I had an idea of how to expand my desert fighter force using plastic kits. My original desert fighters from Trent miniatures have become quite hard to find these days, so I had to come up with another option.
I started off by getting a Scavenger sprue meant for Star grave. This was combined with a Afghan warrior sprue from the Perry's. Needing units of ten men I was pleased to find that the two sprues create 11 models, with a few guns to spare.
Here is the first test model. He is created from a Scavenger body and arms with a head from the Perry's Afghan box. After a while, I thought I might as well use the Afghan bodies as well and this proved a massive success.
Perry's Afghan body but with the modern weaponry added from the Star grave sprue.
I love these kneeing poses from the Perrys.
I had to do a bit of trimming on some of the arm joints but most went together well. The great thing about plastics is they give you loads of options with heads, weapons etc. All these extras basically means you can create loads of figures as long as you have torsos. The Afghan heads were important as they gave the model it's character.
I have also ordered a sprue of Afghan warriors from Wargames Atlantic to add into the mix. I know they normally provide loads of head variants.
Is this the brutal leader from the army list in the Xenis Rampant book...may be. He certainly looks it with that mace.
Heavy weapons fighters.
Here is a comparison with a lead Desert fighter from Trent miniatures. I think the two will mix in well with eachother. I could spend some time with green stuff, but I really didn't want to with this project. Keep it simple and bash out soldiers quickly. A bit of trimming with knife on the sleeves and that's it, done!
There's also a lot more energy in the poses with these plastic figures.
The Marine from Wargames Atlantic scales nicely with the new comers.
Old and new heavy weapons.
These look good together and scale nicely too. The armoured assault trooper is from Copplestone miniatures.
These Ooh-Raa marines from Wargames Atlantic have really grown on me. They paint up really well.
It'll be interesting to see what the Wargames Atlantic Afghans looks like with futuristic weaponry too.
Slight tweak to the leader, I thought a defiant fist might be more apt.
Rather than get bogged down with green stuff, I tried a scarf made from a wet wipe soaked in PVA glue. It's not dry yet but hopefully should dry hard.
