Author Topic: 28mm USMC Vietnam etc (Read 134210 times)

Tom Dulski · « **Reply #1170 on:** December 17, 2023, 01:09:25 PM »

Interesting shirt on first glance I thought he was wearing a Denison smock.

Ash · « **Reply #1171 on:** December 17, 2023, 01:48:51 PM »

Quote from: Tom Dulski on December 17, 2023, 01:09:25 PM

Interesting shirt on first glance I thought he was wearing a Denison smock.

It's not a million miles away from that. Another brush stroke pattern, so definitely related, if only distantly.
I used the same base colour, plus the main green and brown colours that I chucked at the British airborne, plus some brighter yellowish green, a touch of luftwaffe green and some hull red mixed in with the brown.

Lord Raglan · « **Reply #1172 on:** December 18, 2023, 04:57:27 PM »

Always a pleasure to pass by your thread Ash 👍🏻

CapnJim · « **Reply #1173 on:** December 18, 2023, 10:42:09 PM »

Seems ol' Stormin' Norman' (and other folks deployed as Advisors), had some latitude in their uniforms...

Anyhoo, once again, great job on him...

Ash · « **Reply #1174 on:** February 03, 2024, 03:31:36 PM »

Found these 3D prints on eBay. Little bit on the 'chunky' side...

CapnJim · « **Reply #1175 on:** February 03, 2024, 06:29:14 PM »

Quote from: Ash on February 03, 2024, 03:31:36 PM

Found these 3D prints on eBay. Little bit on the 'chunky' side...

Er, maybe a little post-mortem bloating?

Ash · « **Reply #1176 on:** February 03, 2024, 06:40:09 PM »

Quote from: CapnJim on February 03, 2024, 06:29:14 PM

Er, maybe a little post-mortem bloating?

...or over indulgence at the 'Supreme Leader' fan club bar & grill...

carlos marighela · « **Reply #1177 on:** February 03, 2024, 07:34:34 PM »

The condemned are always granted a last meal. In this case possibly a seven course banquet or an 'all you can eat' buffet, according to taste.

Actually, those are rather good. If you hunt around in the Eureka Vietnam range there's an Australian casualty figure with SLR, part of the prone pack. I bought a couple as singles for markers.

Haven't tried it myself but I suspect that some of the Rubicon plastic could be readily re-purposed as casualty markers.

Ash · « **Reply #1178 on:** February 03, 2024, 09:28:36 PM »

Quote from: carlos marighela on February 03, 2024, 07:34:34 PM

If you hunt around in the Eureka Vietnam range there's an Australian casualty figure with SLR, part of the prone pack. I bought a couple as singles for markers.

How do the Eureka Vietnam range compare size wise with Empress, I read somewhere that they were a tad smaller?

carlos marighela · « **Reply #1179 on:** February 03, 2024, 10:49:48 PM »

They are smaller, they're the old Mike Broadbent sculpts, so not the same as Kosta's sculpts either size or quality wise. That said, they are not that much smaller than Empress. With some judicious basing I've incorporated some into my Australian company (-) for variety's sake. Helps to use the ones standing fully erect. Some of the detail is a bit iffy but they're not bad. Seen from a foot or two away it's not easy to immediately pick them out from the mass.

Of course prone figures are much easier to mix.

I tried adding a section's worth of the TAG figures as the support section but in all honestly the sculpting style and heft makes them a poor match. Quite decent figures in their own right but not a great mix with Empress.