've done, making progress on several fronts and actually managing to finish a project, and complete my two vignettes!

TeemuL: Targets are something to aim for, but it is practical to look behind and see what one has accomplished. You have a nice list for that and now you are ready to play a new theater, good luck!

10mm minis are comfortable to calculate, since one is 1 point, so 32 to you. Any camo in that scale is difficult, but you have done a great job! The labels are clear, just finish those base edges before the first game and before starting the next painting project. ;)

From PeterA - 2nd Post - A Norwegian Leopard and some Modern Brits (60 Points)

For my second entry today I have some figures for my Cold War in Norway project, inspired by the TV series 'Occupied'.

This is set sometime in the late '80s/early '90s, a time when the Norwegians were equipped with the Leopard 1A3. Although this Revell kit is of the Leopard 1A5 I am quite happy keeping my inner rivet- counter suppressed, especially when it came in a kit with a Leopard bridge layer at a 50% discount! I see this big cat as part of the Norwegian brigade North, fighting in deep snow, so unlike my Challenger, I avoided the pigments and just went for snow effects in the running gear and in places on the hull.

To finish off, I have completed a second section of British infantry, as well as a 3-man platoon command element (the rest of the HQ and the third section are still in the painting queue). Like the first section, they are in a mix of DPM and snow coveralls and are all from Liberation Miniatures.

HQ element

Fireteam A 

Fireteam B 

All together 

So 11 figures and 1 tank in 20mm should net me 59 points, to go with the 80 for my Bolsheviks, making a grand total of 139 points to add to my total, which is nearly half-way to my Challenge target. It's now time to focus on getting my entry together for the 'Mercenary' Bonus Theme for Saturday - maybe I'll actually make it this time!

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Another splendid entry Peter. I'm blown away by that Leopard Tank, I really love the camo pattern and the weathering effect you have employed. No rivet counter here so I don't have a problem using a very similar tank to represent another (heresy to some, I know). Sometimes you just have to paint what you've got and hope no-one notices! I'm throwing in an extra point for the camo bringing this entry up to 60 Points. 

Lee