The coat is quite new comrade, only the holes are old.

More Bolsheviks. This time in greatcoats. I had to have a little rethink about these guys. When I first started collecting figures for Red Actions, my purchases were quite haphazard. Nothing was planned out and I just picked up packs of figures as my fancy took me. It was only later, when I started doing a bit of planning that I realised I had an odd mix of figures in summer and winter dress. My original solution was to paint two forces, one for summer and one in greatcoats with snowy bases for winter. What was I thinking?!!! At the speed I paint, that was never going to happen.

I could just have sold the figures, but I like them too much. So, they join the ranks of their lighter clad comrades - a bit over-dressed for the season perhaps, but let's suppose the air is still damp with the Spring rain, or the first chill of early Autumn. I'm not going to be too fussy about it anyway and they are a handy addition to my RCW forces.

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My Star Wars: Legion Rebels now have some recce assets and mobile firepower; a pair of AT-RT walkers. I chose a colour scheme suitable for arid or semi-arid settings to match my existing Rebel forces. I think they fit in just fine. 

I had planned to paint the walkers using my airbrush, but ended up using it only for priming. Everything else was achieved with base coats, washes, dry brushing and detailing. 

I'm not a fan of the thick bases supplied with the models, so I replaced them with thin Star Wars: Legion-style bases from Justlasered. They are clear acrylic, not that I like clear bases either, but they are the perfect thickness for my tastes and are just as easily textured and painted as any other base material.

Weapon options - fitted with magnets and easy to swap out.

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