Greetings Terrans, I hope you’re all well. I’ve been away on a diving trip last week but before I went away, I made some progress on the project I outlined back in March. It is early days, but I have the basic build done for the 4 tactical squads and command section needed for 1 Platoon:

I used the plastic ‘Ohh-Rah’ set from Wargames Atlantic as my starting point – I think that aesthetically they are pretty close to RT04, and at £22.50 for 24 minis, they are a pretty good option pricewise as well. In the Compendium, 1 Platoon squads each have 7 lasguns, 1 grenade launcher and one las cannon, the sergeants all have a las pistols & chainswords and the platoon Captain has a Plasma Pistol. The basic minis don’t have suitable bits for everything and the basic weapons in the kit don’t look terribly Lasgunny, but they will do as generic pew-pew guns. I found what I needed for the more specialised gear on Anvil Industries – I am especially pleased with the shoulder mounted las-cannon proxies! Other than that, the Command Squad Medic & Orderly had a few bits added from my bits box to give them a medkit and banner respectively.

All in all, I spent £55 on Ooh-Rah, and £44 on bits… £99 for a full 4 squad platoon. Are they perfect? No, of course not – some of the posing is awkward, and the kit is pretty basic, but then so was RT04, so in terms of being appropriate I’d say these are pretty much bang on! Certainly I’d say they are more than acceptable for £2.15 per mini 😊

Next, I have to go around them all and fill a shit-ton of gaps with GS – ah, the price of compromise 😂