After a bit more painting, I now have three sections of troops in their correct configuration:

The top four troopers are the command section and the eight below are two separate infantry sections. Now that they are arranged as they should be, I have removed the 'place-setters' and they are added to their sections below:

As you can see, I need to paint the rest but I will be painting them three at a time so as to give me a break between painting angles. Still... on the plus side, I am now over half way! Once they are all painted, I will be adding decals and varnish and they will be able to join the NMA properly

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