'Reconnaisance' from AlanD: Soviet Scouts

For the Recce Bonus Round, I present a unit of Soviet Scouts from 1945 in 15mm.

The six-man squad is riding in a captured and repainted German Sdkfz 251, one of the nice plastic kits from Battlefront. I painted this German Dunkelgelb, then resprayed it in Russian green and chipped off a little of the paint so the Dunkelgelb shows through. There are also a few traces left of the winter whitewash showing - this veteran crew has been in action since winter 1944-5.

The figures are mainly Skytrex, although there is a Battlefront figure in amoeba-pattern camouflage overalls manning the DP machine gun behind the gun shield at the front. There is also a PSC driver, but you can't see him, which is annoying, because I converted a German driver so that he is wearing a Soviet tanker helmet. I had a lot of fun posing all the figures and fitting them in. The slogan reads 'Death to Fascism'.

Scouts of course need something to scout, so I've completed this entry with a terrain base for my continuing projects of urban ruins. Painting the chequerboard tiling in one of the buildings did my head in.

As for points, 6 infantry (ignoring the invisible driver!) and a 15mm vehicle gives me 20 points. The terrain measures 11 x 8 inches so maybe another 20? I bow to Curt's wisdom.

Many thanks to Paul O'G for the sepia snapshot of the unit in action!