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	Microtank Factory Vietnam -era M113 variants going to priming.
	Far Future Wants You! Two more batches of scifi troopers.
	Feudal Muster Going off to varnishing.
	Microtank Factory BAOR tanks. Phil confirmed that they are indeed old Scotia models.
	Men-at-arms Here's the remaining infantry from my medievals box.
	Men-at-arms The obligatory overhead view.
	Men-at-arms Note to self: When batch painting, DO NOT include a couple of totally different figures.
	Men-at-arms Giant handguns.
	Men-at-arms These are mostly old Grenadier models.
	Men-at-arms The dude with the bow is a Prince August LotR figure. The other guy is the doggies' handler.
	Men-at-arms Even a couple of archers were included.
	Men-at-arms To save time, I gave them all the same color scheme.
	Men-at-arms I multibased the guns, even though I usually don't do that.
	Men-at-arms I'm going to put all the 500 figures in a new box like this -- at least for the being -- so they'll be easily available for a photoshoot when all is said and done.
	Far Future Wants You All mean and green...
	Microtank Factory BAOR tanks getting some camo on.
	Microtank Factory Hmmm... suspiciously similar photo yet it's not.
	Microtank Factory Up-armored Warrior IFVs for the BAOR.
	Microtank Factory All the microtanks washed.
	Microtank Factory Possible basing? I guess I gotta start shopping around for rules.
	Far Future Wants You These guys are just missing the final detail and basing.
	Far Future Wants You Detailing halfway done.
	Microtank Factory And they are done! Better pics as soon as the varnish dries...
	BAOR tanks Here's my BAOR vehicle collection. It's a bit incoherent, but should fit somewhere around late 80's to early 90's.
	BAOR tanks The obligatory overhead view.
	BAOR tanks Challenger tanks.
	BAOR tanks More Challengers.
	BAOR tanks I think these are Chieftains.
	BAOR tanks These are probably Saxon armored cars.
	BAOR tanks Some basic Warriors.
	BAOR tanks And their up-armored brethren.
	BAOR tanks FV432's abound.
	BAOR tanks Light recon tanks.
	BAOR tanks I probably need to think of rules for these...
	M113 variants Here's a bunch of M113 variants.
	M113 variants The obligatory overhead view.
	M113 variants A big bunch of zippos, the flamethrower varant. The hull is full of fuel tanks, must have been nice to ride around in one of these...
	M113 variants Command variants and engineering/recovery variants I think.
	M113 variants With a 50cal turret.
	M113 variants Even some basic models!
	M113 variants The mortar wagon.
	M113 variants Yup, off to land war in Asia...
	The 500 Collection Tanks are done, the first box is filling up...
	Far Future Wants You! The next lineup in final detailing stages before the wash.
	Far Future Wants You! These guys are ready to be based.
	Far Future Wants You! The second batch washed.
	Basing process Step 1: Separate the figures by type. With typical 15mm ranges, you should have scads of duplicates.
	Basing process Step 2: Assign the figures to bases, but do not glue them down yet.
	Basing process Step 3: Glue in one row of figures. Leave the others out for now.
	Basing process Step 4: Mark the position for the remaining figures, but do not glue them down yet.
	Basing process Step 5: Spread basing compound in the space between the figures, then glue the remaining ones.
	Basing process Step 6: Finish the basing.
	Far Future Wants You! Just waiting for the goo to dry, then they're almost done.
	Far Future Wants You! Varnished, going to base them tomorrow.
	Mexican Fiesta Basic wash done.
	Far Future Wants You! The next two platoons in basing.
	Far Future Wants You! Ok, just waiting for the glue to dry.
	The 500 Collection 15mm infantry added.
	Far Future Wants You! Watching glue dry...
	Mexican Fiesta Skintones done.
	SciFi troopers Some vehicle crewmen were included. I'll these as is until I can find a vehicle to mount them on.
	SciFi troopers Here's the latest platoon of generic scifi troopers.
	SciFi troopers The obligatory overhead view.
	SciFi troopers Again, I have no real idea what these figures are.
	SciFi troopers Some missile launchers included.
	SciFi troopers Rifle teams.
	SciFi troopers For some reason these figures made me think about Stainless Steel Rat.
	SciFi troopers I basecoated these with the airbrush. I'm not quite convinced if it actually was faster, but at least there were no major problems.
	SciFi troopers It's a pretty simple theme. These guys will be part of the generic green army.
	SciFi troopers Placement of the flowers is completely coincidental.
	SciFi troopers And then to the next challenge.
	The 500 Collection Looks like we need another box soon.
	Mexican Fiesta Off to varnishing... I just remembered how much I hate painting cordage.
	SciFi troopers Another batch of troopers for the green army.
	SciFi troopers The obligatory overhead view.
	SciFi troopers I think these are GZG figures.
	SciFi troopers A couple of command bases just in case.
	SciFi troopers Loads of heavy weapons. I might need to get more basic riflemen to even things out.
	SciFi troopers This lot is tooled up to the gills.
	SciFi troopers The paint scheme is pretty basic light olive clothes with olive drab helmet and shoulder pads.
	SciFi troopers I tried the bushes without extra glue this time. Let's see if there are any problems.
	SciFi troopers The basic riflemen are in the minority here.
	The 500 Collection Space is running out...
	Far Future Wants You Next two platoons with base color. I painted these old fashioned with a brush, and I think it was actually faster than breaking out the airbrush.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana And here's a batch of Mexicans.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana The obligatory overhead view.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana I was doing this fast and loose, so I skipped doing any patterns on the ponchos.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana Hmmm... cordage. I really don't like painting it.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana More peasanty fellows.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana The straw hats are pretty light.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana These are all rather old Foundry figures, though I suspect some are actually older than others. There are noticeable style variations in them.
	Grande Fiesta Mexicana Firing line waiting for the Apache raid.
	Far Future Wants You Little bugsies are almost ready for basing.
	Tribal recruitment Mr. G's merry fellows in the works.
	Far Future Wants You Them bugsies are in basing.
	Far Future Wants You Snout aliens getting a wash.
	Tribal recruitment Things are looking more colorful for Mr. G.
	Far Future Wants You! Bugsies waiting for glue to dry.
	Far Future Wants You! Snout aliens ready for varnishing.
	The 500 Collection Ok, time to get another box it seems...
	Far Future Wants You! Snout aliens stuck in the dry, dry sand of the desert... wait? How do you get stuck in sand?
	Tribal recruitment Mr. G is off to varnishing.
	Buggy Aliens Here they are the buggy aliens.
	Buggy Aliens The obligatory overhead view.
	Buggy Aliens Democratic leadership among the bugsies.
	Buggy Aliens A few support weapon teams.
	Buggy Aliens Buggy rifle teams. These are most likely GZG Kra'Vak models.
	Buggy Aliens The thin red line.
	Buggy Aliens Some of the pose variations are really minor.
	Buggy Aliens Hey, that's cheating! You got an extra guy down there!
	Equipment restock Mo'stuff.
	The 500 Collection Onto the second storage box.
	Snout Aliens The humble platoon of the snout aliens is done.
	Snout Aliens The obligatory overhead view.
	Snout Aliens I had to switch basing scheme because I ran out of the stuff I used previously.
	Snout Aliens I think these are pretty cute. No idea who made them, though.
	Snout Aliens The leadership.
	Snout Aliens No real heavy weapons with these so I built them all as rifle bases.
	Snout Aliens For some reason I was getting this very British vibe from these.
	Snout Aliens Probably serving as mercenaries somewhere? Or is there an entire empire of these guys?
	Far Future Wants You! More grunts to the workbench.
	Far Future Wants You! These look like some sort of power armor.
	Far Future Wants You! More troopers! Actually, these are just about my last troopers.
	Beard Factory A pile of beardy ones.
	Far Future Wants You! Primed troopers.
	Custom mixes Custom mixes for basecoats.
	Airbrush station Brush station with a regulator and a moisture trap.
	Far Future Wants You! Base colors down.
	Far Future Wants You! Two sets washed.
	Far Future Wants You! These guys are vaguely familiar from somewhere, but I just can't placde them...
	Far Future Wants You! Off to varnishing!
	Far Future Wants You! New troops for the tan army.
	Far Future Wants You! Stuck in the mud again.
	Far Future Wants You! Hmmm... city bases might have been more appropriate for these.
	Far Future Wants You! Power armor troopers ready for varnish.
	Far Future Wants You! Just waiting for the glue to dry.
	Far Future Wants You! Yeah, but it's dry glue!
	The 500 Collection The second box is filling up.
	Security Detail Here are the boys in blue.
	Security Detail The obligatory overhead view.
	Security Detail Leading elements.
	Security Detail There's a dearth of poses...
	Security Detail Ofcourse the only female figure is in a tank top.
	Security Detail SWAT boys advance.
	Security Detail They will sure keep things secure.
	Security Detail There's even a medic!
	Security Detail Criminal elements beware!
	Jungle Fighters Ready to brave any death world jungle they come across.
	Jungle Fighters The obligatory overhead view.
	Jungle Fighters Leaders lead the way.
	Jungle Fighters For reason I got a strong Vietnam vibe from these and decided to paint them as jungle fighters.
	Jungle Fighters Buzzbomb sections.
	Jungle Fighters Rifle sections, complete with light support weapons.
	Jungle Fighters All we need is some bush.
	Jungle Fighters I stuck a great deal of static grass bushes on these bases.
	Jungle Fighters Maybe a few small trees could also have been added...
	Far Future Wants You! Even power armor gets stuck in the mud.
	Far Future Wants You! The next batch off to varnishing.
	Far Future Wants You! Always measure twice, cut once. Planning basing.
	Far Future Wants You! The weirdly familiar ones also get stuck in the mud. The desert theme was a bit forces on me because I basically ran out of all the other basing mixtures.
	Far Future Wants You! A quick wash on the bases.
	The 500 Collection The second box is halfway full.
	Power Armor Troopers Here's a set of power armor troopers.
	Power Armor Troopers The obligatory overhead view.
	Power Armor Troopers I think these are GZG figures again.
	Power Armor Troopers The leadership agrees on the vision.
	Power Armor Troopers The shoulder-mounted AT weapons convinced me that these must be powered suits of some sort.
	Power Armor Troopers I went through static grass bushes like crazy to get these done.
	Power Armor Troopers The rifle bases include support weapons.
	Power Armor Troopers The end result is surprisingly effective considering how simple the paint scheme really is.
	Power Armor Troopers Technically there are not power suits in Slammers, but it seems all my 15mm sci-fi stuff is getting lumped into one with them
	Power Armor Troopers Fearsome line of powered death.
	Power Armor Troopers Pose variation is a bit poor again.
	Power Armor Troopers Somehow I think these are NSL figures, but I really don't know.
	Helmet Troopers Troopers with the oddly familiar helmets advance.
	Helmet Troopers The obligatory overhead view.
	Helmet Troopers These seem oddly familiar, but I just can't place them.
	Helmet Troopers Proper command section included.
	Helmet Troopers I decided to put these support weapons on separate bases as well.
	Helmet Troopers I have no idea where these guys came from.
	Helmet Troopers There's a surprisingly good selection of kneeling poses for once.
	Helmet Troopers The helmet is so distinctive I thought it should be emphasized, hence the red colour.
	Helmet Troopers Bazooka teams and support weapons.
	Helmet Troopers Rifle bases. The split was better this way. I think these must be relatively new figures because the guns bear a striking resemblance to Vectors.
	Helmet Troopers There's even a loader with extra ammo for the rocket launcher.
	Far Future Wants You! Desert warriors washed.
	Far Future Wants You! Desert warriors going off to varnishing.
	Shorty Recruitment Well, now I know what I'll do with 32 Bloodbone axemen. Still don't know what I was thinking when I bought them...
	Shorty Recruitment All scraped and stuck to bases.
	Far Future Wants You! Desert warriors stuck in the mud.
	The 500 Collection The second box filling up, but it'll do for this.
	Shorty Recruitment Loads of black dwarfs in line.
	Desert Warriors Desert warriors arrayed for battle.
	Desert Warriors The obligatory overhead view.
	Desert Warriors These are GZG figures, I think.
	Desert Warriors I chose to mix the two styles instead of separating them.
	Desert Warriors The helmet style is a bit odd...
	Desert Warriors The line goes on and on.
	Desert Warriors At this rate, I'm going to run out of bushes soon.
	Desert Warriors Some buzzbombs for good measure.
	Shorty Recruitment Looking a bit more metallic.
	Shorty Recruitment Getting some color on them.
	Shorty Recruitment We're off to varnishing...
	Shorty Recruitment The reinforcements pull their boots on.
	The 500 Collection Limit reached, going into stretch goals!
	Shorty Recruitment Drying time!
	Shorty Recruitment A few more of Miss Piggy's Finest.
	Shorty Recruitment Getting there, detail by detail.
	Bloodbone Axemen Axemen arrayed for battle.
	Bloodbone Axemen The obligatory overhead view.
	Bloodbone Axemen These are old Chronopia figures. The tabs on them said 1997.
	Bloodbone Axemen Ranked up they look pretty good.
	Bloodbone Axemen Initially I didn't really like the dwarfs, but these are growing on me.
	Bloodbone Axemen There's very little actual color on these.
	Bloodbone Axemen I started with these because I thought the full helmets would be faster to paint.
	Bloodbone Axemen A forest of ax blades.
	Bloodbone Axemen The shields are hand painted.
	Shorty Recruitment Off to the drying rack...
	Miss Piggy's Finest The ornate axes are pretty nice.
	The 500 Collection The entire collection. Interestingly the only models too high to fit into these shallower storage boxes are... the dwarfs.
	End Times The loyal painting diary has served me since 2006, and now it's full. I need to go get another one.
	Miss Piggy's Finest Here they are, the final batch.
	Miss Piggy's Finest The obligatory overhead view.
	Miss Piggy's Finest Among the dwarf clans, I always had a soft spot for the Dark Tusks.
	Miss Piggy's Finest If I recall correctly, they got an extra attack for the tusks on the helmets, which is borderline ridiculous.
	Miss Piggy's Finest I chose these eight models, because I felt they were the fastest to paint in this situation. The rest will be coming with the next lot.
	Miss Piggy's Finest The thin, err..., dark steely line?
	Miss Piggy's Finest Swordsman models. The shield had such a nice wood texture I decided against trying to paint a symbol on it.
	Miss Piggy's Finest Axemen swinging their boar's head axes.
	Miss Piggy's Finest For some reason, this pose has about half the bulk of the others. This is actually rather common in Chronopia, especially in the dwarf models.