Modern Military and Civilians Spring Clean 2021

I was looking around Ebay for a suitable vehicle for the PLA, and I came across a seller who was selling some modern vehicles which included a BMP 1 and BMP 2. The Chinese didn’t use the BMP 2, but they did have BMP1’s in service. Purchasing a BMP 1 would also mean I could use for a number of other forces such as Russian, alongside military units in the Middle East and Africa. The seller had produced the vehicles on a 3D printer, so they were being sold at a reasonable price, in the case of the BMP 1 £6.

The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty 1, meaning “infantry fighting vehicle, 1st serial model”. The BMP-1 was the first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) of the Soviet Union. It was called the M-1967, BMP and BMP-76PB by NATO before its correct designation was known.

China produced more than 3,000 Type 86s and vehicles based on it. 1,000 Type 86s were in service in 2003 and 2005.  Around 1,000 are currently in service.

I undercoated the vehicle with Corax White from Games Workshop, be fore base coating using Vallejo US Field Drab.

The next step was to place blue tack on the model, so I could paint the camo pattern, which would be done using Vallejo Russian Uniform Green.

Once the camo pattern was done, the next stage was to paint the track and then finish with weathering and some detailing on the vehicle.

These two minis are from Empress miniatures I believe, though I could be wrong. They were rather quickly painted up so I could use them in a quick game.

The plan is to use them as either Western special forces operators or PMCs. This will depend on the scenario I’m playing.

These two minis are from Empress miniatures I believe, though I could be wrong. They were rather quickly painted up so I could use them in a quick game.

The plan is to use them as either Western special forces operators or PMCs. This will depend on the scenario I’m playing.

These are the first two from the East European/Russian Merc or PMCs I have.

The sniper looks like the bad guy from the film Behind Enemy Lines. So I plan to paint him like that.

I went for a simple paint scheme on both and managed to get them both finished reasonably quickly.

I’ve made a good start on the first squad, they’ve been base coated and shade added ready for me to start the camo pattern.

The uniform was painted with Vallejo Russian Army Green. The webbing was done Zamdri Dust by GW, then washed with Agrax.

The skin tone was painted with with a pale beige then washed with Riekland shade.

The weapon and boots were painted in a dark grey then washed with Nuln oil.

I started painting a squad unit of the Chinese PLA.

As I mentioned in previous posts I started this project awhile back and never completed it. Most of the miniatures have been sat unpainted for 2 or more years. I did make a start on them a couple of years ago, and then painted three US infantry last year, but that’s as far as I got.

Some of these I may go back to and tidy up or in some cases I may strip and repaint if I have enough time.

This first batch of minis I have to paint, aren’t included in the unpainted post as they’re already based and under coated. It’s mainly Chinese PLA infantry and three PMC operators.