From JasperO: Two female WW2 Russian PTRD crew and escorts for Sarah’s Star Yacht (45 points)

Having just visited the Caprica and the Death Star, the next destination isn’t immediately clear, so I figure we’ll just take a ride on Sarah’s Star Yacht. Hopefully we’re allowed to get off when I make up my mind.

There are two female figures here, though they’re well-wrapped up in their Red Army uniforms (Osprey tells me they often wore men’s uniforms as the Soviet leadership couldn’t keep up, or be bothered with, uniform production for women in the armed forces).

The figures are 28mm Bad Squiddo miniatures from their recent Kickstarter to expand the Russian Women of WW2 range. As I needed a PTRD anti-tank rifle team anyway, these fit the bill just right. 

Eagerly hoping to catch a lift are three Crusader Miniatures figures. I think I had enough figures for a complete Russian platoon already, but I figured I’d just paint them up and get the stock down as a participant in the Twitter Six Month Mountain Reduction Painting Challenge which overlaps with this Challenge (no points on that one though!).

Compared to the very lovely Bad Squiddo sculpts, these are certainly simple figures, but they fit the general image of the Red Army quite well. And as Comrade Stalin supposedly said “Quantity has a quality all by itself”, so more soldiers for the Red Army never hurts. With the Yacht bonus, this should net me another 45 points.

From DaveD

                     A great addition to the collection and a fine start to Friday. Taking on tanks with a rifle must have been a daunting affair!