A crazy idea

For my last set of tank riders, I thought of a crazy idea. One of the officer figures I have for my Soviets is a bonus figure that comes with the Warlord Games army book. The bonus figure holds a flag in one arm. I though this was silly at the time, and just removed the flag and used the figure with an open hand where the flag had been. But I still had the flag in my bits box, and when I was working on my tank riders, I noticed that the figure holding a machine gun could quite easily be modified to hold the flag instead. I removed the mg and connected the flag to the figure by sticking a steel spear into drilled holes at both ends. The figure of course was very top heavy, and would have fallen over on its own. So, to balance the figure up I glued it to a base on which I also mounted another figure, so that the flag could rest on that figure. In that way, the base became better balanced, and could sit well enough on the back of the tank.

I will paint the base and add one more figure to it, perhaps an officer. The flag could serve the purpose of marking out an officer group from the infantry squads on the other tanks. The Bolt Action rules actually dont mention officers being able to ride on tanks, but it seems logical, and can easily be house-ruled that way. Of course the idea looks more like a propaganda poster than something that would have happened in actual combat, but its neat just the same. And it makes me want to get all my Soviets on the table all at once for a pic. They are problably 150 men now, with 10+ vehicles, several artillery pieces and numerous support teams.