20mm Special Operations Team

All,

So, I've bitten the poisoned apple of jealousy.  I was perusing a couple well-done Moderns blogs and came across 20mm action in general, being Elhiem figures specifically.  I took a look at their Modern Special Forces, Russian, and Taliban/Foreign Fighters ranges and decided I couldn't not have myself some...

So I placed an order for three four-man Spec Ops teams (in my mind, an R&S team, a Direct Action Team, and a 'general' team to take on all comers), then nine Islamist-looking fighters, and seven Eastern European-looking troops.  I plan on using them in my (still upcoming) modern Imagi-nation for very small-scale special operations skirmishes (probably using Five Men in Normandy, modified a bit).

So, you know of course that I'm primarily a 10mm guy, usually going smaller if I change things up.  So, I'm not very good at painting 10mm, and even worse at painting 20mm.  I think they look okay, it's just that they take me about an hour per figure!!!  Similarly, my camera skills aren't very accomplished, and I'm starting to realize my camera might not be technologically as capable as would be useful for taking pictures of small lead figures.  Nonetheless, here's the official record of my latest accomplishment: four (4) 20mm Elhiem Special Forces figures.

So the first thing you'll no doubt notice is that they are actually not finished; I need to figure out what I'm going to do regarding basing.  Please forgive me, as I just finally got a look at these on the computer I noticed how dreadful the light is...  It's cold and rainy here in DFW the past few days, and, despite using the flash, the photos look like they were taken in a cave...

Reverse.  All four troopies got a solid colored-shirt, while three got cammie trousers of varying types.  On far left I went for woodland MARPAT, but it didn't turn out well so I ended up adding red-brown and desert sand dots, making it look kinda German WWII ambush-pattern.  To his right I tried my hand at some Universal camo, and I think it turned out pretty well.  Third from left has plain green trousers, while far right has 'old-school' US woodland pattern (as is third guy from left's hat).

Pretty decent photo to see the 2nd guy's cammie trousers.  I think I'm going to do the shooter team all in Universal camo (2nd from left), and the R&S team in old-fashioned woodland (nearest guy's trousers).

All four guys have M-4s (2nd from left w/203) and ACOGs, couple PAC4s in there as well.  Two have pistols in drop holsters visible.  Good, clean sculpts that were pretty easy to paint (just time consuming).

Here you can see I gave everyone a different colored beard ;)  And, for those of you familiar with the video game series "Call of Duty" (and those not, were you a prison baby?), tell me that 2nd guy from left doesn't look like Captain Price.

Sorry, I kept moving the camera around, just trying to get different angles on the shots.

Sorry, thought I'd have gotten a better shot of the far left guy's cammie trousers, but the glare of the flash kinda screwed it up...  I really like that guy's pose.

Not a bad shot.  You really need to blow these up by right clicking, opening in a new window/tab, then clicking on the photo to magnify.  

I just can't help but put bright blue on stuff...

I think Old Graybeard looks distinguished in this photo.

The team patrolling away from you.  Hopefully we'll see them in action sometime soon, though I must admit to having ZERO 20mm terrain...  In any case, stay tuned, I'll post pics as I get some more guys done.  I just started working on the Islamists so these guys will have somebody to rough up.

V/R,
Jack