20mm Red Army

As mentioned in previous posts I've had to do some 20mm WW2 figures this week. Like some of the Napoleonics they are from Fantassin. These Russians are quite nice figures, though the weapons sometimes suffer from "scrambled eggs" i.e. the details are a bit messy. I can sympathise as weapons are hard to sculpt. Some of the the figures have pointy elfin chins, which gives some an odd look. The man firing the Maxim had no lower jaw at all, so I had to put one in; unfortunately its obscured now behind his weapon.

Fantassin's Maxim crew is quite a nice rendition, apart form the man missing a chin the guy aiming the rifle has a very rough bit where his head meets the but of his rifle. It turned out to be one of those blurred areas that its hard to do anything with without tearing the figure to bits.

Hopefully these figures are the first of many, I've painted loads of Germans for this client, and others and I do fancy doing something different for a while.

Its a pity AB don't do Russians beyond a few tank riders, which are of limited use in wargaming. I am sure many others wait in vain (so far) for their appearance. As far as I know SHQ do nice Russians, though they are a bit smaller than AB. These Fantassin figures are not the equal of AB in quality, but are in size. They are still nice figures, AB is a very high standard to judge others by.