First Soviet tank arrives!

"Vould you like to ride in my leetle tank, Rene?"

First wave of Sgts Mess Russians

Here are the first four Russians from Sgs Mess. When I got them, I thought they looked a bit small and, well, compressed, but painted and based, I feel they are pretty OK. That brings the total to +8(27).

More Italeri Russians

That Italeri set really is excellent. Lots of nice figures with good detail and animation. Here are three more, with a small difference: these all have snow made from baking soda and white glue, rather than from off-the-shelf modelling paste as the others are. I have just started trying this out and will report more later.
These guys bring the total to +23. The 19 Russians that arrived yesterday from Sgts Mess bring it down to +4(23).