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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Grimm on October 07, 2009, 07:44:33 PM
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I get the Atomic Cafe: 314th Federal Defense Force Troops and I need help how to paint them .
Wich uniform color have the US army in 1957 ?
are they still the same like 1945 ?
Did someone paint the figures and have a pichtures .
anything help me
Grimm
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Use Viet Nam era uniform green but be aware that it fades quickly and the appearance can be striking. Rear rank rudys may wear new pants and an old shirty, two different shades of green on the same uniform. Rank chevrons are gold/yellow and worn on the sleeve. Colorful patches on left sleeve, they will all be the same for units usually up to division. Also a narrow black tape over the figures left pocket with gold letters, "US Army" and white tape over right pocket with soldiers last name in black. Tape is about 3/4 inch wide, the white tape is the width of the pocket and the black tape is an inch in from each side, centered on the pocket.
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Just got mine today too along with the Gresers..aka my Wrecking Crew or rather the Meteors cattle ;) the bowling tema or now known as pin Pals and the Mariachi :D
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Good to hear that you get your figures ,I order Super Duper man ,the Moose Club and the Buddy Holly yesterday :D
I think our greasers must fight it out one day ;)
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Ooo, can't wait to see more from you Grimm!
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Yes indeed I think my Mutant will be slightly green lol
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/Sq06hGAaueI/AAAAAAAAXlI/yFOPo-7HKsc/s400/the+meteors.jpg)
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Addenda to uniform colors, the boots are black. A buddy from about the Korean war era remembers being issued brown boots and black leather dye. Had to scrape the boots clean, as if he didn't have enough to do already on zero week.
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many thanks flooglestreet :)
Did you know if i can mix some beige color in ?
a bit like ww2 uniforms .
only to give the singel figures a more different look .
@Lowtardog I have that old singel too :D
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many thanks flooglestreet :)
Did you know if i can mix some beige color in ?
a bit like ww2 uniforms .
only to give the singel figures a more different look .
You got me hanging. Is the beige for wool? Then no, that was an all cotton uniform in the 50's, the Eisenhower blouse, the jacket the US got from Britian, was wool, and had some beige in it, but that was out of the inventory in the '50s.
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I had two uncles who served in the US Army and Air Force in the 1950's. Searching through trunks in the attic as a kid I found old army kahki colored cotton uniforms, more beige than brown. I used some of the shirts as a kid until they were totally worn out. However, I don't believe kahki would have been mixed with green during the 1950's. Use of kahki or green probably depended on location.
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Private Presley seems to think tan uniforms are cool.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/520_09_10_09_1_50_54.jpg)
This is from his army service, 1958 I think, and not a movie AFAIK.
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Also remember Grimm, this is post-nuclear war. The NDF is in disarray with no supply chain. They will wear whatever uniforms they have available.
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Khaki uniform is the class b uniform, worn when among civilians, at situations not requiring a suit or class a uniform. For example, you wear khakis when travelling to your next duty station by civilian carrier. Khaki is not intended for combat. There are enough fatigue uniforms in a soldiers basic issue, he probably doesn't need to wear khaki because he is carrying his duffel bag with him, Operater 5. A soldier in khaki wears low quarters or oxford shoes, not boots. Khaki also calls for a tie.
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Private Presley seems to think tan uniforms are cool.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/520_09_10_09_1_50_54.jpg)
This is from his army service, 1958 I think, and not a movie AFAIK.
Isnt that dress unifomr rather than combat unifomr though?
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Yarp. I don't know what the figures are that Grimm has, so this might be totally irrelevant. Still, hard to believe any 1950s force would be complete without an Elvis. ;)
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Yarp. I don't know what the figures are that Grimm has, so this might be totally irrelevant. Still, hard to believe any 1950s force would be complete without an Elvis. ;)
Very true lol Elvis should be included. They are effectively Combat troops in 2 piece uniform and hihg leg boots with helmets and light order Webbing(belt kit) ...they are veyr nicely sculpted and would look very good as US Army form late war through Korea.
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I have been looking through my library and have found some colour pictures of Americans in Korea wearing green, in another book it says they swapped from browns to greens as it gave better camoflage, whether that is true I don't know.
As Op5 says though any thing would go given the scenario.
Shall look forward to your pics as always, still trying to persuade the wife that Hamburg in February will not be that cold :)
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What are the mini's like? Are they in uniform or mix and match? Will they look all right with Brigades Alien Invasion figures?
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here is a picture
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/6_10_10_09_12_31_12_3.JPG)
i will post some painted ones and some with other figures today
cheers Grimm
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ok here are my first try
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/6_11_10_09_11_55_56_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/6_11_10_09_11_55_56_0.JPG)
and some size compare
Pulp figures, Foundry, Brigade Games AC57,Artizan,Brigade games ,Copplestone
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/6_11_10_09_11_56_59_1.JPG)
looks like the color of the trooper is much better at these picture :?
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First a disclaimer. I have not seen US Army uniforms from the 50's up close. I have seen those from 1960's and 70's. For those uniforms, my observation is that they tended to fade toward a more gray-green color. To my eyes, the lighter shade you've used looks too yellowish.
Having said that, it's still perfectly obvious to me those are American GI's.
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Thanks Grimm. Hit the bayonet handles with black.
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Those guys are painted up nice and great, like always :).
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Thanks Grimm. Hit the bayonet handles with black.
Agreed. I've got a 50's era US bayonet knocking about in my tool box and it has a black plastic handle.
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I will do that today :)
What about the colors are they ok ?
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I will do that today :)
What about the colors are they ok ?
They look pretty damn good to me and instantly recogniseable as GI's. :)
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I think everyone will recognize these as GIs. I intend to get that set and I will use more green, provided I can find it. The faded trousers look a little off and the whole set has a WW2 look to it. The ammo/equipment belts (called web gear) have the exact right left-over-from-WW2 faded color I used to see in war surplus stores. Some of that WW2 gear was still in supply dumps in Europe during the Viet-Nam era.
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These might be more apt... uhuh... ;)
(http://www.sixtiescity.com/Elvis/epf3.jpg)
(http://home.online.no/~ov-egela/img/cafe.jpg)
(http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0909/gi-blues-september-challenge-elvis-army-join-today-demotivational-poster-1252334991.jpg)
(http://shop.elvis.com.au/images/book_adatewithelvis_display6.jpg)
(http://www.elvisblog.net/Blog%20Photos/Elvis%20Army%20Picture.jpg)
(http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/jpg2/ElvisInArmy.jpg)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/1020946163_e482280a22.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2676754380_aeb42a07d2.jpg?v=0)
(http://images.travelpod.com/users/socks/1.1246302600.elvisx-army-uniform.jpg)
(http://www.truelegends.com/images/cae03.jpg)
Incidentally, the M14 rifle and M60 MG began to be introduced from 1957, are we likely to see any figures with them?
The Meteors... oh man I saw them live in 85!!!!