During our last Painting Challenge I had a fun brush duel with Nick, Christopher and Phil to see who could paint the most points of Spanish Civil War figures. I really thought I had it in the bag by establishing an early lead, but Nick took the prize in the last few weeks with a tremendous entry which, try as I might, I couldn't manage an effective riposte. Well done Nick!
So, here I present my tribute figure to Nick for his well-fought win: a Republican dinamiteros preparing to throw his pipebomb IED.
This figure is from the excellent Empress range.
I'm also sending along a LMG team as a belated reply to our Annual Friendly Figure Swap.
These guys are from Wargames Foundry's French partisan range which I think work very nicely for Republicans. If you squint a little, the Bren becomes a period appropriate Czech ZB vz 26. :)
AND for Chris, a Canadian standard bearer from the 15th International Brigade for being such a great supporter of the Challenge all these years.
Again, another Empress figure. He's carrying the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion colours
This figure is from the excellent Empress range.
I'm also sending along a LMG team as a belated reply to our Annual Friendly Figure Swap.
These guys are from Wargames Foundry's French partisan range which I think work very nicely for Republicans. If you squint a little, the Bren becomes a period appropriate Czech ZB vz 26. :)
AND for Chris, a Canadian standard bearer from the 15th International Brigade for being such a great supporter of the Challenge all these years.
Again, another Empress figure. He's carrying the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion colours
I'll be following up with a figure for Phil in a few weeks. That one I plan to hand-deliver later this autumn when we visit Crisis in Antwerp (SO excited). Now, how's that for service!
Next Up: An AAR from our '43 Italian campaign
