CRC's Crazy Compendium 2; Eclectic Boogaloo

And the loader is done! I decided to try a darker backdrop for the pictures this time round, but I don’t think I like it as much as the lighter grey one I was using yesterday. Once I actually move the whole set up will likely change anyway.

Back to the loader, however, he’s basically painted the same was the gunner with the big difference being the helmet and the ammo. The helmet is based with Castellan Green, then randomly pick out the burlap strips in Mournfang Brown and Zandri Dust before shading with Agrax Earthshade. After that, picking out the brown strips with Skragg Brown and the beige with Ushabti Bone. The ammo belt was a little trickier because of the sculpt. I suspect that the way a Vickers gun works wasn’t considered, but the cloth belt wasn’t actually sculpted on and there is a flat ‘thing’ sculpted on the bottom. It’s not a big issues, I just painted a band of Zandri Dust along the centre of the rounds to imitate the belt and he’s close enough to the ground that you don’t see the underside (possibly why they added the thicker bit to help strengthen the mini).

Just the spotter left…but I need to do some work on him first. I’m not a fan of metal minis. I know that’s a bold statement to make, but I find them difficult to work with and annoying to paint (though that last part is more a problem with single piece minis in general, but metal usually has some blocky recesses…). Hopefully I can get him done soon enough, then base the team properly. I was planning on building and painting a Universal Carrier for the team, but suddenly realised that the way the division system in the British army works is actually a little complicated when it comes to vehicle markings…I wanted to have these chaps as the 1st Btln. Hampshire regiment…but I need to know which battalion in that Infantry brigade they were (first, second, or third)… The last time I did this I obviously came up with them as the 2nd…but I’m not not sure. More research is needed!