A very good friend of mine plays Spectre Operation 3rd edition, which is a nice system of rules for wargames set in the modern era.
Each player has a force that consists of elements. One category of these elements is the Mercenaries. When my friend gave me two sprues of Wargames Atlantic (WA) Operators, I decided to build a seven-man element of a sargent and six mercenaries.
The Mercenary Element
I wanted the mercenaries to have a look that would distinguish them from the original Operators. So I kept only three of the Operators' heads, the ones with berets, and for the rest four mercenaries I used three spare Perry Miniature (PM) Sudanese tribesmen heads and a Gripping Beasts (GB) Arab Heavy Cavalry head. Also I gave them a chin curtain beard of Green Stuff like the one that Abraham Lincoln had, to unify them.
Mercenaries WIP
The Sargent
Chin curtain beards of Green Stuff
PM head
WA head
PM head
GB head
I trimmed this mercenary's hair behind his ears and gave him a long hair of Green Stuff to cover the gap at his neck.
I didn't want them to have a full uniform, so I painted their trousers black.
The sargent
Sargent's binoculars are from a Warlord Games Germans WW2 sprue.
All the bases have an urban style. The asphalt is pieces of black sandpaper, the rest are little rocks, sand and parts from various sprues.
That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!
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