28mm WW2 Gurkha's and a M3 Grant Tank

My next project for the AHPCV is a small force of Gurkha's in 28mm scale and a M3 Grant tank.  The figures are metals from a Warlord Box set that has 21 figures (1 Officer, 2 Bren Gunners, 18 Riflemen).  The Grant tank is a Resin Model from Blitzkrieg miniatures.

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy gamer, I do have to say the casting quality of the Gurkha's is abysmal.  I spent over 6 hours cleaning flash, tailings and repairing the figures before priming them.  I like how they eventually came out but will likely stick to only Warlord plastics in the future.  Warlord's plastic kits have become superb and are well worth the investment.  The metals, well, not so much.

The M3 Grant is a superb resin kit - easy to put together and just 3 flicks of the X-acto knife's worth of clean-up work.  Both units will be painted up for service in Burma.  My current British army has dual painting theme - roughly 3/4's are Western Desert / Italy and the remaining third (the Gurkha's and some vehicles are painted for Burma).  While a bit "gamey" I can mix the forces and the different painting helps my opponent keep track of where the dreaded Gurkha's are on the board.

I've started an internal debate on which army to take the Cold Wars the DAK or the Brits

I didn't get a lot of sleep last night due to the cold - it was -20F with the wind chill.  Why?  One of the charming things about the Chesapeake Bay is it's where Canadian Geese choose to winter - we'll get a couple thousand of these waddling lawn fertilizing machines in the Broad Creek and they're not bad to have around (as long as one doesn't where dress shoes while walking through he yard!).  There is one drawback - when the temperature drops to 15F or lower they tend to honk at night and the colder it gets, they louder they are.  They were very loud last night!