Spanish Civil War: More Minairons

Minairons get closer and closer to hitting the table!

As the figures have been cleaned, prepped and now primed, I have had growing excitement over these figs. They are a nice balance of old school in style and pose, but with the newer demand for pose variety well fulfilled - seems like all the boxes so far have no repetition of poses. They mostly cleaned up easily and have also been fun to modify with alternative heads and such. My one unfulfilled desire is that Lluis and his sculptors do not have the distinct hat of the Guardia Civil, perhaps best described as a reversed bicorne?

Anyway, I know that I am just crying out for a small unit of these fellows...

Below, the artillerists I cleaned and primed last time, notionally Republicans...

...and below with a big gun, a French Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider. In my ground scale, there is little use for such a big gun - it's main purpose is to either act as an objective or indicate artillery support at the edge of the board, where it can also be an operational target for aircraft [which are forthcoming!].

And below, a likely tow for the gun at this point. I have three of these Lledo trucks, and they will provide motor support for now. They may be just a little bit large, but they are close enough until I can score some good truck models.

Below, some pictures of the French that helped me to assemble mine - I was a bit uncertain as to how it fit together:

Below, the Anarchist militia milling around in a chaotic jumble, as is their wont:

Lots of pose variety, and some kneeling and crouching figs for good measure. Kneeling is probably one of the best alternative poses, as prone figs take up a lot more space on the table, about double. Still, I like them, and my 15mm WWII on FoW basing has as many as possible.


Finally, the Nationalist Infantry, two boxes, 15 poses each, 30 total, awaiting a cleanup. Poses include firing, loading, grenade & walking, and five running.

The Nationalist HQ and Support Weapons are cleaned and ready for a bath and then priming - this'll happen with the other 30 and the next day with low humidity.

The box included two LMGs, one HMG, one 2" knee mortar, and a command group of officer, sergeant, banner bearer, and bugler. A nice variety!

Looking forward to getting paint on these fellows. Will have to start figuring out a painting scheme next...