From TobiasK: Technicals for Afghanistan (60 points)

For this week's entry, I painted some technicals. Technicals are a stable of today's warzones, so I needed some for my collection.

Technical SPG 9

The first technical is armed with an SPG 9 recoilless rifle.

Technical ZU-23

The second technical is armed with a ZU-23, 23 mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. The ZU-23 itself is removable.

Technical Vehicle only

The third technical is unarmed and serves as a transport.

The ZU-23 is not glued to the vehicle, so it could also be used on the red one.

Group shot:

All models are from Empress Miniatures. It was my first try at painting windshields on vehicles. Although I am not totally happy with the result, it doesn't look too bad either.

Book keeping:

3 x 28mm vehicle = 60 pts

From Millsy:

Three very solid, reliable looking technicals you've got there Tobias. As you say, the staple of brush wars, insurrections and all manner of off the books operation in the middle of nowhere. I can't imagine engineers spend a lot of time thinking "This will go down really well with shady types" but there you go.

Windscreens are a mini painter's curse IMHO. I've painted a pile of them this week and there's no right way. I err towards the simple like you have, figuring that's better than making a pig's ear of something more complex.

PS. I'm fascinated by the poster. Clearly someone is having a poke at Toyota's marketing department and it's rather well done indeed.

60 points for your tally mate.