Plans for 2015 - SCW Project

Much of last year was spent focusing on existing projects and back filling various figures needed to complete projects which is unusual for me, it simply could not last, when a few of the Wyvern's suggested Chain of Command in 28mm for the Spanish Civil War, how could I resist?

I have a couple of existing platoons with a communist flavour from a few years ago when I was collecting figures for the AVBCW, so it made sense to build a nationalist platoon protecting me from the perils of only collecting one side and not having an opponent.

With plenty of adobe type buildings readily available Morrocans seemed to be the perfect fit, giving me options to expand to the Rif War and paint up the couple of packs of Askari Miniatures which I purchased years ago for an abortive French Legion project.

Within the SCW the Moroccan's formed the bulk of the Army of Africa, once landed in Spain they were highly sort after, they were experienced and had excellent field craft, they sound like the sort troops perfect to give the numerous republican commanders a run for their money over at the Wyverns.

Behold the first batch of Moroccan's (I tend to paint in packets of 20-30 any more than that and I suffer painters block), this first batch gives me a Rifle Squad (made up of 2 rifle squads of 6 riflemen and an LMG squad of 2 Crew and 3 Soldados), the Section Headquarters and a couple of support options, a 1 point Tank Hunter team (armed with crowbars and Molotov cocktails) and a 3 Point 50mm Mortar team.

Empress Miniatures have a good range of Infantry, but the support options tend to suit the more generic Nationalists and Republicans, a number of head swaps were needed to give the first batch a more Moroccan feel.

With the prep done time now to work through a suitable colour palette.

More to follow.