Showing posts with label Eureka Miniatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eureka Miniatures. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

[Sangin] Presents in the mail!

Pooch and the guys at Radio Dish Dash have got me these minis to build up my Afghan National Police  / Afghan Commando forces.
They are the awesome Eureka minis. Two packs of ANP's, some of which I will convert to look  like Commandos. (Except they will still be carrying Soviet bloc weapons.8P)
Anyway they are great sculpts.

Police caps and PKM's
Half are in US kevlar helmets, the other half in the Castro caps. They are all carrying Hungarian AMD-65's with RPG7's and PKM's for support. The Afghan Army and especially the Commandos carry US weapons primarily.

Kevlars and Hungarian AK's
 Also Pooch hooked me up with this! A Maisto Ford Ranger which I will turn into a Police truck. (Like the Dead Kennedy's song.;-) If you need vehicles for your modern games, zombies whatever, check these guys out. Maisto.com they do a line in 1/47. And tell me where you find them!

ANP Ford Ranger
 Lastly another guy for my MARSOC unit, on an enduro bike. Yeehaw! Great model.

MARSOC outrider
I might have to get more bikers...

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

[Sangin] Shutting down the drug runners.

Simon had been keen for a game for some time and we finally snuck one in before our tahr hunt last weekend. He brought his Kiwis and I didn't have any suitable OPFOR except for this group of drug running mercenaries. I had four veterans with assault rifles.
Simon had two fireteams of average grunts each with a veteran team leader.
We kept it simple as this a first game for Simon.

Typically dark ruin to have a dawn meeting at.

We started in the open having a 'meet'. The Kiwis were here to kill or capture them. One team in an overwatch position the other ready to sweep from the left.

The base of fires, these only heard shoot to  kill evidently.
That was the joke anyway after Simon immediately opened fire on the perps!

Worrying unnecessarily.
He's worrying about One guy that I might see. Yep saw him! And then shoot. Yep,shot him. Saved by body armor, worth it's weight folks!

First tangos are down.
My command guys were shot down before I could even get a spot check in.

They take cover in the ruin.
First order of business is, get away from that SAW! Hard cover, kneeling.

But the prone and aiming base of fire spots them.
"Bro, two more just popped into that ruin just to our right." "Get 'em mate."

The maneuver team has them in their sights as well.

Last man standing

Even he doesn't escape the deadly Kiwis
Fun game Simon! I think you had a great start. I couldn't spot to save my life!

Great hunt as well!

Sunday, 26 January 2014

[Sangin] MARSOC project for Armies of Afghanistan

Working on repaints and getting some hiluxes as well as figuring out what to do with what I have. Here are some of my research pics while I wait for mini's and models.

I'll be painting the ANP up in mostly old style Woodland BDU's but with a patchwork of webbing types. The Marines seem to have a few different types of uniforms before they got there own Crye Woodland pattern uniforms to help them fit in with the Afghan Army and Police. They used both MARPATs, BDU, DCU as well as some Coyote and plain Khaki gear as well. "Who is your commanding officer Marine?!"

Motorbikes, moustaches and mortars! or more officially; "Always faithful, always forward"

Unofficial Raider patch

I said put the PKM over there!

High angle hell baby

Do you even operate bro?

SCARs and dirt bikes, woot!

Textbook base plate setting; charge four!

ANA Commando obcerving. Splash, out!


I'll paint my hiluxes up like this

Where's our outriders? Where's our ANPs!?