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Welp, this is what I have been up to since last posting: the Raging Heroes figures as a Panzerjaeger/1st Grenadiers Platoon or Company Command Squad is finished. I didn't want to bother folks with partially painted, or just base painted figures- I wanted something substantial to show.

When last we spoke, I was gnashing my teeth over the indignities of resin. I have to admit, once you realize you have to invoke the Dark Arts to keep the blasted stuff together, it does take paint rather well, oftentimes having detail superior to many plastic castings. Having said that, if I can buy one-piece resin castings, vice little kits, I'd far rather that.

Here's what we started with:





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I used just about every trick I've learned over 40+ years of painting, and especially what I've seen/benn instructed in here on DakkaDakka:
- Thin my paints
- Wash low areas dark
- Drybrush high areas light (mixed my own colors)
- Paint the face background and eyes first
- Outline with black where you can
- Freehand the flag if you can't get a transfer on it
- Pay attention to the 'story' for each figure (why they do what they do, what they're doing now, what they'll do next)
- Have fun with it (otherwise, go back to real life work)

Here's what we finished up with:

Group shots:





Colonel Ludmilla Magdanova:





Color Sergeant Volga Potemkine:







Fleet Officer Irina Kurganova (we have to nuke the site from orbit- it's the only way to be sure). I was going for a naval landing party look with her- Navy-issue coat, so no one mistakes her for one of the knuckle-dragging mouthbreathers (like me), but with a pair of borrowed grunt boots and some tac equipment to keep up on the ground:





Security Sergeant Aaqila Noyakin:





Medical Specialist Sergeant Karoline Nedalka:





As for go-backs: I'm going to touch up the bases and dry brush some white over the Astro-granite and I'm going to add color to the trim on the hood of Fleet Officer Kurganova (couldn't see it througfh my magnifier, took the photo being enlarged to make out the detail- now I've seen it, I can't _not_ see it). I look forward to your observations and constructive criticism to help me see other things through your eyes.