Some more Whites

Some more Whites on the painting table.

For the other 4th Siberian Division units I couldn't find anything specific, so I have gone with Mark Plant's supposition to follow imperial practice and used 'raspberry' shoulder boards.

Also this is the link to My LAF Thread

Not so anti-shine

Hmmmm....

These guys will be 16th 'Ishim' Siberian Regiment from 4th Siberian Division in Kolchak's army of 1919.

Update 10-04-2020

I ordered two more pots of Warpainter anti-shine from two different online suppliers.  Both arrived quickly but one of the new arrivals was also really gloss varnish.  The bottle on the right is the old style packaging, now empty.  The bottle on the left is genuinely matt varnish.  The two central bottles are gloss varnish with a matt varnish label. Note the liquid in the left-hand bottle is white-ish and the liquid in the centre two bottles is brown-ish.  If you get anti-shine that looks brown it is probably gloss.

I emailed Warpainter customer services in Denmark and quickly received a response.  They accepted the mistake, apologised and immediately dispatched me two new bottles free of charge.  They arrived a couple of days later.  Everyone makes occasional mistakes, these possibly came from a single mislabelled batch as I haven't has this issue before, but I usually find the mark of a good company is how they react when those mistakes occur.  I can't fault Warpainter's customer service from this experience, so top marks.  Thanks Peder.

The Bolo Horde

This is a quick group shot I did of all my painted Reds so far.  Time to do some Whites now.

The Painted Train

Here is the train with a basic paint job I did last night.  It's quite clean and simple at the moment, which I like but I'm not sure if it needs more detail.  Maybe some writing or posters on the sides, some red flags or a bit more weathering would add to it.  The weird colour of the fuel in the tender is supposed to be Birch logs.

I took these outside where the light was a bit better.  Although there is still too much shadow.

Sonya the Green Engine

Here's the result of a bit of spray painting this evening.  I think all the guns and wheels still move.

The colour is WW2 Russian Armour from the Plastic Soldier Company.  I've had the tin for ages.  I think I did use it for some 6mm Cold War tanks before but there was plenty left.

Gun Carriage Update

I did some gun making this morning.  The 'ironwork' looks like it was done by the drunken proletariat but the guns do move and it will be dark inside the turret when assembled and painted.

 Here is the completed gun carriage.

Copplestone Conversions

Here are a few simple conversions I have made using the excellent Copplestone Castings range.  I wanted some different command figures to avoid too much repetition and add some missing options.  Nothing terribly skilled just head and arm swaps but enough to create some additional variety.

A White officer standard bearer and Lewis gunner.

Some Bolshevik commanders.  I think the one on the left will be painted in red leather and make a good train detachment commander.

Some mounted Red Commanders.

Last is my attempt to model a Red Sailor in the mould of Anatoli Zhelezniakov and inspired by this painting.

The Mauser pistol arm came from the Bolshevik cavalry figure above, now carrying the corresponding sword of the great coated Bolshevik officer that forms the base for this conversion.  The head was from the kneeling sailor that comes with the machinegun pack.

I'm quite pleased with the result and I hope my painting can do the concept justice.