MENA fighters and civilians part 1

 While watching — and occasionally chatting to — Dan from deskops.de, I finally attacked the huge backlog of my 20mm MENA fighters. This batch is a mix of metals from Elhiem and Enfilade, plus some resin prints from various sculptors. The Enfilade civilians are noticeably smaller, but given their unique poses and character, I think they’ll pass just fine.

All the figs with their bases done

All the figures are on 20 mm bases topped with my usual sand‑and‑tiny‑stones mix, then hit with my go‑to Tamiya Dark Earth + Buff combo through the airbrush.

Painting was nothing out of the ordinary: Contrast Guilliman Flesh for faces and hands - to be fair this is an absolute killer in terms of speed painting, then a wide range of Vallejo paints in MENA‑appropriate shades followed by quick wash and occasional highlighting where necessary.

The tiny Enfilade guys

Seven guys done in one evening — a decent score. Let’s hope this is the start of a trend and not a one‑off 🤞

The delivery guy - somebody ordered hot dogs?

First batch of MENA walls

 Any decent MENA table needs walls. Lots of them. So I grabbed all the lovely Urban Scatter Gaming sets, scaled them down to 20 mm, and let my Bambu A1 Mini run for a couple of days. Among the walls are also few MDF ones that I got from a friend - these are the thin ones.

For bases, I used The Solo Wargamer’s excellent method — chopped up a few old Magic: The Gathering cards, glued on a sand‑and‑tiny‑stones mix, and called it good.

Painting was my usual recipe for this kind of stuff:

• Black primer

• Rough white highlight

• Airbrushed “holy trinity” of Tamiya earth tones — Flat Earth, Buff, Deck Tan

Bases got the same treatment minus Deck Tan, plus a rough drybrush with AMMO’s Sandy Drybrush paint followed by few Gamers Grass tufts to finish.

I’m under no illusion this will be enough — you can never have too many walls — but it’s a start. Two more sets are already waiting their turn.

Back in business

 It’s been a while. Years, in fact. Let's try to ressurect this thing!

The plan this time is simple, this is what I'm mostly busy with and what I want to share here:

Snapshot of our INX game

1/72 scale Bradleys

• Ultramodern wargaming – 20mm figures, vehicles, and terrain for Eastern European and MENA games using the INX ruleset

• WW2 – Chain of Command in 28 mm, mainly Normandy.

• Scale modelling – modern planes and helicopters that catch my eye, mostly 1/72 scale.

Charlie Foxtrot WW2 terrain

Posts will be straight to the point: what’s on the bench, how I’m tackling it, and the odd trick or shortcut I’ve picked up along the way. Sometimes finished pieces, sometimes half‑done experiments, sometimes complete failures — all part of the fun.

Let’s see if we can bring this place back to life.