Back from the dead …….
It seems like another apology for an unforced absence is in order. 2015 started well but during the later half I struggled with various health issues that made modelling at best uncomfortable and when at worst – impossible. At present I’m back at the table and trying to catch up firstly and most importantly on commissions that are now very delayed and after those then hopefully to get back into some of our own projects.
Fortunately my brothers been picking up some slack on our modern Fire Team project and here’s some of that result, 28mm Russian Federation Infantry from Empress Miniatures, along with a few packs and simple conversions from their older Cold War range. The later figures are in the new Ratnik (Warrior) uniform system featuring new LBE, Coms and Armour Protection systems which have comparable levels of performance to those systems more commonly seen in Western Nations. After being issued primarily to elite troops for trials the Ratnik system is now being rolled out to first line units with around 80,000 sets having recently been deployed.
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References and Painting
To go with the latest “Ratnik” uniforms the troops have been painted in the summer variant of the Russian pixelated camouflage. The “digital” style camo system was introduced around 2008 and is known as EMR or unified camo (as used by all armed forces) and the pattern is often called Tsifra, Tetris or “Digital Flora.” The other various colour combinations commonly used include Northern, Winter and Urban patterns.
We painted the figs to get an impression of the pattern rather than detailing the individual dots and used the following colours;
Coat d arms: Russian green for uniform
Coat d arms: Black Green for digital spots
Coat d arms: Panzer grey for weapons, gloves and some(little) for digital spots
GW: Tallarn flesh and elf flesh blend/highlight with gryphone sepia wash for faces
Any yellow paint and several layers of sepia wash for lens of glass goggles
Vallejo: Iraqi sand for drybrush dust – use lightly and very dry…
Useful Ref Pics …….
Sorry to hear you’ve been ill – best wishes.
Nice Russians from your brother, too 😉
Thnx matey – much appreciated.
As for the Russians, they look much better IRL. The green tones being so close together don’t give much contrast for the lighting to work with and for some reason WordPress is acting up and when the clickable pics open up they’re bigger than the upload size and the resolution is mushy, will have to do some faffing around to get to the bottom of that one ….
cheers
Brent
Brent
It’s good to hear from you. I hope this update is a sign that you are recovering well.
Kind regards,
George
Hey George 🙂
Yeah I’m feeling much better at the moment although still can only sit at the bench for 4 or 5 hours at a stretch. However I’m working hard at playing catch up and trying to make the most of it while I can …..
cheers
Brent
Brent
What colours did you use? Cracking work on those!
Hi Francis, Thanks and I’ll make a list and post it up ……
cheers
Brent
Hey welcome back Brent. Good to hear that the health has improved and to see a new post. Long may both continue.
Salute
von Peter himself
Thanks Pete, and same to you 🙂 I hear a rumour you’ve been fitted with bionic legs …. or hips … some new parts anyway!
cheers
Brent