These five frogmen depict members of the Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M) a German special forces unit which focuses on maritime operations.
The 28mm figures are from Lead Adventure Miniatures. They're bit off-the-beaten-path, but I thought they would be fun to do. While the sculpts themselves are fantastic, the only thing I find a bit odd about them is how they're armed. I believe units of this type are typically utilized for close-in assaults, ship-boarding, hostage rescues, stuff like that, so I think it would more likely that they would be armed with compact MP5 SMGs, or shortened HK416s, rather than the relatively hulking G36 seen here. Who knows, perhaps they are landing on some foreign shore where they may have to stand-off at medium range.
Being
special forces frogmen, it would only stand to reason that they would
be
kitted out completely in black, so I had a merry time working with
various shades of grey to prevent them from disappearing into the
shadows completely. With their bases I tried to create the sense
that they are coming ashore (and to add a bit more colour for interest). In the end
they turned out alright, though I might
go back and pick-out a few metallic edges on their assault rifles and
give their Tag watches luminous dials.
