15mm Israeli infantry

To wrap up Phil's AK47 Republic force, he asked me to paint up some Israeli infantry from Peter Pig.  I painted them up as I did my Israelis for Force on Force (http://sedimentswargameblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/15mm-israeli-infantry-company.html), but they are based 4 figures to an infantry base (8 bases) and 2 figures to an RPG base (4 bases), plus two three figure command bases.  This style of basing will work well for AK47 Republic and also for the FoW Arab-Israeli war rules.

The whole group, four groups of three bases as used in AK47, plus command.

One of the command stands plus a three stand group (2 infantry and 1 RPG).

Another group plus command.

Detail of some of the infantry figures.  These are from the AK47 moderns range from Peter Pig and are superbly detailed figures which paint up really well.  There is a lot of deeply etched detail which really responds well to ink washing techniques.

Not sure if I like the basing.  The stands are painted using a Wilko sand house emulsion paint, with random splodges of Vallejo desert basing medium and some Gale Force 9 arid static grass.  I have to say that I hate this particular type of static grass with a passion - it is always clumpy and clogs up my applicator dreadfully.  Compared to the meadow green static grass that I use from Kallistra, which is a joy to use, it is horrible. Moan over!

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15mm Israeli Centurion Sho't

Another project for Phil, this time a Peter Pig 15mm Centurion Sho't.  The model was undercoated in light grey, then sprayed Vallejo Modelcolour IDF Green.  It was washed with Army Painter dark tone, then dry brushed with IDF Green mixed with progressively more pastel green, in an attempt to recreate Sinai Grey.  Canvas was painted IDF sand grey and dry brushed with the base colour and a little white, then washed with Army Painter strong tone.  Tracks and tow hawser are oily steel, washed with dark tone and dry brushed orange brown.  Weapons are NATO black dry brushed basalt grey, with IDF sand grey ammo boxes.  The crew figure (actually a WW2 British tank commander) has a yellow green uniform, IDF sand grey beret and black headphones.  Hatch interior is painted ivory.  Finished off with two coats of matt varnish!  Whip aerials are nylon fishing line glued into drilled sockets and painted NATO black.

Fun to paint and good practice as I plan to add a troop of Sho'ts to my IDF models when I get round to it.

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15mm Israeli infantry company

Last year I won an Ebay auction for an assortment of modern 15mm figures.  When they arrived, there were a lot of Israelis, Vietnam US forces and various AK-47 troops, mostly from Peterpig.  I added a pack of snipers, command and a couple of general infantry packs and got enough troops for a 3 platoon company.  Each platoon comprises three sections, each with a section leader with AK-47, RPG/AT figure, 2 LMG figures, a designated marksman and three infantrymen with Galil or M16.  Each platoon has a 4 man command element too.

I'm not sure whether I'll mount them in M113 Zeldas, or in Nagma SHOTs. Armoured supports will be from Centurion SHOTs and my toy M48s from Poundstretcher.

Oops, just looked at the photos and realised I still need to paint the helmet straps.

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