AK-47 Militia Build - Rumh, the Su-100 Rebel Tank PIP

 I don't have a lot of time today so focussed purely on getting the tank as far as my enevrgy could take it. It needs markings (which need to be weathered) and I need to write the name on the barrel. Then do the trackwork and some parts of the base. Final detailing after the basing.

 

Rumh (رمح) is Arabic for Pike (the weapon, not the fish). Backstory is that the Militia "found" this and other T-34 based tanks in a outdoor long term storage base in some backwater on the coastline. She's not pretty, but she runs (for now) and the gun works. 

AK-47 Militia Build - The Old Gun PIP

 I grabbed a plastic German 105mm gun from the Battlefront spares box after grabbig these photos off of the Internet.

These are from the Syrian Civil War and are a rebel gun circe early 2015. Although you would think it is a German 105mm, it is not. It's a Yugoslavian one and some details are different......but not enough to bother with for this build.

After posing, basing and giving it a coat of primer and having that harden nicely, a solid hour of work gets me to here:

Once the crew is finished, I'll base them together, do the base and add the lanyard for firing the gun. 

AK-47 Militia Build - Clothing WIP

 For the basics of the clothing I've used nothing but my sets of AK markers. trying what I can and cannot do with them. I've mostly used the historical markers this time. They work fine but I'm not sure how long the tips will last.

Tried using at least 1 bright colour per stand, when possible. Also did a few (very fake) camo's to see what works with the markers....but that got messy real quick, so if I wanted to do that I'll use the brush. 

While fun to do, I'll only do this for bigger items. The ammo crate works just fine, the camo pants does not so that might be a redo. This is the guncrew btw. 

AK-47 Militia Build - Skin

 I'll be honest. As much as I enjoy painting scenery, I really don't like painting figures 99 out of 100 times. Yes, boo, hiss, eat me.

But these guys aren't going to paint themselves, so.....

1 coat of Army Painter Speedpaint Hardend Leather for all of the skin. It will do. Once everything is done, a coat of matte should tone the shiny, sweaty, muscular.......<ahem> The models should be nice and flat then. 

AK-47 Militia Build - The Basics

 Time to get my thumb out as the deadline is Jan 17th. 

 

 All the infantry bases are ready for primer, the vehicles still need some work and/or a base. 

12 bases of regular Militia = 84 pts

2 bases of RPG Militia = 28 pts

1 base of HMG Militia = 14 pts

1 base of Mortar Militia = 20 pts

1 Militia Towed Gun with Tow = 30 pts

3 Militia Tanks = 180 pts

2 Militia Trucks with AA = 60 pts

All bases are magetised.

Greenstuff World, do you even know what Quality Control is?

 Maybe it's me being a former RMA, but this is really pissing me off.

In the last order I made I picked up UNIT9 figures - Roadrunner Bob 54mm

 

 A 6 euro model to get me over a certain treshold, seemed nice to use as a statue for the AI Wars remembrance in Cyber Punk, or something. 54mm figs are good for that.

Model arrived, and the left elbow has a massive shift and was barely attatched. Fine, I think, I can make it work as a broken statue, but first email GSW about the issue. The reply was an apolagy and if I wanted to make another order so they could ship it in that order. No, I would not, I made enough this year thanks. Ok, they would send me a new one.

That just arrive and for the love of God, it has the exact same issue! I know orderpickers just get a slip, pick the stuff and box it, but what a colossal balls up and waste of time and money this is. 

Well, let's fire off yet another email then.....

Blotz Order Interlude - Hobby Night 17/12/2025

 Received the order yesterday after paying a rather painful amount of Euros to Customs. Still things. 

Well packaged, but a signed for envelope (as PostNL claimed) it was not.

Yeah nah. 

Nicely packaged in reusable seal bags, I love that.

And of course I have to build stuff right away cause attention span is for 

Anyway, at the end of the hobby evening......

Tonight I'll add the pressed fibre roofs and all of the windowsills, and build one or 2 extra walls in the infermary. Could also be thursday or the weekend, you never know. Once done they will go into the Stalker pile as these are for the Young Pioneers Camp.