'Reconnaissance' from DaveD: US Army Recon

I have a WWII US army project under way at the moment, and I saw this theme round and thought what could be better than the ubiquitous jeep. So I here I give you my latest recon units.

2 15mm Jeeps -16 pts
4 passengers - 4 pts
2 foot recon teams , total of 6 figures - 12 pts
bonus - 50

All battlefront 15mm

'West' from DaveD: Viva Zapata!

When I saw the West bonus round I though I would have a couple of things I could do for it. I decided on this one when I opened my Xmas presents and found another wonderful 54mm casting by Andrea miniatures of an Old West era Mexican.

As a number of you will know I have a collection of these 54mm cowboys by Andrea Miniatures from Spain. They are great to paint. This one had such a dynamic pose too. I challenged myself getting some facial hair and 5 o clock shadow on as well. I even had to resort to the magnifying headset to paint the bottle label.

Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution - so Viva Zapata!

'East' from DaveD: Soviet T64 Tanks

Here is the start of the my Soviet tank forces for my WARPAC armies. The T64 is sometimes forgotten about compared to the T62, and T72 .The T-64 would only be used by the Soviet Army and never exported. 

The tank equipped elite and regular formations in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, the T-64A model being first deployed with East Germany's Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Production was well over 6000 units , and it went on to be used in development into the T80. Its going to be the mainstay of my forces as they roll from East Germany into the decadent West!

So a first platoon of 5 GHQ models - 10 base points.

'Armour' from DaveD: Cold War BAOR Chieftains

 When I saw this bonus round I thought I would dip my toe into it with the revival of what is probably the oldest project in the lead pile. These are not only representative of the early 80's but also were sourced then and had been sat primed for two decades at least.... planning eh..

So from the height of the Cold War a small unit of  4 British Chieftains to add to my British Army of the Rhine battlegroup . These are 1/285th GHQ

More on this project on the regular posting day.

'Choice of the Challenge' from DaveD - Body of Work