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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: CLT40K on 19 June 2017, 07:14:44 PM
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So I have a ton of "left over" tanks from my various projects... So I was thinking about making a generic OPFOR out of them. And then it hit me, why not do them up like COBRA from GI Joe... I used to love that cartoon as a kid and had a lot of the toys..... so here's the first installment...
For the balaclava on the cobra troopers, I actually took pva glue and applied it to their faces... and then painted that part black...
(https://15mmwargaming.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_0603.jpg)
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I picked up the decals from http://www.companyb.biz/ (http://www.companyb.biz/)
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Very cool! What scale?
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15mm - the troopers are from a spare Motor Rifle Company from Team Yankee... Same with the T-72
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Indeed. Very cool. ;-)
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In order to get the balaclavas modeled, I hit the figures face with thin layers of school glue in order to build up to where it looks right....
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It's awesome. Well done.
To this day, I'm still surprised that Hasbro, being the owners of Wizard of the Coast, haven't produced a GI Joe rpg or a tabletop game yet.
With so many characters and vehicles to choose from, it would make a great miniature game.
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
consider your idea nicked :)
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Man...I've been loitering around the idea of a modern combat project for some time. The idea of a notGIJoe version could push me over the edge! :D Very cool.
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So I now have two full platoons of "the Enemy" painted up, along with 4 T-72's - ie, the beginnings of a good Opfor...
(https://15mmwargaming.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_0619.jpg?w=768)
(https://15mmwargaming.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_0613.jpg?w=768)
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Nice idea.