DEVGRU Blue Squadron Platoon 1/72

These are 1/72 Navy SEALS made by Germania Figuren. They are painted in a mix of Multicam and AOR2 digital. 

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20mm Marine Raider Squad on Patrol

I just finished painting these Marine Raiders. They're converted from Vepa miniatures. 

I did a mix of MARPAT and M81, which seems pretty common in the unit. 

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20mm Modern Russian Special Forces (SSO)

I have been wanting to recreate in miniature some of the Russian Special Forces units seen recently in Syria. Elhiem make some figures that will work, and I enjoyed painting them in the past, but my tastes have changed. I prefer the Alex Miniatures Russians now, but they require some modification. 

I purchased two of the Alex sets, and some special forces AKs and heads from Elhiem, and did some conversions. 

Hopefully I will have a painting update soon. 

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20mm Modern Russian Army Platoon

I recently finished these Russian figures from Alex Miniatures.  

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20mm Modern Russian Infantry - work in progress

 I just wanted to share a quick update on some Modern Russians I'm painting. These are made by Alex miniatures, sold by Tankograd internationally. I highly recommend them as the best 20mm Russians available. They go very nicely with the Xan US I have been working on. 

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Some Modern US Army - Work in Progress

I just wanted to post a quick update of what I'm working on. The Romans I showed last time were a bit of a chore, so I decided to do something completely different and revisit some Modern 20mm topics. For this I chose the old Vepa 1/72 US Army figures now sold by Empress. They are the best 20mm metal moderns - it's just too bad that most other ranges don't come close.  

For now I'm doing a squad in Universal Camouflage Pattern (the grey kind) and another in Multicam (the newer green camo). 

Here's an incomplete figure in Multicam. I used my old tutorial as a basis, but have added some additional fine washes and highlights. 

Here's a contrast between the two. I'm doing the UCP guys as 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan in the mid 2000s, and the Multicam ones as contemporary 82nd Airborne. 

Designated marksman - I love this mini. 

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20mm SEALS and MARSOC

I painted these up at about the same time as my 20mm Russian SF but didn't post pictures at the time. Here they are now though. 

These are from the various Elhiem US SF sets. I really enjoyed painting the Marine raiders and Jolly Roger patches on a few figures; hopefully they show up in the photos. 

20mm Russian Special Forces

I've been stuck on 15mm for a while now with no desire to return to 20mm. That was until I looked into some of Elhiem's new releases, particularly their Russian special forces series. 

On a whim, I decided to buy a few sets (along with the new American special forces in FAST helmets, but that's for another post) and paint them up as Russians currently appearing in Syria. 

This first one is not a dedicated "special forces" set, but is supposed to represent specialists from the regular army. I thought that they would go well with the SF series though, giving me a wider variety of poses and weapons. 

The Russian SF in Syria have adopted a more "western" look with FAST helmets and Multicam and A-TACS camouflage. 

In all, I used figures from three sets; as you can see below, the different sets mix quite well. 

This is the main SF pack. It consists of 5 figures which match perfectly with the Russians in Syria. 

The figures in the final of three sets are Russians in Gorka suits. These are new windproof outfits that have been adopted by many factions throughout the world including all branches of the Russian military (shown below in Syria), ISIL, and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. 

On a personal note, I haven't painted much lately due to school. I have finally managed to graduate though (B.S. Hons in Chemistry). I will be starting  a PhD program in Materials Engineering in the Fall, so I may disappear all but completely for a while! I am doing part-time research this summer though, so I plan to paint much more in the coming couple of months. 

Thanks for looking. Stay tuned for MARSOC and SEALS!