Modern Russian Infantry - 28mm Modern Wargames

 

After a lucky haul on a Modern Miniatures Facebook group, I managed to start work on 4 sets of 4 Russian Infantry designed by White Dragon Miniatures, with urban bases.

These miniatures were definitely a solid addition to my Russian themed force, to bulk out infantry numbers for larger modern tabletop warfare games.
The majority of them are armed with the standard issue AK-74M, with specialists carrying RPG-7s and PKP Pecheneg LMGs.
Every miniature has goggles and a mask on their face, which was great for making them all uniform and allowing me to focus my time more on painting features and details as opposed to skin tones.

Reclusiarch Cytiis - Blood Ravens Primaris Chaplain Kitbash

Introducing Primaris Chaplain - Reclusiarch Cytiis of the Blood Ravens. One of many kitbashes for my Blood Ravens 5th Company Space Marines army.

This post will run through the processes that I went through to produce him!

Russian GRU Spetsnaz Team - Spectre: Operations

After many moons waiting to get into Spectre: Operations, I finally decided to take the plunge after Spectre Miniatures decided to release a Starter Set and I was eventually coerced rather horrifically by my lovely group of totally-not-persistent 'friends'. I joke of course, it was all my idea...

So here we are. My first set of Spectre Miniatures fully painted (bases are to be decided depending on gameplay). These dudes are GRU Spetsnaz Special Forces, they're very capable in a wide variety of situations and are pretty well equipped!

These guys were actually really fast to paint, completed in about 4 sittings. So... I'm gonna break down the process of how I got these chappies from pieces of metal, to fully painted Special Forces Operatives. I hope you brought your brown pants...

Blood Ravens - Kitbashed Chapter Champion

Well this chap was a mega fun project. What do you do when you can't find a model to buy that you want to put in your army? You make him from scratch 😎

This post will break down the creation process of my Chapter Champion.

Scenery - Silo

It's amazing what you can do with a load of scraps right?

When you've ran out of propellant in your spray cans, here's an idea.

Blood Ravens - Stormhawk Interceptor

The Stormhawk Interceptor has to be one of my all time favourite vehicles in my Blood Ravens army. I started this vehicle without any idea on design, loadout (for gameplay) or any fine details that I would choose to make the model pop.

The only way I knew to go about it, was to consult my Space Marine Codex and choose some heavy output weapons - as when I play this miniature, it will be quite the target; so arming it with hard hitting pain delivery systems was probably the best choice.

After assembling the mini (the only sub-assembly being the nose mounted heavy weapons), it was straight onto the paint station.

Blood Ravens - Terminator Captain - My First 40k Mini

So this fella was my first ever Warhammer 40,000 miniature that I finished! He took approximately 10 hours to paint.
This chap is completely magnetised on both arms, so that he can take a multitude of Terminator wargear to make him more adaptable to different game situations.