Last of the Soviet Strelkovy Company painted up

Today I finished painting the last of the Soviet Late War Strelkovy. May I just say I am glad that's over.
Between the poor motivation to paint all 44 of those little guys, and the damn heat, progress was very slow.
Anyway, let's get to the preview!

And that's it! This really made me miss the 20mm scale, and after talking it over with my friend James, we're probably going to look into a fictitious conflict taking place during a U.S. Military coup d'etat. With that being said, I've finally found a rule system I'd like to use.

Force on Force sounds like my cup of tea. After watching a few reviews on YouTube, from what I've gathered the rules can apply to really any force or army, and it doesn't sound too incredibly complicated. 

The rulebook is very cheap, also. About 20 dollars on Amazon, and the miniatures used for it are cheap and a good scale as well.
I plan on buying it after my trip to Boston on the 4th of July. Obviously, I won't be around on the 4th, so in advance to my fellow American viewers, Happy 4th of July! Enjoy your fireworks safely.
 I'll be sure to keep the updates coming, so stay tuned!

Soviet progress thus far

I've managed to paint a few Soviets over the past few days, and I thought I'd show you how I'm doing. They're not the best, and let me just say I think they're very far from good.
Anyway, here they are!

If you ask me, they all look absolutely terrible from the basing to the paint job its self (not to mention the incredibly heavy wash, which is awful as well). But then again, that's my overall cynicism kicking in.
Anyway, tell me what you think. I'll probably paint more up and I'll go lighter on the wash.
Stay tuned!

Soviet Comrades have arrived!

After a great weekend with my friend James at his families' summerhouse at Pemaquid Point, I got home and found that my package had come in the mail containing the Late War Soviet Strelkovy company that I ordered. I'll get to that in a second, but first...

The wide-open Atlantic Ocean!

Alright, no more funny business. I was very excited to get these.

Here they are all based with spackling.

Since I've never painted WWII-era Soviets, I'll have to do some test figures that I had left over.
Stay tuned!

15mm Italian Campaign British Troops (just for fun)

Since I don't currently have any 20mm miniatures to paint at the moment, I took a look through the old bag of unpainted miniatures and pulled a few 15mm British Troops I got from Battlefront Miniatures over the summer. I didn't really do anything with them until now.

I painted about a squad of soldiers. Like I said, there isn't really a reason for this. I don't think I'll use them for any wargaming any time in the near future.

A Bren gunner and a C/O with a Tommy gun.

2 Riflemen.

A Boys anti-tank rifleman.

Stay tuned!

My painted Flames of War British Infantry

My Brits aren't really even done yet, only about 1/5 of the way, but I thought I'd share with you what I have so far. The troops in this preview are from the "Guards Rifle Platoon" package.

Rifle fireteam

Here's a Bren Gun fireteam.

Another rifle fireteam.

You might not be able to see it, but the units in this fireteam are mortarmen.

A PIAT fireteam.

A full overview.