From Nothin' to Somethin' in No Time Flat

All,

So I decided to get into African Imagi-Nations, and fight a series of wars between two countries, starting in the 1950s and coming all the way up to the present.  And I wanted to use different equipment pretty much every time; quite an expensive undertaking.  Unless you go with 3mm.  I look around and was inspired by Thaddeus, Bishnak, and Tinpot Revolutionary; they're great work in 3mm convinced me I could do this.

So I popped a quick order off to "The Johns" at Picoarmor for two congruent armies and air forces, and received it two days later.  Picoarmor has always been fantastic and extraordinarily quick, I highly recommend them!

Here's what about $75 looks like.

Upon closer inspection...

Doesn't look like much, does it?

But it cleans up nice.  This is not all of it, just the tanks and troop transports for each side.  You can make out Fireflies at top left, T-34/85s at top right, M5 Halftracks at bottom left, and Studebaker trucks at bottom right.

Seen again, this time with a Peter Pig 15mm troop nearby to show some scale.

Here's the whole mess, all cleaned up.  Now I will admit to cheating a bit; each side also has four fighters, but I already had suitable models in my possession, didn't need to order them.

Here's where they're going.

Here's how they look on their bases, 115 in all.  The aircraft were given magnets.

Then I glue them to popsicle sticks.

Then out to the garage to prime them.  I use the Krylon camo paints; green and khaki here.

Paint up a few test patterns.

Then pick the best one and finish them off...

Here's what the Matata force will use.

And the Hakuna force.

Got a lot going on this weekend...

Paint up the rest of the forces, give them their washes, throw some flock on them...

And voila!  Two armies, ready and rearin' to go.  Total time spent from opening the package to taking this finale pic was about six hours.  I'll post closeups soon.

V/R,
Jack