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Offline Digits

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #105 on: November 08, 2019, 12:40:10 PM »
Nicely done fella.

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #106 on: November 08, 2019, 02:43:38 PM »
More lovely figures.
Interesting take on the SAS guys, well done.
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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #107 on: November 08, 2019, 03:52:08 PM »
Interesting take on the SAS guys, well done.

Thanks.
Bit of work still to do, a head swap on the RPG chap is needed due to the excellent vietnamese features sculpted by Mr Hicks, although I may just try giving him a fair amount of cam-cream, as getting to the head now I've stuck on that Bergan could be a prob. Once I finish off the camo I'll post pics in my 28mm Bush Wars thread.

Offline Cypher226

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #108 on: November 08, 2019, 06:29:32 PM »
Those SAS are great - I'll be borrowing that idea for my Twilight 2030 marauders I think!

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #109 on: November 08, 2019, 06:35:38 PM »
Looking really good
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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #110 on: November 13, 2019, 10:21:28 AM »
Big fat tank:












Empress 1/50 with some bits of Tamiya (& other resin bits) 1/48 stowage...

Offline Dr. Zombie

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #111 on: November 13, 2019, 10:44:48 AM »
Wow! That is outstanding!

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #112 on: November 13, 2019, 02:37:53 PM »
Super painting on the tank.
Love it.

Offline Digits

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #113 on: November 13, 2019, 03:16:37 PM »
Nice paint job mate  ;)

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #114 on: November 13, 2019, 06:54:12 PM »
That is very nice.
how did you deal with the sticky-out grills on the body and the rear boxes on the track guards?

I can see that you have done something, I just cannot see what it is.

Offline Sparrow

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #115 on: November 13, 2019, 07:48:12 PM »
Man that looks good!

Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #116 on: November 13, 2019, 10:24:58 PM »
Cheers all for the feedback, I rather liked painting this think the Ontos may be next on my shopping list...

@ Ultravanillasmurf: Pretty much the whole thing was just sprayed green (Tamiya TS-61 Nato Green) as a base coat. The boxes on the track guards got the same treatment.
The little bits sticking up from the track guards needed a bit of trimming to give a cleaner edge where they join the track guards, and I stuck on a little resin ammo/tool box on the rear right hand side (just because it fitted rather well and looked the part).
Stowage; the wheel bit and extra track links come with the model; I cut the wheel down to a single and cleaned out the centre so it looks like a spare, thought about removing the bolts and drilling the holes but sanity prevailled...
There are are a couple of resin tarps from my bits box and I picked up the Tamiya 1/48 jerry cans set, which work pretty well scale wise.

The rear grill recieved a hefty dose of MIG black pigment mixed with some Vallejo black, the  front , back and inside of tracks had a fairly liberal amount of MIG european earth and african earth pigments to represent a build up of crud, kept the tracks fairly clean as this one is suppossed to be in an urban environment.

Also made a cover for the searchlight from kitchen foil and some Tamiya masking tape. Only other addition is to the crew figure, the figure is waist up, so he's sitting on a blob of GS, painted the same as the fatigues.

Offline Paul Hicks

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #117 on: November 14, 2019, 12:23:18 AM »
Absolutely stunning!

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #118 on: November 14, 2019, 01:50:46 AM »
Lovely work on the tank!
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E no Rio não tem outro igual
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E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc
« Reply #119 on: November 14, 2019, 08:24:59 AM »
Fantastic piece of work  :-*

 

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