Mortar Teams for AK-47 Republic

 When hunting for AK-47 Figures recently, I came across Keep Wargaming, who had a number of very temptingly priced 15mm figures.  As well as a number of nice sets of Alternative Armies Ion Age sci-fi figures (in their old Firefight packaging from the 1990's), I picked up some Skytrex Command Decision wounded, mortar teams, truck passengers, gun crew and other bits and bobs.

Base coat & webbing done.

I used Vallejo Khaki as the base colour with a sepia wash for shading.  Webbing was coloured using  Army Painter Camo Green Speedpaint.  Skin tones were touched in with a mixture of brown and pink flesh colours.

Base coat & webbing done.

Once boots etc had been added in black, the figures were gel superglued onto Warbases 30x30mm MDF bases.

Glued in place.

I tried to ensure a good mix of figures on each base and swapped out a couple of the crew for other gun crew for extra variety.

Ready for texturing.

The mortars come in 2 pieces, bipod and barrel.  These fit together very neatly, the bipod base curving around the barrel base for a snug fit.

Wood filler will hide the cast-on bases.

The bases were textured with brown wood filler, painted with burnt umber, coated with fine sand/grout and finally static grassed.

Transport will be a bit cosy in only 2 Landrovers.

Although these are WWII figures, the lack of personal weapons other than holstered side arms means that they will fit fine into a 1960's-80's army for AK-47 Republic.

"Left a bit. Up a touch." (Professional mortar spotter speak)

I added some camo spotting on their uniforms using Army Painter Camo Cloak Speedpaint and GW Gore-grunta Fur contrast paint.  This sort of paint provides a fairly subtle effect, which was just what I was after, with no additional shading or highlighting required.

"Shoot THAT way."

Larger rocks have been placed in front of a couple of the mortar positions, where the crew have made a half-hearted attempt to give themselves a bit of cover.

These fortifications will make us invulnerable!

Once I get my 3D printer set up again, I'll print a load of mortar bombs and ammo crates to stack around them.  There are plenty of empty spaces on those bases that I can fill!