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Perhaps the most iconic military image of the 1980's, was created by the black-clad, hooded and gasmasked SAS troopers who brought a dramatic end to the Iranian Embassy Siege in London, right in front of the TV and camera lenses of the world's press. Not surprisingly, after a mammoth session playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Maff and I have both stumped up for our very own 20mm (ex-Hotspur) Combat Miniatures' SAS teams in 'black kit' from Stonewall Miniatures.
Combat Miniatures 20mm: Urban Operations Range
URBN2 SAS in Operation Nimrod Equipment
(photo from Sapper Joe's blog, used with permission)
Mine arrived yesterday in a parcel of mixed goodies. My thanks to Mark at Stonewall for a quick & painless purchase. All in all very nice figures. I'm going to buy at least one additional pack from Stonewall to give me three teams - Embassies & Town Halls "storming, for the use of". I also plan to convert at least one of the figures kneeling firing the Browning pistol into a standing firing pose.
Cheers
Mark
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The period SAS NBC is dark blue, not black.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification. Sources vary and 'Blue-clad' doesn't quite have the same ring to it or present the same iconic image. Imperial War Museum had a black overall on display. No big deal though as dark blue is a good substitute for black in this scale and adds depth to the miniatures. Hoods weren't black either, grey-green NBC hoods.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Mark