As I mentioned last time, Fernando Painters are painting up a Dictatorship boxed army set (Collector quality) for AK47 from Peter Pig. (I'm painting an opposing army set.)
Two of the units in the Dictatorship army are made up of Militia - low-grade infantry. Since militia are ill-equipped, the stands will hold a mix of rifle-armed and AK47-armed figures.
The directions I gave for the force in general:
- Skin:
- Dark black skin (African)
- Pants:
- Random assortment of worn blue jeans/levi's (weathered blue); about 1 in five with "jungle camo" pants.
- Shirts:
- Red "T-shirts" (even on the "bare-chested" figures)
- Packs:
- Random greys, browns
- Straps/belts:
- Random greys, browns
- Feet:
- Bare. If boots, grey.
![Figures from Fernando Figures from Fernando](showcase/modshowcase/2008/215847a.jpg)
The figures arrived in a well-packed box, with each pack of figures in its own ziploc bag, and each individual figure also in its own ziploc bag.
![Bolt-rifle armed militia Bolt-rifle armed militia](showcase/modshowcase/2008/215847d.jpg)
Here, I've gone ahead and glued the painted figures down to steel bases.
![Bolt-rifle armed militia (three similar poses) Bolt-rifle armed militia (three similar poses)](showcase/modshowcase/2008/215847b.jpg)
The pack contains eight figures in four poses. Three of the poses are quite similar, except for equipment (one has a sheathed knife; one has an ammo bag). The left-most figure lost some paint in shipping (easily touched up).
![Bolt-rifle armed militia (pose 2) Bolt-rifle armed militia (pose 2)](showcase/modshowcase/2008/215847c.jpg)
Now, I did request in my painting instructions that the figures have T-shirts "painted on" - but when Fernando sent the photos of the painted figures for my approval, I missed out on correcting that. Also, no "jungle pants" here - maybe in one of the other packs...