AK-47 Republic update, These little piggies went to Africa

     Pat T, one of the moving factors behind the AK-47 Republic project, has built his armies around the boxed sets offered by Peter Pig; who also happen to be the publishers of the rules. I have a fair number of Peter Pig minis in my collection and have always thought them to be excellent. This line holds true to that tradition. Elegantly molded, realistically posed and cast in high quality metal these are some darned good miniatures. During a recent game I snapped some shot of Pat's troops, enjoy.

a militia unit with HMGs moves into the woods

The fearless leader stops by in his 4x4

AK-47 Republic Update & review

Now that I am almost finished with the Cuban forces I feel that a review of the figures is in order. The figures that I am using to build my army are exclusively from Old Glory I picked them from the Post WW II range. I built the army using one bag of African Irregulars  (CDMOD-09), one bag of African Irregulars Command and support (CDMOD-10) for the militia and part of the Regulars and for the balance of the Regulars and the Professionals I used one bag each of Mid-East Regulars w/AK-47s and Mid-East Regulars Command and support (CDMOD-05 and CDMOD-06 respectively), The tanks and APCs were T-54s and T-55s (PW-702 anf PW-703) and the BMP-60s were (PW-742A and B- open and closed top) while the technicals are pick-ups from the modern range (CDMV-01) with African crews ( CDMODC-03). The artillery I used Russian 76mm guns (CD-407) from the WWII range with kidnapped mortar crews acting as gunners. I got them all from Grandiosity  for under $150.00US. 

For Pat, Steve, and, of course, Kyle AK-47 Republic Project Update + Warpaint on the Zvezda and Plastic Soldier Company Tanks

Well, I decided to not cut the grass and just screw off today, so here is the result of my little bit of free time. A mixed bag of Command Decsion (the Cubans) and PSC and Zvezda all 15mm - 1/100. All they need now is some FFW clear coat and Armory Flat Spray. First the Cubans:

as always, click on the picture to enlarge