Thursday, 11 January 2018

28mm Papuan Infantry, now with paint (and a Bren gun)

In my previous post I shared photos of the Papuan Battalion infantry figures that I'd just sculpted.
Here are some of those miniatures painted up, plus a painted Bren team that I made to round out the set. I adapted my usual skin-painting technique (detailed here ) for these figures, which will be on display at the Eureka Miniatures stand at Cancon later this month.


I thoroughly enjoyed researching and sculpting these, and I'm really pleased with the final result.

Finally, Happy New Year to everyone reading and following the blog, and all the best for 2018.

Kosta
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19 comments:

  1. JOHNBOND11 January 2018 at 04:30

    very nice sculptures and paint work
    cheers John

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  2. (Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) 12 January 2018 at 04:56

    Great work!

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    1. Kosta Herko12 January 2018 at 20:35

      Cheers Kym. Being a bit more exotic than most WW2 troops made these figures a lot of fun to do. Glad you like 'em.

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  3. Spyros Staikos12 January 2018 at 19:41

    Outstanding Kosta. I have a set. Will have to increase it with more rifle men.

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    1. Kosta Herko12 January 2018 at 20:37

      Thanks mate, I know most Australian/related subjects are of interest to you!

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  4. Pawn Cocktail16 January 2018 at 13:18

    Excellent painting - great skin tones, & a characterful unit!

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    1. Kosta Herko22 January 2018 at 12:54

      Thanks! There were many auxiliary and colonial soldiers who fought in WW2, and who are perhaps less represented in miniature form, definitely heaps of character in this lot!

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  5. Phil17 January 2018 at 00:03

    They look superb, great work on the skin and beautiful bases...

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    1. Kosta Herko22 January 2018 at 12:50

      Thanks Phil, a bit of jungle foliage helps set the scene for figures in this theatre. Little pieces of plastic aquarium plants plus some longer tufts are what I've used on the bases.

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  6. Gallia26 January 2018 at 19:14

    Kosta,
    I'm a new viewer.
    Will these be available for sale.
    When?, How? etc?
    Respectfully,
    Bill P.
    Chronicler of the Adventures of General Pettygree

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    1. Kosta Herko26 January 2018 at 23:20

      Hi Bill,
      Most of the figures on my blog are available from the Eureka Miniatures webstore, as well as our US and UK distributors. There is usually a delay before they are up for sale, as I mostly feature new stuff that I've just sculpted.

      Here are the addresses of the sites (you will need to copy and paste these, as live links don't work in the comments section) :

      http://www.eurekamin.com.au

      https://eurekaminusa.com

      https://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk

      You can also contact Eureka Miniatures via email, or through the FB page, if you wish to arrange purchase before they are up in the webstore:

      https://www.facebook.com/eurekamin

      Hope this helps, and thanks for your interest!

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  7. Gallia28 January 2018 at 18:50

    Yes this is very helpful.
    Thank you Kosta,
    Respectfully,
    Bill P.

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  8. Anonymous30 January 2018 at 13:59

    Magic work, I'll have to add some to my Aussies, just need to get them painted and the the Japanese so many figures, so little time!

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    1. Kosta Herko8 February 2018 at 04:42

      Thanks, and sorry for the late reply.
      Indeed we're pretty lucky these days with so many great models and figures being released, it's always tempting to start new projects or expand ongoing ones!

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  9. Kingtiger2227 February 2018 at 19:32

    LOVE your work Kosta! though I am not collecting Pacific Theatre, these are the ones I'd do If I did! Really great work. I'm very much looking forward to see what you do next! Your WW2 line has been on fire these last few years! Keep it up!

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    1. Kosta Herko8 February 2018 at 04:43

      Thank you. Hope your Soviet factory militia are going well!

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  10. Braxen24 May 2018 at 16:48

    lovely painting

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