Tuesday 9 August 2022

Snowsuits


Like the howl from a timberwolf, the bitter east wind caused more than just fingers to freeze. The fear of an imminent attack was debilitating, not one soul moved for fear of alerting an unseen enemy to their position. They were out there, watching, waiting...


Fanciful narrative and photo-editing aside, the lesson learnt as a result of this post is don't try and take a shot of troops wearing snowsuits on a white background! Just a very quick post to showcase the latest unit for my Soviet force. With my 1000 point army list, I have opted for two eight man SMG totting veteran squads with LMG support. 


 Given that I wanted a wintery feel to the army the 'Warlord Games' snowsuits squad was always going to be on my shopping list and I was relieved to find that they had just enough models carrying the appropriate hardware to work for my purposes.



When it came to painting, I had hoped that they would be a quick win and so having blasted them with my dark grey spray primer, I dusted off the trusty airbrush and gave them another coat of Vallejo Grey surface primer.  This is quite a light shade, but when dried I gave them a final blast with an airbrush white to help bring out the highlights.  It was then just a case of picking out the detail like faces, weapons and of course the bases.  Initially this proved rather painstaking as I was worried I would paint over the suits, but once I realised that I could just paint back over any mistakes and claim it was a highlight the whole process sped up considerably.



An expensive unit to field, I am hoping that they pack quite a punch and make my adversaries think twice about taking them on, allowing me to take advantage of any hesitation by throwing even more troops into the action.  As with all the troops shown so far they have yet to be varnished and the bases still need a sprinkling with snow, but for now I will chalk them up on the tally board.  

28 comments:

  1. Excellent work on the snowsuits Michael, the white looks very effective, which is not an easy thing. By the look of the tally you are now over half way through the troops as well.

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    1. Thank you Dave, really pleased that the simple technique paid off. As for the tally, I definitely feel that I am on the home straight now.

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  2. Wow!! Terrific progress, Michael, and at a super quality too. Snow-Soviets are my fave by far as I always try to game Stalingrad whenever I fancy some WW2 tabletop fun. Great paint-jobs.

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    1. Thank you so much Simon, was really keen to have these in the army, such an iconic look.

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  3. Fantastic work again sir!
    Really love your soviet project :)

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    1. Thank you so much Michal, really enjoying it too.

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  4. Those are rather spiffy! Nicely done.

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  5. Lovely work Michael and perfect timing as I have just completed some Norwegians in ski suits who are waiting to be painted now I have some ideas on what to do with them 👍

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    1. Thank you Matt and best of luck, can't wait to see them.

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  6. They have some out lovely. and "snow" mistake! (sorry)

    Cheers Roger.

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  7. Awesome work, these look fantastic!

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    1. Thank you so much Matt, that's really kind of you.

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  8. Nice "cheat" on painting the snowsuits! Great looking squad, Michael! :)

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    1. Thank you Tamsin, I wasn't sure I could see the second highlight spray when I first did it, but under the desk lamp felt that it was definitely the way to go.

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  9. Another great unit in double quick time and I approve of your 'quick' method as I've used a similar technique with my 7YW French !

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    1. Thank you, the technique really helped speed things along. I had thought about posting the progress as I went along, half a squad at a time, but they came together so quickly that seemed silly. Not sure about 7YW, far too many belts!

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  10. A tricky thing to get right...I think you got that spot on!

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  11. Splendid looking unit in snowsuits, snart technique!
    Best Iain

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  12. Painting whites is never easy ... but the results here speak for themselves. Extremely well painted Michael :)

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