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After finding my IG troop's camo being more influenced by current real world uniforms I decided a few months back to have a go a painting something actually based on real life.
Here are the results so far:

I picked up a couple of packs of 28mm very modern looking British infantry at Salute, from Empress Miniatures.

Incredibly detailed minis, you can even see the Nexus clips on the pouches. Had a go at MTP, it's a tad on the dark side, so I'm pretending they have all just crossed a river . . .

and your gonna use these as IG or was this just a side project?

Just off at a tangent, loved all the detail on these guys so just got them for the fun of painting them.

They are about the right size so could be used as IG:




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Also came across these during a bit of random net surfing, Rhodesian RLI troopies and Selous Scouts. From a company called Under Fire Miniatures
Very nicely detailed minis (I even recognise some of the poses from pictures I've seen of actual soldiers), Only slight negative is they are 20mm, I'd have preferred 28mm as the camo pattern is hard enough at 1/35 scale!

I picked up RLI set 1, RLI 2 & Selous scout 2. Each set has a different number of minis (?) but by mixing them around and pinching one of the scout models I've got three sticks, each with a leader (radio/FN), 2 X FN and an MAG (one is an RPK with drum mag, but looks cool) plus three left over scouts (for doing test paintjobs)

Dat Camo

Those would be very nice catachans.

Full marks for doing the Rhodesian cammo... my uncle was in the RAR and I have one of his old jackets and that pattern is not to be attempted lightly!

I am going to have to get some of those. They are stunning

 NealRC wrote:
Full marks for doing the Rhodesian cammo... my uncle was in the RAR and I have one of his old jackets and that pattern is not to be attempted lightly!

I am going to have to get some of those. They are stunning

Cheers for the comment, I'm doing a whole 'Fireforce' with these blokes at the mo; got three G-cars and a K-car nearly finished as-well as a Lynx, then another twenty blokes (mixed bag of RLI and aircrew) to paint.
I'll post some pixs once finished. Managed to talk myself out of doing a DC-3 . . .

Thing I prefer about these blokes to the 28mm models by Eureka is they have a much more late war look to them with regard to kit and uniforms.

 Ash 1 wrote:

Cheers for the comment, I'm doing a whole 'Fireforce' with these blokes at the mo; got three G-cars and a K-car nearly finished as-well as a Lynx,

What model are you using for the Alouette?

DPM and MTP are never quite the same shade so them being darker is'nt a rivet counters issue! very nice figures

@ NealRC: Picked up a few of the 1/72 Revell kit, seems to be a lot popping up on eBay, think I paid approx eight quid a kit inc p&p:



@ Optio : Thanks, I'd recommend these on the amount of detail alone. That said, I'd say they are only any good for a totally current look as they have the mk VII helmet and latest issue armour, even the trousers have the slant pockets. So probably not much use for painting up inDesert DPM.

Here are some larger pics of the British troops:
Wish I'd picked up the other three packs now, may have to place an order . . .
















There were supposed to be some lighter patches in the base camo, like these WIP Zombies for 40k:

Wow, amazing work on the camo!

Whilst reading Mike Hoare's memoirs of his time in the Congolese army in the 1960's I came across these figures by Brittania miniature:

Jeep still needs some weathering















Despite two coats of Vallejo matt varnish and a coat of Dull cote they are still a bit on the reflective side

Liking these guys. Nice work on the shades.

Amazing detail on the camo

Finished off the last sixteen 20mm Rhodesian army troopies:

Some ZANLA figures :

Got hold of some more 28mm Congo mercenaries, made by Mongrel miniatures but not currently being produced.
Painted them up as a mixed bag of 5 Commando ANC with a few in French lizard camo and a couple of Belgian Paracommandos.

On the 20mm front; following on from a severe cat attack on the Alouette fleet, that resulted in some fairly mashed rotors, I got hold of some little 2mm Neodymium magnets.
All the rotors are now detachable, which also makes for much easier storage:

Inspired by this pic of a BTR-152, knocked out by RLI troops in Mozamique:


I found a 1/72 BTR-152 and made this:

Really nice work Always a pleasure to see this thread updated

Those British soldiers are cool. I may have to use them for an IG army at some point in the future.

Ash, your minis are always a pleasure to see. Excellent work.

In the meantime, increase your cat security measures!

Like those alot mate , the MTP just needs to get sun faded is all !!
The BTR-152 is really well done .

Read a couple of books about Executive Outcomes recently and decided to have a hunt for suitable minis. The new release generic militia from Under Fire Miniatures looked the part, Soviet weapons etc.
Did a little bit of conversion on some of the webbing, to make it look a bit like SADF recce kit.

:O :O these sir are amazing i was slightly overwhelmed when i saw that you had painted the eye as it you could see it through the lens on the scaled up picture of your British MTP guys!

Finished the third ZANLA pack from Under Fire;
just tweeked a couple of them, one lengthened his shirt & another changed his shirt into a camo smock and added a couple of ammo pouches:

I think I saw your plog on Warseer with the RAR and ZANLA stuff, but don't think you put the modern British pieces on there. I've long admired the Empress modern British 28mm, and it's great to see how well they paint up. If I ever have time to play some Force-on-Force, I'll have to get my hands on some.

R.

 precinctomega wrote:
I think I saw your plog on Warseer with the RAR and ZANLA stuff, but don't think you put the modern British pieces on there. I've long admired the Empress modern British 28mm, and it's great to see how well they paint up. If I ever have time to play some Force-on-Force, I'll have to get my hands on some.

R.

Glad you like them, the modern Brits are in a separate thread over there (see the sig for links).
I can thoroughly recommend the Empress modern Brits; awesome sculpting, the attention to detail is fantastic. Bear in mind though that they are very modern British; latest version body armour, MkVII helmets ( although pre the no scrim & rubber rims rules), trousers have the slant pockets etc. So they really need to be MTP camo.
Incidentally the sculptor Tony Boustead, also did all the 20mm Rhodesian range for Under Fire miniatures.

Finished a few more to add to the EO blokes:










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Also had a bit of a spare parts mash up to get something to count as RhSAS; inspired by this picture:















Rhodesian African Rifles stick: