Scouts
One of my favourite squads in all of the Soviet army book, I knew instantly that I wanted to include them in my army. In fact, I have two squads assembled, but only one painted at the moment. My Razvedchiki are a mixture of metal Warlord and Black Tree Designs sculpts. I like all of the sculpts in the Warlord pack, but some are a bit specialised- cutting wire or laying a grenade in tank tracks. I'm not a fan of the lying down figures so much, so was happy to stumble on the Black Tree options. This allowed me to fill out a full squad with SMG troops and create a deadly little unit. I like to place them using Hidden set-up rather than outflanking, and when combined with Tank Hunter and sniper teams (and maybe a FOO), I can often claim quite a few areas of terrain around my opponent and deny them positions for their own Hidden set-up units.
The amoeba suits were a nice change from painting a lot of infantry uniforms. I chose a mixture of green and brown versions for the team, and added a helmeted head to one soldier to break up the side-cap domination.
The sniper comes with the Warlord Scout pack, but cannot be fielded with them, so automatically, he became my sharpshooter. I had absolutely no complaints because this is an excellent model. I love the details on the ghillie suit.
Up until I discovered the Black Tree scouts, I wasn't sure who I would include as the sniper's '+1'. I wanted an amoeba suit wearer because why would a uniformed infantryman be accompanying a fully-camouflaged sniper?! I also wanted a kneeling figure to complement my marksman's pose. Black Tree provided! I think this must be an NCO, as he is sporting binoculars, and he fits perfectly. The other scout with binoculars from the pack is standing so will be the NCO of scout team 2- when they finally return from working behind enemy lines...
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