Well, winter has certainly arrived on the Canadian Prairies so why not reflect that with some quick painting. Accordingly here are a couple of models to get in before the start of the
Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge (16th edition). It's a lovely pair of female Soviets from Bad Squiddo games.
These came in an order I won't be repeating... I picked up the Israeli unit cards for "Fate of a Nation" and the excellent Battlefield in a Box set of 15mm railway tracks, and saw these models on the site and popped them in the basket, as one does. Then I got to the checkout and found that the store didn't ship to Canada. I even asked them by email and they said they wouldn't. Usually I would have stuff such as this sent to a parcel business in Pembina ND and drive down, but with the current state of "relations" I'm not anxious to visit our neighbours. So I asked Pam's cousin if he would accept the package and forward it on. He said he would, so far so good.
The parcel duly arrived at its US destination and was forwarded... cost of postage to Canada, $47USD (this is for $70USD worth of stuff). To add insult to injury, CBSA relieved me of a further $22CAD in duty upon receipt. So I ended up paying nearly as much in postage and duty as the goods themselves cost. Like I said, I won't be repeating that escapade.
Anyway... the figures are lovely and well-cast with hardly any cleanup required. I painted them in the standard Soviet scheme of Khaki/Tallarn Sand with Dark Rubber boots and Doombull leatherwork. Not much to these and I like the result. They'll be a good addition to my
Soviet winter forces.
The Challenge starts in one week and I have something in mind to start it off, it's just a matter of whether I can hold off till then!
