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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Grimm on 09 January 2010, 09:39:17 PM
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(http://www.brigadegames.com/images/BGGL/BG-AC5115_sm.jpg)
I painted the king at the moment but I am not sure if he is wearing a US Army jaeckt or a lether jaeckt .
The figure has a army belt and the jaeckt has some patches at the arms .
So mybay someone can help me .
cheers Grimm
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It is non-specific. You can paint it either as his military jacket or as his leather jacket.
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Army uniforms were not cool in the '50s. The war surplus look starts with pea coats, bell bottoms and army jackets from WW1, with stand up collars. This is about when the Beatles get enrolled in the Order of the British Empire.
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ok then Lether is the anwer :D
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Army uniforms were not cool in the '50s. The war surplus look starts with pea coats, bell bottoms and army jackets from WW1, with stand up collars. This is about when the Beatles get enrolled in the Order of the British Empire.
But they -were- cool to Elvis, who made a big deal of his Army service from the time he entered until basically the time of his death. The Army "made Elvis" as an adult man, and he was very proud of that fact. I'd not be surprised at all if he didn't slap on parts of his old Army Uniform and go around the country fighting "bad guys" in the case of Nuclear disaster. After all, he -did- go to Washington DC in the sixties specifically to get a DEA badge and "membership" from Richard Nixon. The guy was all about government, order, etc... not exactly the rebellious youth in the model of James Dean.
-Doc
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After all, he -did- go to Washington DC in the sixties specifically to get a DEA badge and "membership" from Richard Nixon. The guy was all about government, order, etc... not exactly the rebellious youth in the model of James Dean.
-Doc
(http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/musicimages/elvis_presley_and_richard_nixon.jpg)
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Wearing parts of the uniform was considered rebelious by youth of the late 60s, and by the government. It is illegal to wear parts of any issue uniform. The law has been flouted so often its like the law against driving a car on the sidewalk. But in the very straight laced '50s, it was followed. People out of the service didnt want to wear the uniform and the James Dean types had no use for it.
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to late he is painted and he has a army uniform ::) sorry but the lether and jeans diden´t look nice to me
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If it works for you, thats the right answer.
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ok here he is so say something
(http://grimm.dirknet.de/uploads/pics/117.JPG)
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That was the right decision, Grimm, to take army version, looks good, like it a lot.
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He looks like the King of Memphis now.
Excellent work!
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Very good painting job.
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ok here he is so say something
(http://grimm.dirknet.de/uploads/pics/117.JPG)
"I've got those hup 2-3-4 occupation GI Blues!"
Brilliant Grimm :-*
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Elvis didn't go in the army until 1958.
yours,
A. Pedant.
Great looking figure though and the stuff on the site is good too! I'm really getting into this. :D
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Elvis didn't go in the army until 1958.
ups !! lol
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Fantastic Grimm. He looks just like he's walked through the doors of Sun Records! :D
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ups !! lol
Of course you are right, but then again this is not Elvis.
And there was no nuclear apocalypse in 1957 either, nor was Nixon the President (yet.)
Atomic Cafe 1957 is a fictional game meant to bring fun and playability to wargaming set in an era where the paranoia about nuclear war started to become significant. The timeline allowed us to incorporate many ideas and things we remember from the period in the game.
You can paint the King of Cool any way you want. The original intent however was in an Army uniform. Fantastic job Grimm.
Have fun all and play the game.
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you are rght Lon .
BTW next weekend I will do my first game I make a game report :)
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Of course you are right, but then again this is not Elvis.
And there was no nuclear apocalypse in 1957 either, nor was Nixon the President (yet.)
Atomic Cafe 1957 is a fictional game meant to bring fun and playability to wargaming set in an era where the paranoia about nuclear war started to become significant. The timeline allowed us to incorporate many ideas and things we remember from the period in the game.
You can paint the King of Cool any way you want. The original intent however was in an Army uniform. Fantastic job Grimm.
Have fun all and play the game.
That was sort of my point really, we aren't dealing with the real, but with the whatever we want it to be. I'd imagine that every town had it's own Elvis-alike or King of Cool anyway. Certainly Milwaukee's was shorter and older though. :D
(http://whatthefjeff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/what-would-fonzie-do.jpg)
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The Army "made Elvis" as an adult man
Or, as some have said, made him into a middle-of-the-road conformist.
He lost his edge after his army days. It may have made him more mature (whatever that means) but arguably it diminished him as a performer.
Anyway, nice looking figure - good work.
Doug
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Nice looking Elvis Grimm! :-* Looking forward to your battle report!
Darkoath
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Game report! Game report!
Yea!
;)
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The Nuclear Holocaust "made Elvis" as an adult man and martial artist.
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(http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/musicimages/elvis_presley_and_richard_nixon.jpg)
Nixon made himan honorary Bureau of Narcotics Dangerous Drugs agent. Badge and all. He actually got to use it once to stop a small plane carrying one of his roadies who had escaped with some of the King's property. The pilot stopped and the Memphis Mafia extracted their pound of flesh.
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ok then Lether is the anwer :D
Grimm, not really a comment to this... ;)
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Nixon made him an honorary Bureau of Narcotics Dangerous Drugs agent
How ironic…
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Maybe this is what he'd wear when crowned King in Vegas.