12.Utilising Combat Mission Miniatures

:It’s quite astounding really, the amount of potential allied Havok material that turns up in pound shops. These shops are quite simply a magnet which draw me in. Recently in my local store there turned up a bag of soldiers under the name of “Combat Mission” which gave you 50 green and 50 tan soldiers approximately 28mm high on an integral base in about 10 different poses. A hundred for a pound and even I realised that this was a penny each! I bought a bag.
Out of the bag of 100 I chose 8 of one pose and 8 of another and spray primed in white. After drying I removed the base by slicing off just below the feet and then mounted these figures on a standard 30mm non-slotted base using ordinary poly cement. After painting, I flocked the base using modelling sand and the results are below. At a penny each they're not half bad, it being ironic that the bases cost more!!
Hengist 10:44, November 24, 2009 (UTC)