@ cuprum
First, thanks cuprum for that folder. I hadn't expected so many pictures, but expect that you have better access to cyrillic forums where this sort of thing crops up more.
Work's come along on some more bits and bobs. The same models which were on my painting table during my original post are still there, just blame that on other priorities.
Instead I worked on a pair of Technicals. For the National and Seperatist elements (too grubby for the foreigners).
The first of the two is more of a "Narco Tank". Its not based on any one design, rather its a been a mish-mash of stuff from around the world.
That's mostly to cover up that its not made from an actual pickup truck. I had a 1/56th US WWII truck going spare. Having widened the chassis and removed a set of the rear wheels I then made the body from scratch (thus why its so heavily armoured). I'll likely be painting this to look like its made from rusted sheets so it can be used by anyone, including in other settings.
The second one's a it more down to earth with its design. Whilst its not an exact copy, I based it on a picture of a similar vehicle (hah, which ****** had in his folder oddly enough).
This one's a Toyota Hilux by a Antenocitis Workshop, admitedly still short on greenstuff filling and details. The gunner I made from a Project Z Spec Ops soldier by Warlord games, though with a head and gun by Empress, and his legs were modified to fit te rear of the pickup. The back's jumbled up with stowage as you'd expect. Looking at it now that tarp above the front windshield is clear of any shots, but I can imagine it winding up with a few holes anyway if things get too hairy.
While I'm posting these I'll stick up some older technicals which I originally made for my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. collection. These are all based opn 1/43rd scale diecasts which may be a bit large for 28mm games, though aren't massively overrzised alongside the Empress and HLBS vehicles. The painjobs could do with some touching up, but here's the original pictures from the other thread.
The Landrover's maybe the most passable, however the size difference with the infantry's still pretty clear. They'll do if I'm ever short on vehicles, or for terrain (an ambushed convoy perhaps) in a pinch.
Now I did manage some terrain. These are road and street blocking barricades made from 1/43rd diecasts by DiAgostini.
1/43'rds too large of course, but they work a bit better when hidden under the rubble (and it isn't as much a jump in scale when using 1/48th vehicles). The rubbel and stacked furniture's mostly either cork or balsa wood, with some Renedra sand bags, Tamiya bricks, and some other junk thrown in.
Nobody comment on the fact that that Ambulance didn't see use outside of Russia. These things were going for £1, and I bought like 50 of them.
I'm still waiting on my order from Black Cat Gaming (over a month now), so I'm get to painting any of the larger terrain pieces. Ideally those would be my priority in order to branch out from the usual tables we play on. Oh well.